The names Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Joan Blondell don’t mean anything to today’s high school students – maybe not to their parents either, for that matter. But the 15 students in the Sterling High ...

The Great Depression not only stifled the U.S. economy, it slowed down the innovation of the Broadway musical. Despite that, and despite the fact that this era left behind few remnants for future ...

Petaluma’s Mercury Theater has announced its next full production, described as “an unjustly forgotten piece of musical theater history that speaks powerfully to the present day.” The show, “Pins and ...

Stephen Sondheim, the legendary American musical theater composer-lyricist and with the possible exception of Cole Porter, the greatest gay American lyricist, died suddenly November 26 at the age of ...

Stephen Sondheim, who died one week ago at the age of 91, left a lasting mark on American musical theater. He devoted his musical talent, his genius at wordplay and above all his creative passion and ...

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With the release of Jon M. Chu’s “In the Heights” and a revitalization of the movie musical, it is worth looking at the history of musicals and some of the best that Hollywood has offered over the ...

This semi-funny parody of The Matrix picks up on something serious, which is that the Matrix flicks were heavily-inspired by 1930s iconography. I do love the 30s-style trailer, showing the dance ...