For International 'Zine Month: On Some Close-to-Home Theatre 'Zines
July is International ‘Zine Month!
The occasion has inspired a little navel gazing, for in those dim dark days before blogging was available, ‘zines were the only way many of us could self-publish with total freedom, and I myself plunged into that wonderful madness for a time. And like anything else, it has a history.
There will be some of you who already don’t know what I’m talking about.…
Moulin Rouge! The Musical: Making a Stage Spectacular
By David Cote
Christian Douglas and Gabrielle McClinton in the North American tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, photo by Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade
In its epoch-hopping score and dazzling visuals, the Tony®-winning Moulin Rouge! The Musical represents the missing link from Belle Époque Paris to Broadway today, from operetta to the modern musical. More than 160 years of popular song, from…
Evidence that Moira Stone must love her husband very, very much
I’ve kicked myself many a time over the past decade and a half (not daily, but more than once) for having missed Assurbanipal Babilla’s monologue Something Something Uber Alles (Das Jackpot) during its initial 1998-1999 run. There were many reasons for me to have been aware of it at the time. I wrote for director David Cote’s…