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Few shows straddle the opera-musical line like Frank Loesser’s THE MOST HAPPY FELLA. Some musicals, such as LES MISERABLES and RENT, follow the common operatic characteristic of being sung-through. Others, like SWEENEY TODD and Michael John LaChiusa’s MARIE CHRISTINE, have scores and subject matter that seem more appropriate for an opera house than a Broadway [...]
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At the beginning of Frank Loesser’s sprawling masterwork, THE MOST HAPPY FELLA, two characters are getting ready to move on. For Joe, traveling is a way of life; he’ll stay in one place for a few months, working in the fields, and then quit and go somewhere else. Amy, however, is a waitress who isn’t [...]
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“Knowing Frank Loesser was a rare and rewarding experience for many reasons,” writer Cynthia Lindsay explains, “but the most important was that no matter who and what you were, he made you better. Whether it was your talent, your humor, your confidence in yourself, you came away from him more creative, funnier, more perceptive about [...]
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