james lapine

In the fifth installment of our Marquee Q & A, actress Hayley Podschun catches up with MTI’s Tyler Paul to discuss HAIRSPRAY, PARADE, and more… Hayley Podschun, who can currently be seen at New World Stages as the title character in the brand-new musical STRAWBERRY FRECKLEFACE (based on the famous childrens book series), is all [...]

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This is the fourth in our Non-Profit Spotlight Series. The first, on Lincoln Center Theater, can be found here; the second, on Playwrights Horizons, can be found here; and the third, on New York Theatre Workshop, the Public Theatre, and Second Stage Theatre, can be found here. Regional theatres are incredibly important to musical theatre.  [...]

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This is the second in our Non-Profit Spotlight Series. The first, on Lincoln Center Theater, can be found here. For a lot of people, 42nd St has become synonymous with the glitz and glamour of classic Broadway, complete with big sets, big production numbers, and big money.  But walk a few blocks west, and you’ll [...]

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The path to becoming a Broadway composer, lyricist, or bookwriter isn’t well-defined or easy; it takes a tremendous amount of talent, hard work, and luck.  For RENT author Jonathan Larson, who wrote all three components of his musicals himself, landing his work on Broadway also meant living in a tiny West Village apartment with no [...]

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This is the fourth in a series of articles analyzing the work of Stephen Sondheim. Letters feature prominently in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical, PASSION, which is set in 1863 Italy.  The letters exchanged between soldier Giorgio and his lover, Clara, reflect their physical distance; letters between Giorgio and the invalid Fosca, however, express [...]

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