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Kenosha, Wisconsin is sending the theatre students of Bradford High and Tremper High to EdTA’s Thespian Festival next week to perform their selected main-stage productions of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Working. The International Thespian Festival, an annual conference to celebrate the work of high school theatre troupes across the country, is [...]
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A job is more than how a person spends the day. It’s wrapped up in a person’s identity – and dreams. The musical WORKING perfectly illustrates just how important that connection is. Adapted by Stephen Schwartz (PIPPIN, WICKED) and Nina Faso from a number of interviews, WORKING uses songs and monologues to tell the story [...]
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This year’s Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska features more than fifty productions presented by schools from throughout North America and abroad. A select few have been chosen as Main Stage presentations at the Festival. The select group includes five shows from the Music Theatre International catalog: URINETOWN, PIPPIN, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, HOW TO SUCCEED IN [...]
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In October of 2003, a show opened that would quickly become one of the biggest phenomena Broadway has ever seen. The musical WICKED, an alternative look at L. Frank Baum’s THE WIZARD OF OZ, struck a chord in theatregoers across the country. Teenage and college-age girls were particularly drawn to the complex relationship between Elphaba, [...]
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Stephen Schwartz has been working lately … on Working. Our team caught up with the composer and director Gordon Greenberg in San Diego. The entire show has been reworked for a cast of 6, orchestrations updated, new roles (health care workers, telephone support) created, two new songs by Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda (In The [...]
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