On Stage
KMUW commentator Sanda Moore Coleman looks behind the curtain to give listeners (and play goers) a bit of history and perspective.
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Riverfest is upon us: nine straight days of fun in our river city, from May 31 to June 8, with events designed to appeal to a variety of tastes. Festival… -
The Sound of Music is the last musical written by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Nine months after it premiered on Broadway at the… -
If you were alive and cognizant in 1971 and 1972, you probably owned the album “Tapestry,” by Carole King, or you knew someone who did.It still holds the… -
Although Avenue Q was inspired by shows beloved by children such as Sesame Street and The Muppets, and although more than twice as many puppets than… -
While most one-act operas have a shorter running time than operas with two or more acts, there are exceptions, notably Wagner's Das Rheingold, which runs… -
The musical Evita, with lyrics and book by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, began life as a rock opera concept album released in 1976. Its warm… -
Our city has long nurtured a vibrant creative community, and if original work is the fire that lights your lantern, you don't have far to look to find it… -
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is considered Shakespeare's best work. It's impossible to confirm a single bona fide text, as there are three surviving early… -
The jukebox musical has been around for decades, and is popular with audiences, if not always with critics. The concept uses a catalog of well known songs… -
Swan Lake bears the distinction of being Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's first ballet, composed in 1875. Tchaikovsky was commissioned by the director of the…
