Musical Theatre and Theatre With Music

Content in this section explores the popular art form of musical theatre and theatre works that integrate music in other ways. You’ll find thoughts and conversations from artists, articles about contemporary and historical works, and performance videos. The #MusicalsWeek series is a great place to begin, as is “The Black in Black Musical Theatre” episode of the Daughters of Lorraine podcast.

The Latest

Opening the Channel with Masi Asare

Podcast

Opening the Channel with Masi Asare

by Masi Asare, Leticia Ridley, Jordan Ealey

28 February 2024

Justice for Movie Musicals, or Why the Musical Adaptation of The Color Purple Matters 

Podcast

Justice for Movie Musicals, or Why the Musical Adaptation of The Color Purple Matters

by Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley

14 February 2024

An Art Festival in Rwanda Converses with the Past and Celebrates Our Shared Present

Essay

An Art Festival in Rwanda Converses with the Past and Celebrates Our Shared Present

by Giulianna Marchese

5 October 2023

The Composer-Orchestrator Collaboration Seminar at Dramatists Guild

Dramatists Guild

Video

The Composer-Orchestrator Collaboration Seminar at Dramatists Guild

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

New York, NY, United States

Dramatists Guild of America presented a seminar for composers and orchestrators on topics including notation, orchestrating, and arranging, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 13 November at 3:30 p.m. PST / 5:30 p.m. CST / 6:30 p.m. EST / 11:30 p.m. GMT. For further conversation with Dramatists Guild, follow them on twitter @dramatistsguild.

"Creating the New American Musical"

Philadelphia Theatre Company

Video

"Creating the New American Musical"

A conversation with Charles Busch, Abigail Poegrebin, and Gordon Greenberg at the Philadelphia Theatre Company

Thursday 8 March 2012

Philadelphia, PA, United States

A conversation on "Creating the New American Musical" featuring Charles Busch, Abigail Poegrebin, Gordon Greenberg, and facilitated by Warren Hoffman livestreamed on HowlRound.TV Thursday, March 8, 2012.

Stealing the Herd

Carolyn

Gage

Essay

Stealing the Herd

5 August 2012

Carolyn Gage writes about the qualities of "unlikeable or off-putting" characters, and the double-standard favoring male protagonists in musical theatre.

“I’m Looking for a New Way To Be With You”

James

J. Hodge

Essay

“I’m Looking for a New Way To Be With You”

On The Lisps’ Futurity: A Musical

12 July 2012

James J. Hodge examins our societys relation to the future through the lens of the new musical Futurity by the Lisps.

Conversation with Bobby Lopez, Tom Kitt, and Brian Yorkey at Dramatists Guild

Dramatists Guild

Video

Conversation with Bobby Lopez, Tom Kitt, and Brian Yorkey at Dramatists Guild

Tuesday 22 May 2012

New York, NY, United States

Dramatists Guild presented a conversation with Bobby Lopez, Tom Kitt, and Brian Yorkey livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 22 May 2012 at 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. EDT (New York) / 21:30-23:00 UTC / 10:30 p.m.-12 a.m. BST (London) / 11:30 p.m.-1 a.m. CEST (Berlin) / 7:30 a.m.-9 a.m. (Sydney on Wednesday 23 May).

Friday Phone Call # 20

Podcast

Friday Phone Call # 20

Rajiv Joseph

6 April 2012

On this week's Friday Phone Call, David Dower talks to playwright Rajiv Joseph about his work, Nurse Jackie, and the different places he calls his artistic home.

DuoLogue with Lynn Ahrens and Sheldon Harnick—The Dramatists Guild

Dramatists Guild

Video

DuoLogue with Lynn Ahrens and Sheldon Harnick—The Dramatists Guild

Tuesday 13 March 2012

New York, NY, United States

The Dramatists Guild is proud to present two of the most respected and honored lyricists in musical theatre, Sheldon Harnick and Lynn Ahrens, sitting down to discuss the ups and downs of being a theatrical lyricist livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 13 March 2012 at 2:30 p.m. (San Francisco) / 4:30 p.m. (Chicago) / 5:30 p.m. (New York) / 9:30 p.m. (London) / 10:30 p.m. (Berlin).

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