Posts by Hannah Maier
Album of the Month: All American
Harbinger Records’ Songwriters Showcase Series continues with a live backers audition of the Broadway musical All American. Written by Broadway greats Charles Strouse and Lee Adams as their next show after the smash hit, Bye Bye Birdie, All…
Read MoreHave No Fear, Superman is Here
In my 68 years, I’ve seen the man in the red and blue suit fly all over the place — not only in comic books, but in a 1950s TV…
Read MoreStaff Picks for your Valentine’s Day Playlist
Throughout the year, TMTP strives to educate and entertain through the art form of musical theater. So why should Valentine’s Day be any different? Love songs from stage and screen…
Read MoreSaying Goodbye to Dolly
TMTP mourns the loss of Broadway legend, Carol Channing. The star of Hello, Dolly!, who also had memorable roles in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and the 1967 film Thoroughly Modern Millie, was 97 years old.…
Read MoreSome Words About RENT
Jonathan Larson’s Rent was the Our Town of the 1990s. That’s right: Thornton Wilder’s 1938 Our Town, the ultimate family-values play, set in a fictional, white-bread New Hampshire village in the early years of the…
Read MoreCy Coleman: A Jazzman’s Broadway
There are Broadway composers who write great songs but whose piano playing isn’t always of the highest quality. In fact, there are a few like Bob Merrill and Lionel Bart…
Read MoreMaxine and Me and Bill
Way back when (and you know how long ago that was!) the film The Cotton Club was in production. Bill Rudman and I knew for sure it was going to be a…
Read MoreThe way you wear your hat…
Want a taste of what to expect from our January concert, The Gershwins in Hollywood? TMTP artistic director talks with Gershwin historian Deena Rosenberg on our radio program Footlight Parade. In this…
Read MoreA Rare Gershwin Event
Don’t miss our special screening of SHALL WE DANCE. This delightful 1937 comedy stars Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Among the well-known songs are “Slap that Bass,” “They Can’t Take that…
Read MoreTMTP’s October Surprise
75 Years Old, Oklahoma! is still a Beautiful Mornin’ Can it be true? Is Rodgers & Hammerstein’s first masterpiece, Oklahoma!, really approaching its 75th anniversary? The answer is Yes, and on October 14 and 15, TMTP…
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