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Dear FriendsAs we all know, I started this blog as a way to promote the awesomeness of musical theatre and bring reviews, opinions and Broadway into the spotlight (pun intended). While I still plan to do this, I'll be revamping my blog to not only cover musical theatre but to cover everything under the sun …

@ RENT Live!: Live Theatre is Live for a Reason

Dear Friends,  Recently RENT Live! aired on Fox bringing a musical loved by many into the Live format that we’ve seen before in The Sound of Music, Grease and Peter Pan to name a few. The only plot twist about this musical is that it wasn’t even live until the last 15 minutes of the …

Breaking The Window: Social Media and Mental Health in Dear Evan Hansen

Dear Friends,  I hope all is well!  Today we’re going to talk about mental health and social media. To start off, I’m pretty sure many of us are familiar with these lyrics: “I’m waving through a windowI try to speak, but nobody can hearSo I wait around for an answer to appearWhile I'm watch, watch, …

A Christmas Story the Musical: A Must See For The Holidays

Dear Friends, A Christmas Story is a film I adored as a child and growing up and it became one of the movies my family and I watched every year on Christmas as a family tradition along with It's a Wonderful Life. The film follows a young boy named Ralphie who is constantly asking his …

Movie Musicals: Hit or Miss? (Les Mis Movie Edition)

Dear Friends, For the longest time one question has circled around my head: Why is there so much hate for movie adaptations of musicals? To clarify what I mean, let me take us back to 2016 to a more specific example: The release of the Les Misérables movie. Do you hear the people sing? Singing …

Spiderman: Turn off the Dark: Why Peter Parker Never Felt So Good

Dear Friends, When someone mentions the musical that was “Spiderman: Turn off the Dark” the first thing that pops into my head is pain. Spiderman Turn Off The Dark was a musical that was quickly pulled off the Broadway stage because it had such a bad reputation for injuring its actors. The musical featured the …

Not Much of a Memory to Me: What Even is Cats about? (Besides Furry Animals)

Dear Friends, Unpopular Opinion: I just don’t understand Cats the musical. I'm so sorry, Cats. It's not you, it's me. This post may come off as more of a rant, but I just want to voice my opinion and hope to gain some more clarification on the Musical that is Cats. To some, it might …

About Me

I hold a BA in Communication Studies from York University in Canada and am currently studying Public Relations. I discovered my love for musical theatre, and theatre, in general, when I first saw Wicked at the Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto. The fascination of it all hit me like a ton of bricks and it …

Broadway Bootlegs Wouldn’t Exist If We Had Professionally Recorded Musicals

Dear Friends,  Remember that time when Lin Manuel Miranda strictly prohibited bootlegs of Hamilton the Musical from popping up everywhere on the internet? A few years ago when Hamilton the musical became big, Hamilton’s playwright, lead actor, and songwriter, Lin Manuel Miranda was informed about musical theatre bootlegs and asked that the fanbase did not …

The Wonderful World of Community Theatre

Dear Friends, Broadway may be known as the center of all things musical theatre, but with the big stage and the bright lights, a lot of the time community theatre gets overlooked. Community theatre takes the magic of Broadway and displays it on a local stage. Community theatre provides the opportunity to showcase the talent …