Category: Features – Archive

September 11, 2023 / Features - Archive

“I have put my genius into my life and only my talent into my works,” Oscar Wilde fibbed, having liberally sprinkled his genius over the likes of Salome, The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest. More truthfully, he acknowledged his stories contained scant action, saying, “My…

September 6, 2023 / Features - Archive

When a friend told Marco Lucchesi he was writing a musical about Rasputin, Lucchesi instantly replied, “Rasputin? I’ll do you one better: I’ll do the Elephant Man.” As he uttered those words, the melody and lyrics for a song popped into his head, and he sang, “Oh, you might not…

August 6, 2023 / Features - Archive

It’s official: Stephen Sondheim is the all-time greatest writer of musicals. Okay, this is from a straw poll of only two people, but the pair in question, performer/director Nancye Hayes and director Stuart Maunder, are musical theatre royalty. Dare to suggest that Sondheim was the only creator of musicals to…