10 stories by "Margaret Turner White"
Remember when I said I was going to investigate "whether the numbers in which original, underdog musicals make it to Broadway are actually changing for the worse"? Well, I did, and I'm back …
Ever since I wrote my previous post on theater and rap, I've had song titles swirling around my head. I decided to put them all in an ordered, to get a more big-picture chronological view of…
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about the intersection of theater and rap. You might be surprised to hear this, if you know me in real life, because I don't listen to popular rap at all or …
Last week, in an attempt to make small talk, a visiting friend of my parents' announced to me that as of this week, there would be no straight plays running on Broadway. Sounds crazy, right?…
Hi, everybody! Lyric Lens is back! You know what else is back? Shaksepeare in the Park, and I'm so excited. Much Ado About Nothing is one of my favorite Shakespeare comedies, and the product…
Last year my cousin Joseph, the other big theatre fan in our family, turned 16. As his self-proclaimed mentor and teacher of all things theatrical, I wanted to get him an amazing gift, and a…
The last three shows that I saw on Broadway, Violet, The Bridges of Madison County, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, have some interesting things in common. All three were produced on Broadway…
Have you ever listened to a song over and over again because there was one line you just couldn't quite hear? It's happened to me more than once. Sometimes, it only takes a day or two of lis…
Welcome back to Lyric Lens! For the first edition back after a bit of a hiatus, I'll be looking at a song called "52," by Joe Iconis. This song is not yet for sale online, though a bunch of …
A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine invited me to join her for lunch with two friends of hers I didn't yet know. "They're great. They're musical theater people, too," she said.…
