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Hey, everyone Steph here and today I am going to continue with Musical Mondays. Today’s show is currently on Broadway, and the cast recording came out on Friday. I am speaking of Once On This Island. Information comes from Wikipedia. This is a one-act musical, and it has a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty. This show is based on the book My Love, My Love, or, The Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy. The show is set in the French Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The has elements of Romeo and Juliet and elements of The Little Mermaid. The original production ran from 1990=1991, with a West End production opening in 1994, and the revival opened on November, 9th, 2017, and is still currently running. Productions The original production opened on October,18th, 1990 at the Booth Theatre in New York City. It closed in December, 1,1991, after 469 performances, and 19 previews. The European premiere took place in 1994 and was hosted by Birmington Rep,...

Broadway For A More Modern Age: A Look Into Broadway Musicals That Have Become More Mainstream. Hamilton: When you think about Broadway that has become more mainstream the first show that you think of is Hamilton. This is a show that has been around for a few years, and it combines hip hop, rap, r&b, pop, soul and musical theatre. In this show we hear the story of Alexander Hamilton, and about his life and what he went through. We also hear about the things that he did for the country, and it is a great way that kids can learn about History, and what happened to help make the country what it is today. With book, music, and lyrics by Lin Manuel Miranda who also stared as Alexander, and based on the book Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. The show has been breaking records at the Richard Rogers Theater on Broadway, and around the country as well as most recently on the West End.  Dear Evan Hansen: Dear Evan Hansen while newer than Hamilton, is still not the newest show t...

After Anatevka  By Alexandra Siber(Historical Fiction) Summary from Goodreads The world knows well the tale of Tevye, the beloved Jewish dairyman from the shtetl Anatevka of Tsarist Russia. In stories originally written by Sholem Aleichem and then made world-famous in the celebrated musical Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye, his wife Golde, and their five daughters dealt with the outside influences that were encroaching upon their humble lives. But what happened to those remarkable characters after the curtain fell? In After Anatevka, Alexandra Silber picks up where “Fiddler” left off. Second-eldest daughter Hodel takes center stage as she attempts to join her Socialist-leaning fiancé Perchik to the outer reaches of a Siberian work camp. But before Hodel and Perchik can finally be together, they both face extraordinary hurdles and adversaries—both personal and political—attempting to keep them apart at all costs. A love story set against a backdrop of some of the greatest violence ...