Alfred Martin asks why NBC turned to The Wiz over The Music Man as its next televised musical in this particular historical moment?
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Why NBC’s The Wiz Makes Sense Even As It Doesn’t Make Sense
There Are Worse Things Fox Could Do: Grease Live and TV’s Sad Affair with the Live Musical
In the era of multiple platform viewing and increased time-shifting, television turns to the musical. But Fox's selection of Grease seems to ignore a string of warning signs.
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The MTV Tony Awards: Television’s De-Theatricalization of Broadway’s Biggest Night
True to form, this year’s Tony Awards laid bare its undying need to appear youthful, popular, and hip, all the while marginalizing the spirit of American theatre and those who participate in it. The broadcast looked less like a celebration of New York theatre and more like the Oscars, Emmys, and Grammys rolled into...
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Glee Club: What a Journey
In the wake of this week's season finale, Antenna's weekly Glee Club contributors offer their take on Glee's first season in a roundtable discussion about the pleasures and limitations of performance, reinvention, and representation.
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Using Its Voice: Glee Shows Us What Kind of Musical(s) It’s Made of
Joss Whedon and Neil Patrick Harris come to Glee; the results may not be what you think. Last week the glee club found its voice; this week Glee shows us its own.
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