What is the modern American musical theater? What are its best songs? When does it even most properly begin? Must we now divide everything into “Before Hamilton” and “After Hamilton,” as with the ...

Why not include separate musical intros from the rest of the song? The Beatles did it on these four amazing tracks.

Nothing gets an audience invested in a musical like a bold proclamation from its main character. What does the hero want? That question is usually answered with the aptly named 'I Want' song. Usually ...

Finding age-appropriate audition tunes as a young male performer is perhaps even more challenging than it is for your female counterparts, as there are less “ingénue”-type roles for guys (a matter for ...

For the uninitiated, a brief summary of Ratatouille: RJ Christian, composer, “Anyone Can Cook”: It’s an underdog story about Remy, a rat who wants to be a chef, mixed with a second underdog story of ...

Music has a unique power to affect the way people feel and many people use music to enhance or change their mood, channel emotions and for psychological support. The strong emotional impact of music ...

As my husband groans in agony, I, with a song in my heart, say I'm happy -- once more with feeling -- whenever a non-musical show has a musical episode. When I researched this article, I found the ...

From Joanne in “Company” to the title character of “Kimberly Akimbo”—unlike most other mediums, theater roles for women only seem to get better with age. But that doesn’t mean landing those parts gets ...