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Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Mark Eden Horowitz congratulates composer Jeanine Tesori on her latest Tony Award win, and lists other Tony Award winners in the Music Division's collections.
Posted in: Composers, Musical Theater, Women in Music
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
The following is a guest post from Senior Music Specialist Mark Eden Horowitz. “Angie says she’d be delighted to hear from you.” That was the reply I got from Stephen Sondheim when I emailed him: “Angela Lansbury is currently in DC with the tour of Blithe Spirit. I’d like to invite her to the Library for …
Posted in: In Memoriam, Musical Theater, Theater, Women in Theater
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
A look at three design renderings from the Paul F. Stiga Collection of Stage and Costume Design and how they connect to stories about the LGBTQ+ experience.
Posted in: LGBTQ+, Musical Theater, Theater, Women in Theater
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
On what would have been Stephen Sondheim's 92nd birthday, Mark Eden Horowitz remembers the three days he spent interviewing the composer in 1997. The interviews are now fully available online.
Posted in: Composers, Interviews, Musical Theater
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Mark Eden Horowitz remembers designer Tony Walton.
Posted in: In Memoriam, Musical Theater, Theater
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Concluding the series on Jonathan Larson, Mark Eden Horowitz takes a look at Larson's day job as a waiter at New York City's Moondance diner.
Posted in: Composers, Musical Theater
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Continuing the series on Jonathan Larson, Music Division Archivist Janet McKinney examines the composer's exploration of how to turn life into art.
Posted in: Composers, Musical Theater
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Senior Music Specialist Mark Eden Horowitz discusses his connection with the early work of Jonathan Larson in the second of four blog posts leading up to the release of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s film adaptation of Larson’s "tick, tick…BOOM!" this month.
Posted in: Composers, Musical Theater
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Archivist Jane Cross provides a peek at the show music found in the newly described Warner/Chappell Collection.
Posted in: Composers, Musical Theater