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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: Cait Miller
On November 9, 2021, Senior Music Specialist Mark Horowitz presented a webinar on the creation of the 1957 musical "West Side Story," drawing on materials from the Leonard Bernstein Collection, the Arthur Laurents Papers, and the Oliver Smith Papers to illustrate his talk. Learn more about the history of the musical and how to find digitized "West Side Story" material on the Library's website before viewing the Spielberg's new film adaptation.
Posted in: Musical Theater, Research Guides, Webcasts
Posted by: Cait Miller
Senior Music Specialist Mark Eden Horowitz reflects on his friendship with Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021) and Sondheim's connection to the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, In Memoriam, Musical 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