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January 30, 2026

Christopher Isherwood: a Voice for Gay Liberation

People Bill Caskey, Cabaret, Christopher Isherwood, Don Bachardy, Gay Author, Gay Novelist, Goodbye to Berlin, Heinz Neddermeyer, I am a Camera, Playwrights, The Berlin Stories, W. H. Auden

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January 30, 2026

Sally Bowles – Iconic Character Cabaret

People Broadway, Broadway Musicals, Cabaret, Cabaret the Musical, Christopher Isherwood, Fred Ebb, Gay Books, Gay characters, Gay Writing, I am a Camera, Jean Ross, Joe Masteroff, John Kander, Julie Harris, Liza Minnelli, Sally Bowles

Links Cabaret Christopher Isherwood

January 30, 2026

Cabaret – Musical

Musicals Alan Cumming, Alyson Reed, Cabaret, Cabaret the Musical, Christopher Isherwood, Denis O'Hare, Donmar Warehouse, Eddie Redmayne, Fred Ebb, Harold Prince, Jane Horrocks, Jessie Buckley, Jill Haworth, Joe Masteroff, Joel Gray, John Benjamin Hickey, John Kander, Judi Dench, Lotte Lenya, Natasha Richardson, Rebecca Frecknall

Cabaret: The Iconic Musical That Defined a Generation Cabaret is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff. It is based on the play I Am a Camera by John Van Druten, which premiered in 1951, which in turn was based on the 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher […]

November 17, 2025

Paradise Square (Musical) 2022

Musicals Broadway actors, Broadway Musicals, Broadway Theatre, Off Broadway Plays, Paradise Square 0

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November 8, 2025

Wild Animals You Should Know (2011)

Plays Alice Ripley, Daniel Stewart Sherman, David Weiner, Gideon Glick, Jay Armstrong Johnson, John Behlmann, Off Broadway Plays, Patrick Breen, Thomas Higgins, Wild Animals You Should Know (2011), Wild Animals You Should Know Play 0

Playwright Thomas Higgins made his Off-Broadway debut with “Wild Animals You Should Know,” but this naive and glib comedy-drama about a sexually confused golden boy who hits on his closeted scoutmaster in order to destroy him suggests that Higgins would be more at home on the small screen than in a small theatre.

November 4, 2025

Hangmen – Play (2015)

Plays Alfie Allen, Andy Nyman, Broadway actors, Broadway Plays, Broadway Theatre, Colin McPhillamy, David Threlfall, Gaby French, Gina Costigan, Hangman 2015, Hangman Play, Jeremy Crutchley, John Hodgkinson, John Horton, Josh Goulding, Katie Fabel, Matthew Dunster, Off Broadway, Owen Campbell, Peter Bradbury, playwright Martin McDonagh, Richard Hollis, Ryan Pope, Sebastin Beacon, Theatre Plays, Theatregold, Tracie Bennett 0

November 4, 2025

Star! Musical Movie (1968)

Movie Musicals Broadway actors, Broadway Musicals, Broadway Theatre, Daniel Massey, Gertrude Lawrence, Julie Andrews, Michael Craig, Richard Crenna, Robert Wise, Star Movie 1968, Star Musical, Theatregold 0

Star! (re-titled Those Were the Happy Times for its 1969 re-release) is a 1968 American biographical musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews. The screenplay by William Fairchild is based on the life and career of British performer Gertrude Lawrence.

November 4, 2025

Chicago (2002 film)

Movie Musicals Bill Condon, Broadway actors, Broadway Musicals, Broadway Theatre, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago Movie 2002, Chicago Musical, Fred Ebb, John Kander, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere, Rob Marshall, Theatregold 0

Chicago is a 2002 musical black comedy crime film based on the 1975 stage musical, which in turn originated in the 1926 play.[2] It explores the themes of celebrity, scandal, and corruption in Chicago during the Jazz Age.[5] The film stars an ensemble cast led by Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere. Chicago centers […]

November 4, 2025

Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark (2011)

Musicals Bono and the Edge, Broadway actors, Broadway Musicals, Broadway Theatre, Jennifer Damiano, Julie Taymor, Patrick Page, Reeve Carney, Spider-Man, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark Broadway, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark the Musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Theatregold, U2 0

Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is a musical with music and lyrics by Bono and the Edge of Irish rock band U2 and a book by Julie Taymor, Glen Berger, and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, the story incorporates elements of the 2002 film Spider-Man, the 2004 film Spider-Man 2 […]

November 3, 2025

Nine (1982)

Musicals Antonio Banderas, Broadway actors, Broadway Musicals, Broadway Plays, Broadway Theatre, Jane Krakowski, Karen Akers, Maury Yeston, Nine Broadway, Nine the Musical, Raul Julia, Steven Pasquale, Theatre Plays, Theatregold 0

Nine is a musical initiated by and with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Arthur Kopit. Based on the film 8½, it tells the story of film director Guido Contini, who is dreading his imminent 40th birthday and facing a midlife crisis, which is blocking his creative impulses and entangling him […]