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These Were the Most-Performed High School Musicals of 2015/2016
Creepy, kooky and supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
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Which Great American Should Be Immortalized With the Next Big Broadway Musical?
Hamilton has caught the nation’s attention. A panel of Smithsonian writers and curators suggest who’s next.
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‘Hamilton’ Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda Joins the War Against Bots
Ticket-buying bots are snatching up seats and jacking up the price of concert and theater tickets
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Before There Was “Hamilton,” There Was “Burr”
Although Gore Vidal’s book never became a hit on Broadway, the novel helped create the public personae of Alexander Hamilton’s nemesis
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Get Ready for the “Summer of Hamilton”
A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society focuses on the “$10 Founding Father”
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‘The Shining’ Looks to Raise Hairs and Octaves in Its Opera Debut
The Minnesota Opera will debut its take on the horror novel in a new production by Pulitzer-prize winning composer Paul Moravec
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Three Things to Know About Judi Dench’s Theater Career
The acclaimed actor’s career spans decades
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The Strange Career of “Mack the Knife”
As old Macheath is inducted into the National Recording Registry, here’s a look back at his long musical life
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The Broadway Revival of “Fiddler” Offers a Profound Reaction to Today’s Refugee Crisis
Popular musicals on Broadway are regarded as escapist, but the worldwide issue of migration and displacement is inescapable
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Why Elizabeth Hamilton Is Deserving of a Musical of Her Own
How the founding father’s wife kept their love alive in the face of tragedy
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Meet Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Genius Behind “Hamilton,” Broadway’s Newest Hit
Composer, lyricist and performer, Miranda wows audiences and upends U.S. history with his dazzlingly fresh hip-hop musical
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The Tin Man’s Hat From “The Wiz” Offers Just a Hint of the Musical’s Beating Heart
When the all-black musical production opened on Broadway 40 years ago, critics scoffed, but audiences embraced it
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The Racist History of Peter Pan’s Indian Tribe
Even in the early 20th century, though, critics saw Tiger Lily and her fellow “Picaninnies” as caricatures
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Six Things You May Not Have Known About Fiddler on the Roof
As the acclaimed musical turns 50 years old this week, relive the tradition with these interesting factoids
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You Otter Believe These Zoo Animals Can Play the Piano, the Harmonica and the Xylophone
D.C.’s hottest summer concert is brought to us by an unlikely source: a bevy of animal musicians
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‘Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark’ Suit Receives a Lifetime Encore at the American History Museum
After a two-year run on Broadway, the web-slinging stage show’s iconic superhero costume is heading to the Smithsonian.
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Hustle through America’s Huckster History with a Smithsonian Curator as Your Guide
A blow by blow of the flimflams and tales of hustlers throughout history, art and literature
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An Opera for an English Olympic Hero
Lal White was forgotten by many, even residents of his small English factory town, but the whimsical Cycle Song hopes to change that
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Musicians on the Road: Film vs. Reality
How Hollywood portrays musicians—rock, jazz and country—as they tour
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Which is the Fairest Snow White of Them All?
With two big-screen adaptations about to arrive, here are earlier versions of the fairy tale that you might want to see
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