Category Archives: Know The Score

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Know the Score: A Brief, Belated Look at the Book of LIfe
November 20, 2023
When is a musical not a musical? (I don’t have an answer here, I’m just asking.) Thank you to our top-level Patreon Supporters! [...]

Know the Score: What is 35MM Anyway?
September 18, 2023
On fixing what’s broken, and breaking other things in the process. Thank you to our top-level Patreon Supporters! Midnight Musicals [...]

Know the Score: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Adaptation Oddity
May 15, 2023
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Know the Score: How &Juliet Gets Jukebox Musicals Right
March 21, 2023

Somewhere in the middle of lockdown, we got a lovely Christmas musical about hope and renewal and all the usual stuff. You should really watch [...]

Know the Score: Why Jingle Jangle is the Best Holiday Movie You’re Not Watching
November 21, 2022
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Revue Starlight, Takarazuka, and the Joy and Pain of Art (Know the Score)
September 19, 2022
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Belle: Sub vs. Dub (And Why It Might Not Matter)–Know the Score
July 18, 2022
Time to ease on down the road in a little more detail. Musical Hell is taking to the high seas in 2023! Join me to see Six on the Norwegian [...]

Know the Score: The Wiz and the History of Black Music Theatre
February 21, 2022