Musical Theater

Musical theater acts of kindness and vigilance

Huang Musical theater composer Timothy Huang started writing because he wanted to change the “nature of representation” for Asians and Asian Americans. He's at Harvard this week working with the Asian Student Arts Project and the original musical The East Side.

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"Chicago" high kicks it to Harvard

HRDC mounts a production of Chicago, the crime-and-comedy musical with a mobster mentality and a jazz soundtrack. Music director Robert Capodilupo ‘19 talks about the history and the show which runs Oct. 19-27.

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Min Kahng: From manga to musical (to Harvard)

Four Immigrants manga image Composer and writer Min Kahng talks about developing a musical based on a Japanese comic and immigration themes. On Oct. 10, he will also offer a free vocal workshop for singers at Farkas Hall and a free lecture at Houghton Library.

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Feeling the Bern(stein)

Leonard Bernstein ‘39, who showed the joy of music to audiences of all ages, is an alumnus that the Harvard artistic community keeps revisiting.

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Attend the tale of desperate times

Sweeney Stage director Julius Wade ’20 gets to the meat of Sweeney Todd's pysche in a production of Sondheim's masterwork, running Dec. 7 and 8 at OBERON.

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Let HCMT entertain you

HCMT Harvard's musical theater club offers students the opportunity to perform in a much beloved art form that can explore politics, expose zeitgeists and inspire joy.

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Voice box

Beatboxer Harvard's fourth annual beatboxing residency focuses on the unique educational expression of of an art form that speaks from and to the community.

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A moment in the “Woods”

Jake Stepansky '17 jumps into the theatrical playground as director for the HRDC production of Stephen Sondheim's musical Into the Woods.

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Embrace the gift

Broadway star Laura Osnes will offer a workshop on auditioning. It’s grounded in her advice: Follow your heart and your gut.

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Not your grandma’s opera

An opera fan takes the measure of both tradition and adaptation, and weighs in on the question: Can old be new again?

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Sasha Barish ’20 is a writer and musician from Berkeley, California concentrating in Classics and Linguistics.... Read more about Sasha Barish ’20