Ben Platt’s performance is a potent reminder that excellence in vocal performance is about communicating, evoking feeling, and connecting emotionally. Good singing in any context, but especially in the theater, depends on singing well but also to greater or lesser degrees, on skillful acting; Ben Platt is both.
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A List of Songs Stephen Sondheim Wishes He Wrote Himself (At Least in Part), Volume 3
This most interesting list of songs Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim wishes he wrote himself (at least in part), originally appeared in the New York Times Magazine in 2000 and was a fascinating sidebar to…
Living Stars of Hollywood’s Golden Era, Volume 2
The feedback to the first edition of Stargayzing’s 30 Stars of Hollywood’s Golden Era Who Are Still Alive feature was so positive—as of this writing it is the blog’s most highly read piece)—that I have prepared…
A List of Songs Stephen Sondheim Wishes He Wrote Himself (At Least in Part), Volume 2
This most interesting list of songs Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim wishes he wrote himself (at least in part), originally appeared in the New York Times Magazine in 2000 and was a fascinating sidebar to…
A List of Songs Stephen Sondheim Wishes He Wrote Himself (At Least in Part), Volume 1
This most interesting list of songs Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim wishes he wrote himself (at least in part), originally appeared in the New York Times Magazine in 2000 and was a fascinating sidebar to a…
Stargayzing Top 20 Posts of 2014
2014 was a very good year for Stargayzing, both in terms of growing its readership—it doubled—but also (I hope), in terms of the quality of its writing. In addition to regular pop culture commentary here, I also…
Stargayzing Theater Diary: Terrance McNally’s Mothers and Sons
“First it will be a chapter in a history book, then a paragraph, then a footnote. … It’s already started to happen. I can feel it happening. All the raw edges of pain dulled,…
The Story of Tony Randall’s National Actor’s Theater
In addition to its myriad of other benefits, like having a public forum for my complaints, writing a blog like Stargayzing provides a useful repository for my endless piles of accumulated pop culture detritus.…
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