80's Movies & Theater

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Movie & Broadway Midi's

Raiders of the Lost Ark movie theme Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan movie theme Axel F Beverly Hills Cop Holiday Road National Lampoon's Vacation Do You Hear The People Sing? Les Miserables I Dreamed A Dream Les Miserables Under The Sea Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' Any Dream Will Do Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat	Somewhere In Time movie theme Flashdance (What A Feeling) movie theme The Phantom Of The Opera title song Memory Cats On My Own Les Miserables Think Of Me The Phantom Of The Opera

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On Stage

popular stage productions musicals Evita Chess Starlight Express Amadeus Cats Les Miserables The Phantom of the Opera The Pirates Of Penzance They're Playing Our Song Sweeney Todd Big River Dreamgirls Pump Boys & Dinettes My One & Only Sugar Babies Sunday In The Park With George Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Little Shop Of Horrors La Cage Aux Folles Into The Woods Woman Of The Year Little Johnny Jones 42nd Street Gypsy drama & comedy Torch Song Trilogy The Elephant Man Brighton Beach Memoirs Agnes Of God Nicholas Nickleby The Search For Signs Of Intelligent ----------Life In The Universe Speed The Plow Private Lives Shear Madness online audio Joseph MIDI Maximum Broadway video clips Phantom: Music Of The Night Cats: Memory theater links Tony Award Archives Stage Musicals Of The 1980's Roger Miller's Big River Memory Book Internet Broadway Database Les Miserables Concept Album	-----	pop stars conquer Broadway! In the early 80's, several pop musicians made the transition to Broadway. This included Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith in The Pirates Of Penzance, David Cassidy and Andy Gibb in Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Donny Osmond in Little Johnny Jones, and David Bowie in The Elephant Man. This trend was continued later in the decade with Madonna's performance in Speed The Plow. stage tidbits *The George M. Cohan musical Little Johnny Jones was first produced in 1904. The Goodspeed Opera House staged a successful revival in 1980, and a touring version starring David Cassidy made the rounds in 1981. Unfortunately, the 1982 Broadway version starring Donny Osmond lasted only one performance. *Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat started life as a 15-minute school production in 1968. Between 1968 and 1979, the show was gradually expanded, two studio concept albums were recorded, and it was staged by a variety of London theaters. It toured England in its completed form in 1979, and made its Broadway debut in 1982. Since then, it has become one of the most-performed musicals in history. *Several other Broadway shows began as concept albums. These included Evita (1976) and Les Miserables (1980). *Before they were famous, both Whitney Houston and Debbie Gibson auditioned for roles in Broadway productions. Whitney was turned down for Dreamgirls because she lacked dance experience, and Debbie was turned down for the role of Eponine in Les Miserables because she lacked the vocal range that the part required.

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