Huge congrats @anjirbaguette.bsky.social !

@profdombm.bsky.social reviews Wicked: For Good, noting how splitting the story into two films negatively reshapes the genre and pacing. 🧵 1/4

Watch now: my recent Gresham College lecture with Nathan Mercieca, Sara Kestelman and Ian Drysdale. Shakespeare’s Musical Fairies, covering adaptations from Purcell to Britten: m.youtube.com/watch?v=wGe-...

Steve Provizer on "The Letters of Frank Loesser" (@yalepress.bsky.social): The correspondence of this protean figure in American musical theater induced in this reader a pleasurable mixture of nostalgia, voyeurism, and insight. artsfuse.org/314844/book-...

Watch my latest @greshamcollege.bsky.social lecture now: You’ll Never Walk Alone: The Operatic Showstopper. Especially enjoyable was my inability to cope with the football bit as @chrislintott.bsky.social kindly pointed out 🤭 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiBd...

From film to football stadiums... what makes ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ such an enduring anthem?🎶⚽ Catch up on @profdombm.bsky.social* exploring this powerful showstopper from #Carousel & ft. live performances by Rebecca Evans 👉 gres.hm/operatic-sho... *@sheffielduni.bsky.social #YNWA #liverpoolfc

Delighted to have seen HERE WE ARE, #Sondheim’s posthumously-premiered final musical. Interesting.

Happy #Pridemonth! Enjoy this performance by West End actor Luke Bayer of 'Over the Rainbow', made famous by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz (1939). From the lecture 'The LGBT+ Showstopper ‘I Am What I Am’' by @profdombm.bsky.social Watch more via: gres.hm/lgbt #pride #lgbt

As the Academic Trustee of the Bunnett-Muir Musical Theatre Archive Trust, I'm delighted to announce that funding is now available to assist researchers in accessing the collections of the V&A related to the musical on stage and screen.  More information: www.vam.ac.uk/blog/project...

Congratulations Liverpool FC! Want to know the pre-football history behind #YoullneverWalkAlone? Join @profdombm.bsky.social this Friday at 7.30pm. Live online, and in-person at Conway hall Book free via: gres.hm/operatic-sho...#YoullneverWalkAlone? #YNWA #liverpool #LIVTOT #liverpoolfc

I’m so excited that my final lecture of the year for Gresham College will be on “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, performed live by Rebecca Evans CBE What a treat! You can attend for free in Central London. Book here: www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/ope...

Book free, in-person tickets: The Operatic Showstopper: ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ gres.hm/operatic-sho... @profdombm.bsky.social on this classic from the film Carousel (1945) - perhaps Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most operatic song...

Tickets open: The LGBT+ Showstopper: ‘I Am What I Am’ Book free: gres.hm/lgbt-showsto... @profdombm.bsky.social explores the history and cultural impact of 'I Am What I Am', including its role as a gay anthem during the #AIDS crisis...

THE LETTERS OF FRANK LOESSER, a labour of love since 2013, encompassing over 500 pages of the GUYS AND DOLLS writer’s correspondence, is available for pre-order now. Updated with the lovely cover image. UK: amzn.to/4hyGCFH USA: a.co/d/61ezszQ @yalebooks.bsky.social

A great start to the academic year: I have begun writing an article about Irving Berlin and Eisenhower, following on from my Gresham Christmas lecture about them. The progression from their first meeting on This is the Army to possibly Eisenhower’s final letter to Berlin on his deathbed is curious!

Wonderful afternoon @theroyalballet.bsky.social seeing CINDERELLA. Fabulous performances from the leads and super playing from the orchestra. Great end to 2024 theatregoing.

The edited version of my @GreshamCollege Christmas lecture on Irving Berlin, General Eisenhower and White Christmas is available on YouTube now. Beverley Klein was absolutely stellar in five Berlin numbers. Merry Christmas everyone! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u73...

Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, signed by the original London cast

You can rewatch my first Christmas lecture, on ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’, here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=UYul...

Wonderful evening at Conway Hall on Thursday delivering a special Christmas lecture for Gresham College, where I’m a Visiting Prof. You can watch the livestream at any time here: www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/un...

Just a few tickets left for my free Gresham lecture on WHITE CHRISTMAS next week: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unwrapping...

Watch Prof. Vic’s lecture!

Delighted to be at Samantha Ege’s recital at Milton Court!

Free tickets available now for my Christmas lecture for Gresham College! UNWRAPPING ‘WHITE CHRISTMAS’ takes please on 12 December: www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/unw...

Lovely to see the old Copley costumes for La Boheme at the ROH the other night.

Nice to bump into a music theorist at the Royal Opera’s excellent Hoffmann last night!

Autumn in Green Park