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A Fiduciary Failure Concord Theatricals is the world’s most significant theatrical licensing company, representing thousands of plays and musicals. They are the paid trustees for a vast catalogue that includes classics like Our Town, The Sound of Music, The Phantom of the Opera, Arsenic and Old Lace, Twelve Angry Men, ... Read More »

From Samuel French to Dramatists Play Service: Concord’s Musical Marketing Machine Leaves Classic Plays Like Life With Father Dead When Life With Father opened at the Empire Theatre on November 8, 1939, nobody could have predicted what was coming. The play, adapted by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse from Clarence ... Read More »

An Olivier-nominated West End success with a long London run has been marketed as if it were merely an elementary-school property, diminishing its artistic stature, weakening its market, and distorting Charles Schulz’s legacy. In the history of Peanuts on stage, two titles dominate the conversation: You’re a Good Man, Charlie ... Read More »

Fifty years after Snoopy the Musical first lit up San Francisco’s Little Fox Theatre, the companies responsible for its legacy are still struggling to tell the truth about it. Concord Theatricals, the licensing agent for the show, continues to promote a version of the musical that sidelines its 1975 West ... Read More »

The irony is brutal: Concord Theatricals, a cabal?like operation that licenses plays and musicals almost entirely created by men, now sells itself as the woke, feminist savior of the stage. In reality, it’s a corporate branding exercise run by music?industry outsiders, backed by a global merger with BMG Rights Management, ... Read More »

Life With Father ran for 3,224 performances over 401 weeks, becoming the longest-running non-musical play on Broadway, a record it still holds. The play toured the US for three years, was revived on Broadway, and enjoyed thousands of productions in stock, amature, university, and school productions. The play was adapted ... Read More »

Enjoy the complete video presentation of the award-winning University of North Carolina recreation of the stage version of Rogers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! as it premiered on Broadway in 1943. The famous hit musical is for all ages and a quick excursion back to a simpler time. Watch free – no ... Read More »

SOCIAL HISTORY: Pop culture crooner icon from the 1950s – Eddie Fisher is gone – made famous by vocal from Broadway musical WISH YOU WERE HERE. Eddie Fisher sings WISH YOU WERE HERE in this youTube video. It covers his life, hits and career. The recording is the title song ... Read More »

VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS from CRUISING THE PAST… Cruising The Past: WHEN DO THE GOOD THINGS START from the hit London revival of SNOOPY. Cruising the Past: JUST ONE PERSON from the CBS ANIMATED SPECIAL of SNOOPY. Snoopy!!! The Musical is a musical comedy with music by Larry Grossman and lyrics ... Read More »

VIDEO of the Australian premiere production of Titanic the Musical. CRUISE HISTORY: TITANIC THE MUSICAL TO BE DONE AT KENNEDY CENTER. PRESIDENT OBAMA IS A BIG FAN OF THE MUSICAL ABOUT THE SINKING OF THE RMS TITANIC. THE MUSICAL WILL MAKE NEW CRUISE HISTORY AND IS A GREAT VIEW INTO ... Read More »

New York Social History: Radio City Music Hall – Showplace of the Nation – Over 700 movies opened here from King Kong to the Sound of Music. Click on above to hear Broadway show tunes on the greatest theatre organ in the world.  Playing songs from Gypsy, Mary Poppins and ... Read More »