Blogs about musicals produced by Emerson Stage.
LITTLE WOMEN By Kate Hamill Adapted from the novel by Louisa May AlcottDirected by Kate Cherry Cast List AUNT MARCH – Hannah Nilsson MEG MARCH – Shell GarciaJO MARCH – Loey Jones-PerpichBETH…
by Marissa Friedman and Rainier Pearl-Styles, Dramaturgs of CABARET Originally produced on Broadway in 1966, Cabaret is just as poignant as ever. For all its grit and glamor, at its…
by Ciara Berardi, Dramaturg Set in Wisconsin following the Vietnam War, The Spitfire Grill is an exploration of individual and communal perseverance, the power of redemption, familial relationships, and the…
Morgan McMillin (BFA ’23, Musical Theatre) is spending part of her summer in the ensemble of The Producers at the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport, Massachusetts (performances June…
In the first volume of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy gets caught up in an unknown world and needs to find her way back home. This trajectory takes her on…
Dramaturg’s Note by Ciara Berardi (Dramaturg, Into the Woods) James Lapine (book) and Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) started developing Into the Woods in the 1980s by drawing plot lines…
By Michelle Shapiro, Dramaturg When Next to Normal opened off-Broadway at the Second Stage Theatre in 2008, it received mixed reviews. Within these reviews, there was at least one that…
By Kaitlin Phelan (Dramaturg for Flora, The Red Menace) My name is Kaitlin Phelan and I am the Dramaturg for Flora, The Red Menace. Recently, I was able to chat…
Emerson Stage’s production of the musical Working (2012 Revised Version) opens on Thursday, April 18, at the Cutler Majestic Theatre. I reached out to Company Manager Mia Rosenfeld, BFA ‘19,…