ONEGIN opens in FOUR WEEKS! Do you have your tickets yet? 

We are thrilled to present this beautiful new Canadian musical based on Alexander Pushkin’s timeline novel, Eugene Onegin.

To get an idea what to expect from ONEGIN, we had a look at other modern musicals based on classic literary sources. Did you know that 183 MUSICALS ARE BASED OFF OF LITERARY SOURCES? We couldn’t list them all so below are some of the greats.

p.s – These are novels from before 1920, there are so, so many fantastic musicals based on modern text (Ragtime, Hamilton, Wicked) but I’ll have to save that list for another blog post. 

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I was charmed by a Broadway story this week: It Only Takes a Moment: Bette Midler’s Gracious Gesture

Bette Midler – who is apparently the highest paid Broadway star ever, currently leading the revival of Hello, Dolly – allowed Christian Dante White to take the final bow at one of the performances. The reason? White is an understudy and went on in the role of Cornelius with little notice, and little rehearsal and Midler wanted to acknowledge the impressive feat that was his flawless performance. More