Before the cast album even got released, an album of songs from the musical recorded by non-cast artists arrived. I had never known that this release existed until a few weeks ago, which may actually be good since I think I would never have listened to the full musical, but it is worth talking about…

As with the Tanz der Vampire post, we are in stage musical territory and so I am a bit out of my element for talking about some of this work. However, unlike Tanz der Vampire, at least this one is in the language I know! I have also never seen a performance of this show,…

In 1997, fresh off the success of Celine Dion’s version of “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now,” Steinman ended up getting called to an unusual project. As we transition to discussing the musical, I want to acknowledge a debt to Gibson DelGiudice’s blog for a wealth of background information that was easily digestible for…