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Hear the people sing!
Published on Monday 15 July 2019
So I was unnecessarily slagging off the entire genre of musical theatre in the CMU Daily today, but only for comedy effect (OK, it’s an in-joke just two other people will appreciate). Since setting up a Spotify playlist of musical soundtracks about a year ago, I’ve actually rediscovered the joy of listening to songs from the shows. I think the trauma of sitting through ‘Rent’ in 1998 put me off the entire genre for 20 years. But I’m back now! Here’s why musicals were in the music business news.