Photo by Matthew Murphy of MurphyMade I'll just go ahead and say it. I've never seen the 1987 classic Dirty Dancing movie. Truthfully, it was just a bit too before my time and, being more of a music person than... Continue Reading →
Photo by Joan Marcus I still have not seen any of the Wicked movies. Go ahead and get your gasp and shock out of your system. The truth is, I've never been much of a movie person. Why would I... Continue Reading →
Photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade I remember the color green. That was all I had in mind as I shuffled into the gorgeous Orpheum Theatre in downtown Minneapolis on Tuesday night for the opening night of The Great Gatsby:... Continue Reading →
Photo By: Jeremy Daniel I needed a break by the time Tuesday night rolled around. My head and my heart have been consumed by everything happening here in Minneapolis, but I just needed to breathe. I needed a vacation. This... Continue Reading →
Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zmmerman We all know the story of The Phantom of the Opera--- or do we? I'll be honest, when walking into Tuesday night's performance at the gorgeous Orpheum Theatre in downtown Minneapolis, I was... Continue Reading →
Photo Credit: Matthew Murphy My dad and I couldn't figure it out, but it has been 22 or 25 years since I first saw The Lion King on Broadway in New York. Whether it was 22 or 25, it feels... Continue Reading →
Photo by Joan Marcus I was wracking my brain for other movies without any strong music connections that have been made into musicals. It took a second but my boyfriend and I finally got on a roll-- "Mean Girls", "Carrie",... Continue Reading →
Photo By: Matthew Murphy, Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade I'll be honest with you, I was cracking jokes all the way up until the lights went down at the gorgeous Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Things like, "Why does Alanis Morissette have... Continue Reading →
I'm all about punk rock. I'm also all about musicals. So the fact that Home Street Home is a punk rock musical written by the one and only Fat Mike of NOFX obviously has my attention. I'm not going to... Continue Reading →