Plus: how Liam Gallagher can keep swaggering
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What is muscial theatre in a digital age shaped by the pandemic lockdowns? It is a question being considered by Sarah Bay-Cheng, Dean of the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design at York University, Canada, in the wake of a notable Grammy win. The 2022 award for best musical theatre album went to a show that originated as a TikTok hit: The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical by Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear. Attention to the diversity of representation and such Grammy recognition for new modes of production are changing musical theatre for the better, argues Bay-Cheng.
Meanwhile, Liam Gallagher, of the 90s rock band Oasis, revealed he had arthritis and could require a hip replacement at the age of 49. He is reportedly reluctant to get the surgery, but as Anne Crilly reports, such procedures now afford patients the chance to make remarkable recoveries. Gallagher’s famous swagger could grace stages for many years to come.
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Stephen Khan
Executive Editor, The Conversation International
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The duo ‘Barlow and Bear,’ made up of singer Abigail Barlow and composer Emily Bear, won the 2022 Grammy Award for best musical theatre album for ‘The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical,’ shared over TikTok.
(Bear and Barlow/Igor Kasyanyuk)
Although a Grammy win for a TikTok musical was a first, musical theatre has always circulated through networks of media, popular culture and fandom.
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