The Sound of Musicals
- Sep. 27, 2024
The Wisconsin Idea goes abroad. Andrew Abrams ’94, artistic director of Capital City Theatre, a professional regional theater in Madison, WI, wrote the music for But I’m a Cheerleader, the Musical based on the movie of the same name. It had a successful run in London in 2022 and won the What’s-on-Stage Best Off-West End Production Award that year. He wrote Shining in Misery, a comic musical parody of Stephen King novels, which opened for the World Premiere Wisconsin festival in 2023. A concert version also played at 54 Below in NYC in May 2024. Andrew wrote the music for a new version of It’s a Wonderful Life, which will premiere in Madison in November 2024.
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Lynn D’Andrea ’83, professor and chief of pediatric pulmonary and sleep medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin/Children’s Wisconsin is featured in the Netflix documentary Big Vape; The Rise and Fall of Juul. Dr. D’Andrea, a pulmo...
The Wisconsin Idea goes abroad. Andrew Abrams ’94, artistic director of Capital City Theatre, a professional regional theater in Madison, WI, wrote the music for But I’m a Cheerleader, the Musical based on the movie of the same name. It had ...
Mark Korshak ’08 produced and Adam Cuthbert ’03 was the first assistant director on Incoming, a film that debuted at number one on Netflix.
Paul Norton Gohdes ’57, MD’60 died peacefully with his wife at his side at Capitol Lakes Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin, on September 3, 2024. He was born February 25, 1935, in Wausau, Wisconsin, to Mabel Elaine (Norton) Gohdes and Harold Car...
Erik Michael Farmer ’93 died March 20, 2024. He graduated from the UW in 1993 with a degree in communication arts. While at the UW he was president of Theta Delta Chi fraternity.
Lynn D’Andrea ’83, professor and chief of pediatric pulmonary and sleep medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin/Children’s Wisconsin is featured in the Netflix documentary Big Vape; The Rise and Fall of Juul. Dr. D’Andrea, a pulmo...
The Wisconsin Idea goes abroad. Andrew Abrams ’94, artistic director of Capital City Theatre, a professional regional theater in Madison, WI, wrote the music for But I’m a Cheerleader, the Musical based on the movie of the same name. It had ...
Mark Korshak ’08 produced and Adam Cuthbert ’03 was the first assistant director on Incoming, a film that debuted at number one on Netflix.
Paul Norton Gohdes ’57, MD’60 died peacefully with his wife at his side at Capitol Lakes Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin, on September 3, 2024. He was born February 25, 1935, in Wausau, Wisconsin, to Mabel Elaine (Norton) Gohdes and Harold Car...
Erik Michael Farmer ’93 died March 20, 2024. He graduated from the UW in 1993 with a degree in communication arts. While at the UW he was president of Theta Delta Chi fraternity.
Lynn D’Andrea ’83, professor and chief of pediatric pulmonary and sleep medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin/Children’s Wisconsin is featured in the Netflix documentary Big Vape; The Rise and Fall of Juul. Dr. D’Andrea, a pulmo...
The Wisconsin Idea goes abroad. Andrew Abrams ’94, artistic director of Capital City Theatre, a professional regional theater in Madison, WI, wrote the music for But I’m a Cheerleader, the Musical based on the movie of the same name. It had ...
Mark Korshak ’08 produced and Adam Cuthbert ’03 was the first assistant director on Incoming, a film that debuted at number one on Netflix.
Paul Norton Gohdes ’57, MD’60 died peacefully with his wife at his side at Capitol Lakes Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin, on September 3, 2024. He was born February 25, 1935, in Wausau, Wisconsin, to Mabel Elaine (Norton) Gohdes and Harold Car...
Erik Michael Farmer ’93 died March 20, 2024. He graduated from the UW in 1993 with a degree in communication arts. While at the UW he was president of Theta Delta Chi fraternity.