The little-known Broadway musical that gave the world "September Song" resurfaces in a starry Manhattan concert Jan. 25-26. We explain Knickerbocker Holiday.

The little-known Broadway musical that gave the world "September Song" resurfaces in a starry Manhattan concert Jan. 25-26. We explain Knickerbocker Holiday.

One of the biggest hits of the spring was Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Off-Broadway musical, Hamilton, which officially opens on Broadway Aug. 6. But it will not be the first time a show of that title and subject has appeared on Broadway. Nearly a century ago dramatic actor George Arliss starred as the Founding Father in Hamilton, a play he co-wrote with Mary P. Hamlin.

One of the biggest hits of the spring is Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Off-Broadway musical, Hamilton, which is scheduled to move to Broadway this summer. But it will not be the first time a show of that title and subject has appeared on Broadway. Nearly a century ago dramatic actor George Arliss starred as the Founding Father in Hamilton, a play he co-wrote with Mary P. Hamlin.

Did you see Ben Brantley's review in the Times of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde? He used such words as "compelling, complexity, delicious, scintillating, showmanship, skillful, stunning, triumph, absolutely gripping, classic tragedy, devastating momentum, dramatically fresh, particularly inspired, sharply intelligent, the pull of the old-fashioned courtroom drama, a terrific coup de theatre," and "the must-see sleeper of the Off-Off-Broadway season."

Did you see Ben Brantley's review in the Times of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde? He used such words as "compelling, complexity, delicious, scintillating, showmanship, skillful, stunning, triumph, absolutely gripping, classic tragedy, devastating momentum, dramatically fresh, particularly inspired, sharply intelligent, the pull of the old-fashioned courtroom drama, a terrific coup de theatre," and "the must-see sleeper of the Off-Off-Broadway season."

So if you own all those other reference books on musicals, why do you need Denny Martin Flinn's "Musical! A Grand Tour?

So if you own all those other reference books on musicals, why do you need Denny Martin Flinn's "Musical! A Grand Tour?

The popular reign of Only a Kingdom, the musical based on the 1936 abdication of King Edward VIII of Great Britain for the American woman he loved, ends Dec. 20 the Pasadena Playhouse in California.

Only a Kingdom, the musical based on the 1936 abdication of King Edward VIII of Great Britain for the American woman he loved, has had vigorous preview sales prior to its official opening Nov. 15 at the Pasadena Playhouse.

The 1936 abdication of King Edward VIII of Great Britain for the woman he loved -- American divorcee Wallis Simpson -- is the subject of Only a Kingdom, a new musical starting previews Nov. 6 at the Pasadena Playhouse.

From the Special Tony Playbill: