On a recent trip to New Mexico, I had lots of time to listen to FM and satellite radio (I am burned out on talk radio) and one topic came up: whether the classics of American theater will survive as America heads into the 21st century.
My answer: YES. Why? Just surf YouTube — and you’ll find many examples of young people who are hooked on some of the classics, such as this spunky performer doing a song from Gypsy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4UUJNy5TZg
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.