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Metropolitan Opera's James Levine Forced to Retire After Season for Medical Reasons
‘Kinky Boots’ Becomes Longest-Running Show at Al Hirschfeld Theatre; Tickets Continue to Rise
2016 continues to be a huge year for Broadway musicals in the news. On April 3, Kinky Boots became the longest-running show to ever play the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on 302 West 45th Street, as announced by producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig via Playbill last week. Blogarrhea: Blues is the New Real Rock'n'Roll, Don't Believe It? Listen to These 5 Bands!
When rock'n'roll first sprouted regionally in 1950s New Orleans, New York City, Memphis and a few other towns, the new music liberally borrowed from the blues. As rock mutated into prog, metal, glam, fusion, punk, etc., something was lost along the way. In 2016, it's hard to find rock'n'roll but maybe we're looking in all the wrong places.
