Making Musicals Matter
Theater maker, writer, composer. All the deets at www.chasgilbert.com
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Enchantment, Everywhere
Over fifty years of making musical theater, I’ve had a number of opportunities to make work I’m genuinely proud of - but it’s rare for any of it to be remounted after its premiere. So when I learned that Enchantment Theatre Company would be...
"Here I Am"
My story begins with this photograph from 1974: four young men in pretend baseball uniforms, standing on the stage of Mitchell Hall at the University of Delaware, all in identical poses - a classic choreographed musical theater tableau. The...
Refusals and Revelations
I. The Question the Year Posed
“How do you measure a year in the life?” Jonathan Larson asks in “Seasons of Love” from Rent.
As part of my end-of-year review, I made a list of all the musical theater experiences I had in 2025. I make no...
Thank You for Reading
In front of the National Theatre in June - my posts about the productions of London Road and Here We Are that I saw this summer were the start of this Substack!
When I started “Making Musicals Matter” in June, I wasn’t entirely sure what t...
A Tiny Miracle
A trio of seven-year-olds stand at the front of Voices of Music Theater Philly, waiting for their cue. Behind them, fifteen adult voices are poised to join in. I raise my hands, and we begin: “Something very strange is happening to me /...
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