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When you've started talking about the weather it's usually a sign that your date's not going very well. Unless, of course, you're on a date with Lady Guenevere. The way Lerner and Loewe wrote her in the musical Camelot, the chick seems to have a bit of a weather fetish. Think of it. When we first see her she's so disgusted at the thought of getting married that she runs away in the middle of a forest. But how does Arthur win her over? He sings a song about how nice the weather is in his kingdom. All he's gotta do is tell her "The winter is forbidden till December" and "The rain may never fall till after sundown" and she's all hot for a royal wedding. Need further proof? Look how Lancelot steals her heart away in Act II. He sings "If Ever I Would Leave You", a song that actually names all four seasons! When the musical climax occurs at "Oh no, not in springtime, summer, winter or fall..." the queen's been worked up into such a medieval, female Viagra frenzy she's willing to dump a wealthy king who gives her everything for some dude who writes rhyming couplets about himself and fights jousts for a living.

An anthem for the first half of the 2003-04 New York theatre season. (With deepest respect to Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Leonard Bernstein)

Forbidden Broadway star plays herself in new cabaret show saluting Betty Comden and Adolph Green

After two years of research and restoration, Musicals Tonight! presents the New York premiere of a lost Gershwin musical.

WARNING: I AM ABOUT TO DISCUSS THE ENDING OF THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE. If you've yet to see this award winning stage musical and wish to feel the full dramatic impact of its plot when you do attend, I suggest you skip this column. I TAKE NO FURTHER RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DECREASED ENJOYMENT YOU MAY HAVE WHILE ATTENDING A PERFORMANCE OF THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE.

Despite enthusiastic reviews and internet buzz, Glen Roven's interview series with Broadway's musical legends is set to close after this week's visit from Florence Henderson.

More than 50 years after it's smash West End production, Musicals Tonight! presents the North American premiere of Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray's first collaboration

In the premiere week of Singular Sensations, one of Broadway's greatest stars discusses the serious work behind light entertainment

There were no refunds requested when six Broadway understudies sang from the roles they cover in the first edition of Musical Tonight!'s series featuring those performers who come to the rescue

The home of Louis Armstrong, one of America's most influential artists, opens for public tours.