Queen and David Bowie are the popular rulers of rock opera, and consequently, these three rock opera albums have become highly undervalued.

Sitting near the center of “Southern Rock Opera,” the double-album breakthrough that placed Drive-By Truckers on the rock ‘n’ roll map, are a pair of Patterson Hood songs that speak directly to the ...

You’ve heard rock operas like Pink Floyd’s “The Wall,” Meat Loaf’s “Bat Out of Hell” and Green Day’s “American Idiot,” but what about a rock album that gets reimagined as an opera? Billy Corgan is ...

Nominated for Five Tony Awards including Best Musical! It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging. Aqua Net, Lycra, lace and liquor flow freely at one of the ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The O'Dessa Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, an electrifying collection of 13 ...

Imagine this scene: The biggest rock star in the world is about to give a free concert in Central Park, but he doesn’t know that a corrupt politician has hijacked the event to make it look like an ...

In 2001, the Drive-By Truckers released their third studio album, “Southern Rock Opera.” It was a dream conceived by members of the band before they even officially formed, back in 1998; a kind of ...

Goodspeed Musicals recently announced the lineup for its upcoming 2026 season at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam. Topics covered in the four-show lineup include the son of God, a ...

From Odysseus and Orpheus to Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, “O’Dessa” takes its cues from a deep canon. But bright colors and a talented young star help the film stand out despite the traditional ...