Ethan Mordden

THE COMEBACK RETURNS open.substack.com/pub/ethancmord…

EVERY STORY HAS A MONSTER a.co/d/9Y37qEi #Amazon via @Amazon My latest novella: They're making a musical of Beowulf; sign up if you want to play a man-eating ghoul. No romantic subplot, but there's a lovely ballad, Hornet and Bee.

MORE BROADWAY CAST ALBUMS open.substack.com/pub/ethancmord…

BROADWAY CAST ALBUMS YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU NEED open.substack.com/pub/ethancmord…

THE WIZARD OF OZ open.substack.com/pub/ethancmord…

@ByronYork Plant-based! No bar! Homework! This wedding has everything but the local kindergarten playing a medley from Gustav Luders musicals of the 1910s, especially A Society Circus (1905). Can even AOC top this?

When Democrats marry. First, take the vows at City Hall. Then... nytimes.com/2025/06/20/sty…

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SHOW-BIZ ANECDOTES a.co/d/ebIRhm2 #Amazon via @Amazon Go behind the scenes with your favorite celebs, from Beethoven to Judi Dench! It's pithy, it's witty, it's now!

YOU REALIZE WE'RE ALL SPEAKING GERMAN, RIGHT? open.substack.com/pub/ethancmord…

@IanJaeger29 Baltimore Operetta Society's recent production of Romberg's The Desert Song, as the Red Shadow (C Van Hollen) sings "One Alone." Note evocative Sahara setting.

Huge crowd for Senator Van Hollen’s press conference in El Salvador.

@freshgaycorpse Stay trim and achieve scandal. He'll find you on his own.

.@TheRealEMordden how do I meet my Big Steve Bosco Please advise

A Serial Killer and a Black Song Diva open.substack.com/pub/ethancmord…

Oops. I forgot the link: The Gay Toy Shop a.co/d/32Yrbg9 #Amazon via @Amazon

@stacyhelton Thank you! Keep your copy of the Kalevala handy, as a trot to understand the crazy subtext. (Pro Tip: You can find English translations for free online. It has the same scan as Hiawatha, by the way.)

@TheRealEMordden Ordered!

Back to the bookstore! My latest novella: a wild avant-garde revival of the old college musical Good News; a black pop diva making her comeback after a canceling; a sexy muscle-god serial killer...What could go wrong?

THE ELEVEN O'CLOCK SONG open.substack.com/pub/ethancmord…

@BarryForshaw3 Thank you.

@TheRealEMordden I'll be expecting the customary Mordden insights, as in previous books on films and music From Richard Rodgers to Richard Strauss...

amazon.com/dp/B0DJBN9D7N/… My new book. Beauty and truth from a composer who seldom gets his due because he's "popular."

@JamesMannDWT Thanks for support. Montemezzi is in it, too, a little. He classes up the joint.

@TheRealEMordden you and Puccini? am going right to Amazon.

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