Movies being made into Broadway musicals that are then made into movies again? Good God! Well, it worked for Mel Brooks’ The Producers but it failed with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Yeah, sometimes it’s best to leave well enough alone. Based on Roald Dahl’s 1988 book & 1996 movie (see review below), this popular…
When I saw the trailer for Speilberg’s vision of remaking the original 1961 musical, I was shocked to see how good it looked! Could the man who gave us Jaws and E.T. actually pull a hat trick, re-do a classic, and make it watchable? If you know anything about this highly acclaimed 1961 musical,…
If they say that an artist suffers for their art, then no one suffered more than playwright & songwriter Jonathan Larson, who died too young at 35. He only wrote only two musicals, but they were both ahead of their time and filled with tragedy and loss, much like his own life. In this semi-autobiographical…
In yet another attempt to bring a Broadway musical to the big screen, this one has the distinction of NOT being a sprawling, grandiose epic like the others (Cats, Hello Dolly, In The Heights) This is a small-scale, simple story of a teenager, a mistaken letter, lies, and lotsa singing! “Oh, what a tangled web…
Lin-Manuel Miranda is, and probably will always be, best known for his ground-breaking and Tony-awarding winning Broadway musical, Hamilton. But before that juggernaut, Miranda made another musical about life in the Dominican neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City. Originally scheduled as far back as 2008, Miranda & Universal Studios wanted this project made,…
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