Given what an incredibly rich subject for parody the 50 Shades of Grey franchise is, you’d expect this to be a hilariously subversive work similar to Silence: the Musical two years earlier. What we got, instead, was the stage equivalent of a Seltzer … [Continue reading]
Rocky: The Musical
One thing that points to the fact that Broadway still has a future is that the two trends that were supposedly “killing Broadway" in the 2000s…Jukebox Musicals and movie adaptations…are becoming less and less problematic as time goes by. In the case … [Continue reading]
Into The Woods (2014 Film)
This is an entertaining and excitingly theatrical film, but it loses a great deal of the allegorical content that made the original stage musical so interesting. The film follows the plot of the stage show fairly closely, but discards the interval … [Continue reading]
The Student Prince
Made in 1954 but not released on DVD until 2011, this underrated classic is subtler and more intelligent than your typical Operetta film like the Jeanette McDonald-Nelson Eddy series. Based on the biggest Broadway hit of Sigmund Romberg’s career, it … [Continue reading]
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
If you were disappointed with the Hollywood film version of Phantom of the Opera (and let’s be honest, who wasn’t?), you may want to look into acquiring this on video instead. In contrast to the misguided changes that plagued that movie, this is … [Continue reading]
Burlesque
This movie isn’t an earth-shaking masterpiece, but it isn’t nearly bad enough to deserve the dismissive reaction it generally gets, and is actually a really solid, enjoyable viewing experience. The movie has been called on the carpet for having a … [Continue reading]
Glee (TV Series)
I have a lot of bad things to say about this show, but I also believe it was one of the best things to happen to popular music in the modern era. Let’s get the bad stuff out of the way first, starting with the show’s crippling script … [Continue reading]
Now Here This
This is another effort from the four-person writing-performing team that brought us <Title of Show> a few year earlier. It retains that show’s intensely post-modern sensibilities and self-referential nature, but is far more earnest and takes … [Continue reading]
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