Continuing from Grease is Grease 2, featuring Michelle Pfeiffer (Batman Returns, What Lies Beneath, Hairspray, Stardust), and Christopher McDonald (Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Faculty, Stargate Universe). I have more affinity to Grease, often wondering why they were singing about bowling and a luau, but shall not truly decide between the two: Grease and Grease … Continue reading
Compared to Fiddler on the Roof, Yentl is absolutely superb, as explained by Crack The World Shell‘s analyses: …Yentl is a surprisingly charming period drama which has been somewhat overlooked with the passage of time. Combining Jewish faith with a romance story was always going to be a tough sell but viewers do not need to … Continue reading
Frozen is the 53rd Disney animated feature film inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Snow Queen, ” which was produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It’s also super awesome! The film features Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars, Heroes), Idina Menzel (Wicked, Glee), Alan Tudyk (Firefly/Serenity, 28 Days, I, Robot, Dollhouse, Transformers: Dark of … Continue reading
Featuring Whoopi Goldberg (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Ghost, Sister Act film series, The View), Whitney Houston (Waiting to Exhale), and Victor Garber (Sleepless in Seattle, Legally Blonde), Roger & Hammerstein’s Cinderella is a romantic musical fantasy telefilm produced by Walt Disney Television with a multi-racial, color-blind cast. It is also a remake of the CBS … Continue reading
Directed by Jim Henson (Follow That Bird, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Farscape), and executive-produced by George Lucas (Jurassic Park), Labyrinth in an adventure musical fantasy film featuring Jennifer Connelly (Dark City, The Day the Earth Stood Still). According to The Atlantic article, “Labyrinth and the Dark Heart of Childhood“: When Labyrinth was first released, critics were … Continue reading
Continuing from the Reitman Ghosbusters film series, and Spaceballs, is yet another great Moranis film, Little Shop of Horrors, a rock musical horror comedy film directed by Frank Oz. It is a film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical comedy of the same name by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman. That Off-Broadway musical was based on the low-budget … Continue reading
I’m a legitimate fan of actress Audrey Hepburn, obviously in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, but also in this as well. There is some debate on if the film is sexist, or not, which I would rather leave alone right now. According to The New York Times review: AS Henry Higgins might have whooped, “By George, they’ve … Continue reading
Rita Moreno and Natalie Wood do fantastic acting in West Side Story. The first time I saw the film, I thought it was really, really done amazingly well. According to The New York Times review: What they have done with West Side Story in knocking it down and moving it from stage to screen is to … Continue reading
I remember the first time I ever saw Chicago, I totally really, really loved it. According to The New York Times review: It’s rare to find a picture as exuberant, as shallow – and as exuberant about its shallowness – as the director Rob Marshall’s film adaptation of the Broadway musical ”Chicago.” It’s the raw … Continue reading
I just totally and completely love Hairspray. Ricki Lake, who played the original 1988 Tracy Turnblad, makes a cameo appearance as one of the pageant judges. According to The New York Times review: That “Hairspray” is good-hearted is no surprise. Adam Shankman’s film, lovingly adapted from the Broadway musical, preserves the inclusive, celebratory spirit of … Continue reading
#20. “You Can’t Stop the Beat” from Hairspray #20. “Seasons of Love” from RENT #19. “Anything Goes” from Anything Goes #18. “Send In The Clowns” from A Little Night Music #17. “America” from West Side Story #15. “Do-Re-Mi” from The Sound of Music #14. “I Know Him So Well” from Chess #13. “Tonight (Ensemble)” from … Continue reading
The Musical, Legally Blonde, is based on the Reece Witherspoon movie of the same name, about a sorority girl named Elle Woods who struggles to win back her ex-boyfriend, Warner Huntington III, by sending herself to Harvard Law School to earn a law degree, to prove her worth to him. After Warner surprisingly decides to … Continue reading
I have been a massive musical fan for such a long time, and why not? Musicals are absolutely awesome! Hairspray Hedwig & the Angry Inch Into The Woods The Phantom of the Opera Chicago The Book of Mormon Wicked (as in Wicked Awesome) Mame Cabaret My Fair Lady Fiddler On The Roof West Side Story … Continue reading
How could I forget about Jai? How about some RENT? And some Ethel Merman singing “Tomorrow” from 1978, A Special Seasame Street Christmas:
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