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Are You Ready For BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL?
With more and more films are being adapted for the stage, BttF is being adapted for its “density.” [click for more]
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WICKED Film Adaptation Seeking Director
A couple of weeks back, we told you about nine separate film projects based on L. Frank Baum’s classic Oz fantasy novels. Amid all the faithful adaptations, post-modern re-tellings, revisionist sequels and prequels was the [click for more]
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Brooks Starting Work On BLAZING SADDLES Musical
Throw out your hands! Stick out your tush! Hands on your hips! Give them a push! Not content with having turned two of his films in to Broadway shows, comedy legend Mel Brooks is preparing [click for more]
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The Singing Swashbuckler: A Musical MARK OF ZORRO
Hollywood recycling its own material is certainly not a new trend. Ever since the days of the early talkies, studios have drug out old stories, slapped a bit of spit and polish (and usually a [click for more]
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Bobcat Goldthwait To Direct Musical Based On Kinks Album
It has always struck me as odd that Hollywood has not investigated the idea of turning rock and roll concept albums into film. As potential film projects, they certainly seem like attractive prospects- They already [click for more]
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Friday Flashback: HIGH SOCIETY
Bing Crosby. Grace Kelly. Frank Sinatra. Louis Armstrong. Cole Porter. That’s a list of heavy-hitters and when their talents were all applied to a musical adaptation of The Philadelphia Story, the result was the 1956 [click for more]
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Swing Dance Legend Frankie Manning Has Died
Bodies flew through air, slid along the ground and moved between each other in with uncanny precision while a fast paced, swingin’ jazz tune thundered on the soundtrack. For many moviegoers who had come to [click for more]
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Friday Flashback: Ritchie Valens In GO, JOHNNY, GO!
Next Tuesday, February 3, marks the 50th Anniversary of the first tragic deaths to occur in the burgeoning rock and roll genre. A small plane took off from a Fargo, North Dakota airport. Aboard it [click for more]
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Chenoweth Talks WICKED Movie Prospects
A while back we mentioned the possibility of the hit Broadway musical Wicked, adapted from Gregory Maguire’s best seller about what happened in Oz before Dorothy showed up, making its way to the silver screen. [click for more]
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FAME Remake Gets Teaching Staff
The students in director Kevin Tancharoen’s remake of Fame will be getting a quality education courtesy of some high class instructors. Megan Mullally, Kelsey Grammer, Charles S. Dutton, Bebe Neuwirth and Debbie Allen have been [click for more]