Oklahoma!
The original Rodgers and Hammerstein musical is revamped at the Young Vic in all its bucking glory. But this is no corny production or cowboy operation; Daniel Fish and Jordan Fein have […]
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Dreamgirls
Bill Condon goes from Chicago to Detroit in this Oscar-winning musical about a Motown-type girl group (Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose and Beyoncé). Few genres are as homogeneous as music movies, […]
Heathers the Musical
Lately it seems as though musical producers are working their way through the alphabet for films to ruin, starting with Amélie and Back to the Future before moving on to […]
Little Shop of Horrors
A nerdy florist (Rick Moranis) discovers an all-singing, all-dancing, all-consuming alien plant (the Four Tops’ Levi Stubbs) in this 1986 horror musical. Just as John Waters’ Hairspray went from indie […]
Anna and the Apocalypse
An all-singing, all-shuffling ensemble deliver a pandemic in the key of George A. Romero in this 2017 zombie musical that one might call Song of the Dead. The singalong story […]
Rhinestone
Multi-Razzie-nominated Rhinestone belongs in the rare subcategory of films based on songs (in this case Rhinestone Cowboy; the country song, not the Madvillain track) alongside Love Me Tender, Yellow Submarine […]
On iPlayer: Paint Your Wagon
Clint Eastwood heads westward in 1969 musical Paint Your Wagon AKA Purty Harry. In a possible attempt to rebottle the success of Oklahoma!, Lerner and Loewe’s (My Fair Lady) musical […]
Cats
What a technological age we live in where a film like Cats is possible. Not the eye-clawing special effects, those are horrific. I’m talking about the technology that enables a […]
Jazz Odyssey: All That Jazz
A renowned choreographer and director Joe (Roy Scheider) is working on a brand new stage play set to be his finest yet. But as he struggles to balance work, family […]
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
The choircese returns in this 1993 clerical error, this time teaching an inner-city school to sing a wimple song, essentially making it Coach Martyr. Directed by Bill “Mac from Predator” […]
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