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Adaptation Analysis #5 – The Phantom of the Opera
For our fifth analysis of film adaptations, we will reach out to Broadway for the source. In 1986, Andrew Lloyd Webber revolutionized the musical scene with his stage production of The Phantom of the...
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For this Adaptation Analysis we go back to Broadway — more specifically, Broadway and 41st Street: the address of the Nederlander Theatre, the former site of the rock-opera musical RENT, originally...
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Adaptation Analysis: The Evil Dead & Evil Dead: The Musical
It’s not uncommon for Hollywood blockbusters to take to the stage in a musical rendition (good example: The Producers; bad example: Carrie). For this Adaptation Analysis, we take a look at the classic...
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Top Five Classic Musicals
According to Wikipedia.com, the incredibly reliable Internet-based encyclopedia, the definition of “musical theatre,” often shortened to “musicals,” is “a form of theatre combining music, songs,...
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Top Five Modern Musicals
Last week, I ranked the top five musicals of the Golden Age of Musicals, or “classic” musicals, that appeared on stage between the 1940s and 1960s. Musicals have matured alongside other media through...
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Web Movie Review: Stingray Sam
“Stingray Sam is not a hero…” So begins the weird musical sci-fi western adventure story by Cory McAbee called, appropriately enough, Stingray Sam. I first became aware of Stingray Sam on io9 — how...
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The Top 10 Best Genre TV, Movie, & Stage Musicals
In honor of the upcoming musical episodes of Fringe, House, Bones, The Simpsons, and The Family Guy, I have compiled a list of the top ten best genre musicals. By “genre” I mean science fiction...
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8 Mother-Themed Songs For Mother’s Day
In celebration of Mother’s Day (which is this Sunday, in case you weren’t aware), I sat down and went through my iTunes library and picked eight “mother-themed” songs from some of my favorite artists....
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Little Shop of Horrors: The Director’s Cut Blu-ray Review
I had not watched Little Shop of Horrors since sometime in the late ‘80s, shortly after its theatrical release in 1986. I was but a wee lad at the time, and the movie didn’t stick with me as I got...
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