Adapted from the hit 2005 Broadway stage musical (which was later revived in 2015), “The Color Purple” marks the second big-screen take on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel of the same…
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Mean Girls Musical Remake Is Queen Bee At The Box Office With $31 Million Debut – /Film
Though the opening weekend for “Mean Girls” 2024 doesn’t quite reach the heights of the original movie after adjusting for inflation, it still puts the remake on a clear path to profit….
Mean Girls Review: A Totally Fetch Movie Musical Loses Its Mean Streak, And That’s Grool – /Film
Comparing the movie musical to the original is simultaneously necessary and absolutely futile. The thing about teen movies is that they are often our most honest cultural time capsules — films that…
The Color Purple Review: A Well-Meaning But Unsuccessful Musical Take On An Iconic Story – /Film
Some of that is by design, of course. “The Color Purple” may have had its story slightly softened and sentimentalized (both by Spielberg and the Broadway version), but so much of the journey…
Spamalot Review: The Monty Python Musical Gallops Back Onto Broadway – /Film
As the supporting actors rotate around comedic parts and don Jen Carpio’s eye-popping costume designs, the Round Table is rounded out with the talents of SNL alum Taran Killam as the brash…
Titanic: The Musical Review: A Devastating Musical About The Doomed Ocean Liner – /Film
In a matter-of-fact portrait of class hierarchies, Peter Stone’s book rotates around multiple passengers and seafarers — directly or loosely inspired by real people — without a central protagonist. Gracing the first class, Isidor (David…
Halloween Kills Almost Featured A Community Theater Musical Of A David Cronenberg Film – /Film
As Abbie Bernstein’s book “Halloween: The Official Making of Halloween, Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends” details, the development process for “Halloween Kills” originally saw co-writer Scott Teems taking the story in some…
Here We Are Review: Stephen Sondheim’s Swan Song Musical Is A Twilight Zone Ride – /Film
In “Act One: The Road” (Buñuel’s “The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie”), surrealist incidents prevent the party from satisfying their appetites. A “Cafe Everything” ran out of food; the next restaurant has…
Dicks: The Musical Review: A24’s Raunchy Romp Is Absurdly Hilarious, But Can’t Quite Sustain Itself – /Film
Newcomers Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp star in a raunchy, hilarious, absurd musical, but Nathan Lane and Megan Mullally keep it afloat.
Merrily We Roll Along Review: Daniel Radcliffe And Jonathan Groff Lead The Revival Of Stephen Sondheim’s Musical – /Film
Adapting the 1934 play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, George Furth’s script begins in 1976 and “ends” in 1957. Friedman frames “Merrily” as the flashbacks of Franklin Shepard (Groff, with…