8 Things Parents Should Know About ‘Beauty and the Beast’
The live-action remake of the 1991 animated classic is in theaters. What should you know before you take your kids to see it?
Continue ReadingThe live-action remake of the 1991 animated classic is in theaters. What should you know before you take your kids to see it?
Continue ReadingShopping for gifts for a Hamilton fan? (Or yourself–we won’t tell.) We have plenty of ideas!
Continue ReadingGrowing up, music and musical theater gave me a home and community. Hamilton is helping me gift my son an entrance into this community by using his musical as well as intellectual interests.
Continue ReadingSara Parriott and Josann McGibbon talk up the positive messages and Disney nods woven into the made-for-TV movie’s storyline.
Continue ReadingDoes the beloved Sondheim musical translate well to the big screen?
Continue ReadingDoes the beloved Sondheim musical translate well to the big screen?
Continue ReadingMy son is a ninja fan, and I am most certainly Pro-Pirate. How does this play out at Christmas?
Continue ReadingEnjoy musicals? Then help everyone else enjoy them by enjoying them quietly.
Continue ReadingThe Star Trek: The Middle School Musical video is from the Rhett & Link channel on YouTube. They have other musicals and many videos focusing on the comedy of the geek culture. The channel is worth checking out.
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Continue ReadingThe Complete ABBA: A 40th Anniversary Celebration is both a discography and a biography of the band’s career. It lists all their songs, albums and tours with details on where they were recorded and who was involved in their production.
Continue ReadingSure, there’s always Independence Day, or The Patriot, but why go for world-destroying aliens and Mel Gibson with a ponytail when you can have (the far more family-friendly) Mr. Feeny from Boy Meets World as that most famous founding father from Massachusetts, John Adams?
Continue ReadingIs a musical version of Back to the Future so far-fetched? After all, Marty introducing rock music at the school dance is one of the highlights of the movie. Deadline.com reports that director Robert Zemeckis is in talks with the …
Continue ReadingThe Walt Disney Studios has announced that Rob Marshall, director of the latest installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, will be directing a film version of the Sondheim musical Into the Woods. As the press release describes it: Into …
Continue ReadingNext week Fox is giving me an early Christmas present by combining three of my passions in life: Star Wars, Christmas episodes and show tunes. The hit show Glee will present an unusual guest star, Chewbacca the Wookie, in a tribute to both the Star Wars and Judy Garland holiday specials. The Christmas episode will […]
Continue ReadingIn May of 1996, a group of students at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in California put together a musical based on Star Wars (Episode IV) and performed it for a three-night run. The production featured songs with lyrics (derived from …
Continue ReadingWe’ve all heard the bad reviews coming out for the big-budget superhero musical, Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark. Maybe huge action films just shouldn’t be turned into musicals. Or maybe, you just need the right material: [Warning: very quick, but …
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