Also ranks #1 on The Most Rewatchable Movie Musicals 8 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum 350 votes In the musical fantasy film, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum), a poor boy, stumbles upon a golden ticket. Th...
The Broadway breakout’s big belting inThe Notebookwent viral this year. Now, she’s taking on one of the greatest musicals of all time:Gypsy.ByJason P. Frank Praise God and Pass the Banjo:Cult of LoveStrains (musical and otherwise) within an American Christian family.ByJackson McHenry ...
s’presidential candidate in 1968. These exploits, among others, led to Hoffman’s being named a defendant in the so-calledChicago Seven trial(1969−70), in which he was convicted of crossing state lines with intent to riot at the Democratic convention; theconvictionwas later overturned....
Also ranks #1 on Movies That Should Be Made Into Broadway Musicals, Ranked By Fans 5 Winnie the Pooh Jim Cummings, Bud Luckey, Craig Ferguson 167 votes Three stories inspired by A.A. Milne add up to a very busy day for Winnie the Pooh (Jim Cummings) and friends. Upon learning that Ee...
Broadway was perhaps at its pinnacle, with mainstream theaters bursting with musicals, new talents such as Arthur Miller coming to the forefront, and Off-Broadway just beginning to establish its own place. The Yankees under manager Casey Stengel were the powerhouse of baseball, with Joe DiMaggio ...
She even finds herself in the midst of a turf way when a group of thugs attempts to take over her concession outside the wildly popular revival of Gilbert and Sullivan musicals in 1922.Article about Noel Kalenberg’s failed suicide attempt, 1922. Her marriage to Noel, however, proves a ...
who knows the lay of the land and puts Sondheim in only the best light. This large volume offers some critical dissection of the composer-lyricist’s life and work, peering into the process of lesser-known Sondheim musicals such as “Anyone Can Whistle,”“Passion” and “Pacific Over...
While some Oz collectors have a deep passion for children’s literature, others got influence by Oz movies (The Wizard of Oz, Return to Oz, The Oz Great and Powerful) or musicals (The Wizard of Oz, The Wiz, Wicked). Few might even be part of the performance at their schools during ...
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The book that launched a thousand musicals.If you're only familiar with the many streamlined adaptations, you might notrealize that Hugo's vast French novel is about much more than InspectorJavert's relentless persecution of reformed thief Jean Valjean. More than aquarter of its pages are essays...