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musical stories: 31 news summaries

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MOVIE REVIEW

 Take a Chance on Mamma Mia! 

Golden oldies save cheesy musical adaptation from being a stinker

Jul 18, 08 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mamma Mia! doesn't quite pull off the leap from stage to screen, but ABBA fans will find it worth taking a chance on, critics say. The "jukebox musical that strings together 19 ABBA hits on a narrative thread flimsier than dental floss" had Carrie Rickey of the Philadelphia Inquirer ... More »

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movie review • Meryl Streep • Pierce Brosnan • musical • ABBA • Mamma Mia!

 Whedon's
 'Horrible'
 an Online Hit 

Evil genius is too good for his own good, and so is his show

Jul 16, 08 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood’s Internet video forays have mostly been failures—remember Quarterlife?—but none of them starred a dorky singing mad scientist. Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog thankfully features just such a character, and it’s almost too successful for its own good. The first episode had been... More »

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online videos • Quarterlife • musical • Buffy the Vampire Slayer • Joss Whedon

 150 Animals to
 Star in Massive
 'Ark' Musical 

Where? Where but Branson, Missouri?

May 24, 08 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hold on to your camels, folks: A full-blown Biblical gala is opening tonight in Branson, Mo., in the form of Noah—the Musical. The show will feature more than 40 actors and 150 animals, half live, half animatronic, the Economist reports. More »

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theater • Christianity • Noah's Ark • Missouri • musical theater • Christians • musical • Branson, Missouri

 Heights, South Pacific
 Lead Tony Nominations 

New musical draws 13 nods for Broadway awards

May 13, 08 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nominations for the Tony Awards were announced today, with 13 nods going to In the Heights, a new musical about Latino families in working-class New York that features rap, hip-hop, and salsa music. The revival of South Pacific drew 11 nominations, while August: Osage County drew the most nominations (7)... More »

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South Pacific • Tony Awards • Broadway • musical

Theater Review

 No Tears in Soulless Cry-Baby 

Latest Waters musical lacks heart

Apr 25, 08 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cry-Baby, the latest broadway musical based on a John Waters movie, is tasteless—and not in the good way, writes Ben Brantley in the New York Times. It’s not offensive, it just has no flavor. Its 1950s bad-boy-meets-good-girl premise is tired, and James Snyder can’t match... More »

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Broadway • Hairspray • musical theater • reviews • John Waters • musical • Cry-Baby

 25 Memorable Movie Musicals 

Hits to keep the rain off your parade

Apr 8, 08 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Sweeney Todd now out on DVD, Entertainment Weekly rounds up the mag's 25 favorite movie musicals. Some you've surely seen (West Side Story, Grease, the Sound of Music) but here are 10 you may have missed.
  1. Funny Girl (1968)
  2. Swing Time (1936)
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Chicago • list • musical • movies • The Wizard of Oz • West Side Story • Mary Poppins • South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut • A Star Is Born • Once • On the Town • A Hard Day's Night • Gigi • Love Me Tonight • Swing Time • Funny Girl

NEW RELEASE

Little Mermaid a Titanic Flop

Disney's latest blunder is a $15M beached whale

Jan 11, 08 4:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The verdict on Disney's latest Broadway musical, The Little Mermaid, is grim. "Loved the shoes. Loathed the show," Ben Brantley of the New York Times says of the "merblades" the cast uses to glide across a stage "soaked in that sparkly garishness that only a very... More »

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Broadway • Disney • The Little Mermaid • musical

Curtain Rising on
Anne Frank, the Musical

Creator compares teen's life to tragic opera

Jan 7, 08 10:25 AM CST
(Newser) - A first-of-its-kind musical adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank will take the stage in Madrid next month, the Guardian reports. The Spanish-language play gained the approval of the Anne Frank Foundation, which closely guards the rights to the story of the doomed Jewish teenager; a spokesman says the work... More »

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theater • Spain • Holocaust • history • Madrid • musical • Anne Frank • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl • Anne Frank Foundation

Choreographer Kidd Dies at 92

He won five Tonys and and an honorary Oscar

Dec 25, 07 6:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Choreographer Michael Kidd, creator of some of the most enduring dance steps on Broadway and in Hollywood, has died of cancer at age 92, the New York Times reports. Kidd, who won five Tonys and an honorary Oscar, is best known for his choreography in the 1954 film Seven Brides ... More »

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Hollywood • obituary • Broadway • ballet • dance • death • Michael Kidd • musical

NEW RELEASE

Sweeney Todd Is Bloody Good

Macabre musical about killer barber hits all the right notes, critics say

Dec 21, 07 2:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Sweeney Todd, about a wronged barber-turned-murderer, is so good that watching it will make you "feel sorry for the poor saps in the next theater at the multiplex," writes Kyle Smith of the New York Post. Directed by Tim Burton and starring a "stupendous" Johnny Depp, the... More »

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Johnny Depp • movie review • Tim Burton • Sweeney Todd • Helena Bonham Carter • musical

Depp Pipes Up on Singing Role

Johnny 'was scared to death' he couldn't cut it in Sweeney Todd

Dec 16, 07 6:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Johnny Depp has more acting chops, hotness, and wealth than anyone could want, but even the superstar's knees buckled when he agreed to make his singing debut in the new silver-screen musical, Sweeney Todd, opening this Friday. "I was scared to death," he told the Chicago Sun-Times.... More »

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Johnny Depp • Tim Burton • Sweeney Todd • premiere • Helena Bonham Carter • musical • movies

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