Sentences with phrase «musical version»

I saw the original stage musical version of this in the 1990s, and hated it.

1988 The infamous stage musical version of horror classic Carrie opens.

Caissie Levy plays Elsa (left) and Patti Murin plays her sister Anna in the Broadway musical version of Frozen.

The star of the 1993 classic movie went to see the Broadway musical version on Tuesday and then returned Wednesday for another show

The setting of the story is in a Welsh comprehensive school during the long hot summer of 1976, and very keen drama teacher Vivienne (Minnie Driver) fights sweltering heat and general teenage apathy to put on an end of year rock and roll musical version of Shakespeare's The Tempest (that David Bowie would be proud of).

Minnie Driver plays Viv, a fiery high school drama teacher determined to fire up her hormonal, apathetic students by putting on the best end - of - the - year show the school has ever seen... a glam rock - infused musical version of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

In Visage, Tsai seems intent on revisiting the lost opportunity, and casts Léaud as the main actor of an extravagant musical version of the legend of Salomé directed by Lee Kang - sheng.

Meanwhile, the 1980s musical version of Little Shop of Horrors gets all the attention, and deservedly so, but how many people have seen the 1960 original film, directed by Roger Corman?

But the «Groundhog Day» saga, of Connors living the same day over and over again, is greatly expanded in the live musical version.

There's a later musical version, but even with the voice of tenor Mario Lanza, it can't really compare to Lubtisch's original.

A few examples include a short film that depicts a single scene from the source material made in 1903; one loosely based, pop - musical version called Smike!

Noah and the Rainbow Boat Musical version of the Old Testament Noah's Ark story.

Local playwright Douglas Post crafted this original musical version of the tale, writing the book, music and lyrics.

In fact, the new Producers derives from Brooks» 2000 Tony - winning, Broadway stage musical adaptation of his earlier film (and Brooks, enjoying his septugenarian impresario rebirth, has written ten songs for an upcoming stage musical version of Young Frankenstein).

Broccoli was also the producer of the Broadway musical version of the low - budget Irish film Once which became an international sensation.

During a discussion of his work on the stage musical version of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox, Darvill touched on his desire to play Dumbledore:

Two vastly inferior sequels were released in 1989 and 1990, and a stage musical version is set to debut in London's West End in 2015, according to BBC News.

But even given this limitation, a musical version of Moby Dick still has a lot it can adapt or embellish: It can mimic the variety, or provide an entryway into its world, or interpret the book.

Even though Rudolph had been around as a story book character well before 1949, Gene Autry's recording in that year of the musical version of the saga made the red - nosed reindeer a standard member of the Yuletide cast in popular culture.

It's essentially a musical version of dyslexia, the well - recognized reading disability.

This is the musical version of that feeling, with horns, harmonies, and upbeat bass proclaiming love for all to hear.

The story concerns the efforts by an egocentric but likable actor, Fred Graham (Brent Barrett), to stage a musical version of William Shakespeare's + The Taming of the Shrew.

In 1942, Rodgers and Hart planned to write a musical version of Lynn Riggs» Green Grow the Lilacs, but Hart was in no condition to work (he died shortly afterward).

After appearing in Barefoot in the Park, Cabaret, and a handful of Shakespeare productions, Fuller won critical plaudits for her portrayal of the outwardly sweet but inwardly subversive Eve Harrington in Applause, the 1970 musical version of All About Eve.

This musical version of the Broadway play was co-written and directed by Richard Quine, who co-starred in an earlier 1942 version.

She also played Rosalind to Kenneth Branagh's Berowne in his musical version of William Shakespeare's LOVE»S LABOUR»S LOST.

I had the good fortune of experiencing the musical version of «Les Misérables» when it opened on Broadway in 1987.

Disney's musical version of the Victor Hugo classic centers on a disfigured man who rings the bells of Notre Dame Cathedral in 15th - century Paris.

There are so many different views of the same happenings that, hell, why not throw in a musical version?

The opening, in which Liszt fights a duel with Marie d'Agoult's effete, villainous husband, is a musical version of a Stewart Granger swashbuckler; when Liszt and Marie are locked in a piano and placed on the railroad tracks, the parody turns into a wacky variation on The Perils of Pauline.

There was recent footage of Universal's musical version of Les Miserables that took 37 years to transition from the classic on stage production to the big screen.

The West End is also welcoming another show next year in the shape of a musical version of the film Bend It Like Beckham.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Watered - Down Musical Version of Cult Classic Comes to DVD When first released in 1988, Hairspray was a socially - conscious satire which delivered a fairly potent political message about the evil of ethnic intolerance.

Their annual Christmas ritual consists largely of impromptu pop - song performances, which might sound tedious but is charming enough to almost wish for a musical version of the movie — particularly during their toy - store Kanye West cover and a plot turn that hinges on Miley Cyrus» «Wrecking Ball.»

Previous attempts to bring Les Miserables to the cinema have utilised Hugo's original tome, rather than the musical version.

And a stage musical version of «Mean Girls» is in the works, with Fey producing and her husband, composer Jeff Richmond, scoring.

Rounding off the extras are trailers for «Auntie Mame» (which includes footage from deleted scenes), and the 1974 musical version, «Mame,» starring Lucille Ball and a bizarrely androgynous Bea Arthur.

Cast and crew filmographies finish off the set, although some details regarding the novel's popularity and evolution through stage, film and musical versions would have improved an otherwise well - produced release.

Kiss Me Kate does just that by coupling a musical version of Taming of the Shrew with a backstage story that mirrors Shrew «s fighting protagonists.

10:30 pm — TCM — High Society This is not one of the best music - centric films ever made, but it is the musical version of The Philadelphia Story, with both Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra crooning it up with songs by Cole Porter.

So I was very leery of watching the musical version..

1:00 am (23rd)-- TCM — Silk Stockings The musical version of Ninotchka, about a staid, repressed Communist woman who goes to Paris on a mission, only to get loosened up by a Western guy.

You'd figure that it'd be all glad - handing and cut - ups when the beloved actor saw the musical version of his hit 1993 movie.

A musical version starring Carrie Hope Fletcher as Veronica will run at the Other Palace theatre in Victoria from June 9.

For the coming stage musical version, producers have cast another British...

A musical version of Heathers (pictured, Ryder this year) starring Carrie Hope Fletcher as Veronica will run at the Other Palace theatre in Victoria from June 9

I hated Tom Hooper's direction, and while I respect the ambition, I would have preferred to see the musical version of this story told in a much different way.

MS: Ten years later you earned a Tony Award nomination when you played Belle Steinberg in the stage musical version of «My Favorite Year.»