Sentences with phrase «stage musical by»

You can make it possible for a teacher to stage a musical by sewing costumes, building sets, selling tickets, and doing many other tasks.

Based on an early 1961 stage musical by Langston Hughes, the film tells the story of a single mother in Harlem sending her teenage son to visit her parents in Baltimore for the holidays.

Based on the classic stage musical by Claude - Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil.

It's no wonder, considering the talent behind it: Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins directing, based on the stage musical by Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Aurthur Laurents, based on freaking SHAKESPEARE.

Cast: John Travolta, Olivia Newton - John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Didi Conn, Dinah Manoff, Jamie Donnelly, Barry Pearl, Michael Tucci, Kelly Ward, Eve Arden, Lorenzo Lamas, Sid Caesar, Annette Charles, Susan Buckner, Alice Ghostley, Dody Goodman, Sha - Na - Na, Fannie Flagg, Eddie Deezen, Ellen Travolta Director: Randal Kleiser Screenplay: Allan Carr (from the screenplay by Bronte Woodard, which was adapted from the stage musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey) Review published March 26, 2005

Not exact matches

The Conservative politician will be played by Alexander Hanson, the Norwegian - born British stage actor who played opposite Elaine Paige in Sunset Boulevard in 1995 and played Pilate in the 2012 UK tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's popular musical Jesus Christ Superstar.

Although Williams, after giving his congratulatory remarks, left the stage almost immediately once Mendez began her speech, she started off by making a rather friendly reference to Williams» musical talent.

Extras: The Blu - ray includes quite a few extra features, including a detailed, if at times kind of lethargic commentary by director Lloyd; three interlocked featurettes detailing the stage genesis of the property, the vocal training of the actors (including a laugh out loud segment showing the largely incompetent Firth attempting «dance moves»), as well as the source ABBA music; another featurette detailing the making of «Lay Your Love on Me,» a duet between Seyfried and Dominic Cooper that becomes a bit of a production number; deleted scenes (including the cut musical number «The Name of the Game») and a music video of «Gim me!

By the way, if you get an opportunity to see Gordon's stage adaptation, Re-Animator: The Musical, do so.

At age 13, she took her vibrant stage presence and star quality to Broadway, and by the next year she had made it to Hollywood, where MGM studio executives suggested she change her name to Rita.Mostly appearing in musicals, her most notable roles of the»50s include Zelda Zanders the Zip Girl in Singin» in the Rain and Tuptim in The King and I.

The handsome villain Prince Charming (lubriciously voiced by Rupert Everett) returns to the Kingdom of Far Far Away to wreak his revenge... and does so by staging a musical.

The revolution swells as do the beautiful musical numbers performed by Seyfried, Redmayne, Barks and a core group of extras from the original stage musical.

In 2012 he was seen in New Line's adaptation of the Broadway stage musical ROCK OF AGES, directed by Adam Shankman.

But by the grace of God, or maybe a great cast and lots and lots of expert staging, a great musical became a great TV production.

(2005), a British soccer drama starring Kuno Becker and Alessandro Nivola; Flushed Away (2006), a DreamWorks CG - animated picture about a mouse named Roddy who gets flushed down the toilet and winds up in a vermin - infested city called Ratropolis; and Julie Taymor's Across the Universe, a hallucinatory musical love story, set against the turbulent backdrop of the»60s, with countless Beatles songs providing the backdrop.The same period found Clement hard at work developing several stage musicals: Victoria's Secret, with a score by Paul Williams and Dave Stewart; Helen of Troy, libretto by Brendan Healy and AC / DC frontman Brian Johnson.

For the few uninitiated (the stage show has been seen by 60 million people), Les Misérables is Cameron Mackintosh's adaptation of Claude - Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil's musical based on the Victor Hugo saga set in early 19th century France.

This one is directed by Rob Marshall, the helmsman on the Oscar - winning film musical Chicago; here, he is once again bringing an acclaimed Broadway stage musical to cinematic life.

In Bran Nue Dae, Perkins went west to Perth and north to the remote Kimberleys to work closely with a large ensemble cast on the much - anticipated film of a much - loved stage musical — seen by 200,000 people when it toured the country in 1990 and 1993.

There is also a deleted song sequence for «I've Got a Little List», four NBC Radio audio excerpts for musical numbers from two modernized versions of «The Mikado» staged on Broadway in 1939, and an 18 - page booklet featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien.

Chicago is based on the famous stage musical which originally featured choreography by the legendary Bob Fosse.

A comedy about a group of inmates who stage a musical to cover up their escape, it was treated with eager expectation by fans of the Cattaneo's previous work.

Stage Fright (R for profanity, sexual references and graphic violence) High body - count horror flick set at a snobby drama camp terrorized by a bloodthirsty slasher who hates musical theater.

Sound of Noise (R for profanity and brief nudity) Swedish crime comedy about a tone deaf cop's (Bengt Nilsson) attempt to track down the gang of musical anarchists which has been terrorizing Malmo by staging impromptu percussion concerts all over the city.

The decision by Sam Mendes, who helmed the critically acclaimed recent James Bond film Skyfall, to switch to a West End stage musical for his next venture also reinforces this.

The first disc includes the theatrical release of the film, along with an interesting feature commentary track by director Marshall and screenwriter Bill Condon, as well as the deleted musical number «Class,» and a 27 - minute documentary on bringing the musical to the big screen («From Stage to Screen: The History of Chicago»).

The screenplay is by Will Gluck and Aline Brosh McKenna, based on the musical stage play «Annie,» book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and on «Little Orphan Annie,» © and ® Tribune Media Services, Inc..

The big - screen version will utilise composer Claude - Michel Schönberg's original score from the musical, and is being produced by Cameron Mackintosh, who worked on the British stage iteration.

Over on IFC, comedians Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci star in their own comedy series Garfunkel and Oates — the title of which is inspired by their stage name and musical alter - egos.

He played Clive Owen's son in The Boys Are Back in 2009 and a soldier in the 2012 World War I miniseries Birdsong with Eddie Redmayne and Clémence Poésy, and had a surprising turn in 2013's Sunshine on Leith, a film adaptation of the stage musical of the same name based on songs by the Proclaimers.

Featuring a book by John Weidman, the musical will run from July 12 — 15 and star a roster of big - name stage stars including Steven Pasquale, Julie White, Alex Brightman, Erin Markey, Shuler Hensley, and more.

Kander and Ebb's Roaring»20s retro - chic stage musical, adapted by Bill Condon, centres on antagonistic murderesses Roxie Hart (Zellweger) and Velma Kelly (Zeta - Jones), and shyster attorney Billy Flynn (Gere), to whom each turns hoping to regain liberty.

Tom Hooper's adaptation of the hit stage musical cast her as the tragic Fantine, who loses her job as a seamstress and comes to a bad end by the city gates.

Into the Woods, directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago) is a musical based on the stage work from Stephen Sondheim, but you wouldn't have known that from the film's first trailer.

Twenty - three years ago, the Broadway version of «Beauty and the Beast» (followed three years later by the Broadway version of «The Lion King») introduced a different form of re-branding: the stage - musical - based - on - an - animated - feature.

As the film begins, Aronofsky immediately taps into kitsch, calling on a spectacularly silly font for his opening titles, followed by some ferocious editing and musical choices to set the stage for the death and destruction to come.

Trousdale and Wise staged and shot the production numbers with panache to match: that circular sweep around Belle when she sings «There must be more than this provincial life» in the Oscar - nominated curtain - raiser «Belle»; the indelible hilltop Sound of Music homage that is «Belle (Reprise)» (rendered all the more stunning by IMAX); the swinging camera moves in that showstopping musical monument of self - love, «Gaston»; the Busby Berkeley bustle of the also - nominated «Be Our Guest»; the eloquent simplicity of the Oscar - winning title number.

The film is loosely based on the 1960s stage musical «Black Nativity» by Langston Hughes.

Hugh Jackman The Potential: A virtual unknown when he was plucked by Bryan Singer from the London stage to play Wolverine when original choice Dougray Scott was held up on «Mission: Impossible II,» Hugh Jackman became an instant icon in the «X-Men» movies, and it was clear he had the charisma to do almost anything — drama, rom - com, musicals.

Theater Mania has an interest piece on why so many musicals disappear in the development stages The Film Stage looks at MoMA's Scorsese exhibit of film one sheets CHUD an editorial on why we need gays as main characters in mainstream blockbusters - written by a straight man Guardian Hilary Swank scaling back career to care for her ailing father.

Before she was rushed off the stage by the ticking clock, Greta Gerwig still managed to be profound and touching when accepting the award for Best Film Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globes.

The nightclub stage will feature nightly performances, including a TheWaveVR DJ set by actor Tye Sheridan, who portrays Wade Owen Watts in the film, and musical sets by Them Jeans, FM - 84 and Bird Peterson.

When James Franco won the Golden Globe on Sunday for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), for his role in the film The Disaster Artist, the eccentric Tommy Wiseau — who Franco plays in the film — was already on his way to he stage when Franco told him to come up.

led to a Broadway musical adaptation 16 years later; that stage hit was in turn followed by this musical screen version a couple of years after that.

Originally staged on Broadway in 1987, this musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine is a gleeful mash - up of fairy tales that continues on past the «happily ever after», eventually turning rather dark and emotional.

From its sketchy screenplay to its uninspiring score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul to its showy but shallow performance by Jackman and its oddball staging of musical numbers (one is actually performed by Efron and Zendaya while they're twirling on ropes and spinning dizzyingly as in a Cirque du Soleil routine), the film does little to advance the cause of musical motion pictures.

Today on q, hosted by Tom Power: (1) Greta Gerwig's directing career takes flight with debut, Lady Bird; (2) Mimi Valdes explains why creative risks are so important; (3) The Hockey Sweater gets a musical spin in new stage production; (4) Mary McCartney's «slightly voyeuristic, slightly personal» photography; (5) Thundercat, Little Big Town and more: music from today's episode.

The Broadway - conquering, Tony - sweeping success of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's stage musical, The Book of Mormon, took many by surprise — but only the sort of people who wouldn't have touched the South Park movie with a conductor's baton.

It is a very by - the - book movie musical that breaks few boundaries from stage to film.

Polanski nevertheless turned it into a successful German - language stage musical in Europe in the late nineties with music by composer Jim Steinman (best known for his «Bat Out of Hell» collaborations with U.S. rocker, Meat Loaf).

There are other movies seen in various stages of production on the Capitol lot, none completely convincing as period pastiche, some funny as send - ups of bad filmmaking: a musical starring an Esther Williams type named DeeAnna Moran (Scarlett Johansson), who refers to her mermaid costume as a «fish ass;» Merrily We Dance, directed by ascot - wearing priss Laurence Laurentz (Ralph Fiennes); bits of Doyle's singing cowboy movies and the latest from Gene Kelly-esque dancer - athlete Burt Gurney (Channing Tatum, showing off a surprisingly passable singing voice).