Sentences with phrase «who stage a musical»

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.

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Thoughtful contemporary symphonic alternatives to most of the left - wing pablum that is programmed in our concert halls will come as a relief to those of us who day after day sit on stage and play the music, often gritting our teeth, as an unsuspecting public heaps praise on the latest piece of leftist socio - musical drivel.

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.

De Blasio shared the New York Hilton stage with Leslie Odom Jr., who plays Aaron Burr in the hit musical «Hamilton,» while unleashing his inner Run - BDB.

In one episode, he interviews a biology professor who matches the stages of cell division to memorable theme songs; converting this into a multimedia piece, Shapiro made a minute - long movie called Pink Floyd and the dancing embryos, splicing together video segments with a musical soundtrack.

(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.

Condon, 57, is currently busy with a stage revival of «Side Show,» the 1997 cult Broadway musical about Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twin sisters who were featured in the 1932 creep - out classic «Freaks.»

Anyone who has seen the lavish stage musical and also loved it (and that two - part distinction is essential) will find much to be thankful for in director Tom Hooper's lavish film adaptation.

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.

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 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.

The Room fans watched the Golden Globes in awe as James Franco brought things full circle for Tommy Wiseau who came on stage during his emotional speech after winning Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for The Disaster Artist.

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.

Beyond those Disney benchmarks, though, there is some irony in the casting of Menzel, who won a Tony award for originating the role of Elphaba in the stage musical Wicked.

It's not exactly a story you'd think would lend itself to musical staging, but Minnelli, who pretty much invented the structure of narrative musical storytelling with Meet Me In St Louis, has not lost his touch even in this, his penultimate film, as the numbers seamlessly ingratiate themselves into the plot.

Speaking as someone that has never seen the musical on stage, or who went into this film with any preconceived notions of how it should or shouldn't be, my personal take on Rent is that it is an interesting, ambitious, but somewhat flawed endeavor that has enough good moments to recommend, but enough weaker elements to keep me from becoming ecstatic over it.

The flick follows a group of stage actors and a crew preparing to perform a musical who lock themselves in the theater to rehearse.

Anastasia (1997) becomes a stage musical this summer in London and is eyeing the 2016/2017 Broadway season • There are some who are suspicious that this news is not really official but Nicole Kidman is supposedly returning to Broadway this fall with Photograph 51, after its London run • Industry people got really excited about 3D high frame rate footage from Ang Lee's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk at a Future of Cinema Conference • The Academy is STILL trying to explain their new voting rules.

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.

A stage musical is in the works, though Hugh Jackman, who was to play Houdini, recently dropped out.

Audra McDonald (Madame Garderobe): McDonald is a stage actress and singer who has won five Tony Awards (so far), for both musical and dramatic roles.

Putting some of those words to music was the work of writers Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork, who turned them into a stage musical that opened in London in 2011.

Tilda Swinton, Bill Hader, and Brie Larson will join the cast of Judd Apatow's Trainwreck, a vehicle for breakout stand - up comic Amy Schumer, who wrote the script... Roman Polanski is planning a stage musical version of The Fearless Vampire Killers... No pointless remake this week, but stay tuned...

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.

«Early on, in the script stage, I really felt like it should have a musical accompaniment that would be another voice in the movie,» said Baumbach, who admitted crying whenever he hears the score for «The Natural.»

The writer of Into the Woods is James Lapine who adapted the original stage play musical that he wrote with Stephen Sondheim (who you may have heard of).

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).

Surely screenwriters Justin Theroux, Chris D'Arienzo (who wrote the book for the stage musical upon which the movie is based), and Allan Loeb write the moment as a joke.

In addition, Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, who both shared the stage on Broadway in The Mountaintop, will sing on the big screen in the musical adaptation with Jennifer Hudson.

INTO THE WOODS: An ultra-talented cast of Hollywood actors who can REALLY SING bring Stephen Sondheim's haunting masterpiece of a stage musical to life on the big screen.

For those of us who love a good villain for their terrifying villainy, the popularity of the stage musical Wicked has... read more →

Bring your pets for a photo of you and your pet; watch «Mile High Musical Tails» who will be on stage at noon; enjoy tasty treats for dogs and people; plus vendor games and prizes.

This new stage musical, presented in association with Tina Turner herself, reveals the untold story of a woman who dared to defy the bounds of her age, gender and race.

- titled Musical Resident Evil - stars Reon Yuzuki - will feature a former Takarazuka Revue superstar - handled by G2, a playwright and director who is readying a new Japanese production of My Fair Lady - also being handled by Osaka's Umeda Arts Theatre - fully original musical - slated to run in Tokyo from September to October and open in Osaka in November - Capcom's Hiroyuki Kobayashi will oversee the stage adaMusical Resident Evil - stars Reon Yuzuki - will feature a former Takarazuka Revue superstar - handled by G2, a playwright and director who is readying a new Japanese production of My Fair Lady - also being handled by Osaka's Umeda Arts Theatre - fully original musical - slated to run in Tokyo from September to October and open in Osaka in November - Capcom's Hiroyuki Kobayashi will oversee the stage adamusical - slated to run in Tokyo from September to October and open in Osaka in November - Capcom's Hiroyuki Kobayashi will oversee the stage adaptation

Xanadu: Douglas Carter Beane scripted this campy stage adaptation of the 1980 movie musical about a muse (the kind from Greek mythology) who inspires a street artist.

The Little Mermaid: Stage adaptation of animated Disney musical based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale about a mermaid who yearns to become human.

At this event, Vereen, who had recently won a Tony Award for his performance in Pippin, staged a musical number in homage to the trailblazing vaudeville performer Bert Williams, who, because of racist laws dictating who could appear on stage, always performed in blackface.

Just think, each production, at minimum, has: a script, a variety of actors (who may have copyrights in their performances, separate from the scripted words), directors whose vision lends to the flow of the work, cinematography, costume designer and creators, make - up artists (if unique enough, their designs can hold copyright - for example a certain henna tattoo design), stage / set designers and creators, musical scores that were composed and performed (rights flow to each), and myriad other creations that go into a production.

who staged three numbers from the hit Broadway musical Hamilton, only to have them removed from YouTube: Be willing to wait for it.