A new publication was published today, “Step Aside, Gray Lady: Ishmael Reed and Carla Blank’s Reckoning with Bigotry on Broadway” … More
Tag: Musical
Barrytown in the Time of COVID: Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown Trilogy in Print and on Film in 2021.
Before the pandemic began, my library would host weekly, and one additional monthly book sale. As an official patron and … More
#1186 Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Straight Outta Compton is the 2015 biopic that tells the story of Eazy-E’s (and the rest of NWA’s) genesis and … More
#1165 Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Joel and Ethan Cohen’s Inside Llewyn Davis tells the story of a folk singer entering the strange early years of … More
#1189 La La Land (2016)
La La Land is a new musical for the twenty-first century. Focusing on a jazz musician and a frustrated ingenue … More
#75 42nd Street (1933)
“…a film with a much-duplicated plot: star breaks her ankle right before the opening night. An unknown girl in the chorus must replace her. There is a wedding. There are young lovers. Finally, a director’s one “final” show before his medical issues overwhelm him. This film is where all these old movie clichés originated.”
#677 All That Jazz (1979)
All That Jazz is a stream-of-consciousness commercial-art-film semi-biopic of the life and career of its Broadway-famous writer and director, Bob … More
#158 Dumbo (1941)
One of Disney’s shortest animated films that clocks in at 64 minutes, Dumbo had one specific role: to quickly recoup … More
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