UPDATE (08.27.08) Here’s news that takes the sing-along thing a step further: At tonight’s promotional screening in Boston, the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus will be leading the mass Mamma Mia! karaoke in the theater. So if you’re in Boston and going this evening, get ready to be intimidated. Just leave the singing to them. The idea came from the […]
You may have seen director Adam Shankman as a judge on the TV show “So You Think You Can Dance?” but don’t hold it against him. Shankman’s vision for the latest film version of Hairspray was both a critical and box-office hit last summer (nearly $119 million in North America). Phoenix Pictures is hoping for more of […]
The full review will be here Thursday night, but here’s the one word teaser from Allison: “Cute.”
Check here to know before you go. (Like that one?) See you then.
If you’re of a certain age (late 30s, early 40s) it’s burned into your memory. The ageless Kevin Bacon frolicking across the farms and the high school halls with the late Chris Penn, teaching him how to dance and let loose… Footloose. And Deniece Williams’ ”Let’s Hear It For the Boy” is cranking in the background. Footloose […]
Focus Features has sent along more stuff from Hamlet 2, their upcoming semi-blasphemous comedy. If you’d like, check out Allison’s Hamlet 2 preview from April. Otherwise… Steve Coogan, meet Amy Poehler.
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And from the eventual stage production, a ditty best known as “Rock Me Sexy Jesus”
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Ever since Moulin Rouge and Chicago, the movie-musical revival just keeps on rolling along (oh snap! bad musical joke!) Since the most recent hit was the movie adaptation of a Broadway musical based on a non-musical movie (Hairspray), it was about time for a movie adaptation of a musical based completely on ABBA songs. Whew…
