PAVAROTTI Review: A documentary about the legendary Italian opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti. Director: Ron HowardActors: Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Griminelli, Nicoletta Mantovani, Placido Domingo, Angela Gheorghiu, Zubin Mehta,… Read more “Pavarotti”
Category: Musical
In The Heights
IN THE HEIGHTS Review: A New York City bodega owner Usnavi, saves every penny as he imagines and dreams about a better life in the Dominican Republic.… Read more “In The Heights”
Tick, Tick…Boom!
TICK, TICK…BOOM! Review: An autobiographical musical about Jonathan Larson, a promising young theatre composer. He is approaching his 30th birthday, at this stage in his life he… Read more “Tick, Tick…Boom!”
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG Review: A beautiful young Frenchwoman Genevieve works in a small-town boutique selling umbrellas. She falls for a dashing mechanic Guy but their brief… Read more “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”
Song One
SONG ONE Review: A young woman falls in love with her brother’s favourite musician who her brother idolized after he was involved in a terrible accident that… Read more “Song One”
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM Review: Tensions and temperatures rise over the course of an afternoon as her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927… Read more “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY Review: Follows Billie Holiday, one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time, as she is targeted by the Federal Department… Read more “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”
Kiss Me Kate
KISS ME KATE Review: An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew”. Backstage the production is troublesome… Read more “Kiss Me Kate”
Military Wives
MILITARY WIVES Review: With their partners away serving in Afghanistan, women from different backgrounds come together to form the first military wives choir. They form a friendship and… Read more “Military Wives”
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
JINGLE JANGLE: A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY Review: Decades after his trusted apprentice betrayed him, a once joyful toymaker changes his life forever once his adventurous granddaughter arrives on… Read more “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey”
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