Tag: plays
Controversy as Wicked Dolls Have the Wrong Website Printed on the Box
Wicked may be making a play for the male audience. The adaptation of the popular Broadway play that was an adaptation of the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire will arrive in theaters on November 22, 2024, and it’s been surprisingly mired in contr...
Read MoreWicked Star Cynthia Erivo Rages Over Fan-Edited Wicked Poster
It’s not just Marvel and Star Wars fans who get insulted by Hollywood figures for caring about the things they’re expected to spend money supporting. Wicked, the movie adaptation of the hit Broadway play – which is an adaptation of a book called Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch...
Read MoreJohn Cleese Won’t Censor Life of Brian Play
John Cleese is keeping one of his masterpieces intact. The Daily Mail recently reported that Cleese is bringing Monty Python’s Life of Brian to the stage, but the article has some errors Cleese cleared up on his Twitter account. The first is that the play will not be a musical, as Daily Mail said ...
Read MoreNetflix Starts Ticking With Tick, Tick… Boom! Trailer
This Monday, October 4th, Netflix released a new trailer for Tick, Tick… Boom! Based on Jonathan Larson’s autobiographical musical, Tick, Tick…Boom! is the story of his struggle to write the sensational rock musical Rent. The film is directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, a self-proclaime...
Read MoreAdaptation and Themes in In the Heights
Last week, I talked about the recent backlash against Lin Manuel-Miranda. His appearances and creations for Broadway, movies, and television prior to Hamilton spanning nearly two decades seemed to inspire a mixture of admiration and indifference. But after Hamilton hit Broadway, and again once it we...
Read MoreKenneth Branagh Wants to Make Animated Shakespeare Film
Kenneth Branagh wants to get animated with Oberon and Puck. In a recent interview with Collider for his new film Artemis Fowl, the Thor director proclaimed his interest in once again returning to the work of William Shakespeare, particularly with an animated version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, d...
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