Thirty-five years after the road trip movie’s release, a stage adaptation with music by Neko Case wants to be a another rallying cry for women.
Category: Theater
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With Songs by Neko Case, ‘Thelma & Louise’ Shifts Into a Musical Gear
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How ‘Glee’ Made Musical Theater Cool
The New York Times – Music:The TV series, our critic writes, gave us a slew of talented stage performers and used pop songs to help turn musical theater into mass entertainment.
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Jake Shears Loves a Scary Book. And Video Game. And Musical.
The New York Times – Music:The Scissor Sisters frontman is now playing Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Show.” It suits his taste for horror and spookiness.
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‘An Interrogation of the Truth’: The New Latin American Theater
The New York Times – T Magazine:Across the region, documentary-style works have risen to address political and economic realities.
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With ‘Barely Breathing’, Duncan Sheik Became an Accidental Pop Star
The New York Times – Music:Sheik’s song “Barely Breathing” spent 55 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the late 1990s. But the success only propelled him closer to Broadway.
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Can a New Museum Persuade Austria to Finally Love ‘The Sound of Music’?
The New York Times – Movies:For decades, Salzburg residents dismissed the hit musical as kitsch. Now, a dedicated space aims to reconcile movie myth and local history.
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Can a New Museum Persuade Austria to Finally Love ‘The Sound of Music’?
The New York Times – Movies:For decades, Salzburg residents dismissed the hit musical as kitsch. Now, a dedicated space aims to reconcile movie myth and local history.
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‘American Psycho’ Was Duncan Sheik’s Darkest Work. Was It Also His Best?
The New York Times – Music:In translating synth pop to a theatrical format in the “American Psycho” musical, Sheik matched what he did with rock in the acclaimed “Spring Awakening.”
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Duncan Sheik, Who Traded Pop Stardom for Broadway, Dies at 56
The New York Times – Music:Weary of the heartthrob label after his 1996 hit “Barely Breathing,” he pivoted to musical theater and won two Tonys for composing “Spring Awakening.”
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‘You Had to Be There’ Review: An Irresistible Documentary
The New York Times – Movies:The film looks at the storied 1972 Toronto production of “Godspell,” a Rosetta Stone of funny people that featured Martin Short, Gilda Radner and Eugene Levy.
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New York Performing Arts Library Gets $60 Million Gift for Preservation
The New York Times – Music:The anonymous donation, the library’s largest ever, will support digitization of archival items related to theater, dance and music.