Musicals

A Brief History of How Street Dance Influenced the Movie Musical

By  Meg Shields 

From “West Side Story’ to ‘In the Heights’ here’s a brief look at the way urban dance informs the modern movie musical.

The ‘In The Heights’ Box Office Story is About Context

By  Christopher Campbell 

Tell me something I don’t know.

The Healing Power of Gene Kelly

By  Emily Kubincanek 

Gene Kelly will be there for you when you need him the most. Just hit play on one of his musicals.

The Show Within a Show Tells Us What to Expect

By  Hannah Payne 

Musical theatre is rife with this common trope, but where did it come from and how does it work?

Why ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Will Take 20 Years to Film

By  Hannah Payne 

Richard Linklater is topping his ‘Boyhood’ production span with his adaptation of the 1981 musical flop turned cult favorite.

All That Dance in ‘All That Jazz’

By  Aliya Jones 

The star of this musical wasn’t the music at all— it was the dance.

Revisiting Buffy The Vampire Slayer’s Musical Episode,”Once More With Feeling”

By  Samantha Olthof 

The Buffy musical episode provided a bright spot in a depressing season, making it one of the most memorable and rewatchable episodes of the show’s seven-year tenure.

The ‘Yesterday’ Trailer is a Roaring Delight

By  Sheryl Oh 

Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis’ jukebox musical brainchild could deliver prime feel-good vibes without scrimping on some pertinent moral questions.

There’s a Place for Them: Meet the Stars of Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’

By  Sheryl Oh 

“Something’s coming, something good…”