Showing posts with label Musicals 1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Musicals 1. Show all posts
Saturday, 8 April 2017

Weekend treats ..... six from that fab year 1962

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It should be in widescreen reallv....
Wednesday, 8 March 2017

Back to La La Land

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A return visit to LA LA LAND was nice this week, for a rainy afternoon, as my partner had not seen it, and yes, he loved it - the mu...
Friday, 24 February 2017

A new Dreamgirls

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Wow - what a show: non-stop singing, dancing and more costume changes than one can count, plus a diva in the making, as  the 1981 musical...
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Monday, 6 February 2017

New year re-views 5: Les Demoiselles de Rochefort

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LA LA LAND got me in the mood for those Jacques Demy musicals once again - we love THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG , but even more, his 1967 TH...
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Wednesday, 18 January 2017

La La Land

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Finally, LA LA LAND . See the hit movie, sure, but don't think it's the best musical ever just because you've never seen a mu...
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Tuesday, 21 June 2016

Can't help loving that Showboat - 1936

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There is a new production of SHOWBOAT currently on in London, (which I may have to go and see now) but I only know it from the 1951 MG...
Tuesday, 14 June 2016

Summer re-runs: Its Always Fair Weather, 1955

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Its that time of the year again, when we dig out old favourites for another enjoyable view. 1955's ITS ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER is a film I...
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Friday, 25 March 2016

Kismet, 1955

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MGM's 1955 musical by Vincente Minnelli is actually rather wonderful, I hadn't realised - I enjoyed it enormously early today, an...
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Tuesday, 22 December 2015

A NEW Sound of Music ....

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THE SOUND OF MUSIC was one musical I never wanted to see and I successfully avoided it until New Year's Day 1996 when I had to give in...
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Thursday, 17 December 2015

Les Demoiselles de Rochefort

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A midwinter treat ...... I simply love this movie, as per reiews - Deneuve, Dorleac, Demy labels.  Click the full-screen icon to see it w...
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Tuesday, 3 November 2015

A new Funny Girl ...

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50 years after the original 1964 Broadway (and London in 1966) production of FUNNY GIRL , there is finally a new major production. It is ...
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Monday, 15 June 2015

A Star Is Born and those Fifties dramas

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Nice to catch 1951's A PLACE IN THE SUN again on television, along with SUNSET BOULEVARD and ALL ABOUT EVE , those great early '5...
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Saturday, 6 October 2012

A Star Is Born, once again

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Back again to 1954 and Warner Bros' great musical A STAR IS BORN - I have done a lengthly post on it already, see labels , but just ...
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