The Color Purple movie musical is set to hit theaters on December 25, infusing music into Alice Walker's classic story. The Color Purple first opened on Broadway in 2005, starring LaChanze in her Tony ...

A great movie musical lets you live inside the music. It's where pure emotion gets externalized into choreography, where characters sing because speech simply isn't enough. The genre can be joyous, ...

Musicals are a classic genre of movies, with some of the earliest being nearly as old as the medium itself. Many of these are original, but others are based on Broadway shows. Most recent musicals ...

Musicals have the magical ability of taking the audience on a journey through a landscape of sound and visuals. They celebrate storytelling in a way that blends instrumental themes with lyrical arcs, ...

“Good mornin’! Good mornin’! We’ve talked the whole night through…” It’s a tune intrinsic to the iconography of the beloved Singin’ in the Rain, this time emanating from Judy Garland’s slight frame, ...

When Schmigadoon! was canceled in January of 2024, a collective (and on-pitch) sigh could be heard throughout the musical theater community. It was only made more painful given the fact that the whole ...

In musical theatre lore, when emotion outgrows words, characters sing (and when emotion outgrows song, they dance). This idea – in various guises, configurations and subversions – has shaped musical ...