PG | 1h 45min | Drama, Musical | Dec. 20, 2017 (USA) A new musical that celebrates marriage, family, and the American Dream. Impossible, right? “The Greatest Showman” (2017) isn’t quite new, but it’s the best movie musical to appear in many years. It’s based on the life of visionary showman P.T. Barnum (1810–91), whose Barnum & Bailey Circus, founded in…
Film Review: 2017’S ‘The Greatest Showman,’ a Musical With Traditional Values
Theater Review: ‘The Music Man’: Middle America in Song and Dance
Here in New York, in its fourth incarnation since it originally played on Broadway in 1957, Meredith Willson’s slice of musical Americana does not fail to please. Willson wrote book, lyrics and music, and collaborated on the story with Franklin Lacey. Helmed by director Jerry Zaks, whose pedigree includes a super production of “Hello, Dolly”…
Broadway’s ‘Music Man’ Is Latest COVID-19 Victim as Jackman Tests Positive
Broadway’s revival of “The Music Man” on Tuesday canceled performances for five days after star Hugh Jackman tested positive for COVID. In the latest New York City show to fall victim to COVID-19, Jackman wrote on Twitter that he had only mild symptoms, including a scratchy throat and runny nose, and that as soon as…
Actor Hugh Jackman Tests Positive to COVID-19
Australian actor Hugh Jackman has revealed he has tested positive for COVID-19, putting on hold his Broadway performance “The Music Man” for five days. “I just wanted you to hear it from me that I tested positive this morning for COVID,” the 53-year-old actor said in a video posted to Twitter and Instagram on Dec. 28….
Iconic Australian Actor David Dalaithngu Dies Aged 68
Famous Australian Indigenous actor, dancer, and artist David Dalaithngu has died of lung cancer at his home in Murray Bridge, South Australia aged 68. The legendary actor, who appeared in films such as “Walkabout,” “Storm Boy,” “Crocodile Dundee,” and “Rabbit-Proof Fence” succumbed to the illness on Monday after being diagnosed in 2017. Born in 1953…
Water Baby Hugh Jackman Get Soaking in Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Reminiscence’
Hugh Jackman calls himself a water baby, but he’s never spent as much time getting wet as in his latest movie, “Reminiscence.” “I’m Australian born and bred so I love the water. I go into the ocean almost every day, if I can,” said Jackman. “But I certainly wasn’t taking any baths whilst doing this…
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