American Musicals
(2001 to NOW)
Moulin Rouge
2001 - WON two Oscars
Co-written & Directed by Baz Luhrmann
Co-writer: Craig Pearce
Cast
Nicole Kidman ... Satine
Ewan McGregor ... Christian
John Leguizamo ... Toulouse-Lautrec
Jim Broadbent ... Harold Zidler
Richard Roxburgh ... The Duke
Kylie Minogue ... The Green Fairy
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Chicago
2002 - WON six Oscars
Directed by Rob Marshall
Screenplay by Bill Condon
Cast
Catherine Zeta-Jones ... Velma Kelly
Renée Zellweger ... Roxie Hart
Richard Gere ... Billy Flynn
Christine Baranski ... Mary Sunshine
John C. Reilly ... Amos Hart
Queen Latifah ... Matron Mama Morton
Taye Diggs ... Bandleader
Lucy Liu ... Kitty Baxter
Deidre Goodwin ... June
Dominic West ... Fred Casely
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2005- TWO musicals - NO Oscar noms
The Producers
Directed by Susan Stroman
Screenplay by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Source: Mel Brooks 1968 screenplay and Mel Brooks 2001 stage play book & Thomas Meehan 2001 stage play book & Mel Brooks 2001 stage play lyrics
Cast
Nathan Lane ... Max Bialystock
Matthew Broderick ... Leo Bloom
Uma Thurman ... Ulla
Will Ferrell ... Franz Liebkind
Gary Beach ... Roger DeBris
Roger Bart ... Carmen Ghia
Michael McKean ... Prison Trustee
Andrea Martin ... Kiss Me-Feel Me
Jon Lovitz ... Mr. Marks
RENT
Directed by Chris Columbus
Screenplay by Stephen Chbosky
Source: Book of musical play by Jonathan Larson
Cast
Anthony Rapp ... Mark Cohen
Adam Pascal ... Roger Davis
Rosario Dawson ... Mimi Marquez
Jesse L. Martin ... Tom Collins
Wilson Jermaine Heredia ... Angel Dumott Schunard
Idina Menzel ... Maureen Johnson
Tracie Thoms ... Joanne Jefferson
Taye Diggs ... Benjamin Coffin III
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Dreamgirls
2006- WON two Oscars
Written & Directed by Bill Condon
Source: Book by Tom Eyen
Cast
Jamie Foxx ... Curtis Taylor, Jr.
Beyoncé Knowles ... Deena Jones
Jennifer Hudson ... Effie White
Anika Noni Rose ... Lorrell Robinson
Eddie Murphy ... James "Thunder" Early
With:
Danny Glover ... Marty Madison
John Lithgow ... Jerry Harris
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2006- WON two Oscars
Written & Directed by Bill Condon
Source: Book by Tom Eyen
Cast
Jamie Foxx ... Curtis Taylor, Jr.
Beyoncé Knowles ... Deena Jones
Jennifer Hudson ... Effie White
Anika Noni Rose ... Lorrell Robinson
Eddie Murphy ... James "Thunder" Early
With:
Danny Glover ... Marty Madison
John Lithgow ... Jerry Harris
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2007- Four musicals
(but only 1 won a single Oscar)
Across the Universe
[One Oscar nom]
(but only 1 won a single Oscar)
Across the Universe
[One Oscar nom]
Hairspray
[NO Oscar noms]
[NO Oscar noms]
Stomp the Yard (Dance-musical)
[NO Oscar noms]
[NO Oscar noms]
Sweeney Todd:
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
[WON one Oscar]
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The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
[WON one Oscar]
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2008 - Indie/Foreign vs. Studio musicals
High School Musical 3:
Senior Year
[NO Oscar noms]
High School Musical 3:
Senior Year
[NO Oscar noms]
Love Songs
[In French/NO Oscar noms]
Mamma Mia
[NO Oscar noms]
[NO Oscar noms]
REPO!
The Genetic Opera
[NO Oscar noms]
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The Genetic Opera
[NO Oscar noms]
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2009- One musical REmake, One Perf-docu, & One Documentary
(Performance-docu)
PASSING STRANGE:
THE MOVIE
Directed by SPIKE LEE
Official Selection: Sundance 2009
Official Selection: Tribeca 2009
SYNOPSIS
In this breathtaking film, Spike Lee captures the highly-acclaimed eponymous Broadway musical show written by singer/songwriter Stew (with music cowritten by his creative partner, Heidi Rodewald).
The original show, winner of the 2008 Tony Award in for Best Book of a Musical, was universally applauded for its originality, its deep emotional resonance, and its powerful, often high-octane, music.
The resulting work unites revelatory theater with superb filmmaking, raising the whole to a dizzying plateau of emotional engagement.
PASSING STRANGE: THE MOVIE tells the semi-autobiographical story of a young black man who leaves behind his middle-class, church-ruled upbringing in mid-1970s Los Angeles to travel to Europe in search of his artistic and personal identity, or what he calls “the real.”
Picaresque misadventures with sex, drugs, politics, and art await him in far-out Amsterdam and hyper-militant Berlin. His eyes are opened ever wider, even revealing what he left behind.
An absolutely superb cast, ably supported by sparing (but pitch-perfect) costumes, design, and stagecraft, bring to life the emotionally charged story with its astounding original music, narrated and overseen by Stew himself.
Lee’s multicamera coverage of the event (including backstage scenes) involves the audience in not only the text but the electricity of the ensemble’s onstage adventure.
PASSING STRANGE: THE MOVIE is a tour-de-force of creative collaboration and inspiration.
Theatrical Release Date: August 21, 2009
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(Performance-docu)
PASSING STRANGE:
THE MOVIE
Directed by SPIKE LEE
Official Selection: Sundance 2009
Official Selection: Tribeca 2009
SYNOPSIS
In this breathtaking film, Spike Lee captures the highly-acclaimed eponymous Broadway musical show written by singer/songwriter Stew (with music cowritten by his creative partner, Heidi Rodewald).
The original show, winner of the 2008 Tony Award in for Best Book of a Musical, was universally applauded for its originality, its deep emotional resonance, and its powerful, often high-octane, music.
The resulting work unites revelatory theater with superb filmmaking, raising the whole to a dizzying plateau of emotional engagement.
PASSING STRANGE: THE MOVIE tells the semi-autobiographical story of a young black man who leaves behind his middle-class, church-ruled upbringing in mid-1970s Los Angeles to travel to Europe in search of his artistic and personal identity, or what he calls “the real.”
Picaresque misadventures with sex, drugs, politics, and art await him in far-out Amsterdam and hyper-militant Berlin. His eyes are opened ever wider, even revealing what he left behind.
An absolutely superb cast, ably supported by sparing (but pitch-perfect) costumes, design, and stagecraft, bring to life the emotionally charged story with its astounding original music, narrated and overseen by Stew himself.
Lee’s multicamera coverage of the event (including backstage scenes) involves the audience in not only the text but the electricity of the ensemble’s onstage adventure.
PASSING STRANGE: THE MOVIE is a tour-de-force of creative collaboration and inspiration.
Theatrical Release Date: August 21, 2009
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(docu of Broadway's revival of 'A Chorus Line')
Every Little Step
Every Little Step
(the REmake)
FAME
FAME