Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIn 2007 director Michael Mayer won his Tony Award for ‘Spring Awakening’ the exhilarating rock musical based on an obscure 19th German play that re-defined Broadway musicals for a new a generation. It was a hard act to follow but Mayer had the inspired idea to develop a new Musical based on the punk group … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideA young girl fed up with waitress-ing in a diner in some God-forsaken place in the Midwest, decides to pack it all in and get a one-way train ticket to LA to seek her fame and fortune. She stumbles on the Burlesque Club run by a fading Star that features a lot of very scantily … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideI dreamed a dream in times gone by that Les Miz would be a much better movie than it is. And although I wouldn’t go as far as to quote the last line from the main dramatic ballad ‘now life has killed the dream I dreamed,’ but I would say that it did rather dent … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideOnce a year a group of manically creative theatre ‘luvvies’ set themselves the seemingly impossible task of creating and performing four brand new 15 minute musicals in a mere 24 hours. And all the name of Charity. This deliciously wonderful new documentary was the result of fly-on-the-wall camerawork that filmed the whole harrowing process. Completely … Continue reading