musical
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Has Bill Condon, the genius director of movie musicals, done it again with his take on “THE KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN?”
When Argentinian/Brazilian film director Héctor Babenco directed The Kiss Of Spider Woman in 1985, it was the first independent movie to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film. The movie starred William Hurt who gave a stunning lifetime best performance that won him 8 Best Actor Awards including his first and only Oscar.…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews WICKED : a fairy-tale, fantasy pop musical that is an assault on the senses.
Oh, where to begin with Wicked? Well director John M Chu‘s screen adaptation of the Broadway smash hit has taken over $600m at the box office in little over a month, and that can’t all be due to the genius casting of queer icon Jonathan Bailey as the love interest of Ariana Grande.…
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Queerguru’s (still single) Andrew Hebden’s review of WHY AM I SO SINGLE ‘ a fizzingly madcap and satirically meta show”
Why Am I So Single Garrick Theatre When the email arrived about Why Am I So Single? this writer assumed that HR was sending me on yet another self improvement course. Queerguru HR are a bit judgmental but they do make sure we use the crazy good mental health care benefits provided by…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews FRANKIE GOES TO BOLLYWOOD a magical musical at London’s Southbank Centre
Frankie Goes to Bollywood Southbank Centre, London Fascist anti-immigrant riots are breaking out across the UK. Now is the time for Queerguru to be out celebrating the glorious, rich and beautiful culture that migration has given these islands. Starting with this sensually overloading, vibrant and slightly meta musical fairytale Frankie Goes to…
