Hollywood onstage: why are so many musicals adapted from movies?
- Written by Trevor Jones, Lecturer in Musical Theatre, Griffith University
Come what may. Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge was staged on Broadway this year and is headed for Australian stages. Supplied
In a 2004 original musical about creating an original musical – cheekily titled [title of show] – one writer asks, “So movies make good musicals?” His writing partner responds: “Well, they make...
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