Tag Archives: broadway

Oklahoma! (1955)

Posted on March 7, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Fred Zinnemann Writers: Sonya Levien and William Ludwig (Based on the musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, Western | Tagged 1955, adaptation, broadway, charlotte greenwood, comedy, cowboy, drama, eddie albert, farm, farmer, fred zinnemann, gene nelson, gloria grahame, gordon macrae, james whitmore, musical, oklahoma, oscar hammerstein II, ranch, richard rodgers, rod steiger, rodgers and hammerstein's, romance, shirley jones, sonya levien, traveling salesman, Western, william ludwig | Leave a comment

Cats (2019)

Posted on December 24, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Tom Hooper Writers: Lee Hall and Tom Hooper (Based on the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber) (Based on the poetry collection “Old Possum’s Books of Practical Cats” by T.S. Eliot)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Musical | Tagged 2019, adaptation, andrew lloyd webber, broadway, cat, cats, comedy, dance, dancing, drama, francesca hayward, heaviside layer, ian mckellen, idris elba, james corden, jason derulo, jellicles, jennifer hudson, judi dench, laurie davidson, lee hall, mette towley, milk, music, musical, old possum's books of practical cats, ray winstone, rebel wilson, robbie fairchild, singing, song, steven spielberg, streets, t.s eliot, taylor swift, tom hooper | Leave a comment

Marriage Story (2019)

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Noah Baumbach Writer: Noah Baumbach

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 2019, actor, actress, adam driver, alan alda, broadway, california, couple, director, divorce, family, husband, julie hagerty, laura dern, lawyer, los angeles, marriage, marriage story, married, martha kelly, matthew maher, merritt wever, netflix, new york, new york city, noah baumbach, nyc, play, randy newman, ray liotta, robert smigel, Scarlett Johansson, show, son, television, theater, wallace shawn, wife | Leave a comment

All That Jazz (1979)

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Bob Fosse Writers: Robert Alan Aurthur and Bob Fosse

Posted in Drama, Musical | Tagged 1979, alcohol, alcoholism, all that jazz, bob fosse, broadway, choreographer, dance, dancer, director, drama, drugs, jessica lange, john lithgow, leland palmer, music, musical, new york city, robert alan arthur, roy scheider, sex, wallace shawn | Leave a comment

Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened… (2016)

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Lonny Price Writers: Kitt Lavoie & Lonny Price & Ted Schillinger

Posted in Documentary, Musical | Tagged 1981, 2016, alvin theatre, best worst thing that ever could have happened, broadway, documentary, harold prince, jason alexander, kitt lavoie, lonny price, merrily we roll along, music, musical, scott rudin, stephen sondheim, ted schillinger, theater, theatre | Leave a comment

Into the Woods (2014

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Rob Marshall Writer: James Lapine (Based on the musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

Posted in Adventure, Fantasy, Musical | Tagged adaptation, adventure, anna kendrick, baker, broadway, chris pine, Christine Baranski, cinderella, curse, emily blunt, fairy tale, fantasy, into the woods, jack and the beanstalk, james corden, james lapine, johnny depp, little red riding hood, lunch punch, meryl streep, music, musical, prince, princess, rapunzel, rob marshall, spell, stephen sondheim, tracey ullman, wolf | Leave a comment

Broadway Idiot (2013)

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Doug Hamilton

Posted in Documentary, Musical | Tagged american idiot, billie joe armstrong, broadway, broadway idiot, documentary, doug hamilton, green day, john gallagher jr., madison square garden, mike dirnt, music, musical, new york, new york city, nyc, punk rock, rock, theater, tre cool | Leave a comment