2 posts tagged ‘west side story’

• Ariana DeBose finds her space, and then some

  AV Club, Jan 18, 2024

  Ariana DeBose, who turns 33 on January 25, has already attained the kind of success some actors only dream of, winning an Oscar and a Golden Globe for West Side Story, and being nominated for a Tony (Summer: The Donna Summer Musical) and an Emmy (for hosting the 2022 Tony Awards ceremony). DeBose is striking while the… Read more...

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• Will Mean Girls kick off a new era for the 'movie to musical to movie musical' pipeline?

  AV Club, Jan 13, 2024

  Mean Girls, the movie-musical adaption that opens in theaters this weekend, feels like both an inevitable release and a bizarre confluence of trends that began long before its young cast was even born. We know that Hollywood will take any opportunity to expand an existing piece of intellectual property in a bid to… Read more...

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