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Hey, I just realized, Ginger Rogers herself is the star of Roxie Hart! Oh, she's sensational...

I think it's important to understand the particular biases of a critic. So, I need to tell you all something about my own biases. I love theater, and musicals, and I have a huge library of DVDs, since home theater is my hobby. I love movies, and I particularly love movies that use that very...

An interesting and ironic codicil to these discussions is that the new DVD has an extra featuring Liza Minnelli, who went into the original show after only 4 rehearsals and basically saved it (Gwen Verdon needed surgery). And there's a broadcast of Liza doing some of "Nowadays." It's...

I actually like the "style" chosen for the movie of Chicago, which makes the movie modern and helps to integrate the surrealism of singing and dancing into conventional plot reality. But there's a downside to it too -- because part of the real pleasure of musicals is watching people "land"...

I know all about that Alejandro, it's why I'm in theater, and why... musicals made into movies don't really work (these days). Chicago (and Phantom and The Producers and Rent) are ALL far better onstage than their movie adaptations. Sorry to dump on your review thread David. Feel free to...

I agree about Catherine Zeta-Jones, a good performer (starred in musicals in the West End). But... and it's a big but... this movie doesn't show her off to advantage at all. All the performers are edited to death, and it makes me angry and a little bit bored. The reason I chose the example of...

I like Chicago OK, but I was disappointed in a lot of it, particularly Richard Gere's so-called "tap" dance, which is shot from the back and cropped and edited to the point of... you can't really tell whether it's him or not. One of the great pleasures in a musical is seeing the performers...