The relationship between Broadway and and Hollywood has always struck me as a bit unfair. Hollywood basically gets its pick of pre-packaged products: wonderful lyrics, showstopping dance numbers, and beloved songs. Broadway, meanwhile, has to do most of the heavy lifting when adapting a movie for the stage. Oh, you want to make Waitress into a Broadway musical? That’s great! You’ll just need to write a whole new suite of songs. And figure out all the choreography. And rewrite the book to make those first two things fit. Because the movie has none of that.
How to eulogize Gene Wilder? I keep sitting here trying to find words worthy of the man who gave us Willy Wonka and Dr. Frederick Frankenstein and the Waco Kid. None do him justice. The most fitting tribute to Wilder came from Wilder himself, in a classic song from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: When traveling in the world of his creation, what we saw defied explanation.
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I feel for everyone involved in this – Harambe, the boy, the zoo staff and the child's family, who are going to have to live with this incident years after our Facebook posts and tweets have disappeared and people have moved on to the next thing.
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The 2016 NFL Draft kicked off on Thursday night in Chicago, as NFL teams began their annual springtime ritual of replenishing their rosters. Here are the most important takeaways from the night.
In a day of regional finals between Atlantic Coast Conference teams, North Carolina and Syracuse each won to advance to the 2016 NCAA Final Four in Houston. Here’s a recap of the action: