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- Heather Bloom
Based on John Buchan’s novel that was adapted into Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 spy film of the same name, The 39 Steps is edge-of-your-seat-slapstick-fun.
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- Doug Knight
Extraordinary in scale and spectacle, Wicked is classic big budget musical gorgeousness, but froth and bubble aside, it’s also laced with depth in its narrative.
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- Heather Bloom
It is a journey of a young woman with a thirst for knowledge, and of a society that is desperate to quash that desire.
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- Carol Middleton
The moon was large and low in the sky as we made our way out of the gardens. Shakespeare would have loved this, I thought.
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- Heather Bloom
When RENT opened in 1996 it tapped into a unique moment in the cultural zeitgeist. RENT was revolutionary in the way it approached the AIDS epidemic, addiction, poverty, sexuality and gender.
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- Doug Knight
This is more than just a screen to stage relocation, this a heartfelt re-examination seeking, discovering and transposing essence.
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- Stephanie Glickman
Malevo is 80 minutes of Argentine malambo (folk dance of the gauchos/horsemen), powered by a sweaty machismo and geometric formations of bodies.
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