‘We the People’ Musical Moments, Ranked

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all the latest reopening dates can be found here). A Midsummer Night’s DreamIt just isn’t summer without the chance to watch the course of love well and truly not running smooth.

There’s so much talent in Apple TV+’s musical comedy “Schmigadoon!” that it’s somewhat disappointing to report that the show is merely a modest diversion instead of a must-watch musical extravaganza. You’ll almost certainly laugh a little.

Chris Willman Music WriterRhiannon Giddens is almost as much a historian as she is an acclaimed singer, songwriter and banjo and fiddle player, which is why Ken Burns made such good use of her as an expert witness in his “Country Music” series.

Billy Connolly's wife Pamela Stephenson has revealed her Covid lockdown project - of a new musical - and fans have asked her to premiere it at the Edinburgh Fringe. Pamela who has written and sung before on musical projects and is an actress in her own right, having appeared on Superman III, History of the World: Part 1, and Not The Nine o Clock News, decided to create a musical stage show around the life of the man known as Bum Farto.

Dove Cameron’s husband-hunting piemaker, Aaron Tveit’s sky-high-waisted carnival worker, and most mysteriously, Ariana DeBose’s headstrong teacher, who seems to be harboring a few secrets of her own.Created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio (best known as screenwriters of blockbuster family fare like “Despicable Me” and “The Secret Lives of Pets”), “Schmigadoon!’ could have just as easily been called “Smorgasbord!” because there is virtually no classic musical left unreferenced.

Jennifer Lopez has partnered with Skydance to develop multiple projects based on Concord’s massive catalog of musicals, including those from Broadway legends Rodgers and Hammerstein. Lopez has an option to star in at least one of the projects.The agreement builds on Skydance’s existing relationship with Concord, which is developing a modern-day TV series version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!”“Musicals were a part of the tapestry of my childhood.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorJennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions, Skydance and Concord have teamed to develop TV projects based on the many musicals in Concord’s vault, including the Rodgers & Hammerstein catalog.The focus of the pact is on developing TV projects although some may wind up as films.“Musicals were a part of the tapestry of my childhood.

Jennifer Lopez and her Nuyorican Productions are collaborating with Skydance and Concord to develop a slate of original projects based on Concord’s catalog of musicals, which includes the works of Broadway icons Rodgers & Hammerstein.

Antonio Ferme editorEdgewood founder Dale A. Mott and NEWorks Productions announced that two industry readings of the upcoming musical “Grace” will be held on Aug.

Walt Disney Animation Studios has made a tradition of releasing mega-hit features every November. After over eight decades in the business, they’ve perfected their process.

BTS will takeover The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon stage for two nights to perform hits including “Butter” and “Permission To Dance.”

‘Holy Motors,’ Holy S#*!”)But when Carax’s new film, “Annette,” premiered at Cannes on Tuesday, it faced a tougher road. The French filmmaker, after all, has the opening-night competition slot this year, which means his new film can’t come as a breath of fresh, weird air the way his last film did.

An angry comedian fails to “kill it” with his audience, a breathy opera singer dies on stage every night, their torrid affair is a whirlwind of sex and romance, their prodigious child is presented as a creepy puppet, and their collective love may be torn apart by the abyss of fame. Qui, “Annette,” is another weird, dreamy, surreal vision from French maverick filmmaker Leos Carax (“Holy Motors,” “Pola X”).

Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver are stepping out in style for the 2021 Cannes Film Festival!

Since 1984, Leos Carax has only made five features, and all but one of them have premiered in Cannes, usually to feverish anticipation. This year, festivalgoers will be looking to see how the 60-year-old French maverick—AKA Alex Christophe Dupont—will top his intoxicatingly strange 2012 competition entry Holy Motors, which featured talking limos, chimpanzees and Kylie Minogue.

Gregg Goldstein With films from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bill Murray, Todd Haynes, Leos Carax and others, the Cannes Film Festival, movie theaters and streamers are alive with the sound of music. “It might just be the shuffling of release dates as a result of the pandemic, but 2021 is shaping up to be an embarrassment of riches for fans of movie musicals,” Miranda says.And he should know.