Adaptations
Another ghost story will soon be haunting Broadway. The producers of “Rebecca” have confirmed that the $12 million musical, which had been postponed last month due to a lack of financing, will be opening at the Broadhurst Theatre on Sunday, November 18. The...
Poised to plunge into distribution tomorrow, Disney’s elaborately retro space opera “John Carter” is the movie that dares to ask, “Would a Princess of Mars ever consider marriage to a wayward Virginia cavalryman?” It’s a proposal worthy of...
Update (March 5): “The Lorax” had a humongous first weekend, in what the Hollywood Reporter characterized as a “box-office shocker.” The movie's “staggering” $70.7 million gross surpassed “The Incredibles” (2004) to establish a new opening record for a...
“Blood or no blood?” This was the question facing Stafford Arima, director of the off-Broadway revival of the 1988 musical “Carrie.” In his best-selling 1974 novel, Stephen King left it up to the reader’s imagine. Brian DiPalma’s film classic, which came two...
