The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, a stage production adapted from the book of the same name by Rick Riordan, premiered in 2014, four years after the release of the Movie-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named (directed by Chris Columbus). Written by Rob Rokicki, it gave Percy fans the adaptation they had been waiting […]
Tag: Musical
Newsies: Movie vs. Proshot
“The things we do today will be tomorrow’s news…” Newsies is a movie musical directed by Kenny Ortega in 1992, featuring a catchy, high-energy soundtrack by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman. In 2012, the Broadway production of the same name debuted starring Jeremy Jordan as protagonist Jack Kelly and won […]
Anastasia: A Journey to the Past
The musical, Anastasia, originally an animated film, is now a live action musical that is based on a true story about the Russian revolution. The animation and musical were created to answer one of history’s greatest mysteries: what happened to Anastasia Romanov? Due to unclear eyewitnesses, many suspicious rumors, and […]