I used to turn off Moulin Rouge! right before the ending, just…
Tag: Musical
“The Hardest Thing in This World is To Live in It” and Sometimes to Sing in It Too: Innovation and Buffy’s “Once More, With Feeling” Episode
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a revolutionary show, one which continues to…
“The Hills Are Alive [!]”: Singing, Mayhem, and Horror Musicals
I think horror films don’t include enough singing. I’m a sucker for…
“Our Lady of the Upside Down”: Persephone’s Rebirth in Hadestown (2019)
Part III of III Hadestown makes old material insistent and relevant while…
“Working on a Song”: The Role of the Adaptor in Hadestown (2019)
Part II of III Anaïs Mitchell’s musical emphasizes the act of storytelling…
“We’re Gonna Sing It Again”: Looking Back at Adaptation in Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown (2019)
Part I of III We frequently look back to Orpheus by retelling…