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Other Artforms => Movies => Topic started by: scenicdesign71 on Jun 05, 2024, 02:28 AM

Title: Film to stage, and vice versa
Post by: scenicdesign71 on Jun 05, 2024, 02:28 AM
Seems like a good topic for this forum.  One of the Times's movie critics — who is also, it would appear, an avid and perceptive theatergoer — has some interesting observations:

NYT:   When the Stage Harnesses the Power of the Movies (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/movies/the-notebook-the-outsiders-broadway.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xU0.eBpa.AaYa8l27k0rf&smid=url-share)
               Adaptations of films will be a factor at the Tonys this year. (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/movies/the-notebook-the-outsiders-broadway.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xU0.eBpa.AaYa8l27k0rf&smid=url-share)
               Surprisingly, the best of these shows are not always the most faithful. (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/movies/the-notebook-the-outsiders-broadway.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xU0.eBpa.AaYa8l27k0rf&smid=url-share)