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Beck Center for the Arts has announced the third production of their 2021-2022 Youth Theater Season. The 73rd season continues with the beloved musical that started it all for so many fans of musical theater.
Doha: This week s Drive in Cinema at Lusail is themed Musical series where the movies The Wizard of Oz, High School Musical, and Mary Poppins will be...
You wait an age for a Latin-flavored animated film with songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, then two come along at once. Sony Pictures Animation’s Encanto will follow later in the year. Only the first act of Vivo is actually set in Latin America: Havana, Cuba, to be precise. But the rest of the story unfolds across a Florida shot through with the presence of the Cuban diaspora, and powered by propulsive pop-fusion tunes from the Hamilton songwriter which run the gamut from mambo to hip hop. Havana is home to Andrés (voiced by Buena Vista Social Club veteran Juan de Marcos), an old-time musicia...
Directed by Kirk DeMicco and Brandon Jeffords. Featuring the voice talents of Lin-Manuel Miranda, Juan de Marcos González, Gloria Estefan, Ynairaly Simo, Zoe Saldana, Michael Rooker, Brian Tyree Henry, Nicole Byer, and Leslie David Baker. SYNOPSIS: Vivo, a one-of-kind kinkajou, must find his way from Havana to Miami in order to deliver a song on behalf of his beloved owner and mentor, Andrés. Although Lin-Manuel Miranda is not the director of Vivo (that credit belongs to Kirk DeMicco and Brandon Jeffords) or one of the screenplay writers (Quiara Alegria Hudes working from a story conce...
By Tharishi Hewavithanagamage A jam-packed slate of must-watch movies and binge-worthy TV shows lay ahead for August. With the pandemic starting to settle down in some areas of the world, movies are finally receiving their long-awaited theatrical releases, with a simultaneous digital release for other audiences. Keep reading to get the inside scoop on all the shows and movies being released during the first two weeks of the month of August. Pray Away This upcoming American documentary film, produced and directed by Kristine Stolakis looks at the controversial conversion therapy movement. The ...