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Dear Evan Hansen: Broadway Hit a Bit of a Miss on Film But Still Poignant

Dear Evan Hansen: Broadway Hit a Bit of a Miss on Film But Still Poignant

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 23, 2021Dear Evan Hansen, Ben Platt, Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Stephen Chbosky, Plays adapted as filmsComment

Youth-Oriented Musical Film Stand! Explores Contemporary Issues Through the Lens Of History

Youth-Oriented Musical Film Stand! Explores Contemporary Issues Through the Lens Of History

By Liam Lacey

Preview, InterviewDecember 1, 2019Stand!, Plays adapted as films, Canadian, Robert Adetuyi, Marshall Williams, Laura Wiggins, Winnipeg, Musical, young adultComment

Luce: Race, privilege, high school and suspicion make for a provocative brew in this worthy stage adaption

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 7, 2019Luce, Race and privilege, Mixed race adoptions, Third World adoptees, J.C. Lee, Plays adapted as films, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Tim Roth, Norbert Leo ButzComment

The Seagull: Chekhov in a context-free vacuum suffocates its fine actors

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekMay 10, 2018Plays adapted as films, Anton Chekhov, Saoirse Ronan, Annette Bening, Brian Dennehy, Stephen Karam