The movie musical dieda long, slow deatha long time ago. Right?

Well, except that there’s Wicked. And Spielberg’s West Side Story. And Hamilton and In the Heights and Tick, Tick… Boom! And Encanto and Moana 2 and Mufasa. Oh, and Elvis and A Complete Unknown.

And those are just from the last five years. And I could keep going.

This hour, a long look at the long-dead movie musical. Long live the movie musical.

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Steve Metcalf: Founder and director of the Garmany concert series at the University of Hartford’s Hartt School

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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show, which originally aired March 5, 2020.

<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/who-killed-the-hollywood-musical-5364515.html" data-cms-ai="0">The movie musical died</a> <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2012/07/now-and-then-the-long-slow-death-of-the-movie-musical-240360/" data-cms-ai="0">a long, slow death</a> <a href="https://www.laweekly.com/how-the-sound-of-music-killed-the-movie-musical/" data-cms-ai="0">a long time ago</a>. Right?
Well, except that there&rsquo;s Wicked. And Spielberg&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2022-03-04/the-nose-looks-at-kim-kanye-pete-steven-spielbergs-west-side-story-and-more" data-cms-ai="0">West Side Story</a>. And <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/arts-and-culture/2020-07-17/the-nose-has-got-a-lot-of-brains-but-no-polish" data-cms-ai="0">Hamilton</a> and <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/arts-and-culture/2021-06-11/the-nose-endorses-betsy-kaplan-and-sees-in-the-heights" data-cms-ai="0">In the Heights</a> and Tick, Tick&hellip; Boom! And <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2022-02-04/the-nose-talks-about-bruno-and-ghostbusters-afterlife-and-build-a-bear-after-dark" data-cms-ai="0">Encanto</a> and Moana 2 and Mufasa. Oh, and <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2022-10-07/the-nose-looks-at-blonde-and-elvis" data-cms-ai="0">Elvis</a> and A Complete Unknown.
And those are just from the last five years. And I could keep going.
This hour, a long look at the long-dead movie musical. Long live the movie musical.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Jeanine Basinger: Founder of the Department of Film Studies at Wesleyan University and the author of many books on film; her latest is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/hollywood-the-oral-history-jeanine-basingersam-wasson" data-cms-ai="0">Hollywood: The Oral History</a></li>
<li>Steve Metcalf: Founder and director of the Garmany concert series at the University of Hartford&rsquo;s Hartt School</li>
</ul>
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