Stories by @sns_reviews

White Christmas: Live in Concert

A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.

The Music Man

Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' band leader to raise money before he can skip town.

Hello Dolly LIVE

Matchmaker Dolly Levi travels to Yonkers to find a partner for "half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder, convincing his niece, his niece's intended, and his two clerks to travel to New York City along the way.

Phantom of the Paradise

A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.

Stereophonic

Follows a fictional rock band on the cusp of superstardom as they struggle through recording their new album set from 1976 to 1977.

Hair

Claude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.

Sounder

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.

Guys and Dolls

In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.

Phantom

A YA adaptation of the classic novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, which tells the story of Erik, a mysterious, disfigured musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House. He becomes obsessed with a young soprano, Christine, and manipulates events to make her the star of the opera.

The Odyssey

Odysseus embarks on a treacherous journey back to Ithaca following the Trojan War.

Pippin

The young Prince Pippin searches for meaning and significance, as told by a mysterious performance troupe.

Bride of Frankenstein: The Modern Hesione

A bride is crated by Dr. Frankenstein for his monster.

Raisin

A musical adaptation of the Lorraine Hansberry play 'A Raisin in the Sun,' which follows a Black family in 1951 Chicago.

The Step-Sisters

Cinderella's step-sisters embark on an adventure of self-discovery and acceptance after their sister marries a prince.

The Barkleys

Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire reunite after a decade to shoot their final film, "The Barkleys of Broadway," while reflecting on their careers together and adapting to new Hollywood normals.

Manchester, 1964

Chronicles the making of a famed television special at an abandoned train station in Manchester, capping off an blues tour headlined by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Muddy Waters, often considered one of the most influential performances in the history of rock music. Broken into three chapters named after songs by the famed headliners ("Strange Things Happen Every Day," "You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had" and "Didn't It Rain"), the film chronicles what led to Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Muddy Waters' unique tour as well as the production of the oft-admired special broadcast in Manchester.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A daughter of immigrants comes of age in early 1900s Brooklyn after the sudden passing of her alcholic father.

Days of Heaven

A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.

Shucked

Maizy and Beau must put their wedding plans on hold when the county's corn crop dies off, testing their relationships with one another and their community.

Beloved

A former slave living with her daughter in a haunted house is visited by the spirit of a mysterious young woman, whose presence only seems to exacerbate the oddities in the family's life.