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From Chicago to West Side Story, how to successfully adapt a musical from stage to screen

  • Written by: Gregory Camp, Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland
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The second half of 2021 is proving to be a peak time for movie musical-goers, with the release of critically acclaimed In the Heights, disastrously received Dear Evan Hansen, and Steven Spielberg’s hotly anticipated West Side Story.

These films lead to reflection on one of the stranger sub-genres of film history —...

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