District of Cinema Episode 7: The Money Behind Musical Movies

Tristan, Spenser and Olivia try to chat about musicals, even though Spenser has evidently never seen one

District of Cinema Episode 7: The Money Behind Musical Movies

Ep. 7: Silver Screen editor Tristan Au and Life staff members Olivia Kozlevcar and Spenser Hoover discuss the highs and lows of movie musicals. Spenser shows up woefully unprepared and, as expected, chaos ensues. 

Films Referenced: My Fair Lady (1964), The Phantom of the Opera (2004), The King and I (1956), A Star is Born (2018), A Star is Born (1976), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), The Wizard of Oz (1939), Annie (1982), Annie (2014), Grease (1978), Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (Date TBA), Singin’ in the Rain (1952), Moulin Rouge! (2001), Mamma Mia! (2008), Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), Les Misérables (2012), The Last 5 Years (2014), The Greatest Showman (2017), Cats (2019), Chicago (2002), Gigi (1958), La La Land (2016), Dear Evan Hansen (2021), Wicked (Date TBA), Hamilton (2020), Annette (2021), The Lion King (1994), Aladdin (1992), Shrek (2001), Shrek the Musical (2013), Frozen (2013), Aladdin (2019), Beauty and the Beast (2017), Happy Feet (2006) and Sing (2016).

This episode was produced by Chloe Irwin.

tau@theeagleonline.com, okozlevcar@theeagleonline.com and shoover@theeagleonline.com

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