Stories by @sns_reviews
113 stories
The Secret Life of Bees
In 1964, a teenage girl in search of the truth about her mother runs away to a small town in South Carolina and finds a family of independent women who can connect her to her past.
Going Solo
A musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's autobiography chronicling his adventures in Africa during his time in the military.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
An imprisoned man, coping with his lack of freedom by fantasizing about a glamorous fictional actress, meets and falls in love with a fellow prisoner.
Hallelujah, Baby!
A chronicle of the African American struggle for equality during the early 20th century as a young woman fights to secure a career and a future she can look forward to.
Company
Follows bachelor Bobby interacting with his married friends, who throw a party for his 35th birthday.
The Hunger Games: Quarter Quell
A young Haymitch Abernathy prepares for and wins the 50th annual Hunger Games under the unofficial tutelage of Lucy Gray Baird, who is also sowing the seeds for a rebellion decades in the future.
Silver Nitrate
Two lifelong friends employed in the film industry in 1990s Mexico City are roped into a supernatural adventure by a cult horror director claiming one of his projects is cursed.
Cabaret
The story of the hedonistic nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and involving an American writer Clifford Bradshaw's relations with English cabaret performer Sally Bowles.
Fozen
When the newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice to curse her home in infinite winter, her sister Anna teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather condition.
Hadestown
Eurydice, a young woman looking for something to eat, goes to work in a hellish industrial version of the Greek underworld to escape poverty and the cold, and her poor singer-songwriter lover Orpheus comes to attempt to rescue her.
Mamma Mia Live!
The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular 1970s group ABBA.
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
Chronicles the meteoric rise of an iconic interracial rock duo in the 1970s, their sensational breakup, and the dark secrets unearthed when they try to reunite decades later for one last tour.
Cléo from 5 to 7
Cleo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor.
Singin' in the Rain
A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
The Shining
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
Once
Based on the 2012 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical (itself based on the beloved 2007 film), "Once" tells the story of a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.
The Princess and the Frog
A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
Tangled
The magically long-haired Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a tower, but now that a runaway thief has stumbled upon her, she is about to discover the world for the first time, and who she really is.
A Chorus Line
Set on the bare stage of a Broadway theater, the musical is centered on seventeen Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line.
Memphis
A white radio jockey falls in love with Black performer during the Civil Rights Movement.