They don’t know us, you see.

It’s only the last song if we let it be."

Matters are made worse when she’s wrongfully accused of theft.

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Selma’s passion and escape is her love for classic musicals.

It returns to the wellsprings.

It is a bold, reckless gesture."

Hedwing singing into a microphone in Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

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As she struggles with her own deteriorating sight, she escapes into a vivid world of musical fantasies.

This emotional journey blends stark reality with escapist joy, illustrating the power of imagination amidst despair.

A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years.

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Benjamin Barker, now known as Sweeney Todd, returns to London after being wrongfully imprisoned.

The first of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.

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Giselle on a balcony with a dreamy expression on her face in Enchanted.

Image via Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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The South Park boys having a good time at the movies in South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut

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From the minds of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is an adult animated comedy film released in 1999. All hell breaks loose when Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny sneak into an R-rated film that features their favorite Canadian comedic duo, leading their parents (and the U.S. Military) to declare war against Canada to censor their naughty language.

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Catherine Deneuve holding Bjork’s face while she smiles in Dancer in the Dark

Image by Constantin Film

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In a heart-wrenching tale set in rural America, a Czech immigrant and single mother works tirelessly in a factory to save money for her son’s surgery to prevent hereditary blindness. As she struggles with her own deteriorating sight, she escapes into a vivid world of musical fantasies. This emotional journey blends stark reality with escapist joy, illustrating the power of imagination amidst despair.

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Elton John adjustin his bow tie in Rocketman

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A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years.

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Tracy Turnblad dancing in Hairspray (2007)

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Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd and Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd.

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Ariana Debose and David Alvarez dancing during the song “America” in West Side Story

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Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

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Moulin Rouge! follows Christian, a young writer in Paris, who falls in love with Satine, the star courtesan of the Moulin Rouge cabaret. As they begin a passionate affair, they must hide their love from the jealous Duke, who is funding Satine’s next show.

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Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) in ‘Wicked’

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The story of how a green-skinned woman framed by the Wizard of Oz becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. The first of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.

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