25 Modern Musicals That Matter, Ranked
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Jessica Learish, for Metacritic
– October 25, 2016
The upcoming release of La La Land starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling is creating a ton of buzz around the world of musicals.
From Motown to glam rock and hip-hop, we’ve ranked 25 of the best musicals released from 1975-2016 by their unique Metascore.
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photo by Warner Bros. Pictures
Tim Burton originally approached Stephen Sondheim about making a film adaptation of Sondheim’s gothic musical in the late ‘80s, but other projects prevented further work for a couple of decades. Critics and viewers alike praised Johnny Depp’s performance as the disproportionately sympathetic serial-killing barber.
“Something close to a masterpiece, a work of extreme-- I am tempted to say evil -- genius.” —A.O. Scott, New York Times
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