The 2024 “Mean Girls” movie — an adaptation of a book into a movie into a musical into a movie — has received a lot of mean words online. While some of the musical numbers are definitely plastic, some of them shine brighter than the Broadway musical.
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Read MoreTheatre kids and cinephiles rejoice as performances by Meryl Streep, Eddie Redmayne, and Jennifer Hudson grace screens in the best movie musicals of the 21st century.
Read MoreThe song “Do You Hear the People Sing?” from the celebrated musical and movie “Les Miserables” lyrically symbolizes the heart of all protests and popular movements — people who believe that their voices are being silenced.
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