
Idina Menzel’s path to realize a lifelong dream: headlining a concert at Madison Square Garden in her hometown of New York City.

Idina Menzel’s path to realize a lifelong dream: headlining a concert at Madison Square Garden in her hometown of New York City.

African American preacher and athlete, Michael “The Beast” Robinson is charged with crimes against humanity. The meanest, baddest, Public Prosecutor, Heather Stone, lives up to her title and does her best to prosecute and get Michael a life sentence. Her motto is “I lock up criminals in cages who behave like animals.”

Let’s Play Two is a documentary film that chronicles Pearl Jam’s legendary performances at Wrigley Field during the Chicago Cubs historic 2016 season. With Chicago being a hometown to Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam has forged a relationship with the city, the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field that is unparalleled in the world of sports and music. From Ten to Lightning Bolt, the documentary film shuffles through Pearl Jam’s ever-growing catalog of originals and covers – spanning the band’s 25-year career. Through the eyes of renowned director/photographer Danny Clinch and the voice of Pearl Jam, the film showcases the journey of this special relationship.

The Royal Ballet performs Tchaikovsky’s magnificent classical ballet in a brand new production by the brilliant young choreographer Liam Scarlett, with sumptuous and evocative designs by John Macfarlane. The Royal Ballet’s new production of this iconic classic – the first in over 30 years at Covent Garden – garnered 5-star reviews when it opened in May 2018. Starring the Argentinian ballerina Marianela Nunez in the hugely challenging dual role of Odette/Odile, with Vadim Muntagirov as Prince Siegfried, the ballet is a showcase for the whole company, who dazzle in full royal finery during the ball at the palace and in delicate feathered tutus as flocks of swans in the unforgettable scenes at the moonlit lake.

Guitar legends Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, and Steve Vai perform individual set lists as well as a super-band jam session of cover songs by their influences.

In his hometown of Toronto, Shawn Mendes pours his heart out on stage with a live performance in a stadium packed with adoring fans.

The Who’s seminal double album ‘Tommy’, released in 1969, is a milestone in rock history. It revitalized the band’s career and established Pete Townshend as a composer and Roger Daltrey as one of rock’s foremost frontmen. The first album to be overtly billed as a ‘rock opera’, ‘Tommy’ has gone on to sell over 20 million copies around the world and has been reimagined as both a film by Ken Russell in the mid-seventies and a touring stage production in the early nineties. This new film explores the background, creation and impact of ‘Tommy’ through new interviews with Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, archive interviews with the late John Entwistle, and contributions from engineer Bob Pridden, artwork creator Mike McInnerney plus others involved in the creation of the album and journalists who assess the album s historic and cultural impact.

Dorothy, a twenty-four-year-old kindergarten teacher born, raised, and still working in Harlem, is celebrating Thanksgiving with her extended family, but she doesn’t seem to be thankful for much in life. She lives a self-imposed sheltered life; she is shy and unfulfilled. Things change for her when she is caught in a snowstorm while chasing after her dog, Toto. They are transported to the mysterious Land of Oz, where she is informed that the only possible way to find her way back home is through the assistance of the powerful wizard in the Emerald City. As she goes searching for him, she befriends some creatures who are facing problems in life just like her. In their quest to find and get help from the wizard, they also face Evillene, the equally evil sister of Evermean, the wicked witch whom Dorothy inadvertently killed when she arrived in Oz, and who may be their biggest obstacle in achieving their goals.

Nora Walker is told that her British fighter pilot husband is missing in action and presumed killed in World War II. On V.E. Day, Nora gives birth to their son, who she names Tommy. While Tommy is an adolescent, Nora marries Frank, a shifty camp counselor. Shortly thereafter, Tommy suffers an emotionally traumatic experience associated with his father and step-father, which, based on things told to him at that time, results in him becoming deaf, dumb and blind, a situation which several people exploit for their own pleasure. As Nora tries several things to bring Tommy out of his psychosomatic disabilities, Tommy, now a young man, happens upon pinball as a stimulus. Playing by intuition, Tommy becomes a pinball master, which in turn makes him, and by association Nora and Frank, rich and famous. Nora literally shatters Tommy to his awakening, which ultimately leads to both the family’s rise and downfall as people initially try to emulate Tommy’s path then rebel against it.

Taylor Swift’s Reputation Stadium Tour was the fifth concert tour by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, in support of her sixth studio album, Reputation (2017). The tour began on May 8, 2018 in Glendale and concluded on November 21, 2018 in Tokyo, comprising 53 concerts. The supporting acts for the tour were Charli XCX, Camila Cabello, and Broods. On Swift’s 29th birthday on December 13, she announced that a concert film of the same name would be released on Netflix on December 31, 2018.

This is a concert with documentary inserts between songs set next to the Pompeii volcano. This is one if not the best musical performance by the Floyd. The set up and background provides an eerie/mysterious feel to it that is amplified by intense tracks such as “Careful with that Axe Eugene.” Panned views of the volcano and computer generated graphics add to the effects. It unlike any other concert they have played in being that the only fans were those involved in the setup and movie creation. Songs like “One of These Days” provide an up-tempo song that highlights the drummer’s capabilities. While the classic “Us and Them” shows their more mellow jazz oriented style. Extremely well produced a must see for any true Floyd fan.

Elvis Presley was regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the “King of Rock and Roll” or simply “the King”. Presley excelled in many media, from music to television to films and the concert stage, and he became a beloved cultural king worldwide. Presley’s film output can be divided into two genres. One is the “Elvis movie” where his characters show up in some exotic place looking for work but instead finds every girl hanging on to his every note. The second is the more serious films where, Presley, anxious to show his bona fides as a real actor, takes on characters and situations that are far from the music and dancing of his other films. And when he was given a chance to shine, Presley, on more than one occasion, proved that he had some serious acting chops indeed.