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ANNIE

Directed by John Huston / 1982 - Starring: Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry, Bernadette Peters, Geoffrey Holder, Edward Herrmann - Songs: Charles Strouse & Martin Charnin

Rated by Jorge: * * * *


ANNIE

Directed by Rob Marshall / 1999 - Starring: Alicia Morton, Kathy Bates, Victor Garber, Audra McDonald, Alan Cumming, Kristin Chenoweth - Songs: Charles Strouse & Martin Charnin

Rated by Jorge: * * *


ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

Directed by George Sidney / 1950 - Starring: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Edward Arnold, J. Carrol Naish, Louis Calhern - Songs: Irving Berlin


BELLS ARE RINGING

Directed by Vincente Minnelli / 1960 - Starring: Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark, Eddie Foy Jnr., Jean Stapleton, Ruth Storey, Frank Gorshin - Songs: Jule Styne and Adolph Green & Betty Comden

Rated by Jorge: * * * *


BEST FOOT FORWARD

Directed by Edward Buzzell / 1943 - Starring: Lucille Ball, William Gaxton, Virginia Weidler, Tommy Dix, June Allyson, Nancy Walker, Gloria DeHaven - Songs: Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane

 


THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS

Directed by Colin Higgins / 1982 - Starring: Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Charles Durning, Dom DeLuise, Jim Nabors, Robert Mandan - Songs: Carol Hall

Rated by Jorge: * *


BRIGADOON

Directed by Vincente Minnelli / 1954 - Starring: Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson, Jimmy Thompson, Elaine Stewart, Barry Jones, Eddie Quillan - Songs: Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner

Rated by Jorge: * * * *


BYE BYE BIRDIE

Directed by George Sidney / 1963 - Starring: Dick Van Dyke, Janet Leigh, Maureen Stapleton, Ann-Margret, Bobby Rydell, Jesse Pearson, Paul Lynde, Ed Sullivan - Songs: Charles Strouse & Lee Adams

Rated by Jorge: * * *


BYE BYE BIRDIE

Directed by Gene Saks / 1995 - Starring: Jason Alexander, Vanessa Williams, Chynna Phillips, Tyne Daly, Marc Kudisch, George Wendt, Sally Mayes - Songs: Charles Strouse & Lee Adams

Rated by Jorge: * *


CABARET

Directed by Bob Fosse / 1972 - Starring: Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Fritz Wepper, Marisa Berenson - Songs: John Kander & Fred Ebb

Rated by Jorge: * * * * *


CALL ME MADAM

Directed by Walter Lang / 1953 - Starring: Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, George Sanders, Vera-Ellen (dubbed by Carole Richards), Billy de Wolfe, Helmut Dantine, Walter Slezak - Songs: Irving Berlin

Rated by Jorge: * * *


CAMELOT

Directed by Joshua Logan / 1967 - Starring: Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero (dubbed by Gene Merlina), David Hemmings, Lionel Jeffries - Songs: Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner

Rated by Jorge: *


CARMEN JONES

Directed by Otto Preminger / 1954 - Starring: Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, Olga James - Songs: Georges Bizet & Oscar Hammerstein II

Rated by Jorge: * * *


CAROUSEL

Directed by Henry King / 1956 - Starring: Gordon Macrae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Gene Lockhart, Barbara Ruick - Songs: RIchard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II

Rated by Jorge: *


CHICAGO

Directed by Rob Marshall / 2002 - Starring: Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly, Lucy Liu - Songs: John Kander & Fred Ebb

Rated by Jorge: * * * * *


A CHORUS LINE

Directed by Richard Attenborough / 1985 - Starring: Michael Douglas, Alyson Reed, Terrence Mann, Cameron English, Vicki Frederick - Songs: Marvin Hamlisch & Edward Kleban

Rated by Jorge: * * * *


A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman / 2004 - Starring: Kelsey Grammer, Jason Alexander, Jesse L.Martin, Jane Krakowski, Geraldine Chaplin, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Brian Bedford, Linzi Hateley, Ruthie Henshall, Claire Moore- Songs: Alan Menken & Lynn Ahrens

Rated by Jorge: * * *


CHU CHIN CHOW

Directed by Walter Forde / 1934 - Starring: Anna May Wong, George Robey, Fritz Kortner, John Garrick, Pearl Argyle, Malcolm MacEachern, Dennis Hoey, Francis L. Sullivan - Songs: Frederick Norton


DAMN YANKEES

Directed by George Abbott & Stanley Donen / 1958 - Starring: Gwen Verdon, Tab Hunter, Ray Walston, Russ Brown, Jean Stapleton, Bob Fosse - Songs: Richard Adler & Jerry Ross

Rated by Jorge: * * * *


DREAMGIRLS

Directed by Bill Condon / 2006 - Starring: Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce, Anika Noni Rose, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Jamie Foxx - Songs: Henry Krieger & Tom Eyen

Rated by Jorge: * * *


DU BARRY WAS A LADY

Directed by Roy Del Ruth / 1943 - Starring: Lucille Ball, Gene Kelly, Red Skelton, Virgina O'Brien, Rags Ragland, Zero Mostel - Songs: Cole Porter and Others


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