Regal Cinemas to screen movie musicals in Musical Mayhem series
This May, a group of movie musicals will grace the massive screen at Regal Cinemas all through the US In its Musical Mayhem series, Regal hopes to encourage audiences with what senior vice chairman of US content material Brooks LeBoeuf calls “one of cinema’s most powerful storytelling tools.”
“[Music is] “what turns a great film into an unforgettable experience,” LeBoeuf continued in a statement. “The ‘Musical Mayhem’ series spotlights the most watchable and listenable movies across the history of cinema in our theaters where these big-screen productions were meant to be seen and heard.”
Musical Mayhem will spotlight a diverse range of movie musicals at select theaters. First, from May 1 to May 7, its Music Icons in the Movies series will feature films headed up by some of music’s biggest stars: Beyoncé and Mos Def in “Cadillac Records,” Lady Gaga in “A Star Is Born,” Prince in “Purple Rain,” Cher and Christina Aguilera in “Burlesque” and Jennifer Lopez in “Selena,” to title a number of.
The following week, May 8-14, will characteristic stage-to-screen diversifications: works that originated as stage musicals, earlier than being made into motion pictures. This will embrace “Chicago,” “Grease,” “Mamma Mia!,” “Cabaret” and “The Phantom of the Opera.” The week after will go in the opposite course, with motion pictures that have been ultimately made into stage musicals; This contains “Hairspray,” “School of Rock,” “An American in Paris,” and “Moulin Rouge!”
Week 4, May 22-28, is titled Movies with Great Soundtracks, that includes “Straight Outta Compton,” “The Blues Brothers,” and “Pitch Perfect.” Finally, May 29-31 will highlight Bold Musicals, together with cult classics “Repo! The Genetic Opera” and “Little Shop of Horrors” together with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights.”
In addition, household pleasant musical programming might be accessible on weekends throughout the Musical Mayhem series: “Trolls World Tour” from May 2-3, “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” from May 9-10, “The Prince of Egypt” from May 16-17 and “Sing 2” from May 23-24.
“At Regal, we see theatrical exhibition as part of a broader storytelling ecosystem — one that spans film, television and live theater,” LeBoeuf informed Broadway News. Programming like Musical Mayhem is designed to join these worlds, providing an accessible entry level for audiences. Musicals, in explicit, are uniquely suited to the theatrical setting in a manner that does not essentially translate at house.”
“We’ve also seen consistently strong engagement with music-driven films, which often encourage repeat viewings and a shared, participatory atmosphere. May is a natural window to program them, with Mother’s Day and early summer audiences favoring generally appealing, multi-generational titles that encourage shared viewing.”
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Musical Mayhem screenings are set to play in over 200 Regal areas nationwide. Programming is chosen market to market based mostly on screen availability and native viewers traits; to LeBoeuf, “Larger complexes with greater screen capacity allow us to engage more deeply with specialty programming like this.”
A full checklist of the programming for Regal’s Musical Mayhem series is beneath.
Week One: Music Icons in the Movies
May 1: “8 Mile”
May 2: “A Star Is Born”
May 3: “Purple Rain”
May 4: “Cadillac Records”
May 5: “Selena”
May 6: “Burlesque”
May 7: “Yesterday”
Week Two: Stage to Screen
May 8: “Chicago”
May 9: “Grease”
May 10: “Mamma Mia!”
May 11: “Cabaret”
May 12: “Les Misérables”
May 13: “The Phantom of the Opera”
May 14: “Funny Girl”
Week Three: Screen to Stage
May 15: “Hairspray”
May 16: “School of Rock”
May 17: “Footloose”
May 18: “An American in Paris”
May 19: “Singin’ in the Rain”
May 20: “Moulin Rouge!”
May 21: “Almost Famous”
Week Four: Movies with Great Soundtracks
May 22: “Straight Outta Compton”
May 23: “Pitch Perfect”
May 24: “Baby Driver”
May 25: “The Blues Brothers”
May 26: “Rocketman”
May 27: “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping”
May 28: “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Week Five: Bold Musicals
May 29: “Repo! The Genetic Opera”
May 30: “In the Heights”
May 31: “Little Shop of Horrors”
