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hypernet · 8 years ago

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“Doctor Strange”, Marvel pliega el mundo

Título original: Doctor Strange

Género: acción / super héroes

Año: 2016

Director: Scott Derrickson

Música: Michael Giaccino

Intérpretes principales: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Mads Mikkelsen,Tilda Swinton, Benjamin Bratt, Michael Stuhlbarg, Scott Adkins, Zara Phythian, Alaa Safi, Katrina Durden, Neve Gachev, Amy Landecker, Dante Briggins, Tony Paul West, Daniel Eghan, Annarie Boor, Jill Buchanan, Pezhmaan Alinia, Stan Lee...

Después de “Los Vengadores”, “Los Vengadores: la era de Ultrón” y esos Vengadores descafeinados que se presentaron en “Capitán América: Civil War”, seguían haciendo falta continuar los filmes de los superhéroes en solitario para hacer el universo de super héroes de Marvel aún más grande. Porque ahora no hay filme marvelita que no tenga sus particulares cameos con los héroes de otros filmes... La gran mayoría a excepción de casos como “Doctor Strange”, que ha sabido en este punto mantenerse fiel a sí misma y mostrar a un Doctor Extraño en solitario, sin más relación con los otros Vengadores que en la escena post-créditos. Con todo, “Doctor Strange” logra establecer su propio ecosistema en un filme bastante redondo pero que sigue la misma fórmula de siempre, y como ya dije con anterioridad, denota el agotamiento del esquema de Marvel: prota con problemas / recurre a ingenio / poder conlleva responsabilidad / malo de turno que es como el bueno pero peor / derrotamos al malo / final feliz / enlace con “Los Vengadores”. Y vuelta a empezar...

Además de con bengalas, sé hacer cosas con las uñas de mis pies...

Que sí, que yo sé que “Doctor Strange” ha tenido un gran éxito de taquilla y crítica, y que la han calificado como una de las obras más arriesgadas de la franquicia de super héroes, pero creo que sólo es arriesgada en el terreno visual. La trama discurre el mismo segmento que hemos visto en, por ejemplo, “Iron Man”. Y si no, mirad: el doctor Stephen Strange es un tipo ricachón y pedante que un día sufre un terrible accidente de coche y sus manos quedan muy heridas. Sus manos, que son su instrumento de trabajo, lo son todo para él, así que cae en desgracia. Un viaje a lo desconocido lo lleva a una alejada región del planeta donde aprende magia, y el método para curar sus manos. En su formación aprende muchas más cosas que la manera de recuperar la quietud en sus extremidades, y se enfrentará a un peligroso mago oscuro que pretende hacerse con el poder de unos conjuros ocultos en aquel lugar...

Le preguntaré a la rubia tetona del fondo si sabe dónde estamos...

Vamos, yo veo aquí la historia de Tony “Ironman” Stark pero con magos y capas. Como digo, la parte innovadora de “Doctor Strange” es que sólo menciona una vez a “Los Vengadores”, y que trata de crear su propio universo, además de que visualmente está muy lograda, pero el argumento ya está más visto que el TBO. Aún y así, juega a su favor que a pesar de estar más usado que el yogur Hacendado lo cierto es que entretiene, y al menos logra distraer. Pero analizando un poco (no demasiado profundamente), los de Marvel/Disney se tienen que arriesgar un poco más (y arriesgar de verdad) o siempre estarán contando la misma historia. Porque me temo que con “Star Wars” van a ir cometiendo el mismo error mientras sigan vendiendo, y tantos halagos de público y crítica no hacen sino que los grandes monstruos del entretenimiento se relajen y se sienten para ir contando la pasta...

Thor es un buen compañero de birras

Muy buen trabajo de dirección, todo hay que decirlo, de efectos especiales y de un Benedict Cumberbatch que le viene bien cualquier personaje que pueda hacer, y que en este caso hace de un muy creíble doctor Strange. Lo “extraño” de verdad será ver el momento en que Marvel decida hacer una trama más arriesgada o con un mínimo de originalidad, porque es fácil vender siempre la misma rosquilla...

#peliculas #doctor extraño #doctor strange #benedict cumberbatch #chiwetel ejiofor #rachel mcadams #mads mikkelsen #tilda swinton #benjamin bratt #stan lee #marvel #michael giacchino #sofa y coca-cola

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londontheatre · 7 years ago

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Joining Diana Vickers, Debra Stephenson and Ian Reddington in the 2017 tour are Michael Howe, Michelle Long, Kate Hardisty, Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong, Lewis Kidd, Liam Vincent-Kilbride, Jon Bonner, Rachel McAllister, Ellie-Jane Goddard, Gary Mitchinson and Jess Barker.

The full cast is announced for heart-warming new musical Son of a Preacher Man. Joining Diana Vickers, Debra Stephenson and Ian Reddington in the 2017 tour are Michael Howe, Michelle Long, Kate Hardisty, Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong, Lewis Kidd, Liam Vincent-Kilbride, Jon Bonner, Rachel McAllister, Ellie-Jane Goddard, Gary Mitchinson and Jess Barker.

Featuring the soulful music of Dusty Springfield, with a book by Warner Brown and directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood, Son of a Preacher Man embarks on a national tour starting at Bromley’s Churchill Theatre from Monday 4 September 2017.

Three broken hearts, one Soho hang-out, and the only man who could ever help them… Welcome to the Preacher Man, the swinging 1960s Soho joint where the kids danced the night away to the latest crazes and dared to dream of love, while the legendary owner, the Preacher Man himself, dispensed advice to cure the loneliest of hearts.

Only, that was a long time ago and all that remains are the memories, the stories and the myths. Until now, that is, when three random strangers, generations apart but all in need of help with their hopeless love lives, are inexplicably drawn to the site of the original venue. The Preacher Man is long gone, but his son, with help from the wonderful Cappuccino Sisters, might just find it in himself to channel the spirit of the Preacher Man and once more give these three lovesick strangers the look of love.

Featuring the greatest hits of Dusty Springfield, including “The Look Of Love”, “I Only Want To Be With You”, “Spooky” and of course, the classic “Son Of A Preacher Man”, this sparklingly funny and sweetly touching new musical by internationally renowned writer Warner Brown will have you laughing, crying and singing your heart out to some of the greatest songs ever written.

Diana Vickers first came to public attention as a semi-finalist on the X Factor and has made her professional acting debut in the title role of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice in 2009 (West End, Vaudeville Theatre). Since then her theatre credits have included The Duck House (West End, Vaudeville Theatre), Hatched ‘n’ Dispatched (Park Theatre), The Rocky Horror Show (UK Tour). Her film and television credits include The Perfect Wave, Awaiting, To Dream, Give Out Girls and Top Coppers.

Debra Stephenson is known for her long running roles in Coronation Street and Bad Girls, whilst her entertainment credits include The Friday Night Project, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special, Comic Relief Does Fame Academy and Let’s Dance For Sports Relief. As a comedic impressionist she is best known as star of BBC One’s The Impressions Show, with her other credits including BBC Radio 4’s Dead Ringers as well ITV’s Newzoids.

Ian Reddington is best known for playing Tricky Dicky in EastEnders and Vernon in Coronation Street, with other roles in popular TV programmes including the Outlander series, Dr Who, Shameless, Benidorm, Inspector Morse, Robin Hood, Outlander, The Queen’s Nose and The Dumping Ground. On stage, Ian has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has toured the UK with Bouncers, Dead Funny and Oh What a Lovely War. His film credits include cult film Highlander.

Warner Brown works internationally and is well known for his work in musical theatre and straight plays, encompassing both traditional and avant-garde forms. He wrote ‘the most popular family show of all time’, the arena production Walking With Dinosaurs, creating an entirely new genre of theatrical presentation and winning many international awards. Currently playing in venues from Madison Square Garden to the Mercedes Benz Arena in Shanghai, an episode of CSI: Las Vegas has been based upon the show and it has even been parodied on The Simpsons.

Warner is currently working on multiple developing projects, including the Broadway musicals The Gold Room and The Thomas Crown Affair, both with composer Michael Feinstein; the opera Empty Spaces, with composer Joshua Schmidt, for Florentine Opera in the USA; the musical A Little Danger, with composer Michael Reed, for the St Petersburg Theatre in Russia; and the screenplay for the movie A Minute To Midnight for Bill Kenwright Films. He is part of the consortium, including choreographer Arlene Phillips and musical director Mike Dixon, for the new internet based project Reality.

Writing credits include Half A Sixpence (UK Tour), The Biograph Girl (Phoenix Theatre), Cinderella (London Palladium), The Black and White Ball, which opened in London and for which The Cole Porter Trusts granted Warner stage rights to the songs of Cole Porter, Flickers (Broadway’s Circle-In-The-Square Theater), The House on the Corner (Edinburgh International Festival) and, in addition, Tallulah For A Day and Sleep With Friends. Plays include Laughing Dove, Wavelength and The Prospero Suite, directed by John Doyle.

Warner has worked extensively in Europe, most recently writing the musical Garbo, with music by ‘Meatloaf’ rock legend Jim Steinman. He also has extensive writing credits for the BBC and was Script Associate of the BBC Classic Musicals Series, for which he adapted fourteen musicals featuring many international stars. Warner was the subject of the BBC Two TV documentary The Making Of A Musical. Warner is co-sponsor of the international music prize The S&S Award, named in honour of his late parents.

Craig Revel Horwood is a well-known face on television in the UK and now internationally for his role as a judge on all fifteen series of BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing and for directing and appearing as a judge in the Live Tour.

Craig’s recent credits as director and choreographer include the current UK tour of Sister Act, the previous UK tours Brother Love Travelling Salvation Show and Chess; for television, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? and Just the Two of Us; and for film, the feature film Paddington 2. In addition, he recently directed the all-star concert version of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies at the Royal Albert Hall. Other credits as a theatre director and choreographer are: West Side Story (Prince Edward), Miss Saigon (Drury Lane), Hey, Mr Producer! (Lyceum), Spend Spend Spend! (Piccadilly Theatre; Olivier nomination for Best Choreography), Pal Joey (Chichester Festival Theatre), Guys and Dolls (Sheffield Crucible), Paradise Moscow (Opera North), Carmen (Holland Park), My One and Only (Piccadilly Theatre; Olivier nomination for Best Choreography), Beautiful and Damned (Lyric Theatre), Arms and the Cow (Opera North), The Ballet Boyz: Yumbo Vs Nonino (Festival Hall, Sadler’s Wells, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), The Hot Mikado (Watermill Theatre and UK Tour; Martin Guerre (Watermill Theatre), Sunset Boulevard (Watermill Theatre and Comedy Theatre, West End), Spend Spend Spend! (Watermill Theatre and UK Tour) and Copacabana (Watermill Theatre).

He recently returned to his roots as a performer in musical theatre, starring as Miss Hannigan in the UK national tour of Annie, and in Christmas 2016 as Captain Hook in Peter Pan at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley. Other performing credits include Captain Hook in Peter Pan at the Orchard, Dartford in 2014 and at the Swan, High Wycombe in 2015. Previously, Craig starred as the Wicked Queen in Snow White at Venue Cymru, Llandudno in 2009, The Hawth, Crawley in 2010 and The Orchard, Dartford 2011. He reprised his role at The Swan Theatre, High Wycombe in 2012 and the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend in 2013.

Amongst his numerous TV credits, highlights include winning the BBC Two series Maestro at the Opera, the final of which saw him conduct Act II of La Bohème at the Royal Opera House. He was also a grand finalist on the hit cooking show, Celebrity MasterChef and participated in and won Ready, Steady, Cook.

Book Warner Brown Director & Choreographer Craig Revel Horwood Set & Costume Designer Morgan Large Musical Supervisor & Arrangements Paul Herbert Lighting Designer Richard G Jones Sound Designer Richard Brooker Musical Director Brady Mould Associate Director & Choreographer David James Hulston Casting Director Anne Vosser Diana Vickers (Kat), Debra Stephenson (Alison), Ian Reddington (Simon), Michael Howe (Paul), Michelle Long (Cappuccino Sister One), Kate Hardisty (Cappuccino Sister Two), Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong (Cappuccino Sister Three), Lewis Kidd (Liam/ Young Paul/ Ensemble), Liam Vincent-Kilbride (Andy/ Mike/ Young Jack/ Ensemble), Jon Bonner (Hardman/ Otis/ Jack/ Ensemble), Rachel McAllister (Pippa/ Miss Marsh/ Ensemble), Ellie-Jane Goddard (Sandra/ Anna/ Ensemble), Gary Mitchinson (On-Stage Swing & Ensemble) and Jess Barker (On-Stage Swing & Ensemble).

Casting for the 2018 tour to be announced. Son of a Preacher Man is produced by Brian Berg, John Sachs, Andrew Berg & Kimberley Sachs for Eclipse Live, Michael Park for The Infinite Group, Paul Tyrer & Jamie Clark for TBO Productions, Churchill Theatre Bromley and executive producers Andrew Green and Ben White, all on behalf of Dusty Touring Ltd.

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