March 31, 1943, was a watershed moment for American musical theatre; opening night of Oklahoma! Having sat through the previews already, Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) slips out of the St. James Theatre for a drink at Sardi’s restaurant. There, he laments to the barkeeper Eddie (Bobby Cannavale) and piano player Morty (Jonah Lees) about the…
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MaXXXine
After surviving the “Texas Porn Star Massacre” of 1979, Maxine Minx (Mia Goth) moves to Hollywood to follow her dreams and become a star. She lands the lead role in Liz Bender’s (Elizabeth Debicki) newest film, The Puritan II, and is excited at the road to fame ahead of her. Someone, though, is not so…
Blonde
Like many in Hollywood, Marilyn Monroe (Ana de Armas) was a stage name for the blonde starlet. Born as Norma Jeane (Lilly Fisher) to a single mother, Gladys (Julianne Nicholson), the girl is taken to an orphanage after one of her mother’s episodes and is deemed unfit to raise a child. With a head full…
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