Best Musicalsby BlackRa

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BlackRa said:
I could not find SPARKLE , from 1983, with Philip Michael Thomas, Irene Cara, and Lonette McKee, what up with that ????????
  • 1 All That Jazz

    All That Jazz

    A Broadway choreographer begins to crack under the strain of preparing a major show. Bob Fosse's musical, starring Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking and Leland Palmer
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  • 2 Damn Yankees

    Damn Yankees

    A Washington Senators fan becomes a player after making a deal with the devil to beat the Yankees.
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  • 3 Yankee Doodle Dandy

    Yankee Doodle Dandy

    Superb musical biopic, starring Oscar-winner James Cagney as vaudeville performer George M Cohan, who's summoned to the White House during World War Two to reminisce about his life in showbusiness
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  • 4 The Jolson Story

    The Jolson Story

    Biopic of popular vaudeville performer Al Jolson, starring Larry Parks in the title role, miming to the singing voice of the man himself
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  • 5 Purple Rain

    Purple Rain

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    A talented but arrogant musician with a troubled home life tries to make a name for himself and win the heart of a fellow singer. Musical drama, with Prince and Apollonia Kotero
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  • 6 Ray

    Ray

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    Biopic of blind singer and musician Ray Charles, exploring his battle against racial bigotry, drug addiction and personal demons. With Jamie Foxx, Regina King and Kerry Washington
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  • 7 What's Love Got to Do with It

    What's Love Got to Do with It

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    Biopic of Tina Turner, charting her rise to fame and years of torment with abusive husband Ike, through to her success as a solo artist. With Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne
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  • 8 The Five Heartbeats

    The Five Heartbeats

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    Drama about a fictional Sixties R'n'B group, loosely based on real-life chart-toppers The Dells, following its members' chequered careers over three decades. Starring Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon and Diahann Carroll
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  • 9 The Temptations

    The Temptations

    Biopic of the Sixties soul group, from the viewpoint of the last surviving member Otis Williams, charting their rise to fame amid drug and alcohol abuse and competing egos. Leon and Alan Rosenberg star
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  • 10 The Music Man

    The Music Man

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    Personable con-man Robert Preston dazzles a small Iowa town with his plan to set up a boys' marching band. Splendid, cheering musical, co-starring Shirley Jones and Buddy Hackett
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