Musicals are alive and well on our local community stages this summer from Prattville’s Way Off Broadway Theatre production of Oklahoma! and the Millbrook Community Players’ presentation of Hello, Dolly! to Wetumpka Depot Players’ premiere of Big Fish the Musical. You will find these tuneful productions as popular fare, especially at this time of year. With this in mind, let’s salute some great musicals of the silver screen.
The last time I wrote specifically about musicals for Elmore County Living was back in 2015. Since that time, musicals have continued to gain in popularity, and audiences have been charmed with some of the following cinematic treats.
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