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‘Bruce’ the ‘Jaws’ Musical is Set to Open in Seattle in May 2022

Bruce is headed to Seattle next May! The Jaws-themed musical takes audiences behind the scenes of the greatest shark-themed horror film of all time and is based upon screenwriter Carl Gottlieb’s 1975 memoir The Jaws Log.
Specifically, the musical focuses on young, up-and-coming director Steven Spielberg as he sets out to make the film. According to Deadline, “While invading a sleepy fishing island off Cape Cod to shoot on the open ocean, he faced several challenges including weather, water, hostile locals, an exploding budget, endless delays, and a highly dysfunctional mechanical star named Bruce, to bring his vision to life in what proved to be one of the biggest success stories in film history.”
Richard Oberacker composed the music for the show with lyrics and book written by Robert Taylor. The pair have collaborated numerous times including Broadway’s Bandstand: The New American Musical which dealt with a group of soldiers returning home after World War II and the lingering effects the war had on them physically, emotionally, and mentally.
That show ran for 24 previews and 166 performances in 2017. A filmed version of the show was subsequently given a limited release in movie theaters as well as online screening last year to raise money for the Actor’s Fund.
Bruce was meant to have its opening at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey but was unable to open due to Covid-19 restrictions. The show is now set to begin previews at Seattle Rep’s Bagley Wright Theater on May 27, 2022 with an official opening night set for June 1, 2022.
Could a musical about the making of Jaws work? Oberacker and Taylor are certainly going to try! Let us know what you think in the comments below!

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Watch ‘Conjuring’ Star Vera Farmiga Nail Slipknot’s Demon Voice in ‘Duality’ Cover

Vera Farmiga, who has starred in three Conjuring movies, has a good idea of how a demon should sound. Recently, she sang Slipknot’s Duality at a Rock Academy show in Kingston, New York. She impressively matched Corey Taylor growl for growl.

Prior to singing Duality, Farmiga told the audience, “I’ll tell you one thing: This music program is one thing we can’t get enough of. We really do have the time of our lives.”
Watch the cover below – she starts singing a little after the 1 minute mark.
During the performance of Duality, Renn Hawkey (her husband) played the keyboards. Later in the show, the couple switched roles, with Farmiga playing the keyboards as Hawkey sang The Killing Moon by Echo & The Bunnymen.
Farmiga posted videos of both the Slipknot and Echo & The Bunnymen covers on her Instagram page. She also praised the Rock Academy, saying, “Best. Music. School. On. The. Planet. Enroll your kids now. And why let them have all the fun?! Enroll yourselves! Come learn. Come grow. Come play. Come have so much fun.”
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Ghostface Stars in Scream VI’s ‘Still Alive’ Music Video

Scream VI is right around the corner and in the latest music video Demi Lovato takes on Ghostface. It isn’t what we were expecting to see from the soundtrack but Still Alive is still a nice addition the Scream VI soundtrack.
It does make me miss the old Scream soundtracks. The soundtracks for Scream 2 and Scream 3 were really great and full of alternative rock picks. Nowadays, soundtracks are sadly devoid of those kinds of picks.
The film stars Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, Jenna Ortega, Courteney Cox, Dermot Mulroney, Samara Weaving, Tony Revolori, Jack Champion, Liana Liberato, Devyn Nekoda, Josh Segarra, and Henry Czerny.
The synopsis for Scream VI goes like this:
Four survivors of the original Ghostface killings attempt to leave Woodsboro behind for a fresh start.
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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Shares First Image of Lady Gaga With Joaquin Phoenix

The first image of the sequel to Joker shares a first look at its two stars. Both Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix are featured in the first lovely image from Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux.
The term Folie à Deux means shared “shared delusional disorder”. We are sure that this will be something thoroughly explored in the sequel between these two.
The synopsis for Joker went like this:
Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Arthur wears two masks — the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he’s part of the world around him. Isolated, bullied and disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as the Joker.
Are you excited to see Lady Gaga playing the role of Harley Quinn? Let us know in the comments section.