Of course, people don’t break out into song at the most emotional moments of their lives. That’s why we have musicals.
But audiences these days don’t necessarily want the classic strains of “Oklahoma!” or “My Fair Lady.” They’re after something a little more unusual and challenging.
With the musical P.T. Barnum biography “The Greatest Showman” and the a cappella-filled “Pitch Perfect 3” hitting theaters this pre-Christmas weekend, here are seven musical movies that break, or at least bend, the rules.
A little “Phantom of the Opera” and a little “Faust,” as a record executive, Swan (Paul Williams, who also wrote the songs), sells his soul for eternal youth and riches.