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My Variety Review: Broadway Musical Based On 'Almost Famous'

by Frank Rizzo

Writer-director Cameron Crowe's Oscar-winning screenplay about a teen rock journalist's coming-of-age in the '70s, "Almost Famous," lands pretty much intact in Broadway's latest pedestrian film-to-stage adaptation. For those who love the 2000 semi-autobiographical film, this version provides almost a complete re-enactment of the original (via a book written by Crowe), with some new songs (by Tom Kitt and Crowe) mixed…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:03pm on November 3, 2022