Brendan Fraser hasn’t had tremendous luck when it comes to holding on to stardom. Nineties nostalgia fans will always adore him for his role as a thawed out caveman in Encino Man and he had some success as an Indiana Jones rip-off character in The Mummy and its subsequent sequels, but he’s faded from the public eye in recent years. Even an appearance in Best Picture winner Crash hasn’t been enough to revive his career.

Not that he seems all that bothered by the state of things. Fraser has taken the stage on Broadway as a former asylum patient and mechanic in the play “Elling,” adapted from a series of Norwegian novels that were also made into a play and film in their home country.

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Kiefer Sutherlnd has found new ways to occupy his time now that a clock is no longer counting down every minute of his life. The award winning actor who played Jack Bauer on the hit Fox series “24” for over 7 seasons has landed a new gig and it’s not on television or in film. He’s headed to the stage! Sutherland is slated to make his Broadway debut in That Championship Season.

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Were you obsessed with the 2002 Steven Spielberg film Catch Me if You Can? The original featured Leonardo DiCaprio as a young con artist who hops from profession to profession while trying to outwit an FBI agent, played by Tom Hanks. The film was nominated for two Oscars and now its going for a Tony. The feature has been turned into a Broadway play and the opening and preview dates have been announced!

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Playbill.com reports that the FOX network denies that it is currently in talks with Music Theatre International— an agency which “licenses performance rights of Broadway titles”—concerning a possible stage adaptation of the hit TV show Glee, despite the fact that MTI claims that the FOX network is… currently in talks with Music Theatre International concerning a possible stage adaptation of the hit TV show Glee (why do they make me repeat myself?).

MTI chairman Freddie Gershon has confirmed both to Playbill.com and Variety that a Glee deal is “in negotiations… We just think it’s a natural.”

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Dumbo — yes the Disney movie you loved as a kid — is going to join the likes of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. According to The New York Times, Disney Theatrical Productions and notorious theater director Stephen Daldry are developing an adaptation for the stage of the 1941 movie Dumbo.

Several months ago, Daldry, approached Disney with the idea, and how could Disney say no to the director who brought to the stage Elliot Smith: The Musical? Now, Dumbo (the musical) is in its initial stages. A creative team has yet to be assigned, and because of it, Dumbo won’t be hitting Broadway or any theater, any time soon. An executive for Disney said Wednesday afternoon:

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An official promo image has surfaced of Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig in the play A Steady Rain. The two actors are signed on to star in the Broadway production, opposite one another this fall. If you think alone they’re good looking, try to contain yourself when their both doing the infamous “Blue Steel” stare into the camera. Don’t take my word for it, view the photo below.

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I have a confession to make.  I was a theater major in college.  Yep, complete with a Les Miserables shirt and debates about the merits of Madonna as Eva Peron in the greenroom between classes.  Perhaps it was because my mom made me listen to too much Fiddler on the Roof and Jesus Christ Superstar when I was little?  (That’s it, blame the parents.) My passion for movie musicals is merely the culmination of my two loves:  film and non-plot advancing song and dance numbers! Like, OmG!

Here are the 10 Movie Musicals I think are the best of the best.  This is based on the oh-so-scientific criteria of how much I love the film so if your favorite is missing, by all means, leave a comment and let us what makes you want to spontaneously break into song. Come on, I showed you mine…

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