By Dale King We Will Rock You, the jukebox musical that throws an aural spotlight on the poperatic music of the British rock group Queen and their flamboyant frontman Freddy Mercury, is shaking walls, vibrating scenery and winning over audiences at the Lake Worth Playhouse. The single summer entry at the Lake Avenue performance center spreads 20-plus powerful Queen tunes … [Read more...]
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ pedestrian — but it will rock you
Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer’s biopic of Freddie Mercury, is nothing if not a linear recitation of events. The best of Queen’s music approached poetry, but Singer’s film sits comfortably as prose, occasionally the stilted kind. Just look at the first scene after its credit sequence: The young Freddie (Rami Malek), then known by his birth name Farrokh (Bulsara), is one of … [Read more...]