Macall Polay/Warner Bros EntertainmentIn the Heights may be the greatest movie musical in decades—so it is staggering to realize that it is actually adapted from the second-most famous thing Lin-Manuel Miranda created.The Hamilton multihyphenate (writer, star, Pulitzer Prize-winner, cultural ubique) first broke big on Broadway with his 2008 Tony-winning musical In the Heights. It heralded Miranda as a mold-shattering Broadway bard, a fresh talent who has helped usher in a mainstream boom in musi
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Washed-up Broadway producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) has been taking advantage of little old ladies (to put it politely) to fund his failing productions and lifestyle for several years. When a by-the-book accountant, Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder), finds a $2,000 discrepancy in Bialystockâs latest flop (he raised more than he spent), Max convinces Leo to âcook the booksâ and plug the money in somewhere. This leads Leo to think aloud that, on a much grander scale, a producer could make more money from a flop than a hit. And thus is the premise for Mel Brooksâ
Feature photo above: Sunshine on a plate! A colourful and delicious Turkish breakfast.
Anyone who’s visited Turkey will tell you the cuisine is fabulous. This is one of the primary reasons Jan and I decided to retire to Fethiye. The Turks have a long and distinguished gastronomic history and as such will just not tolerate dodgy food. In all our years here, weâve never had a bad meal, but if we occasionally do find ourselves straying into unfamiliar territory weâve always applied one fundamental rule – search out where the locals eat. You canât go wrong. Weâve stuck forks into some amazing dishes over the years and plan to continue doing so for as long as possible.
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