The broadest of comedies, the film’s often puerile humor is driven by an endless stream of male bungling, blundering and whining, only to be kicked up a notch by pratfalls of nearly every variety, from getting bucked off a galloping horse to tripping into a pile of trash.
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Natalia Winkelman,
Variety,
27 May 2026
Two comedies round out the five-strong announcement.
The school commissions Broadway writers to pen musicals for students each year and recently has added in a new summer musical, where commercial producers can workshop and develop shows.
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Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
25 May 2026
Founded in 2007 by Gary and Erin Lewis, the company produces stage musicals year-round, as well as musical readings and youth drama education programs.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2026
The effort to both support and regulate DCF comes at a time when the department is being criticized for its handling of several recent tragedies involving children.
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Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
2 June 2026
Those scenes' lighthearted whimsy, featuring late-night hijinks with classmates pranking grumpy instructors, pays off in the story's earliest tragedies.
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