Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon
Ethan Hawke captures the spirit of Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart in 'Blue Moon'.
Who doesn’t love Oklahoma!, the 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein extravaganza that kicked off the golden age of musical theater? If you don’t find your toes tapping to jaunty numbers about courting or using pachyderm metrics, you might be dead, or the spiritual kin of Lorenz Hart.
Hart, who died in 1943 at 48, was the lyricist behind standards like
“My Funny Valentine,” “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was,” and “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered”, songs with every color of elation or heartbreak and self-deprecating humor.
Author's summary: Ethan Hawke shines in Blue Moon as Lorenz Hart.