| Back when a musicalization of Newton's life was still just an idea, Smith mentioned it to Rich Timmons. |
| The fact that the last line is spoken is telling, since the central failure of the opera is its musicalization. |
| For Cry-Baby, which is based on a John Waters film, Brokaw turned to Rob Ashford, his choreographer on a regional-theater musicalization of the movie Marty. |
| It is a ballet he made first in 1945 as an experiment in musicalization. |
| Bullets Over Broadway, which opens tonight at the St. James Theater, does, however, seem a natural candidate for musicalization. |
