Waitress
It's been said before, including on this blog , but it's the truth: music is better than words. I remember when the Adrienne Shelly movie Waitress , starring Keri Russell, came out. There was buzz around it, and around Russell's performance, yet I never saw it. In anticipation of this musical adaptation, I watched the movie a few months ago, and was underwhelmed. I thought it was just fine, but remembering the buzz around its 2007 release, I couldn't understand the enthusiasm. But there's something that music can do that nothing else can, and that's why telling a story with music—that is, musical theatre—is such an incredible art form. All the main beats from the movie are there, thanks in no small part to a great book by Jessie Nelson . Waitress tells Jenna's story. She's the titular waitress, working at Joe's Diner. (Owner Joe ( Dakin Matthews ) is a regular at his roadside diner.) She has a knack for making delicious and creatively-named ...