Far from Heaven is a historical romantic drama movie set in conservative 1950s suburbia, following a housewife Cathy Whitaker, whose idyllic life reeks of etiquette and decorum and boasts a calendar ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The musical was adapted from the acclaimed, award-winning 2002 Focus ...

Cathy Whitaker seems to be the picture-perfect wife and mother in 1957 suburban Connecticut. But roiling beneath the surface, secret longings and forbidden desires cause her world to unravel, with ...

It's charmingly easy to fall into the world that was in the Todd Haynes awe-inspiring new film, Far From Heaven with its grandiose overture, Donna Reed-style dresses and '57 Chevys. At points, I found ...

Check out indieWIRE’s interview with Todd Haynes here at indieWIRE.com.. Haynes revises the plotline, foregrounding the added topics of race and sexual orientation. He addresses the touchy subjects ...

Far From Heaven, directed by Tony nominee Michael Greif, is based on the Todd Haynes feature film. Tony nominee O'Hara (South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza) and Pasquale (A Man of No Importance, ...

Don’t bother bringing tissues to Far From Heaven, the chilly musical adaptation of Todd Haynes’s 2002 film. Haynes updated a classic Douglas Sirk weepie, trading Sirk’s class concerns for racial and ...

*Director Rob Lindsey explores racism and homosexuality in 1950’s American in the musical “Far From Heaven,” which is based on Richard Greenberg’s book, with lyrics by Michael Korie, music by Scott ...

is an impeccable example of 1950s melodrama. Well-written, nicely acted and beautifully shot and scored, the film works on several levels, openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience ...