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Strictly Ballroom the Musical review plenty of sparkle but not much emotional depth by Alex Needham

The new staging of Baz Luhrmann's film ladles on the glitz, but drowns out the simple human core that made the movie so well-lovedWith its motto "to live with fear is a life half lived", the 1992 film Strictly Ballroom is a touching, idiosyncratic and funny affirmation of the right to creative freedom, and director Baz Lurhmann's first and perhaps most-loved movie. Beginning life in 1984 as a 25-minute play…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:22PM on April 12, 2014

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