Hart Wrote some of the Most Aching Lyrics of All Time. Then Musicals Left Him Behind.

One of 2025’s Best Movies Is a Music Biopic of a Largely Forgotten Figure

As far as famous songwriting duos go, John Lennon and Paul McCartney are arguably the most popular. If you go down the list, you’ll probably stumble on Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, who created some of the 20th century’s best musicals, like The King and I and The Sound of Music. But before Rodgers collaborated with Hammerstein, he was part of another duo with a man history has largely forgotten — Lorenz “Larry” Hart. That’s about to cha…

Hart wrote some of the most aching lyrics of all time. Then musicals left him behind.

Director Richard Linklater offers a poignant portrait of legendary lyricist Larry Hart in his new film “Blue Moon.”

'Blue Moon' tells the little-known true story of 'lost soul' Lorenz Hart

Who was lyricist Lorenz Hart? And was Stephen Sondheim really at opening night of "Oklahoma!" with Rodgers and Hammerstein? We fact check "Blue Moon."

Ethan Hawke on embracing the ‘heartbreak’ of Broadway drama ‘Blue Moon’

TORONTO - Ethan Hawke says he wasn’t interested in “imitating” when he took on the challenge of portraying the personal and professional collapse of real-life lyricist Lorenz Hart for the period drama “Blue Moon.”

Blue Moon Review: Ethan Hawke is outstanding in Richard Linklater's latest

PLOT: Lyricist Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) entertains the patrons of a New York bar on the eve of the premiere of Oklahoma!, a play that marks the debut of his former professional partner Richard Rodgers’ (Andrew Scott) new collaboration with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein. REVIEW: When people think of Richard Rodgers, they can’t help but picture him as half of Rodgers and Hammerstein — the Broadway duo behind some of the most iconic musicals of all t…

BLUE MOON (2025) – Review

Can there really be two music biopics opening this weekend? Yes, though they share little in common other than popular songs. The “Boss” flick is set in the early 1980s and zeroes in on a couple of years of his career. This film is set nearly forty years before, and it mainly (other than a brief prologue) happens during one fateful night. And it’s pretty much set in one place. Oh, and rather than the world of rock and roll, this comedy/drama is …