Spike Lee and Stew Go On Camera for Passing Strange The Movie Tonight, Spike Lee's cinematic chronicle of the fascinating, award-winning rock musical, Passing Strange -- which went from being an off-Broadway/Public ...

	Passing Strange Recorded for television by Spike Lee, “Passing Strange” is the semi-autobiographical story of a young man who leaves behind his middle-class, church-ruled ... The TV Paige "Passing Strange" (9 pm, WTTW-Channel 11): Spike Lee filmed a performance of the Tony-winning musical "Passing Strange," about a young black man who visits ... DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video Passing Strange gets considerable mileage out of its inventive, funny book and clever lyrics--early on, for example, Stew sings that he's reached a good ... 'Gary Unmarried,' 'SVU,' 'Leverage' •PBS' Great Performances celebrates Broadway with director Spike Lee's documentary film of the musical Passing Strange (9 ET/PT, times may vary). ... Passing Strange (2008) Oscar-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee turns his camera toward the stage for this filmed performance of the acclaimed Broadway musical by singer/songwriter Stew and his creative partner Heidi Rodewald. Developed at the Sundance Theater Lab, the story follows a young black man from Los Angeles as he attempts to make sense of the conflicted cultural signals constantly bombarding him from all sides. Raised in a religious household somewhere south of Interstate 10, the frustrated adolescent feels suffocated by his mother's fixation on family ties, her unwavering devotion to the church, and her unapologetically bourgeois aspirations in life. He longs to experience something "real" in life, ultimatel... The Movie Due on DVD Jan. 12 IFC Entertainment will release the DVD of the Spike Lee-directed Passing Strange: The Movie Jan. 12. Bonus material on the DVD, which is presented in widescreen letterbox format, includes director Lee's backstage footage from the Broadway production. The disc has a suggested retail price of $24.98. Passing Strange: The Movie, according to press notes, "tells the semi-autobiographical story of a young black man, identified simply as Youth, who leaves behind his middle-class, church-ruled upbringing in mid-1970s Los Angeles to travel to Europe in search of his artistic and personal identity, or what he calls 'the real.' Misadventures with sex, drugs, politics and ar... Training for the Drug Wars “Great Performances” presents Spike Lee's film adaptation of Stew and Heidi Rodewald's Broadway musical “Passing Strange” (PBS, check local listings), ... Wed., Jan. 13 (6:15 pm, HBO) GREAT PERFORMANCES — Director Spike Lee brings "Passing Strange," Stew Rodewald's Tony-nominated semiautobiographical Broadway hit, ... Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010 On "Great Performances" (WETA at 9, MPT at 10), "Passing Strange," a documentary from Spike Lee about the musical, features a man who flees to Europe after ...