Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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Art House sits down with Terence O'Malley, the writer/director of the Kansas City-produced musical, “Nelly Don: The Musical Movie.”

The film is a screen adaptation of the stage musical O'Malley produced in 2019. It was filmed in Kansas City and features many local actors, including Julie Pope, who stars as Nell Donnelly Reed.

We talk to O’Malley about the challenges of not only shooting a musical but also one that is a period piece.

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