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Best Musical, and four other nominations

Stew (Book, Lyrics, Co-Composer, Co-Orchestrator, Narrator) is the critically acclaimed singer, songwriter, founder and leader of The Negro Problem, a pop-rock combo from Los Angeles. Along with Heidi Rodewald he co-founded the Afro-Baroque cabaret ensemble known as Stew, who are the creative force behind the hit musical Passing Strange. Heidi Rodewald (Co-Composer, Co-Orchestrator, Bass, Vocals) has spent more than a decade as a performer, arranger, producer and composer for both The Negro Problem and the multi-disciplinary ensemble known as Stew. She wrote and performed with the seminal female punk band Wednesday Week and co-wrote screenplay We Can See Today, selected for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab / Directors Lab in 2005, with Stew.

Stew and Heidi took a break from picking out their glitzy awards night garb to select their favorite movie musicals for FilmInFocus.

• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

  Dark plus Chocolate equals a devastatingly wicked confection.

• Mary Poppins

  Julie A's BDSM vibe still gives us a tingle.

• Cabaret

  Joel Grey was both playful and scary as hell i.e. exactly what a great rock and roll frontman should be.

• Hard Day's Night

  Its message: make music with your mates and girls will chase you. Message received. Life forever changed.

• My Fair Lady

  Rex Harrison is our favorite rapper. There must have been some chronic in his pipe cuz his flow makes even the best look like they're trying too hard.