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Thursday, February 15, 2018

Jeff Daniels to Explain Things in Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway by Jackson McHenry

The Newsroom lives, in that Jeff Daniels and Aaron Sorkin are working together again, and pretty much no other ways. Daniels will star as Atticus Finch in Sorkin’s upcoming stage adaptatio…

SOURCE: Vulture at 04:49PM

Jeffrey Tambor Officially Cut From Transparent After Investigation Into Harassment Claims by Jackson McHenry

Amazon has officially cut Jeffrey Tambor from Transparent after an investigation into sexual-harassment claims against the actor. Per Deadline, Amazon has said Tambor will not return for the…

SOURCE: Vulture at 03:56PM
Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Katharine McPhee Will Make Her Broadway Debut in Waitress (Unless Ivy Lynn Goes on Instead) by Jackson McHenry

Forget the pie that came before, forget what used to be, the past is on the cutting room floor, for Waitress, the future is here: McPhee. With all the enthusiasm of people on Twitter who won…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:11AM
Monday, February 5, 2018

Broadway’s New Evan Hansen Gets Back to His ‘Sad Boy’ Roots by Jackson McHenry

One might assume it’s a stretch for Taylor Trensch to go from starring in a big theatrical confection like Hello, Dolly! to a tearjerker like Dear Evan Hansen, but Trensch thinks of it mor…

SOURCE: Vulture at 04:57PM
Friday, February 2, 2018

LaChanze, Ariana DeBose, and Storm Lever Will All Play Donna Summer in a Broadway Musical by Jackson McHenry

Meet Donna, Donna, and Donna. The upcoming Broadway musical based on the life of Donna Summer has cast LaChanze, Ariana DeBose, and Storm Lever as three different incarnations of Summer: the…

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:42PM
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

RuPaul’s Drag Race Star Peppermint to Be the First Trans Woman Actress to Create a Principal Role on Broadway by Jackson McHenry

Peppermint may have landed in second in Drag Race season nine, but she’s found a new stage to make her own. The New York drag favorite has been cast in the forthcoming musical Head Over He…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:14AM
Monday, January 29, 2018

Just Patti LuPone and Some Great Products at the Grammys by Jackson McHenry

Eyes, hair, mouth, figure, dress, voice, style, movement, hands, magic, rings, glamour, face, diamonds, excitement, spon-con. Before appearing at the Grammys last night to casually slay “D…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:29AM
Friday, January 26, 2018

Patti LuPone and Andrew Lloyd Webber Have Reportedly Reached Détente by Jackson McHenry

Two great warring nations are apparently at peace, for now. Patti LuPone and Andrew Lloyd Webber, who have been at odds since 1994, reportedly made up during rehearsals for LuPone’s perfor…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:39AM
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Santino Fontana Is Starring in a Broadway-Bound Tootsie Musical by Jackson McHenry

Greg has a very exciting new life ahead of him after leaving West Covina. Santino Fontana, formerly of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and a Tony nominee for Cinderella, is starring in a Broadway-bound …

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:05PM
Tuesday, January 9, 2018

NBC’s Musical Theater Series Rise Rewrote a Closeted Gay Character As Straight by Jackson McHenry

NBC’s upcoming drama Rise, about a high-school production of Spring Awakening, looks a lot like a serious version of Glee, or perhaps a musical version of Friday Night Lights, given that i…

SOURCE: Vulture at 04:07PM
Friday, January 5, 2018

Ben Vereen Accused of Sexual Assault While Directing Florida Production of Hair by Jackson McHenry

Ben Vereen, a Broadway veteran known for his performances in musicals like Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Pippin, has been accused of sexual assault, intimidation, and other abusive behav…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:52AM
Thursday, January 4, 2018

The Grammys Will Feature Performances From Pink, Gaga, Gambino, and Broadway by Jackson McHenry

The Grammy Awards are returning to New York this year, which means, like a middle-school kid who just discovered Dear Evan Hansen, they’re really into theater right now. In addition to ann…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:22AM
Wednesday, January 3, 2018

How Ethan Slater Became Broadway’s SpongeBob SquarePants by Jackson McHenry

Literalists who arrive at SpongeBob SquarePants: the Musical hoping to see a man sing and dance in a big, yellow, sponge-shaped outfit are bound to be disappointed. Instead of mimicking a ca…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:58AM
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Please Accept John Legend As Your Lord and Savior in Jesus Christ Superstar Live! by Jackson McHenry

Soon, John Legend will die for your sins live on TV. NBC announced today that Legend will play the lead role in its live Easter Sunday staging of Jesus Christ Superstar, which is good news f…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:25AM
Friday, December 15, 2017

Lin-Manuel Miranda Releases New Song About Ben Franklin, Somehow Still Has Hamilton Stuff Up His Sleeve by Jackson McHenry

As previously evidenced in every single thing he does, Lin-Manuel Miranda has no desire to take a break or relax whatsoever. So it’s really no surprise that he’s decided to commit to rel…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:34AM
Thursday, December 14, 2017

Tony Shalhoub on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and His Musical The Band’s Visit by Jackson McHenry

Those lucky enough to live in New York right now have the chance to sample two very different, eye-catching Tony Shalhoub performances. In Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, he plays Abe …

SOURCE: Vulture at 04:00PM

Adam Driver Will Sulk Back to Broadway in a Revival of Burn This by Jackson McHenry

Adam Driver, who’s been on Broadway twice before (three times, if you count the time his character from Girls did Major Barbara), is coming back to the stage in 2019. In a change of pace f…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:37AM
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Kristin Chenoweth Is Attached to Play Meryl Streep’s Role in a Death Becomes Her Stage Musical by Jackson McHenry

In a development strategy roughly defined as “be as camp as possible,” the Universal theater group is working on a stage musical adaptation of Death Becomes Her with Kristin Chenoweth in…

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:14PM
Friday, December 8, 2017

If You Were a Theater Kid, You Should Watch ABC’s Encore by Jackson McHenry

For the small slice of the American population that participated in high-school musicals, and the even smaller sliver that is actually proud of that experience, listen up: ABC is airing a de…

SOURCE: Vulture at 04:30PM
Monday, December 4, 2017

Straight White Man Armie Hammer Will Star in Straight White Men on Broadway by Jackson McHenry

Armie Hammer’s campaign to try new, scary things will continue next summer with a stint on Broadway. The actor is starring in Second Stage Theater’s production of the Young Jean Lee dark…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:24AM
Thursday, November 30, 2017

Nine Women Accuse Playwright Israel Horovitz of Sexual Misconduct, Including Assault and Rape by Jackson McHenry

In one of the first major stories of sexual misconduct in the theater world since London’s Old Vic received 20 allegations against Kevin Spacey, nine women have spoken to the New York Time…

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:35PM
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Disney Executives Reportedly Worked Around John Lasseter’s Inappropriate Sexual Behavior by Jackson McHenry

After Pixar and Walt Disney Animation CEO John Lasseter announced that he was taking a six-month “sabbatical” due to unspecified “missteps,” reports of his inappropriate sexual behav…

SOURCE: Vulture at 02:30PM

Exclusive: Sara Bareilles Will Return to Waitress and Star Across From Jason Mraz by Jackson McHenry

There’s going to be a reunion at the Waitress diner. Sara Bareilles, who wrote the music and lyrics for the musical, and Jason Mraz, who collaborated with Bareilles on the album that prece…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:48AM
Thursday, November 16, 2017

Darren Aronofsky ‘Loves a Broadway Musical’ by Jackson McHenry

Darren Aronofsky, an aficionado of scarves and existential terror, also loves himself a good show tune. That’s according to Hugh Jackman, who invented show business and recently hosted a s…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:51AM

London’s Old Vic Theatre Has Received 20 Allegations Against Kevin Spacey by Jackson McHenry

In the wake of allegations that Kevin Spacey sexual assaulted young men while serving as the artistic director at the Old Vic, the London theater conducted an investigation into the actor an…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:35AM
Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Kristen Bell Will Reunite a High-School Musical’s Cast on TV, and Soon She Might Come for Yours, Too by Jackson McHenry

Former high-school theater nerds, no longer will you have to spend your days insisting to friends and family that your senior-year performance in The King and I was “revelatory,” “must…

SOURCE: Vulture at 02:52PM
Friday, November 10, 2017

Actor Anthony Edwards Claims Producer Gary Goddard Molested Him and His Friend As Children by Jackson McHenry

As many inside and outside of Hollywood tell their own stories of sexual harassment and abuse in the wake of revelations surrounding Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Louis C.K., and others, a…

SOURCE: Vulture at 02:50PM
Thursday, November 9, 2017

Rian Johnson Is Creating a New Star Wars Trilogy As Disney Sticks With What (Seemingly) Works by Jackson McHenry

Rian Johnson likes Star Wars so much that he’s not going to let audiences have any star peace. Disney announced today that Johnson, who wrote and directed the forthcoming The Last Jedi and…

SOURCE: Vulture at 05:15PM
Wednesday, November 8, 2017

The King Kong Musical Will Stomp Onto Broadway in October 2018 by Jackson McHenry

King Kong is coming to America, and hopefully, unlike every King Kong movie, it won’t end in terrible tragedy. A stage musical adaptation, which stars a six-meter-tall puppet, will start p…

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:23PM

Lin-Manuel Miranda Will Bring Hamilton to Puerto Rico in the Wake of Hurricane Maria by Jackson McHenry

Lin-Manuel Miranda, who has actively campaigned (and released music) to raise money for Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria, has announced plans to bring his hit musical to the island…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:23AM
Monday, November 6, 2017

Kevin Spacey Film All the Money in the World Pulled From AFI Fest in Wake of Sexual-Assault Allegations by Jackson McHenry

Sony has started to distance itself from its Ridley Scott–directed film All the Money in the World, starring Kevin Spacey, in the wake of multiple accusations against the actor for sexual …

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:06PM

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