All stories by Halle Kiefer on BroadwayStars

Friday, June 30, 2017

Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean Ride Will No Longer Feature a \"Bride Auction\" by Halle Kiefer

Now that Pirates of the Caribbean has become perhaps their most internationally recognizable franchise, Disney has decided that maybe it’s time to do something about the whole “selling w…

SOURCE: Vulture at 07:51PM
Sunday, June 18, 2017

The Audience of Broadway’s Come From Away Cheers as Hillary Clinton Keeps a Good Thing Going by Halle Kiefer

If you’ve seen a Broadway show in the last six months or so, there’s a significant chance you saw a surprise double bill: the play or musical you paid for, and a celebrity cameo by Hilla…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:42PM
Monday, June 12, 2017

The Artistic Director of the Public Theater Addresses Trump Controversy Before Julius Caesar Opening Night by Halle Kiefer

Before Monday evening’s opening night of Julius Caesar, the Artistic Director of the Public Theater, Oskar Eustis, addressed the controversy surrounding their Shakespeare in the Park produ…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:49PM
Monday, June 5, 2017

The SpongeBob Musical Brings Its Nautical Nonsense to Broadway in November by Halle Kiefer

Are you ready, kids? The SpongeBob Musical, based on the hit Nickelodeon animated series, kicks off previews on November 6 at New York’s Palace Theatre ,before making its Broadway debut on…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:33PM
Sunday, June 4, 2017

Ballet Dancer Rescues Man Shoved Onto Subway Tracks by Halle Kiefer

Some ballet dancers train their entire lives for a single shot at greatness. Others get their shot, make it and then use their days off to rescue people from the subway tracks. Gray Davis, a…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:33PM
Friday, June 2, 2017

The Trailer For Disney’s That’s So Raven Spin-Off Raven’s Home Is Somehow, Some Way Even More Raven Than Ever by Halle Kiefer

If you could gaze into the future, well, you would have seen this trailer already. Utilizing the Fuller House or Girl Meets World reboot model, Disney’s new That’s So Raven spin-off Rave…

SOURCE: Vulture at 08:35PM
Monday, May 29, 2017

John Legend Sent a Message to the Parents of Manchester Bombing Victim Olivia Campbell on Good Morning Britain by Halle Kiefer

Charlotte Campbell and Paul Hodgson, mother and stepfather of Manchester bombing victim Olivia Campbell, received a heartfelt message from John Legend during their Monday appearance on Good …

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:30PM
Monday, May 22, 2017

Ariana Grande Responds to Manchester Arena Bombing, Has Reportedly Suspended the Rest of Her World Tour by Halle Kiefer

Ariana Grande took to Twitter Monday night, hours after an bomb detonated immediately after her concert at Manchester, England’s Manchester Arena. Grande had just finished her performance …

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:36PM

19 Dead and 50 Injured Following Suspected Terror Attack at Manchester Ariana Grande Concert by Halle Kiefer

At least 19 people have been killed and 50 were wounded after an explosion rocked the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, Monday night. The venue was hosting Ariana Grande for a stop on…

SOURCE: Vulture at 07:42PM
Monday, May 15, 2017

Zac Efron Is Ted Bundy in the Upcoming Biopic Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile by Halle Kiefer

If Zac Efron had a sling on his arm, there would be a line of people down the block waiting to help him carry his books to his car. Which is just one of the many qualities that make him a fi…

SOURCE: Vulture at 08:17PM
Friday, May 5, 2017

Dave Chappelle Adds Another Star to Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born Remake by Halle Kiefer

If a star is born and Dave Chappelle isn’t around to riff on it, was that star ever really born? The answer, quite simply, is no. Fortunately, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the Chap…

SOURCE: Vulture at 07:03PM
Thursday, May 4, 2017

Time to Put Away Your Little Crème Brûlée Spoons: Amélie Says Au Revoir to Broadway by Halle Kiefer

If you need an intense amount of whimsy in the next few weeks, you better move fast: Amélie, A New Musical is scheduled to end its Broadway run on Sunday, May 21, after opening on Apr…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:53PM
Friday, April 14, 2017

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Riffing on Stranger Things Will Draw You Into an Ouroboros of Nostalgia by Halle Kiefer

If you’re old enough to appreciate the Steven Spielberg-ness of Stranger Things’s kid-focused sci-fi adventure, and nerdy enough to have spent your Saturdays trying to tape every Mystery…

SOURCE: Vulture at 07:16PM
Monday, April 10, 2017

St. Vincent, Zach Galifianakis, John Legend Team Up on 7 Inches for Planned Parenthood Charity Project by Halle Kiefer

If the only seven inches you normally care about constitute the distance between Rob Thomas and the midday sun, that might all change upon learning about 7 Inches for Planned Parenthood. Eve…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:43PM
Sunday, April 9, 2017

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Won Nine Olivier Awards, All of Which Contain a Piece of an Evil Wizard’s Soul, Probably by Halle Kiefer

Maybe the cast should keep their statuettes together in one place, just in case they have to be suddenly destroyed to protect the world. The West End production of Harry Potter and the Curse…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:02PM
Friday, April 7, 2017

Hillary Clinton, Theater Fan, Gets Her Fifth Standing Ovation of 2017 at War Paint by Halle Kiefer

Honestly, they should start adding her to the Playbill. Thursday evening Hillary Clinton stopped by the opening night of Broadway’s War Paint, the new musical starring Patti LuPone and Chr…

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:22PM
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Pharrell Williams Will Probably Make You Cry With Atlantis, the Musical Film Inspired by His Childhood by Halle Kiefer

Pharrell Williams might have been nominated by the Academy for Hidden Figures this year, but his new project seems like a combo of two other Oscar contenders. Take the musical romance of La …

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:55AM
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

If You’re In L.A., You Can Enjoy Your Screening Of French Cannibal Film Raw With a ‘Custom-Made’ Barf Bag by Halle Kiefer

Look, you’re already going to be barfing in sheer terror. Why not do that terror barfing…in style? In what is unquestionably the most metal movie theater amenity available today, Los Ang…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:26PM
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Amazon Studios Is Bringing You a Rihanna-Adam Driver Musical Drama, If That Sounds Like Something You’d Be Into by Halle Kiefer

Variety reports that Amazon Studios has purchased the U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to Annette, a musical drama from Holy Motors director Leos Carax with music from the band Sparks, …

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:51PM
Monday, March 13, 2017

SpongeBob SquarePants Creator Stephen Hillenburg Announces That He Has Been Diagnosed With ALS by Halle Kiefer

For almost two decades, children have fallen in love with a chipper little sea sponge and his motley crew of underwater neighbors on Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants, and the show’s c…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:20PM
Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Lady Gaga Makes Her Drag Race Cameo As A Lady Gaga Drag Performer by Halle Kiefer

RuPaul’s Drag Race doesn’t premiere until Friday, March 24, but you can see the best part of the entire ninth season right now, if you want. Courtesy of Conor Behan, a.k.a. Twitter user …

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:49AM
Monday, February 27, 2017

See Moonlight and La La Land’s Cast and Directors the Second They Learned About Tonight’s Best Picture Mix-Up by Halle Kiefer

There will be plenty of time for calm, considered responses to Sunday’s Academy Award nominee card mix-up on Monday, but for now the general reaction stands as a collective “Whaaaaaaaaaa…

SOURCE: Vulture at 03:43AM
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Denzel Washington Tries To Identify His Movie Quotes When Read By Normal People; Normal People Do Not Make It Easy by Halle Kiefer

If you learn two things from Denzel Washington’s earnest round of “Did I Say That?” on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the first would be: the L.A. farmers market is filled with the cutest selecti…

SOURCE: Vulture at 02:02AM
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Put On Your Relaxation Face and Enjoy Cut Moana Song ‘Warrior Face’ As Sung by Hamilton Cast Members by Halle Kiefer

Whether you’re snuggled up with your sweetheart or curled around an ice-cream scoop and a Costco-sized jar of Jif, hopefully your face is approaching Weekend at Bernie’s–level slack tr…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:27PM
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tweets Take You (and His Mom) Behind the Scenes at the Oscar Nominees’ Luncheon by Halle Kiefer

Anyone pursuing a career in the arts fantasizes that one day, he or she will have a definitive marker of success he or she can show his or her mom and declare, “See, Mom? This was a valid …

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:05AM
Monday, February 6, 2017

John Mulaney and Nick Kroll Reach Peak New York Fame, Get Cockroaches Named After Them by Halle Kiefer

Living in a hollowed-out tree in the Bronx Zoo for free? Gil Faison and George St. Geeland would be absolutely green with envy. John Mulaney and Nick Kroll probably feel the same way, now th…

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:03PM
Monday, January 30, 2017

Daddy's Home Sequel Reportedly Eyes Mel Gibson and John Lithgow for Daddy Duty by Halle Kiefer

American audiences are ravenous for more and more daddies, ever more daddies. According to Deadline, the sequel to Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg's 2015 comedy Daddy's Home is hoping to add …

SOURCE: Vulture at 08:14PM
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Lin-Manuel Miranda Promises a Chicago Hamilton Show for Obama Pardonee Oscar López Rivera by Halle Kiefer

Lin-Manuel Miranda took to Twitter Tuesday to celebrate the presidential commutation of Oscar López Rivera, a 74-year-old Puerto Rican nationalist, activist, and member of the Ma…

SOURCE: Vulture at 08:07AM
Monday, January 16, 2017

Isabelle Huppert Receives French Cinema Award for Reminding You About the General Awesome of French Movies by Halle Kiefer

Earlier today Isabelle Huppert was thanked by both her country's Minister of Culture Audrey Azoulay and her peers for positively representing French cinema to the entire world, so yeah, you …

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:56PM

Lin-Manuel Miranda Wrote a West Wing Song, Which Is Basically Like Being 1/50th of the Way to a West Wing Musical by Halle Kiefer

Swap your walk-and-talk for a sit-quietly-and-smile-like-an-idiot. Well-known West Wing fanatic and the world's most creatively realized human being, Lin-Manuel Miranda, took his love o…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:36AM
Saturday, December 31, 2016

Alert Your Army of Skanks: the Mean Girls Musical Has a Premiere Date, Theater and Director by Halle Kiefer

Gretchen Wiener's hair is a little smaller today, as a tiny secret has slipped free regarding the exactly premiere date and theater selected for next fall's world debut of the Mean Girls mus…

SOURCE: Vulture at 02:06PM

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