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Monday, February 13, 2017

Dear Evan Hansen’s Cast Recording Scores a Higher Billboard Chart Debut Than Hamilton’s by Jackson McHenry

For angsty teen Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen, today is a good day and here’s why: The Broadway show’s cast recording debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200, the highest debut of any …

SOURCE: Vulture at 04:38PM
Thursday, February 2, 2017

London’s 1984 Is Coming to Broadway, Just in Time for 2017 by Jackson McHenry

Big Brother is arriving from overseas. In an eerily resonant start to the 2017–2018 season, a stage adaptation of George Orwell’s chilling dystopian novel 1984 will travel from the Londo…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:00PM
Monday, January 30, 2017

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Releases the ‘Period Sex’ Video You Definitely Aren’t Going to See on TV by Jackson McHenry

In recent episodes of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, several characters have been about to sing the praises of period sex when another character abruptly stops their musical flow. During last Fri…

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:17PM
Friday, January 27, 2017

Hamilton’s Original Schuyler Sisters Will Sing at the Super Bowl, an Event Theater Nerds Suddenly Care About by Jackson McHenry

The Schuyler sisters are going downtown and slummin’ it with some sports fans. Renée Elise Goldsberry, Phillipa Soo, and Jasmine Cephas Jones, who originated the roles of the Schuyl…

SOURCE: Vulture at 02:25PM
Monday, January 23, 2017

Darren Criss Joins the Big Cozy Glee Reunion That Is the Supergirl-Flash Musical Crossover by Jackson McHenry

In good news for anyone who somehow remained a Dalton Warblers fan after all these years, Darren Criss is going to be part of a miniature Glee reunion. Criss, a sometime Hedwig and, ine…

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:30PM
Friday, January 20, 2017

I Went to Woody Harrelson’s Curious Livestreamed Movie, Lost in London by Jackson McHenry

On Thursday night, when I made my way to a Times Square theater to see Woody Harrelson’s livestreamed movie Lost in London, I felt myself hoping that something would go wrong. Maybe Woody …

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:24AM
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Fabulous He, Aladdin Genie James Monroe Iglehart Is Joining Hamilton by Jackson McHenry

The continental army could use a friend like the Marquis. James Monroe Iglehart, who won a Tony playing the Genie in the Broadway adaptation of Aladdin, is heading off to take the dual roles…

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:45PM
Sunday, January 8, 2017

Rachel Bloom Took the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Cast to the Golden Globes on Her Nails by Jackson McHenry

If you can't bring the Golden Globes to West Covina, bring West Covina to the Golden Globes. To honor of her cast members on Crazy Ex Girlfriend at tonight's ceremony, Rachel Bloom painted t…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:58PM
Thursday, January 5, 2017

Listen to a Final Fantasy–Style Arrangement of Ariana Grande’s ‘Touch It’ and Please Don’t Ask Any Questions by Jackson McHenry

Earlier this week, the news broke that Ariana Grande will appear in the mobile game Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius. What we did not realize at the time, however, is that Ariana Grande is t…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:28PM
Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Oh, Hello’s Nick Kroll and John Mulaney Will Host the Independent Spirit Awards, Which Better Serve Some Tuna by Jackson McHenry

In news that should make Shia LaBeouf quiver in fear of being lightly pranked, Nick Kroll and John Mulaney will host the Independent Spirit Awards on February 25. Last year, SNL's Kate McKin…

SOURCE: Vulture at 02:59PM
Thursday, December 22, 2016

Watch a Phantasmagorical Mash-up of School of Rock, Cats, and Phantom, and Start to Question What Is Real by Jackson McHenry

There are three Andrew Lloyd Webber shows currently open on Broadway: School of Rock, which is about kids learning about music; Phantom of the Opera, which is about chandeliers; and Cats, wh…

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:59PM
Thursday, December 15, 2016

Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig Are Making a Movie Musical With a Bizarre Premise by Jackson McHenry

Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell are going to start singing about every product you own, including the kitchen sink. Wiig and Ferrell have signed up to star in a movie musical based on the book…

SOURCE: Vulture at 05:27PM
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Lin-Manuel Miranda Is Writing Music for Another Animated Movie Like He’s Running Out of Time by Jackson McHenry

Lin-Manuel Miranda somehow has enough time in his day to help out on a new project. Variety reports that Miranda — who collaborated on the music for Moana, is working on Disney's Mary Popp…

SOURCE: Vulture at 03:45PM
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Jake Gyllenhaal Is Bringing Sunday in the Park With George to Broadway by Jackson McHenry

If you missed Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford's City Center performances of Sunday in the Park With George last fall (you probably did, there were only four) you'll fina…

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:19PM
Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Star Trek: Discovery Casts a Gay Character and a New Alien by Jackson McHenry

CBS All Access's Star Trek: Discovery is keeping its promise to feature a gay character in its central cast. The series announced today that Anthony Rapp, famous for playing M…

SOURCE: Vulture at 02:02PM
Friday, November 25, 2016

Watch the New Fences Trailer and Let Denzel Washington and Viola Davis Casually Turn You Into a Sniveling Wreck by Jackson McHenry

Denzel Washington and Viola Davis saw that cute little awards campaign that the rest of Hollywood has going on, and they're here to crash the party. Paramount just released a new trailer for…

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:11PM
Monday, November 21, 2016

J.K. Rowling Says the Fantastic Beasts Series Will Span the Course of World War II by Jackson McHenry

Spoilers ahead for those who have not seen Fantastic Beasts. Get excited for Eddie Redmyane to oh-so charmingly defeat fascism. After the first installments of the five-part Fantastic Beasts…

SOURCE: Vulture at 05:05PM

Hamilton’s Brandon Victor Dixon Responds to Mike Pence: ‘Please, Come Have a Conversation With Us’ by Jackson McHenry

Vice-president-elect Mike Pence's trip to Hamilton this Friday has become the focus of a nationwide conversation about art and activism, after he was booed by a few audience m…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:15AM
Saturday, November 19, 2016

Actors’ Equity Negotiates Significant Wage Increases in New Contract With Off-Broadway Theaters by Jackson McHenry

From now on, it will be a little easier to make a living as a New York theater actor. After six months of negotiation, the Actors’ Equity Association and the League of Off-Broadway League …

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:29AM
Thursday, November 17, 2016

Will Harry Potter Fans Enjoy Fantastic Beasts? by Jackson McHenry

Nine years after the publication of Deathly Hallows, six years after the last Harry Potter movie, and four months after the publication of Harry Potter and the Cursed Chi…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:00AM
Monday, November 14, 2016

Does a Normal Frame Rate Make Billy Lynn a Better Movie? by Jackson McHenry

Unless you live near one of the five theaters in the world that are currently equipped to show Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk in 120 frames per second, 4k resolution, and 3-D, y…

SOURCE: Vulture at 05:22PM
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Don’t Cry for Her, West Covina: Patti LuPone Is Coming to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Jackson McHenry

Okay, Patti LuPone has great taste in TV, but is she on Team Greg or Team Josh? E! Online reports that the Broadway legend has signed on for a guest appearance in the tenth episode of this s…

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:52PM
Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Broadway’s She Loves Me Will Screen in Movie Theaters by Jackson McHenry

She Loves Me, but she really loves technology. After becoming the first Broadway show to be livestreamed this summer, She Loves Me is now coming to movie theaters. On December 1 at 7 p.m., n…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:53AM
Monday, October 24, 2016

No Need to Thank Us for This Clip of the Rock Singing a Lin-Manuel Miranda Moana Song Called ‘You’re Welcome’ by Jackson McHenry

"You're welcome," sings the demigod Maui from Disney's Moana. And you know what? You are welcome, because Maui is voiced by the Rock and because "You're Welcome" was writ…

SOURCE: Vulture at 12:52PM
Monday, October 17, 2016

Game of Thrones Director Alex Graves Will Helm Sony’s Live-Action Mulan, Which Is Not the Same As Disney’s Live-Action Mulan by Jackson McHenry

In a severe case of Armageddon–Deep Impact syndrome, otherwise known as the Tobies, Disney and Sony are simultaneously developing live-action films about the Chinese legend of Hu…

SOURCE: Vulture at 05:12PM
Friday, October 14, 2016

Sarah Paulson Cries to ‘Dear Theodosia’ on the Hamilton Soundtrack, Too by Jackson McHenry

Here is a nice excerpt from a Los Angeles Times profile of Sarah Paulson and Mark Duplass, during which the two actors discuss the melancholy feeling that comes with getting older, whic…

SOURCE: Vulture at 03:16PM
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Gary Busey Will Do a Two-Week Stint in Perfect Crime, New York’s Longest-Running Off Broadway Play by Jackson McHenry

Make sure to see the very busy Gary Busey doing his thing Off Broadway. The Oscar-nominated actor and star of Sharknado 4: The Fourth Awakens is joining the cast of Perfect Crime f…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:54AM
Tuesday, October 11, 2016

A Stage Adaptation of Clue Is Coming to the Conservatory — No, Wait, Ballroom — No, Wait, Regional Theater by Jackson McHenry

All your generic dinner theater murder mysteries are going to be so jealous, because Clue is getting an official stage adaptation. Variety reports that Jonathan Lynn, who wrote and…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:25AM
Monday, October 10, 2016

Fans Remind Disney That Putting a White Male Lead in the Live-Action Mulan Would Be a Pretty Bad Idea by Jackson McHenry

Because Hollywood has a not-so-great track record with Asian representation, and Mulan is such a treasured exception to the rule, fans of the film are urging Disney not to cast a white …

SOURCE: Vulture at 02:47PM
Friday, October 7, 2016

Tom Hanks Will Host Saturday Night Live October 22 With Musical Guest Lady Gaga by Jackson McHenry

Tom Hanks, who is between two very dad movies — Sully and Inferno — will host what will inevitably be a charming, very dad-friendly episode of Saturday Night Live&nbs…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:32AM
Thursday, October 6, 2016

Emily Mortimer Is British Enough to Play a Grown-up Jane Banks in Disney’s Mary Poppins Sequel by Jackson McHenry

Disney's Mary Poppins sequel has all the best dark-haired British Emilys. The studio announced today that Emily Mortimer (Lovely & Amazing, The Newsroom) will play a grown up versio…

SOURCE: Vulture at 02:07PM

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