Monday, January 1, 2024
“Mad Max” gets a prequel, “The Wiz” returns to Broadway and Larry David gets another crack at a series finale.
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The Apple TV+ series both mocks and embraces the glories of classic musicals like “Brigadoon,” “Oklahoma!” and “Carousel.”
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The sophisticated composer and his snappy songs have migrated from stage to screens. Give us more to see? Here’s how.
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Swinging lights. Broadway beefs. Words of wisdom. And a restroom serenade. If only some of the highlights were on TV.
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With a reality TV star in the White House and ’90s nostalgia in full flower, the controversial 2003 musical about the famed talk show host arrives.
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The president is spending 17 days in New Jersey and New York. A few of our critics weigh in with recommendations of shows to watch (besides the news).
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The mother and daughter actresses are shown in close quarters in this compelling documentary, which debuts Saturday on HBO.
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The first live stream of a Broadway musical, “She Loves You,” went smoothly, but not without artistic and technological complications.
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Sunday, March 13, 2016
Well, these live musicals have certainly turned things around. After the lifeless and bizarre Sound of Music came the truly baffling Peter Pan, and it seemed like society was hurtling faster…
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Do you love Hamilton? No, no; do you love it? Sure, some people have tattoos inspired by the show, and some people have devoted huge swaths of their lives to winning the ticket lottery, but …
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Should I listen to the cast recording before I see the show? It's a question one wonders before seeing any musical, and just like everything else in this world, it depends. Some people alway…
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NBC's live version of The Wiz managed to do what The Sound of Music and Peter Pan certainly did not: It was fantastic. Where the others felt unintentionally campy and ridiculous, or downrigh…
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Today's Emmy nominations had a few snubs and a few high points, too. To round it out your Emmys analysis diet, here are some lesser-heralded nominations and trivia items that may have escape…
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Welcome back to Stay Tuned, Vulture's TV advice column. Each Wednesday, Margaret Lyons answers your questions about your various TV triumphs and woes. Need help? Have a theory? Want a recomm…
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It's hard to top the overwhelming prestige of Wolf Hall. It's based on Hilary Mantel's revered, Booker Prize–winning books, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies; it stars Tony- and Olivier-wi…
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Behold: Adam Brody has a new show. It's about two stepsiblings who fall for each other, and it's called Billy & Billie, and it'll be on DirecTV in March, and its creator is Neil LaBute. …
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Neil Patrick Harris doing a megamusical number at the Oscars was pretty much a foregone conclusion, and now it's a done deal: Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, the Oscar-winning husba…
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Emma Watson is going to play Belle in the upcoming live-action version of Beauty and the Beast. That seems lovely, no? She seems extremely capable of playing Belle, since she was great as He…
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Idina Menzel will sing the national anthem at this year's Super Bowl, she announced on Twitter. Last year opera star Renée Fleming sang it, but in general, the spot goes to a pop star: …
SOURCE: Vulture at 03:45PMNBC will air an eight-hour miniseries about the Underground Railroad called Freedom Run, the network announced today. The series is based on Betty DeRamus's book Forbidden Fruit: Love Storie…
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As promised, Neil Patrick Harris will be on American Horror Story: Freak Show this season, as a spooky magician with an even spookier dummy. AHS comes back January 7, at which point NPH will…
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John Cameron Mitchell will be donning a bouncy blond wig and mega go-go boots once again to reprise his role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, producers for the current revival announced today. …
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NBC is considering a live broadcast of the play A Few Good Men, according to Variety. The deal is still in its early stages, with no cast, director, or airdate in sight, but Aaron Sorkin wou…
SOURCE: Vulture at 01:25PMWednesday, November 5, 2014
Last year, AOL's web series city.ballet. caught me by surprise. I don't usually look to AOL for original content, and while my appetite for dance documentaries in general is insatiable, I ge…
SOURCE: Vulture at 12:15PMWednesday, October 15, 2014
America's hostingest person Neil Patrick Harris will host the Oscars in February, Variety reports. Harris has hosted the Tonys a bunch of times and the Emmys twice, plus he's won four Emmys …
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Elisabeth Moss is returning to Broadway to star in a revival of Wendy Wasserstein's The Heidi Chronicles, the show's producers told the New York Times today. This is the first Broadway reviv…
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Dexter's Michael C. Hall will be the next star of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, producers announced today. Hall's reign as Hedwig begins October 16 and runs through January 4; Andrew Rannells, …
SOURCE: Vulture at 02:15PMThursday, July 31, 2014
Here's the first trailer for Into the Woods! There isn't a single moment of singing, so don't get your Sondheim hopes up too high, but at least one can get a sense for the visual style of th…
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Stephen Sondheim is backpedaling a bit on what changes fans can expect in the movie adaptation of Into the Woods. In a New Yorker article last week, Sondheim said that the sexual encounter b…
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Lindsay Lohan has been flying under the radar for a few hours, ever since her OWN show ended in April, but this apparently has not been as fallow a period as it seemed. Lohan has been living…
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