358 stories by "Jackson McHenry"
The annual MCC Theater Miscast Gala does two things: Raise money, and more importantly, add fuel to your musical-theater YouTube wormholes. Each year, the gala lets talented people who can s…
If you recently walked through Times Square and saw a woman in a beanie singing about pie, that may have been Sara Bareilles " though given how much happens in Times Square, it could certain…
Sometimes you see a photo and just shout "Canada!" This happens a lot with Justin Trudeau, but occasionally with other things: beautiful maple syrup, a particularly polite moose, and now, la…
Fade in on a boy, with a hunger for fame, and a face and coiffure to remember. On Sunday night's episode of Girls, Andrew Rannells's Elijah decided to chase his Broadway dreams by auditionin…
Despite his Tony and three Emmy Awards, Bryan Cranston isn't exactly known for being a subtle performer. Do you need someone who can throw a pizza on a roof or wear a bee suit? He's your man…
You don't need to know much about the Flash or Supergirl universes to understand what happened in their musical crossover episode "Duet" last night. Here's a primer: The Flash runs fast, Sup…
Even the threat of death cannot tear a true Broadway fan away from Bette Midler. According to "Page Six," a 53-year-old tourist from Los Angeles "started to feel dizzy" during the first act …
What do future presidents dream about when they're young and thinking in terms of popular Broadway musicals? According to James Corden, mostly plans to gut Obamacare and tweet a lot. Corden …
It's 2017, and suddenly Hollywood loves old Hollywood musicals. Blame La La Land! Anyway, after the news last fall that Warner Bros. green-lit a new film adaptation of A Star Is Born " starr…
Time to dance all night again. The Lincoln Center Theater announced today that it will stage a revival of My Fair Lady directed Bartlett Sher, who also directed recent LCT revivals of The Ki…
These Russians are almost the same as you remember, once upon that 1997 20th Century Fox movie. Now, you get to see them in person. In advance of the opening of Broadway's Anastasia, which s…
No presidential-election year is safe from Trolls. DreamWorks announced today that Trolls 2, a sequel to the 2016 animated (sorta) musical Trolls about trolls, will arrive in theaters on Apr…
The infamously bungled announcement of Best Picture Sunday night cemented the ceremony in Oscars history, but it also robbed the producers of Moonlight from fully embracing their historic wi…
The wistful Russian dreams of '90s kids will soon be alive again, as a new musical inspired by 1997's Anastasia comes to Broadway this spring. The new Anastasia is a more grown-up affair tha…
How do you replace a name as recognizable as Josh Groban? Broadway's Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 is going with a man who needs no introduction, Hercules Mulligan. The show …
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 cast…
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 London st…
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…
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 Schuyler…
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…
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 wo…
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…
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…
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…
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…