358 stories by "Jackson McHenry"
Like most humans, Julie Klausner wanted to see Hamilton, so she decided to hop on Craigslist to acquire a pair of seemingly legitimate tickets. They were not, in fact, the real thing, a…
Barbra Streisand has gifted the world with another gem from her upcoming celebrity duets album, Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway: a video of her and Jamie Foxx singing "Climb E…
How did we make it this long without getting Kristin Chenoweth in a live TV musical? Did no one on the Grease: Live team watch Pushing Daisies? But luckily, the arc of TV development is…
Ariana Grande really believes in you, even if you are a terrible singer with a dead-end music career played by Taran Killam in this cut-for-time SNL sketch. Ariana Grande just wants to you f…
If these people were asking for kidneys, they'd have both of mine already. In order to honor the victims of the attacks at a gay nightclub in Orlando last week, some of Broadway's bigge…
Phillipa Soo may be leaving Hamilton next month, but she'll be back on Broadway very " we know it's bad, we tried to resist, but we just have to bite the bullet and write it " Soo-…
Lady Gaga, fan of fame and also being birthed from various objects, is in talks to star in Bradley Cooper's remake of A Star Is Born. Gaga replaces Beyoncé, who left the film last fal…
Here and now, it's time for a celebration: Zac Efron has finally figured it out. Per Variety, Efron is in talks to join Hugh Jackman's long-gestating P.T. Barnum biopic The Greatest Showman …
Will wonders never cease? BroadwayHD.com will livestream a performance of the Roundabout Theater Company's She Loves Me on June 30. Based on the play Parfumerie, which also se…
Bill Murray has spent enough time at other people's parties that he's now eligible for a party of his own. The Kennedy Center has announced that Murray will receive the 19th annual Mark Twai…
Aside from funding television as we know it for several decades, what have commercials ever done for us? Nothing! Less than nothing, in fact. During last night's broadcast of the Tony Awards…
In case you didn't realize that Hamilton had an advantage going into this year's Tonys, the cast's spot was prefaced by an introduction from Barack and Michelle Obama. Compared to the grand …
Cynthia Erivo, the breakout star of The Color Purple, won a Tony for Lead Actress in a Musical tonight. The only reason you might conceivably be surprised about that news is if you've been l…
Did you know that James Corden has a theater background, and a Tony of his own? Corden made it his duty to remind the audience of his varied musical talents with a wide-ranging medley of pre…
Now you see him 2, soon you'll see him everywhere. Jon M. Chu, who recently directed Now You See Me 2, is in talks to direct the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical In the H…
Oh, look, it's that TV pilot you willed into existence: FX has ordered a comedy pilot written by and starring Cristin Milioti (Fargo, How I Met Your Mother) and Nina Pedrad (a writer and sup…
A new Glass Menagerie is making its way to Broadway " wait, wasn't there just a Glass Menagerie on Broadway? Or was that in the past, back when we were just Southern belles, gentle…
Simpsons sophisticate Sideshow Bob speaks with a distinctive, articulate sibilance, which, if you didn't already know, was based on Kelsey Grammer's former employer, theater direct…
Julie Andrews, everyone's favorite nanny/nun-in-training/perfect mother figure, is getting a Netflix show. It's called Julie's Greenroom, and it stars Andrews as Mrs. Julie, a Mr. Rodgers-li…
With the celebrated productions of Hamilton, Shuffle Along, and Eclipsed, actors of color are having a moment on Broadway, but it's still not enough. In a roundtable for The Hollywood Report…
Kristen Bell is best known for playing impossibly cheery characters, but she would like to make it clear that no one should expect her to be as sunny in real life. In an essay for Motto, Bel…
Hmm ... who's that hiding behind a rose " could it be Emma Watson? Indeed it could! She's starring as Belle in Disney's live action Beauty and the Beast. Emma's half-obscured face is jo…
This fall you can spend a little time with two-time Tony winner and member of the Amy Sherman-Palladino-verse Sutton Foster, who will star in a revival of Sweet Charity set to go up at …
Notice his mouth never moves. Almost. Jane the Virgin's Jaime Camil has joined the cast of Chicago for a five-week run, from May 31 to July 3. He'll play fast-talking lawyer Billy Flynn, who…
Here's a medically inadvisable amount of comedy: The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre is hosting its 18th Annual Del Close Marathon from Friday, June 24 to Sunday, June 26 in honor of the la…