'La La Land' lyricist says envelope gate was a 'sore spot' by Mike Cidoni Lennox

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Returning Academy Awards host Jimmy Kimmel has been poking fun at last year's best picture mix up in promotional spots for this year's …

SOURCE: Associated Press at 5:50pm on February 5, 2018☆⚑

'Moana' song work an oasis from 'Hamilton' craze for Miranda by Mike Cidoni Lennox

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- When Lin-Manuel Miranda needed a break from his American history phenomenon "Hamilton," envisioning the crisp blue waters of Polynesia and Disney…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 3:40pm on November 21, 2016☆⚑

'Ghostlight' proves Buckley not bound by Broadway by Mike Cidoni Lennox

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Underestimate Betty Buckley at your own peril. One man foolishly did while the singer and actress was starring as a mom in the TV series "Eight is Enough."...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:12pm on September 19, 2014☆⚑

At 40, Brooks' 'Frankenstein' proves forever young by Mike Cidoni Lennox

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- "Young Frankenstein" is pushing 40, but by no means over the hill....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 1:20pm on September 10, 2014☆⚑

'True Blood' headed for a musical afterlife by Mike Cidoni Lennox

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Like the vampires it portrays, "True Blood" won't seem to die. Even if it means breaking out in song....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 2:46am on June 18, 2014☆⚑

'The Exorcist' At The Geffen Playhouse: A More Cerebral Take On The Novel by Mike Cidoni Lennox

Forget the movie. This "Exorcist" is turning heads " by not turning heads. "We're not going to throw up all over the audience," noted actor Richard Chamberlain while on a recent rehearsal br…

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 3:51pm on July 7, 2012☆⚑

They've scared up an 'Exorcist' for the stage by Mike Cidoni Lennox

Forget the movie. This "Exorcist" is turning heads -- by not turning heads. "We're not going to throw up all over the audience," noted actor Richard Chamberlain while on a recent rehearsal b…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 5:39am on July 6, 2012☆⚑

Lesley Ann Warren is Still in 'Plain Sight' by Mike Cidoni Lennox

Forty-five years after making a splash as the princess-to-be in "Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Cinderella,'" Lesley Ann Warren has found renewed success in two TV shows and a recent art-hous…

SOURCE: Backstage at 3:46am on August 5, 2011☆⚑

'Les Mis' Hits the Road with Something Missing by Mike Cidoni Lennox

A new 25th-anniversary touring version of "Les Miserables" has killed off one of the show's key characters even before the curtain is raised: The original production's iconic stage turnta…

SOURCE: Backstage at 2:13am on June 18, 2011☆⚑

Hanks, Branagh Brush Up on Their Shakespeare by Mike Cidoni Lennox

On Monday night some of entertainment's elite did their best to bring William Shakespeare to Southern California with an all-star reading of "The Merry Wives of Windsor."

SOURCE: Backstage at 9:00am on May 11, 2011☆⚑