366 stories by "jackson McHenry"
Over in West Covina, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is reimagining the character of Greg as Skylar Astin, while over on Broadway, the old Greg, Santino Fontana, will be reimagining himself as a woman. …
You may have seen or heard him patter along as Evan Hansen's friend of convenience Jared in Dear Evan Hansen, but sidekick isn't the only role for actor Will Roland. This summer, Roland is s…
Soon, Broadway will once again be blessed with the presence of a yelling Bryan Cranston. The producers of the National Theatre's stage adaptation of Paddy Chayefsky's movie Network, directed…
Hot off the success of her production of Avenue Q, Madeline Martha Mackenzie has gotten involved in a new bit of outrageous theater. In a photo from the set of Big Little Lies, we can see Re…
Congratulations to your very emotional teenage self: Lin-Manuel Miranda has signed on to direct a film adaptation of a Jonathan Larson musical. Specifically, Miranda is directing tick, tick …
As Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again director Ol Parker put it, if you're making a sequel, "it's an American sports thing: If you're not playing offense, you're playing defense." In order to top t…
You won't have to shell out as much to see Bruce Springsteen's Broadway show in the future and the experience will be just the same, minus the thrilling energy of being in the room with Bruc…
With the announcement of the Emmy nominations this morning, John Legend has not one, but two chances of winning an Emmy " which means that in addition to his Grammy, Oscar, and Tony wins, he…
To complete Jeremy Jordan's mysterious, Smash-adjacent tweet about a tune you can hum, Broadway here he comes. After spending three seasons on Supergirl, Jeremy Jordan is coming back to Broa…
In order to protect her voice, Lauren Ambrose is ducking out of the Sunday matinee performances of My Fair Lady. She has young kids and is playing Eliza Doolittle, a role that nearly destroy…
In what's technically a Smash"13 Reasons Why crossover event, otherwise known as "exciting musical theater," Will Chase will star with Kelli O'Hara in Kiss Me Kate next spring. Chase will pl…
Glenda Jackson only recently returned to acting after a two-decade stint in Parliament, and she is not about to slow down. After winning the Tony Award for Three Tall Women this spring, Glen…
New Yorkers will soon, after a fashion, have the chance to speak intimately with Gloria Steinem. Christine Lahti, an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Oscar winner, will star in the production of Glor…
Back before they were starring in future best movie of the year Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Cher and Meryl Streep once saved a woman's life when she was being attacked by an abuser in downt…
Cher Horowitz, a virgin who can't drive, is going to sing. The New Group announced its slate of productions for the 2018"2019, season and among them is a musical adaptation of Clueless writt…
While live-tweeting the Tony Awards on Sunday night, former host Neil Patrick Harris noticed a woman in a top hat interviewing theater people backstage and tweeted out his son's thoughts abo…
Tony Shalhoub just won a Tony for his work in The Band's Visit, but you probably won't be seeing him in the show anytime soon. In the Tony Awards press room last night, the show's producers …
Something has changed within Ariana Grande, something is not the same. According to Us Weekly and People, she's through with playing by the rules of someone else's game engaged! To Pete Davi…
At the Tony Awards, actors most non-theatergoers know from Law & Order reveal the insane depths of their talents on TV. In addition to handing out a lot of awards to Harry Potter and the…
With the end of Scandal, Kerry Washington must have figured that TV as a genre had been handled, and so she has turned her sights somewhere else. This fall, Washington will head back to Broa…
Are you ready for Lady Gaga's Oscar campaign? The trailer for Bradley Cooper's adaptation of A Star Is Born is here, and it is very committed to being un-glam and very inspiring. Cooper play…
Dragnet is shaking, because Daniel Radcliffe and Bobby Cannavale are doing a play about just the facts, ma'am. The two very intense men will star with Cherry Jones in an adaptation of the 20…
In addition to being a Broadway legend, Homeland star, and light of goodness in the world, Mandy Patinkin is a big fan of Shawn Mendes. On The Late Late Show, Mandy revealed his deep love of…
Just as SpongeBob memes have taken over the internet, SpongeBob the musical has won over critics " and Tony voters " on Broadway. It was time, we decided, to bring the two together. Vulture …
Bees? The Atlantic Theater Company is onboard. The musical adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd's novel The Secret Life of Bees is coming to the Atlantic Theater Company Off Broadway next spring. The…