84 stories by "karen Brill"
Tunes, man. We get older, they stay the same age. A full 20 years after Bugs Bunny and company yanked Michael Jordan deep inside Earth's core, Space Jam is making a comeback (don't call it t…
Long after the heyday of American Idol, NBC remains determined to make you watch randoms sing, whether you like it or not. The peacock network has ordered The Stream, a new musical competiti…
The Man of La Mancha has got some scenery to chew. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney is making a Don Quixote movie, hopefully to be in the vein of those zany Pirates of the Caribbe…
In the wake of the excellent news that Jake Gyllenhaal and Master of Sex's Annaleigh Ashford will lead a production of Sunday in the Park With George, Zachary Levi, Phylicia Rashad, and a be…
Matt Damon has been in a fight for the better part of the decade, only, he didn't know that it was happening until Wednesday. Yup, let Damon be a lesson to you all: If you feel something, sa…
Lady Gaga is no more. The singer ditched her aristocratic ties during the first stop of her "Dive Bar Tour" in Nashville on Wednesday, asking the attendees to please "just cal…
New-ish couple Ariana Grande and Mac Miller clearly don't mind mixing business and pleasure. About a month after Miller helped Grande out with a remix of "Into You," Grande has ret…
It's been three long years, but those dark days are gone and new Lady Gaga music is here. After teasing the song for almost a month, Gaga finally dropped "Perfect Illusion," her fi…
Jersey Boys might be closing in January after more than a decade on Broadway, but the bio-musical is alive and still working hard for your money thanks to the show's director and choreograph…
The higher powers behind Stranger Things have said that they aren't totally sure as to what shape a prospective season two of the Netflix series would take. Well, we've got a suggestion for …
*Clears throat* Anne Elk has a new theory " but good luck getting her to tell you about it. The Monty Python character, played by John Cleese, made a notable and, until now, singular appeara…
Boy, those pirouettes sure are gonna look pretty on the big screen: A taped performance of the Tony-winning musical Newsies will debut in movie theaters in 2017. According to EW, many key me…
Mary Poppins called, and now a Sister Suffragette is answering. Variety reports that Meryl Streep is in talks to join Mary Poppins Returns, the Mary Poppins sequel starring Emily Blunt and L…
A big theme of Hamilton is that history lives at the whim of whoever tells your story. Well, we're betting a corollary to that lesson is: History lives at the whim of how hammered the guy te…
They teased us with a sample earlier this week, and now Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jennifer Lopez's "Love Make the World Go Round" is here, honoring those lost during the mass shooting…
Leslie Odom Jr. is edging painfully close to the end of his time in Hamilton, and " life-changing, hugely fulfilling artistic experience aside " the senioritis is getting to him. For th…
Fun Home is shutting its doors in September, but before it leaves for good, the first Broadway musical with a lesbian protagonist will skip town for a night, heading to Orlando for a benefit…
Sir Patrick Stewart is a dignified guy, but he's not that dignified, and there's video of the Empire's loyal servant saying "yipikaye" to prove it. That's right: "England's pr…
Set aside some special fireworks in the CW's honor: The network unexpectedly unleashed some of its best stuff on Netflix just in time to take over your holiday weekend. Jane the Virgin's sec…
Shuffle Along is closing on July 24, as producers have determined that the show isn't financially viable without its star, Audra McDonald. McDonald, who announced a surprise pregnancy last m…
For some couples, a look says it all. Others need but a few simple words. Anna Kendrick and James Corden, cycling through an entire relationship on Wednesday's Late Late Show, pulled from th…
Earlier this week, a whole gaggle of Broadway stars got together to release a new version of the Burt Bacharach-Hal David classic "What the World Needs Now Is Love." The recording …
Crack your withered knuckles, stretch your curdled hands, and prepare to snap hard, because West Side Story may be getting a remake. The wayside news comes courtesy of none other than Steven…
In remembrance of the victims of Sunday's horrific shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub, Tituss Burgess appeared at a rally held Monday at the historic Stonewall Inn. There, Burgess sang Wes…
Patricia Clarkson, your chosen spirit guide and an all-around indelible delight, has some keen advice for the white men out there feeling ornery about Hollywood's infinitesimal degree of pro…