A modern musical set in Southern California with all-new songs? We could be describing either Damien Chazelle's Oscar front-runner La La Land or Rachel Bloom's acclaimed CW series Crazy Ex-G…
After a beleaguered struggle to nab performers for Donald Trump's inauguration, it was announced Thursday that the Radio City Rockettes will high-kick for the occasion. But, as with all thin…
There are three Andrew Lloyd Webber shows currently open on Broadway: School of Rock, which is about kids learning about music; Phantom of the Opera, which is about chandeliers; and Cats, wh…
Warning: This post has heavy spoilers for La La Land. In the five year fast-forward near the end of La La Land, Mia (Emma Stone) seems to have gotten everything she ever dreamed of: She's a …
One could argue that the most ambitious film of 2016 isn't a retro musical set in L.A., or an intimate coming-of-age piece about a young black man, but Denzel Washington's Fences. It's a pai…
This fall, Vulture is partnering with the podcast Song Exploder for a series of episodes on the most interesting film scores of the year. Here, host Hrishikesh Hirway interviews La…
After plenty of speculation, details are out about It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's next big musical episode, and it sounds like a true return to (terrible, terrible) form for the gang. F…
Damien Chazelle makes movies about people who care " a lot, maybe too much " about jazz. You'd think that'd make the 31-year-old writer-director of Whiplash and La La Land something of a bea…
During Sunday night's Watch What Happens Live! host Andy Cohen had a hard time getting a straight answer from Mariah Carey about her love life, but the singer was ready to open up about who …
Nine high-school girls on a soccer team somewhere in suburbia yack and confide and bluster and gossip, all at once, about everything from the Khmer Rouge to the relative merits of pads versu…
It didn't seem possible, but James Corden has somehow made Carpool Karaoke even more of a crowd-pleaser. Christmas ambassador Mariah Carey joined Corden for a holiday edition of the late nig…
Woody Harrelson sees your Hairspray Live! and he laughs in its face. The actor has announced his plans to expand the scope of what live productions have ever done, making history with a live…
Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell are going to start singing about every product you own, including the kitchen sink. Wiig and Ferrell have signed up to star in a movie musical based on the book…
A Lady Gaga music video used to be a seismic event, now it's more like a quiet storm blowing in the desert. Her latest, for the breathtaking ballad "Million Reasons," picks up in t…
Lin-Manuel Miranda somehow has enough time in his day to help out on a new project. Variety reports that Miranda " who collaborated on the music for Moana, is working on Disney's Mary Poppin…
Oceans rise, empires fall, we've seen Taran Killam through it all. Saturday Night Live alum Killam will be making his Broadway debut in Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical sensation Hamilton, where…
Since you probably won't be able to fly across the pond to see the limited theater run of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's critically adored Fleabag, snuggle up in your cubicle and enjoy Waller-Bridge…
Mother Monster Lady Gaga has zero time for Piers Morgan's accusatory stances. In a Twitter exchange from Tuesday morning, Gaga has agreed to be interviewed by Morgan regarding the post-traum…
If you missed Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford's City Center performances of Sunday in the Park With George last fall (you probably did, there were only four) you'll fina…
As befits its all-or-nothing love story, Othello is Shakespeare's most intense play, in part because it eschews his usual ADHD dramaturgy. The tragedy of the Moorish general who becomes a he…
You at the beginning of the 2017: Singin' in the Rain. You at the end of 2017: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Fourteen classic movies are being rereleased next year as part of TCM's Big Scree…
Maybe an a cappella stage musical could make sense: The sound of unaccompanied voices in tight harmony can be compelling, and the genre has proved successful in the Pitch Perfect movies. A b…
The Big StoryMy colleague Kyle Buchanan currently has La La Land as the frontrunner for Best Picture, a position it's occupied since it debuted at Venice in August. But while Moonlight and M…
President Obama has approximately forty days before the end of his history-making presidency, and John Legend is hoping he wants to squeeze in a little more history making before he goes. In…
Spoilers ahead for Friday night's episode of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. For fans of the delightfully uppity Valencia Perez on the CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, the first few episodes of the show's sec…