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…
Author, playwright, and activist Larry Kramer is putting pressure on the real-estate mogul Steven Roth to withdraw his support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Days before…
There are some things that the Public Theater " founded as the Shakespeare Workshop in 1954 and known for most of its life as the New York Shakespeare Festival " can't avoid. The occasional …
Hamilton's preshow has welcomed many a musical powerhouse to its outdoor stage, but not until today has the woman with "the greatest vocal cords on Broadway" paid Ham4Ham a visit. …
Progressive historical musicals about American history are so hot right now, even if, like so many American staples, they're not made in America. Rosa, a new musical based on the l…
Nobody puts Baby in a corner, that is unless decades have gone by and the actress who played the original Dirty Dancing's "Baby" chooses to be in that corner on her own volition. S…
After having a near-religious experience while recording "At the Ballet" with Anne Hathaway and Daisy Ridley, and channeling some Austrian nuns with Jamie Foxx for "Climb Ev'ry Mountain," Ba…
Spoilers ahead for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The script for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child hit shelves Sunday and is already one of the fastest-selling books in history. The numb…
The snow glows white on Broadway tonight, not a director to be seen. A kingdom of isolation, and it looks like Alex Timbers is no longer the king. Disney has dismissed the prolific dire…
Sean Hayes is finally reuniting with Smash executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron on Hairspray Live!, the latest of the producers' live NBC musical extravaganzas. Hayes will play fri…
From her breakout role as Britta Perry on Community to her scene-stealing work on Girls to her current Netflix series Love, Gillian Jacobs always achieves the same effect: She makes you…
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…
Well, this is one way to do a Garry Marshall tribute. Lifetime has announced that it is remaking the classic Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey tearjerker Beaches with Idina Menzel playing CC,…
For a tribute to those who have been affected by gun violence, a massive line-up of Broadway stars assembled on stage at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night to sing "What t…
James M. Nederlander, chairman of Broadway's Nederlander Organization, has died at the age of 94, his son James L. Nederlander announced on Tuesday. The elder Nederlander inhe…
Renée Elise Goldsberry continues to ascend. Earlier in July it was announced that she would leave her Tony Award-winning role in the Broadway super-smash Hamilton to join a new Netfli…
Donald Trump can't always get what he wants. After both Queen and The Rolling Stones spoke out last week against the Republican presidential nominee for using their songs without permission,…
Marni Nixon, who made a career out of "ghosting," or dubbing over the vocals of numerous stars in classic Hollywood films, has died at 86. Nixon provided a precisely articulated so…
James Corden took a break from singing in cars with celebrities (and the First Lady) to croon with Meghan Trainor live on stage. During Trainor's Friday night show at L.A.'s Greek Theater, t…
If you've spent any time on the corners of the rap internet over the last month, you'll have seen wall-to-wall coverage of the evolution of Desiigner's "Timmy Turner." The rap newc…
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…
Whenever I'd hear critics describe musical theater as one of the few truly American art forms, I would think, well, at least one of those words is right. It's a form. I suppose it is also, a…
Laura Benanti, with her uncanny resemblance and musical-theater-trained ear, was definitely the right person to do a Melania Trump impression, and the night after the potential future First …
After winning a Tony and leaving Hamilton, what will Daveed Diggs do for an encore? A lot of things, but now, also, Black-ish. Variety reports that Diggs will play Johan, brother of Tra…
And Hollywood's attractiveness gap widens: In today's totally plausible casting news, Jennifer Hudson has signed on to star as Adam Sandler's love interest in his next Netflix movie, Sandy W…