Monday, February 24, 2020
Must-see shows, must-believe revivals, and major stars — this spring, New York’s stages have them all. From rollicking royals to some welcome Company, here are six seasonal trends worth…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 09:00AMFriday, December 20, 2019
For as long as I’ve been alive, Cats has been a musical theater punchline. How it got there is easy: It’s a show about cats. It features performers dressed as cats. They sing songs where…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 08:49PMTuesday, November 19, 2019
To celebrate the end of the 2010s, Entertainment Weekly’s Must List is looking back at the best pop culture that changed pop culture in movies, TV, music, and more (catch up on our list so…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 11:30AMTuesday, September 24, 2019
Little Shop of Horrors always starts with a seed. It just happens that, this time, it has nothing to do with a plant.
The actress Mj Rodriguez, star of FX’s ballroom drama Pose, unwittingl…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 03:01PMMonday, September 23, 2019
Critically acclaimed actor and bear community leader Paddington will make his first major appearance on stage this December — and should you not be lucky enough to accrue a ticket through …
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 09:00AMThursday, May 2, 2019
Robert Jess Roth was a 27-year-old director of stage shows at Disneyland when he fantasized about much more than this provincial life.
“I went to Michael Eisner with the idea of Disney do…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 01:30PMWednesday, April 3, 2019
To young fans, he was the voice of villainous Prince Hans in Disney’s Frozen (though five years later, he says he’s still never been recognized). To millennials, he was the face of sarca…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 09:00AMThursday, April 21, 2016
The SpongeBob Musical is heading your way, and it’ll be hard to ignore the bubbles it will make when it hits the stage this summer for its debut, pre-Broadway run. Ahead of its June premie…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 11:57AMSunday, April 19, 2015
This article may only serve you well for the next few days, but it may just be the difference between access to the season’s hottest tickets and standing in line with your visiting relativ…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 12:10PMWednesday, September 17, 2014
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
A decision by the Broadway League not to honor Joan Rivers with the traditional posthumous tribute afforded to deceased stage celebrities has the theater community up in arms on Twitter.
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 10:34AMFriday, May 16, 2014
McDonald stopped by the EW studio to kick off our series with a set stories from her early days on the stage — including the time she learned about the ending of The King and I during the …
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 05:42PMThursday, April 17, 2014
Like the stories you’ve no doubt heard about the wildly popular, box office-busting Broadway show, tickets are one of New York’s hottest commodities, and they have been since the record-…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 11:39PMThursday, March 13, 2014
It’s been a hot French minute since we last talked about Les Misérables. One of the longest-running and most cherished Broadway musicals of all time was back in the spotlight in late 2012…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 05:05PMSaturday, February 22, 2014
Before Jawbreaker, Clueless, or Mean Girls, there was 1989’s Heathers, a dark cult comedy that set the standard for films about popular cliques in high school. Pre-Regina George, there wer…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 06:45AMSunday, February 16, 2014
We caught up with Bill Lawrence to find out where his musical resurrection project stands. As it turns out, the sitcom might be scrubbing in to a Broadway theater near you by, oh, 2017 or so.
SOURCE: insidetv.ew.com at 10:00PMSaturday, February 15, 2014
Anna Kendrick did not expect to become Hollywood’s resident musical theater It Girl, even though she earned her first Tony Award nomination at 12 years old and made her film debut in the c…
SOURCE: insidemovies.ew.com at 08:43AMFriday, January 24, 2014
How does a community band together to protest Russia’s anti-gay legislation? A musical, of course.
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 05:28PMTuesday, January 7, 2014
Surely one of this spring’s most interesting new productions on Broadway is the forthcoming revival of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, starring James Franco and Chris O’Dowd in their…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 07:48PMWednesday, December 4, 2013
The nation is gearing up for perhaps the most important cultural event of our time: NBC’s live broadcast of The Sound of Music, starring Carrie Underwood as musical theater’s favorite go…
SOURCE: insidetv.ew.com at 11:17PMThursday, October 10, 2013
The Lyceum Theatre is pumping with energy and music as A Night with Janis Joplin, starring Mary Bridget Davies as legendary rocker Janis Joplin, opens on Broadway on October 10. The show beg…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AMWednesday, October 9, 2013
What’s going on around the country? Broadway.com has got the scoop for you on the hottest theater offerings right now around the United States. From a spiritual newscaster in Boston to…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMTuesday, October 8, 2013
Ever wanted to know what Lea Salonga sang at her first audition? Or what show inspired Alice Ripley to venture out of Ohio? Or how Sierra Boggess became a stage manager? A slew of your favor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:03PMMary Bridget Davies, we have a feeling you’ll be hanging this one up on the dressing room wall! The latest Broadway Ink from master sketch artist Justin “Squigs” Robertson …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:38PMDust off those fishnets, Kevin Cahoon! The Broadway vet will star as Dr. Frank-n-Furter in director Hunter Foster’s upcoming production of The Rocky Horror Show at Pennsylvania’s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PMMonday, October 7, 2013
The cast of the brand new Broadway musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder met the press and performed two numbers from the sly, stylish musical comedy. Find out what they had t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:23PMDaniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Rafe Spall aren’t messing around! The trio's revival of Betrayal began performances this week, and if the Broadway community weren’t …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:29PMDaniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Rafe Spall aren’t messing around! The trio's revival of Betrayal began performances this week, and if the Broadway community wasn’t a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:29PMCabaret has found its rightful Herr. Four-time Tony nominee Danny Burstein and two-time nominee Linda Emond have joined the cast of Roundabout Theatre Company’s forthcoming revival of …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:00PMBroadway is in for one heck of a madcap musical surprise when the new comedy A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder begins performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre on October 22. After …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:57PMNeil Patrick Harris, meet Natasha! The forthcoming headliner of Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway (and the director behind off-Broadway's upcoming Nothing to Hide) was the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:20AMAmerican Psycho has found its leading man, and he’s a Doctor! Former Doctor Who star Matt Smith will star as bloodthirsty investment banker Patrick Bateman in the forthcoming world pre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:36AMSunday, October 6, 2013
Shhh... do you hear that? It's the sound of your calendar clearing when you finish reading this week's Datebook. How else are you going to make time for all of the theater-related ev…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:00AMFriday, October 4, 2013
Is there anything better than an opening night? We imagine that the answer from Tony and Grammy winner Dee Dee Bridgewater would be “No!” as she looked like she was on top of the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:34PMIt’s official: the Bad Jews are back! The return off-Broadway engagement of last year’s acclaimed dramedy celebrated its second opening night at the Laura Pels Theatre (moving up…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:52PMThursday, October 3, 2013
John Tiffany’s much praised new revival of the Tennessee Williams classic The Glass Menagerie has announced an additional seven-week extension to its limited run at Broadway’s Bo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:21PMGreen Day fans are counting down the days until October 11, when New York movie theaters will begin screening the new documentary Broadway Idiot, which chronicles the 2010 musical Ameri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:53PMAudiences surely won’t know what hit them when A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder arrives on Broadway this October. After out-of-town runs in La Jolla and Hartford, th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:25PMThough they’re not necessarily playing Rooster and Lily, Rent alum Tracie Thoms and Southland’s Dorian Missick have joined the cast of Sony’s upcoming Annie remake in a pai…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:16PMSmash stars Megan Hilty and Christian Borle will reunite—vocally, at least—when they both join the cast of Disney Junior’s first original movie, titled Lucky Duck.
The W…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PM