Monday, February 3, 2020
Hamilton has legions of fans across the world, but not all of them got to see Lin-Manuel Miranda's game-changing musical with the acclaimed original cast. But next year, they will all get to…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 12:26PM[SHARE]Friday, December 27, 2019
Another Broadway legend has died. Jerry Herman, the Tony Award-winning composer behind Hello Dolly! and other popular works, died Thursday at age 88, according to The Associated Press.
Born …
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 10:42AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 17, 2019
There are both challenges and opportunities in bringing Sing Street to the stage. John Carney's 2016 film about music videos and young love in '80s Dublin is much newer than other movies cur…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 04:48PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 17, 2019
It's a funny coincidence of fate that The Lightning Thief musical is currently playing on Broadway (at the Longacre Theatre for a limited 16-week engagement) across the street from where Had…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 01:53PM[SHARE]Friday, September 6, 2019
Who put the "glad" in "gladiator"? For the past few weeks, the answer to that question has been New York City's Public Theater, which is currently finishing up a limited run of a new stage m…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 06:04PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 10, 2019
Stars collided on Friday night when Nicole Kidman, star of Baz Luhrmann's 2001 musical film Moulin Rouge!, attended the Broadway production inspired by the musical.
In the film, Kidman portr…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 12:13PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Harold "Hal" Prince, a titan of Broadway who produced and/or directed many of the century's most popular musicals, died Wednesday at age 91 in Reykjavik, Iceland.
"He is missed and loved by …
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 01:47PM[SHARE]Monday, July 1, 2019
If there's one thing modern Broadway can't get enough of, it's biographical jukebox musicals about iconic pop stars. The Cher Show may be closing this August, but a new musical about the lif…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 11:46AM[SHARE]Monday, June 24, 2019
Superheroes are everywhere these days: Movies, TV shows, comic books. Theater, though, is one artistic field where superheroes haven't been as prevalent…until now, apparently.
On Monday, M…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 01:35PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 20, 2019
Hercules is about to go the distance " from zero to (stage) hero. On Thursday, the Public Theater announced who will be playing the lead roles the upcoming Off Broadway musical adaptation of…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 03:13PM[SHARE]Monday, June 17, 2019
It's getting closer. For months now, film fans have eagerly sought news about the upcoming adaptation of West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg. Having survived the aftermath of the Di…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 09:11AM[SHARE]Monday, June 10, 2019
The 2019 Tony Awards on Sunday featured, as ever, a delightful group of musical performances. There were revivals of both Oklahoma!, one of the first musicals to fully integrate its songs in…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 09:44AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Barry Manilow is coming back to Broadway.
The Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning musician announced on Tuesday that he would take the stage at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre from July 26-Aug. 1…
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