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Friday, March 13, 2015

Kenneth Branagh on Cinderella, Those Costumes, and Helena Bonham Carter by Kyle Buchanan

He's tackled both Marvel and Shakespeare, and now Kenneth Branagh has turned his director's eye to the fairy-tale realm, whipping up a colorful, live-action version of Cinderella. The heroes…

SOURCE: Vulture at 04:30PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Anna Kendrick and Ryan Reynolds Are So Cute in This … Wait, Anna, Run! by Kyle Buchanan

We've got the exclusive first clip from the new film The Voices, and if you didn't know any better, you'd think this moment was excerpted from a sweet, down-the-middle rom-com. Aren't Anna K…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:45AM[SHARE]
Sunday, January 11, 2015

Jonathan Groff Dishes On Looking's Sexy Season Two by Kyle Buchanan

Clad in a hoodie and a rainbow-emblazoned shirt that says "SAN FRANCISCO" in huge letters, Jonathan Groff sits opposite me at Starbucks, regarding his cup of coffee skeptically. "…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:30AM[SHARE]
Monday, January 5, 2015

Watch a Tearful Clip of Anne Hathaway From Her Brooklyn Music-Movie, Song One by Kyle Buchanan

Song One may be packed with original songs written by Jenny Lewis and Jonathan Rice, but when we meet Anne Hathaway in this exclusive clip, she doesn't feel much like singing. As an archaeol…

SOURCE: Vulture at 02:15PM[SHARE]
Friday, October 31, 2014

Career Advice for Shia LaBeouf and 4 Other Falling Stars by Kyle Buchanan

Vulture's 2014 list of the 100 Most Valuable Stars in Hollywood brought plenty of good news for surging stars like Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, but several of the actors from last y…

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Friday, October 17, 2014

Watch Elisabeth Moss Very Firmly Hand Jason Schwartzman His Ass by Kyle Buchanan

The New York Times just named Elisabeth Moss "one of the most exciting actresses in American movies," and you can see the Mad Men star's cinematic talents on display in this exclusiv…

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:20PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

5 Burning Questions on Neil Patrick Harris as Oscar Host by Kyle Buchanan

In 2010, when Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin hosted the Academy Awards, Neil Patrick Harris opened the show with a song-and-dance number and cracked, "I know: What am I doing here?" The audie…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:15PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, October 1, 2014

How Monty Python and Mel Brooks Helped Christian Bale Play Moses by Kyle Buchanan

After Ridley Scott offered Christian Bale the part of Moses in his forthcoming Biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings, the famously prepared actor indulged in a bit of inventional research. "W…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:19PM[SHARE]
Friday, August 29, 2014

Brighten Your Day With This Delightful Number From the Belle and Sebastian Musical by Kyle Buchanan

It's a quiet Friday and you've got the whole holiday weekend ahead of you, so why not start the proceedings on a light and airy musical note? We've got just the thing for that: an exclusive …

SOURCE: Vulture at 03:45PM[SHARE]
Thursday, August 21, 2014

What's Going On With Elisabeth Moss in This The One I Love Clip? by Kyle Buchanan

It's awfully hard to tell you the plot of The One I Love without spoiling its essential plot twist, but fortunately, this exclusive scene from the new romantic dramedy takes place even befor…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:30AM[SHARE]
Friday, May 23, 2014

Matt Bomer on The Normal Heart and How His Kids Reacted to His Weight Loss by Kyle Buchanan

Matt Bomer has been waiting a long time for something like The Normal Heart to come along. The 36-year-old actor first found himself galvanized by Larry Kramer's landmark play as a still-clo…

SOURCE: Vulture at 02:00PM[SHARE]
Friday, April 26, 2013

Johnny Depp to Venture Into the Woods -- Vulture by Kyle Buchanan

Rob Marshall's big-screen adaptation of Into the Woods continues to inch along toward a planned 2014 shoot date, and Variety reports that he's in talks with Johnny Depp (who had his first cr…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:51PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Hugh Jackman on Les Miz (and His Javert Past) -- Vulture by Kyle Buchanan

Hugh Jackman is best known as the action star of several X-Men movies, but his affinity for musical theater is so well-known " he won a Tony for The Boy From Oz and had his dichotomy of tale…

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The Toughest Scene I Wrote: Les Misérables -- Vulture by Kyle Buchanan

This is not a usual screenwriting assignment. I was hired to turn the super-successful stage musical into a movie " a show I admired and loved. From the start, my brief to myself was: Don't …

SOURCE: Vulture at 04:36PM[SHARE]
Thursday, December 15, 2011

The Notebook to Become Broadway Musical -- Vulture by Kyle Buchanan

Nicholas Sparks says his most famous work, The Notebook, is headed to Broadway as a musical.

SOURCE: New York Magazine at 04:21PM[SHARE]
Monday, August 22, 2011

Ghost Is Coming to Broadway (and It's a Musical) -- Vulture by Kyle Buchanan

Broadway, you in danger, girl: The Times is reporting that a musical adaptation of the 1990 supernatural weepie Ghost will head to Broadway in the spring after its successful London tryout.

SOURCE: New York Magazine at 03:35PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Spider-Man Still Owes Julie Taymor Six Figures -- Vulture by Kyle Buchanan

Julie Taymor is gone from the retooled Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, but she won't be forgotten.

SOURCE: New York Magazine at 03:54PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

One of Julie Taymor's Actors Comes to Her Defense -- Vulture by Kyle Buchanan

Would a male director receive the lashing Julie has received? If it were a male director with the reputation and accomplishments of Julie Taymor I cannot believe in good conscience that this…

SOURCE: New York Magazine at 05:05PM[SHARE]
Saturday, April 2, 2011

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off