Musical
Fantasia breaks free in The Color Purple musical remake trailer
Taraji P. Henson and Halle Bailey also star in the film, which opens in theaters Christmas day. Fantasia Breaks Free in Emotional Trailer for The Color Purple Musical Remake: Watch Eddie Fu
Sufjan Stevens’ Illinois Being Adapted Into a Musical
The production — created by Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury — will premiere this summer at Bard College in New York. Sufjan Stevens’ Illinois Being Adapted Into a Musical Jo Vito
Florence Welch’s Great Gatsby Musical Set to Premiere in 2024
The Broadway-bound adaptation will first premiere at the American Repertory Theater. Florence Welch’s Great Gatsby Musical Set to Premiere in 2024 Eddie Fu
Daisy Jones & the Six Become Rock Legends in New Trailer: Watch
Phoebe Bridgers, Madison Cunningham, and Marcus Mumford wrote songs for the show. Daisy Jones & the Six Become Rock Legends in New Trailer: Watch Eddie Fu
La La Land Is Getting a Broadway Adaptation
A stage play based on Damien Chazelle's 2017 smash film is currently in development. La La Land Is Getting a Broadway Adaptation Abby Jones
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies Trailer Returns to Rydell High: Watch
“Sometimes you gotta be bad to do good,” says Marisa Davila’s Jane in the new teaser trailer for Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies. With those words, the stage is set for the prequel series, which premieres on Paramount+ on April 6th. Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies is set in 1954 — four years before the events of Grease. In the series, Jane teams with Nancy (played by Tricia Fukuhara), Olivia (Cheyenne Wells), and Cynthia (Ari Notartomaso) at Rydell High to form the titular Pink Ladies girl gang, and sets off a moral panic in the process. Their efforts are met with resistance by Jackie Hoffman’s Assistant Principal McGee, who issues the following warning: “Ladies, you must be careful with whom you associate. A girl’s reputation is all that she has.” Thankfully, the quartet doesn’t heed her ...
Almost Famous Musical Closing on Broadway in January
The Broadway adaptation of Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous is set to close just two months after its official opening. The musical began previews on October 3rd, ahead of its premiere on November 3rd. The final performance is now set for January 8th. The decision to end Almost Famous’ run on Broadway came after the show received lukewarm reviews and pedestrian results at the box office, according to the New York Times. Like other Broadway productions, Almost Famous faced strong headwinds due to an overall decrease in tourism in New York City this fall and winter. (Earlier this month, the musical KPOP shut down just two weeks after opening.) Advertisement Related Video Almost Famous producers still intend to release a cast album next year, and they hope to take the show on the road....
Almost Famous Musical Closing on Broadway in January
The Broadway adaptation of Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous is set to close just two months after its official opening. The musical began previews on October 3rd, ahead of its premiere on November 3rd. The final performance is now set for January 8th. The decision to end Almost Famous’ run on… Please click the link below to read the full article. Almost Famous Musical Closing on Broadway in January Alex Young [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” title=”Submit to Flexi” name=”my_form” ajax=”true”][flexi-form-tag type=”post_title” class=”fl-input” title=”Title” value=”” required=”true”][flexi-form-tag type=”category” title=”Selec...
Ryan Murphy: Glee’s Mr. Schue Was a Meth Addict in Original Script
What if Glee was a little more Breaking Bad? It turns out that the creators of the musical teen drama series originally conceived of the show with some darker undertones: As Ryan Murphy recalls, Mr. Schue was first written as a meth addict in the “NC-17” version of the script. Murphy spoke candidly about the early stages of making Glee on the new Glee-themed iHeart Radio podcast And That’s What You REALLY Missed (via Insider): “Mr. Schue, I believe, was a crystal meth addict in Ian [Brennan]’s script,” Murphy said of the character, a high school Spanish teacher who also directs the school’s show choir. “The NC-17 version of show choir with a weird protagonist who was unraveling.” But as if Mr. Schue being a meth addict wasn’t surprising enough, Murphy also revealed the unlikely s...
Will Ferrell Is the Ghost of Ryan Reynold’s Present in Trailer for Spirited: Watch
The Ghost of Christmas Present regrets his choice of Scrooge in the first teaser trailer for the holiday musical, Spirited. Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds star in this twist on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, which arrives in theaters November 11th and streams on Apple TV+ beginning November 18th. Ferrell stars as Ghost of Christmas Present, who every year sets out to reform one dark soul with the help of two spectral comrades. But everything flips when he meets Clint Briggs (Reynolds), and suddenly this old Christmas Present is forced to reexamine his past and wrestle with his future. The first trailer is a mix of tight musical choreography and loose comical riffs. A tap sequence leaves both leads wondering how the other knew the moves, and sweeping set piece dances are...
NYC Broadway Week Offers 2-for-1 Tickets to 21 Shows
The Great White Way requires an awful lot of green, but during NYC Broadway Week, 21 shows are offering 2-for-1 tickets, effectively halving the price for (even-numbered) groups. NYC Broadway Week runs quite a bit longer than seven days, from September 6th through September 25th. The bargain is available for 21 selected shows, including The Lion King, Wicked, Aladdin, MJ, and Beetlejuice. Tickets for those shows are available here (use code BWAYWK). Other eligible shows include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Chicago, The Book of Mormon, Death of a Salesman, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Into the Woods, Hadestown, and A Strange Loop, among others. You can find the full list and purchase tickets here. Advertisement Related Video This is the first time since the start of ...
Lin-Manuel Miranda Launches Ham4Choice to Fundraise for Abortion Access
Not long after a church in Texas turned Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton into an evangelist nightmare, the playwright himself has announced the launch of Ham4Choice, a philanthropic effort to raise funds for organizations that province abortion access and other reproductive health services across the country. Better yet, from now until September 22nd, a $10 donation to Ham4Choice not only helps those most directly impacted by the Supreme Court’s recent overturning of Roe v. Wade, but it also gets you the chance to win tickets — plus hotel and airfare — to not one, but three Hamilton shows. First, the winner and a guest will get to see the musical’s opening night in Hamburg, Germany, where they’ll meet Miranda and partake in pre- and post-show festivities. Then, they’ll get to c...
