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Smash Is Everything A Theater Geek Would Want In A TV Show About Musicals
NBC‘s musical-theater series Smash is a show for dreamers: Actors who want to be in the spotlight, writers shelling out hundreds to see Broadway shows, and TV viewers who need a new drama series to obsess over. We loved the first episode and hope you will, too. More »
Bella, Edward, And Jacob Are Coming To Off-Broadway With The Fan-Run Twilight: The Musical
We can’t wait to see Twilight: The Musical, which “examines our culture of obsession” with Stephenie Meyer‘s books and features one of the stars of A Very Potter Musical. A meta fan musical? Yes, please. More »
Amanda Seyfried And Taylor Swift Have Been Offered Roles In Les Miserables
The producers of the Les Miserables movie-musical want Taylor Swift to play Eponine and Amanda Seyfried to sing for Cosette. Can you envision these ladies in the famous roles? More »
Video: Daniel Radcliffe’s Heartfelt Speech On His Final Night Of How To Succeed
For his How to Succeed… goodbye speech, Daniel Radcliffe thanks every crew member from the carpenter to the director, and even jokes about his love interest Rose Hemingway and “bff” John Laroquette. More »
Hot Shot: Hunter Parrish Is One Very Handsome Elf
Not you too, Hunter Parrish! Between Matthew Gray Gubler and this, I think I might die of festive handsomeness today. The Weeds cutie was recently snapped wearing an elf hat as he arrived at Broadway’s Circle In The Square theater, where he’s currently appearing in a production of Godspell as…wait for it…Jesus. And there’s video! More »
David Archuleta Puts Off Music Career For Two Years To Serve His Mormon Mission
American Idol runner-up David Archuleta is banking on the fact that he’ll have a music career waiting for him in two years, after he completes his Mormon mission. More »
Check Out Nick Jonas’ How To Succeed In Business Poster
It’s a feast for your eyes: the poster for Nick Jonas‘ Broadway debut in How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying has hit the web. Nick is still two dudes down the line to play the starring role, however — current star Daniel Radcliffe will stay in the spot through January 1st, and Darren Criss will step in for a few weeks, until January 24th, when Nick finally takes the stage.
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Nicholas Sparks’ The Notebook Musical Is Coming To Broadway
Nicholas Sparks‘ iconic movie The Notebook will be coming to Broadway sometime in the future! Sparks said it will be “a lot of fun to be involved in that process,” a new step for the author whose books have been adapted to rom-coms. More »
Video: Neil Patrick Harris And David Burtka Sing ‘You’re The Top’ At Trevor Live
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka performed the originally heterosexual love song “You’re the Top” at Trevor Live!, leading to a couple of double entendres, but they laughed it off. More »
Video: Daniel Radcliffe Gets Stuck Cleaning His Interviewer’s Toilet And Sorting Her Laundry
You’ve got to hand it to Broadway.com’s Susan Blackwell—she knows how to conduct an off-the-wall interview. In her Side by Side video series, she’s buddied up to stars like Sutton Foster and Jonathan Groff; in her latest video, it’s Daniel Radcliffe, right before the end of his run starring in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. You would think that other journalists would want to congratulate the Harry Potter star, but not Susan. No, Susan teaches the 22-year-old actor how to do common household chores. More »
Daniel Radcliffe Visits Alan Rickman Backstage At His Broadway Show Seminar
Daniel Radcliffe obviously knows the power of paying it forward. Several months ago, his Harry Potter costars popped by his dressing room while he was starring in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on Broadway—and now he’s paid his former professor/enemy Alan Rickman a visit on his new show Seminar. More »
3 Ways Kate Winslet Can Win That Tony to Get Her EGOT
Props to Ology for realizing that with last night’s Emmy win for Mildred Pierce, Kate Winslet is now only one step away from world domination an EGOT. It’s the Grand Slam of the arts world, where artists get at least one each of the four big awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony. More »
How Does New How to Succeed… Star Nick Jonas Stack Up to Predecessor Daniel Radcliffe?
Even though Daniel Radcliffe by no means originated the lead role in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – the musical’s been around since 1961 — for us he’s the face of the Broadway show. And now he’s stepping down, to be replaced by Nick Jonas. We’re so attached to Daniel’s take on J. Pierrepont Finch, we’re not sure we can welcome a newbie, even one with Nick’s impressive theater pedigree. So, let’s compare these leading men. More »
Become Our Facebook Fan, Enter To Win Two Tickets To See ‘Hair’ On Broadway
It rocked the Park. It won the Tony. It toured America. And now, The Public Theater’s Tony Award‐winning production of Hair is back on Broadway through September 10, 2011 only. This is your chance to join the phenomenon, dance in the aisles and feel the elation of Hair! This electrifying musical about a group of young Americans searching for peace and love in a turbulent time has struck a resonant chord with audiences young and old. Hair features an extraordinary cast and dozens of unforgettable songs, including “Aquarius,” “Let the Sun Shine In,” “Good Morning, Starshine” and “Easy To Be Hard.” Can’t wait to get a ticket? We’re giving fans of Crushable on Facebook the chance to win two tickets to the show. Read on to find out how to enter to win. More »
Unexpected Places to Find David Bowie
Weird confession: I find David Bowie endlessly fascinating. Somehow, over his long and impressive career, he’s managed to make himself into something more than just a guy who happens to make really good music: He’s actually become a concept. This is a terribly impressive feat; it’s the same reason I’m so interested in Lady Gaga and Freddie Mercury. But beyond his essential Bowieness, Bowie has the additional strange ability to pop up in places you’re not expecting him to be. I don’t know how he does it. It’s like magic. And you’d think I would have stopped being surprised by this by now, but I haven’t. It still gets me every time. Interested in going Bowie-hunting? Here’s a hand guide to the unexpected places you might be able to find him: More »
Even ‘Sesame Street’ Is Making Fun of ‘Spider Man Turn Off The Dark’
These days, it’s almost a cliche to snark on Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark, the troubled Broadway musical that keeps putting its cast members in the hospital. But when beloved children show characters are mocking you? Bono, it’s time to put It’s A Beatiful Day on repeat, stare at your Grammy-laden shelves, and try not to cry. More »
Deciphering the ‘Ghost’ Musical Trailer As Someone Who’s Never Seen ‘Ghost’
Obviously I know what Ghost is about: Patrick Swayze gets killed in a mugging, but his spirit continues to linger around mourning girlfriend Demi Moore, who hires a medium played by Whoopi Goldberg to try and communicate with him. But I know nothing about the characters’ lives — aside from Moore’s predilection for pottery — or how the movie ends.
London’s Piccadilly Theatre is premiering Ghost The Musical, which looks to be a bit flashier than the 1990 movie. Going only by the newly-released trailer, and without peeking at Wikipedia, here are my predictions for the plot. More »
Tony Awards: The Broadway Shows to Look Forward to for Next Year’s Tonys
Some of last night’s Tony winners were going to sweep the awards from the start, like The Book of Mormon, while other shows’ wins were delightfully surprising: Catch Me If You Can, War Horse, and Anything Goes. But they all had major buzz leading up to the awards. Now, we’ve got the lowdown on some of the shows debuting in the new few weeks or months, all of which have Tony dreams of their own. More »
Tony Awards: Brooke Shields’ Tony Awards Fail
The opening number of last night’s Tony Awards was pretty darn memorable for a variety of reasons. One of them was Neil Patrick Harris’ purple tuxedo. One of them was Stephen Colbert’s delightful cameo. But the biggest one by far was Brooke Shields’ massive fail during HER cameo. I feel kind of bad for her, especially since she had to present later on; but at the same time, it was just so funny that I can’t help laughing. Check out the whole number after the jump– for the curious, the Brooke Shields Disaster is at the 3:10 mark. Happy Monday, everyone!
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Tony Awards: Neil Patrick Harris Tells as Many ‘Spider-Man’ Jokes as He Can in 30 Seconds
Let’s put 30 seconds on the clock; aaaaaaaaaaand GO! More »