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Why Kaycee Stroh's Plus Size Representation Still Matters 20 Years After High School Musical
I have to be honest with you. I was not just a journalist going into this interview. I was a fan. A full-on, grew-up-on-it,…
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‘Schmigadoon!’ Broadway Review: TV Series Adaptation Delivers a Fizzy and Delightful Love Letter to Musical Theater
It’s tempting to argue on principle that “Schmigadoon!” is everything that’s wrong with Broadway: a double-baked potato of familiar IP…
Culture
Timothée Chalamet Says He ‘Spent Six Figures Out of My Pocket’ on ‘SNL’ Musical Performance and Press Tour Stunts Aren’t a ‘Gimmick’: ‘I Don’t Want to Be in the Pretentious In-Crowd’
Timothée Chalamet’s unconventional press tours, starting with Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” and continuing to this year’s buzzy…
Culture
‘Run Amok’ Review: A Drama About a School Shooting, and Therapizing It Through a Musical, Is Notable for the Performance of Alyssa Marvin
There are several key reasons why a movie about a school shooting feels right at home at the Sundance Film Festival. It’s not a subject a…
Culture
Anti-Fascism Musical ‘Cable Street’ to Open Brits Off Broadway (EXCLUSIVE)
The critically acclaimed British musical “Cable Street” will make its international bow this spring when it opens the 2026 Brits Off…
Culture
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Star Michelle Visage, The Wanted’s Jay McGuiness Join London West End Bow of ‘Sea Witch’ Musical (EXCLUSIVE)
Michelle Visage will feature in “Sea Witch,” a new musical reimagining the origins of one of the sea’s most feared villains, at London’s…
Culture
Finn Wolfhard to Host First ‘SNL’ of New Year, A$AP Rocky Will Be Musical Guest
The first “Saturday Night Live” episode of 2026 will be hosted by Finn Wolfhard, with musical guest A$AP Rocky. The episode, which…
Culture
47 Years Later, the Most Famous Movie Musical of All Time Rockets Up Streaming Charts
You better shape up, because Grease is still, and always will be, the word. An iconic moment in American cinema, Grease remains one of the…
Culture
Dick Van Dyke Turns 100: How the Centenarian Triumphed in the ‘Risky’ Musical ‘Mary Poppins’ After Weathering His Show’s Near-Cancellation and an Emmy Boycott
As Dick Van Dyke turns 100 and celebrates six Emmys over more than seven decades in the TV trenches, it’s hard to imagine there was a time…
Culture
Oscar Predictions: Best Sound — Action Epics, Musical World-Building and Franchise Giants Define the Aural Race
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the…
Style
The Composer Making a Hip-Hop Musical About Anne Frank
A few years ago, Andrew Fox was struck by a transcendently bad idea. He would turn the story of Anne Frank into a satirical hip-hop…
Culture
‘Paddington the Musical’ Performers Explain How They Bring the Beloved Bear to Life on Stage: ‘You Will Believe You’re Seeing Paddington in the Room’
When Paddington first waddles on stage during the new West End musical based on the beloved bear, the audience at the Savoy Theatre can…
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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: New balloons, musical acts—and of course, ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
Two things that made massive cultural splashes this year — Labubu and “KPop Demon Hunters” — will fill the sky and streets of New York…
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Melissa McCarthy to Host ‘SNL’ in December With Musical Guest Dijon
Melissa McCarthy is returning to host “Saturday Night Live” this December. It was revealed during this week’s episode that McCarthy will…
Culture
‘A Very Jonas Christmas Movie’ Review: A Trifle of a Holiday Musical, and a Bit Cringe, Which All Adds Up to a Guilty Pleasure
In “A Very Jonas Christmas Movie,” a synthetic holiday trifle whose chief asset is that it knows and even winks at how much it’s a…
Culture
‘Slam Frank,’ Off-Broadway Show Reimagining Anne Frank’s Story as Genderqueer, Afro-Latin Hip-Hop Musical, Extends Through December (EXCLUSIVE)
“Slam Frank,” a provocative new musical that reimagines Anne Frank’s story to satirize progressive politics and media, is extending…
Culture
‘Picnic at Hanging Rock: The Musical’ Announces Greenwich House Theatre Run (EXCLUSIVE)
“Picnic at Hanging Rock: The Musical,” an adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s eerie novel, will begin performances on Dec. 16 at the Greenwich…
Celebrity
‘I Am Frankelda’ Review: Mexico’s First Stop-Motion Feature Is an Ambitious Gothic Musical
For its painstaking physicality alone, stop-motion is inherently impressive as an animation technique, no matter the scale or budgetary…
Culture
‘The Karate Kid’ Musical to Launch U.K. Tour Before West End, Broadway Bows
The beloved “Karate Kid” franchise is headed to the British stage next spring, with a major national tour set to kick off in April 2026.…
Style
The Towering Musical Integrity of Christoph von Dohnányi
In September, 1943, a thirteen-year-old German boy named Christoph von Dohnányi wrote an innocuous-seeming letter to his uncle Dietrich:…
Celebrity
‘Toto the Ninja Cat’ Pounces From Page to Stage in World Premiere Musical
Dermot O’Leary’s bestselling children’s book series is leaping from page to stage in a new family production featuring puppetry and…
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A Musical Indictment of the Harris County Jail in “Criminal”
From the outside, the Harris County Jail might be mistaken for a high-end condo, with walls of windows that overlook the bayou in downtown…
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‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ Biggest Moments: How They Shot the ‘Psycho’ Shower Scene With Added Gore and Nudity, Pulled Off That Musical Number and More
SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses plot developments from “Monster: The Ed Gein Story,” currently streaming on Netflix. After seasons…
Culture
Producer Damon Cardasis on Getting Martin Scorsese to Be ‘Very Honest’ in Docuseries ‘Mr. Scorsese’ and Adapting ‘Saturday Church’ Into a Stage Musical With Sia
Damon Cardasis has a lot on his plate these days. A musical adaptation of his 2017 film “Saturday Church” is in the midst of its…