I am excited to amplify unheard voices and bring to light narratives that will tackle universal themes while they simultaneously break barriers and bring new faces, voices and influences to the screen.”
- Danai Gurirahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKfg0MPzRH8Currently serving as showrunner and executive producer on HBO Max's adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's bestselling novel Americanah, Gurira's personal and professional[...]
Set in the world of independent professional wrestling, the eight-episode series is written by Michael Waldron (Loki) and directed by Peter Segal (Shameless) - with Mike O’Malley serving as showrunner, and Alexander Ludwig (Vikings) and Broadway actress/musician Alison Luff (Waitress) co-starring.Based on exclusive reporting from Deadline Hollywood, Berglund's Crystal is a 20-year-old wrestler’s valet who[...]
I've missed the show since it's gone off the air, and have longed for any kind of reboot or follow up since.https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Ew0GXFMAR/It looks like someone has heard my prayers, as The Nanny is officially coming to Broadway! The announcement was made today by producers Brian Zeilinger and Scott Zeilinger[...]
Moderating the panel, we had James Snyder (Harry Potter) and joining him on stage Benjamin Wheelwright (US Resident Movement Director) and James Brown III (Movement Captain for Broadway Production) They both work in training new members of the cast on movement and how to use their bodies to create magic.Snyder started by establishing the real[...]
That’s a lot cheaper than a ticket to a play on Broadway.This will be your last chance to see Waller-Bridge play the original character She announced this is the swan song The TV show is done Returning to the play one last time is her way to achieve closure Amazon Studios and the BBC would[...]
With Netflix's Mindhunter set to premiere its second season on August 16, series star Jonathan Groff (Hamilton, Spring Awakening) is heading back to the stage this fall for an Off-Broadway run in a revival of Howard Ashman-Alan Menken musical Little Shop of Horrors Directed by Michael Mayer and co-starring Tammy Blanchard (Life with Judy Garland, Gypsy)[...]
He would go on to guest star as the mayor in MacDonald’s next sitcom, FOX's 2003 A Minute with Stan Hooper - with his final on-screen appearance is 2005's television movie Back to Norm.On the stage, Wright made his Broadway debut in 1968 and continued to performing on stage even after he retired from the[...]
The production with Keri Russell and Adam Driver got a lot of buzz, so how could I pass it up?[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="592"] Matthew Murphy[/caption]I don’t usually go to Broadway plays Tickets are expensive and most of them these days are musicals based on movies we’ve all seen already[...]
Creative power-house Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story, Pose, Glee) continues flexing his Netflix muscle and proving why we're rightly justified to have a professional obsession with him, announcing on Instagram that he will be reuniting the entire Broadway cast of 2018's The Boys in the Band for a feature film adaptation at Netflix.With Murphy producing alongside David Stone[...]
Creative power-house Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story, Pose, Glee) continues flexing his Netflix muscle, this time moving forward on a feature film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical The Prom Prior to Tuesday night's charity performance of The Prom for the Hetrick-Martin Institute, GLAAD, and the Trevor Project at NYC’s Longacre Theatre, Murphy made the[...]
We've known there was a Broadway show based on Tim Burton's 1988 film Beetlejuice in the works for quite some time, and we've finally got an official tease of the show!Tony Nominee Alex Brightman will be playing the title role of the ghost with the most--Beetlejuice, and you can get your first look at him[...]
Carol Channing, whose signature voice propelled her to stardom on Broadway and Hollywood, died at the age of 97 at her home in Rancho Mirage, CA.[caption id="attachment_972254" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The legendary Carol ChanningPhoto by CarlaVanWagoner / Shutterstock.com[/caption]Channing’s best-known roles were in Hello Dolly! as Dolly Gallagher Levi and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Lorelei Lee.According to[...]
(I know that after I left The West Wing, the first time I saw an episode that was written by someone else, I needed CPR.) My hope is that, if nothing else, Harper Lee would agree that the playwright had a deep love and respect for the book she wrote and that she’d be pleased[...]
Listen up, Broadway babies- the 2019 Tony Awards just got their venue and broadcast date for the 2019 ceremony celebrating the best and brightest of the Great White Way.The 2019 Tony Awards will take place at lManhattan’s Radio City Music Hall (duh), and will be broadcast live via CBS on Sunday June 9th 2019.Eligibility for[...]
Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous is one of those special movies that remains an important piece of cinema to those who love it. Not everyone does, but the ones who do REALLY love it. It's apparently also the most recent beloved flick to be getting a musical adaptation, joining the likes of Waitress, and Moulin Rouge. Tom Kitt (Tony-winning composer […]
Led by a character named Magna, Connie was a member of a group of survivors that's brought back to be a part of the Alexandria community.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkmrh18k62M&t=5sA former teacher, Ridloff took a job as an ASL tutor for Kenny Leon, who was directing the Broadway stage revival of Children of Lesser God. Ridloff would find herself performing the[...]
Zadan and Meron have executive produced all of the network's live musicals since the current run began with The Sound of Music Live!; including this Easter's presentaton of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. Universal Television, MGM Television and Zadan/Meron Productions will handle production on the project.
“When we both, individually, saw Hair on Broadway, we were[...]
Yes, we know, the movie adaptation of the Monty Python musical Spamalot is *actually* Monty Python And The Holy Grail but, this is about a film version of the Broadway musical.Perhaps you'll recall the CLASSIC (FIGHT ME) 1975 film from the British comedy troupe about the trials and tribulations of Arthur King of the Britons (Graham Chapman) and[...]
Lin-Manuel Miranda isn't just "Hamilton Guy", even though many will know him soley for that. Before he was rapping about the nation's founding fathers and changing the face of Broadway, Miranda had another notable but less well known hit show called "In The Heights".That musical chronicles a mostly hispanic group of denizens of the Washington Heights[...]
Stars Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor delighted audiences with their performances, it was like the average filmgoer had no idea they both had musical theater in their backgrounds.Anyhow, Moulin Rouge has been turned into a stage show, one that is having it's trial run in Boston rather than Broadway. This isn't anything new, really, as previous shows Anything Goes, Annie[...]
