musical Archives

'Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical' HBO Max Reveals New Film
Bugs, Daffy, and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang will give their regards to Broadway in Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical coming soon to HBO Max and Cartoon Network From Warner Bros Animation, the original animated family movie event will feature original dynamic song and dance numbers and new orchestrations from the Warner Bros[...]
Here There Be Dragons, A New Off-Broadway Musical, Newly Announced
The Players Theatre, found on MacDougal Street in New York, NY, has announced the world premiere of Here There Be Dragons, a new musical with a significant focus on Dungeons & Dragons Performances for this new musical will begin on Thursday, June 16th, 2022, and run through Sunday, July 17th. A promotional poster for Here There Be[...]
The Karate Kid to Get a Musical Adaptation, But Will It Be The Best?
Guess some can say you really made it in the annals of pop culture history when your story becomes adapted into a musical As if the television sequel Cobra Kai wasn't already enough, The Karate Kid will be adapted for the stage courtesy of original screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen and Smash's Drew Gasparini providing music[...]
SpiderMan: Turn Off The Dark, Broadway's Underrated Musical Gem
Unless you're literally too young to remember, the recent history of Marvel's foray into Broadway musicals is pretty well-seared into the brains of comic and musical fans alike, though admittedly not for the reasons it should be Owing to unfortunate stunt accidents during rehearsals and previews on top of an ever-shifting creative direction, Spider-Man: Turn[...]
Walt Disney
The creativity of Walt Disney's animation studios is headed to Vancouver, where many artists will be joining together to establish another cornerstone for work on upcoming projects such as a Moana musical series The Moana series is set to premiere in 2024 on Disney+ with the help of an Oscar-nominated producer, Osnat Shurer, whose previous work includes the Moana film,[...]
Battu Musical Short Film Picked up to Series at Cartoon Network
But that's not all it is – Cartoon Network has tapped the creators to begin development on Battu, a coming-of-age musical comedy series about a young group of misfit dreamers who move to their own beat According to the official logline released, Battu follows teenagers Otis and Jada – two gifted dancers in Chicago whose free spirit[...]
Get Ready To Burst Into Song...Bob's Burgers Is Getting Another Album!
Also, we can't forget about any Boyz 4 Now-related musical numbers that might be included in the second volume The love for boy bands is all too real and we got to give love back to Bob's Burgers for expressing that for us all Let us know in the comments below which songs you hope[...]
Schmigadoon!
The musical comedy series, Schmigadoon! from executive producer Lorne Michaels has finally has set a premiere date The series, which includes such stars as Cecily Strong, Keegan-Michael Key, Alan Cumming, Fred Armisen, and Martin Short, will kick off with a two-episode premiere on the AppleTV+ streaming platform on July 16 Following the premiere of the initial two episodes, each[...]
Someone Made The First Act Of Hamilton Entirely In Animal Crossing
You know you got a lot of time in your hands when you make full musical recreations in Animal Crossing: New Horizons It's not the first time we've seen someone take the game and do something with it from popular media to get something awesome across within the game It's also not the first time[...]
Funko is Not Throwing Away Their Shot With Hamilton Pops
Everyone will be in The Room Where It Happened as Funko reveals 7 Pop vinyls of the hit musical Fans will be able to add Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, The Schuyler Sisters (Eliza, Angelica, and Peggy), and George Washington to their growing Pop collection Hamilton fans can even add a special version of A-L-E-X-A-N-D-E-R as[...]
Grease series moves to Paramount+ (Image: Paramount)
Annabel Oakes (Atypical, Transparent) remains as series creator, writer, and executive producer, with Paramount Television Studios, Picturestart, and Temple Hill producing (with the latter two also producing a Grease prequel movie called Summer Lovin with Paramount Pictures). Grease series moves to Paramount+ (Image: Paramount) Having received a straight-to-series order from WarnerMedia a year before the move between[...]
Hamilton Has Been Recreated In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Someone has recreated the musical Hamilton inside Animal Crossing: New Horizons The Lin-Manuel Miranda musical has barely been on Disney+ for a few days and already there's thousands of small little tributes Including "Weird Al" Yankovic doing his own version of the musical on his YouTube page called "The Hamilton Polka" But when it comes[...]
The Never-Made Justice League Musical From 1872
Once upon a time, DC Comics was going to produce a musical stage show starring the Justice League Of America aimed at the student college circuit This is how it looked in 1972 as the show was offered to college venue buyers. The Never-Made Justice League Musical From 1972. To avoid your squints, and from a time[...]
Weekend Evergreen - Best Movie Musical Pairings
Wine and cheese, peanut butter and jelly, tequila and bad decisions, vast…tracts of land – it's just a fact that things are better in pairs, and musicals are no exception Now, I'm not saying these musicals are precisely alike, but they do strike a similar tone – like Netflix "if you enjoy this, you may[...]
Hamilton on Disney+ Review
Still, the story of how we won the Revolutionary War and founded our own nation is an interesting one, despite the involvement of problematic founding fathers. The rap and R&B musical is sung-through, which means virtually everything in the show is set to music with no straight spoken dialog Every single member of the cast not[...]
The First Trailer for Hamilton Debuts Online
Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, "Hamilton" has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theatre—a musical that has had a profound impact on culture, politics, and education Filmed at The Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway in June of 2016, the film transports[...]
In The Heights will now release in summer 2021.
The adaptation of the Lin Manuel-Miranda musical was one of the more anticipated films releasing this summer, so it was troublesome to not see a new date given Some worry that means it will go straight to streaming That is not the case for In The Heights however, according to director Jon M Chu, who[...]
lucifer
With Netflix's Lucifer currently in production on Tom Ellis' final run as the devilish lead, fans are getting yet another update on the upcoming season – and this one's beautiful music to our ears. Earlier this week, fans were whistling – or possibly singing – a happy tune with news that the series was going the[...]
"The Orville" Crew Brainstorm The Musical Episode That Will Never Be (at NYCC)
When it came to the Q&A portion of the panel, an audience member asked if a musical episode was on the table in the future – but unfortunately, looks like season three will not feature one. THE ORVILLE: L-R: Peter Macon, Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, J Lee, Jessica Szohr, Scott Grimes, guest star Kai Wener, guest[...]
'The Prom': Ryan Murphy Announces Netflix Adapt of Broadway Musical
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[...]
RENT
Fox just discovered another of the challenges in producing live versions of famous musicals One of the stars of this evening's broadcast of Rent Live, Brennin Hunt, seriously injured his ankle during a dress rehearsal on Saturday. Unfortunately, Hunt isn't a minor role, as he's been slated to play Roger Davis (whose character was played in the[...]
8 New Holiday Specials Worth Watching (Sorry, Frosty, Rudolph, and Charlie Brown)
on ABC) Jordan Fisher and Sarah Hyland host, with lighting spectaculars from Disney Parks around the world, and musical guests Gwen Stefani, Meghan Trainor, Brett Eldredge, and more It's Disney, people – there's no interest here in f'n with "The Mouse." truTV Impractical Jokers: Staten Island Holiday Spectacular (Dec 6, 9:30 p.m on truTV) The Impractical Jokers wrap up their[...]
In The Heights Poster
Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical In the Heights is heading to the big screen The film adaptation of the Tony award-winning musical will hit theaters on June 26th, 2020 Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M Chu has been brought on to direct Anthony Bregman, Mara Jacobs, and Scott Sanders are on board to produce After a heated[...]
Moulin Rouge! The Musical Releases "Come What May" Music Video
Baz Luhrmann's 2001 technicolor musical feature film Moulin Rouge has been turned into a live stage musical, and we're pretty damn excited, to be honest. The film featured several non-period popular songs like David Bowie's "Diamond Dogs", Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Queen's "The Show Must Go On", and several medleys Stars Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor delighted audiences with their performances,[...]