musical Archives

Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert!: A Night of Heavenly Highlights
Giving amazing credit where amazing credit is due, NBC's live broadcast production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar was an evening filled with some truly amazing musical moments – too many to narrow down to just one or two So instead, we're giving you a "one-stop-shopping" post for all of our[...]
Preview John Legend's 'Gethsemane,' Sara Bareilles' 'Everything's Alright' from NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert!
ET: https://youtu.be/aMjub0XjZWc From executive producers Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Marc Platt, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron comes NBC's next live musical spectacular, the groundbreaking rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar LIVE!" Set during the final week of Jesus' life, the story is told from the perspective of infamous betrayer Judas Iscariot. As more and more followers flock to[...]
Hamilton's Brandon Victor Dixon Previews NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert!
ET: https://youtu.be/qDdi6DKdIaA From executive producers Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Marc Platt, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron comes NBC's next live musical spectacular, the groundbreaking rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar LIVE!" Set during the final week of Jesus' life, the story is told from the perspective of infamous betrayer Judas Iscariot. As more and more followers flock to[...]
Brandon Victor Dixon
Dixon was nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as Harpo in The Color Purple in 2006; and in 2016, he was nominated again for his role as Eubie Blake in Shuffle Along Dixon currently co-stars in the Starz series Power; and has appeared in The Good Wife and The 40th[...]
Gwyneth Paltrow and Barbra Streisand
Platt is expected to be involved in several musical numbers throughout the season; adding the potential involvement of Streisand and Paltrow into the mix, a heated bidding war began among a number of the streaming and cable services. Editorial credit: Tinseltown, JStone / Shutterstock.com Murphy will direct the pilot for The Politician, as is his custom for[...]
NBC Releases New Promo for Jesus Christ Superstar Live
NBC took advantage of the more than a few million eyeballs glued to last night's Golden Globes to "bless" viewers with the first official promo for their next live musical broadcast, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert! Because the event is live, there's obviously no footage to tease but the promo leans heavily on the[...]
john legend
Whether or not it was the Power of Christ that compelled them to do it, NBC is elevating Grammy Award-winning musician John Legend (La La Land, Underground) to "Son of God" status as Jesus Christ in the network's upcoming live musical remake of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar Live[...]
A 6 Page Preview Of Hamilton: The Graphic Novel By Jonathan Hennessey And Justin Greenwood
It's not just a musical. Alexander Hamilton: The Graphic History of an American Founding Father is also a graphic novel by Jonathan Hennessey and Justin Greenwood Out in August, 176 pages for $19.99.  And you get to see the first 6 of them below. This complete graphic novel-style biography presents the life and legacy of one of the most influential figures[...]
'La La Land' Is A Charming If A Bit Overrated Homage To Classic Hollywood
La La Land is well shot and well acted but a musical depends on the voices of its leads and Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling are not strong singers. Title: La La Land Director: Damien Chazelle Summary: A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles There are two things that Hollywood loves more than anything;[...]
Could Matthew Vaughn Make Oliver Or West Side Story? Sony Leaks…
These will be studied in depth by current media students and future historians piecing together such an insight. And for now, giving us a hint of what may be coming. Such as Sony exec Hannah Minghella talking in October about upcoming projects for Matthew Vaughn to follow The Kingman, specifically a movie remake of the Oliver musical. I[...]
Welcome To… Assassin's Creed, The Musical
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KycIuE_Md2c[/youtube] Just days before the launch of Assassin's Creed Unity, Assassin's Creed gets a musical treatment, courtesy of Machinima Prime. Featuring the characters from past games including Altair, Ezio, Connor, Edward, Aveline, evenDesmond Miles in elaborate costumes, the video is directed by Brendan Bradley with original songs by Cormac Bluestone and Joel Rubin[...]
Superman The Musical: In Full
Earlier this year we got a chance to see a few minutes of the TV adaptation of the musical It's A Bird… It's A Plane… It's Superman from the seventies Well now we get a little more. I literally have no idea how long this will stay up Superman: The Musical in full[...]
Game Of Thrones, Season One Recap, In Song…
How about if you could do it all in two minutes forty seconds, in a musical format? Bleeding Cool is proud to present (and help with the editing, slightly) of this following musical solution to all your season one recap needs… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlRxLdksEJw&feature[/youtube] So, Season Two of Game Of Thrones is about to begin[...]
Review: Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – And Turn On The Magic!
Awesome! I loved the musical.  The sets and stunts were amazing, the story was alright, the acting was great, and the music was very good.  My one small fanboy gripe though is that they say Peter goes to Queens High School and Columbia University in the play.  He went to Midtown High and[...]
Monday Runaround – Don't Mess With Kyle Baker
And just wait till we get to the crotch-shot bonanza! MusicalWatch: The National Post attacks the Spider-Man musical; Plagued by financial woes and painful rehearsal mishaps, the production is finally set to open on Jan 11, to the estimated tune of US$60-million Which means I have less than two months to curb my cynicism about the project[...]