musicals Archives

Initially, I had some reservations about a series consisting of musical moments and correlations to musicals in general The main stars of the series, Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key, as the couple Melissa and Josh, who need a fix on their relationship However, something grabbed my attention when writing about this current season's premiere… Alan[...]

A first look at Apple TV+ Schmigadoon! season two shows a transition to a darker period of musicals for Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) Along with the first look video, there also come images revealing a closer look at the cast and their portrayals of some iconic musical characters The new season premieres on April[...]

Gamechanger is a "…game show, the game changes every show! Players begin each round without knowing the rules — and must figure them out while competing to win." The cast this season includes players Jess McKenna & Zach Reino (who also serve as Executive Producers) alongside host Agapion and guests Zeke Nicholson, Oscar Montoya, Jiavani,[...]

Cyrano is the latest of the current wave of failed movie musicals Like all the others released in 2021, it bombed at the box office, earning only $6 million out of a production budget of $30 million That makes it one of the biggest bombs of a still-young 2022 It was director Joe Wright's attempt[...]

This and the odd flood of musicals in the past year seems contrary to what audiences want to see. West Side Story Poster © 2020 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved. You'd think Hollywood would get the message by now – movie audiences don't really care about musicals at the moment Every major musical has[...]

If you told me a year ago that I would be ringing in 2021 by watching a musical adaptation of Disney Pixar's 2007 animated film Ratatouille, I probably would have called you crazy and said that 2020 was not going to be the year to drive me to stay home on New Year's Day and[...]

Bleeding Cool is giving you a chance to set your planners now for the TV shows premiering or returning for the remainder of January and into February.

Just this week, Lin-Manuel Miranda revealed a list of his five favorite musicals, as well as some pretty great stories as to why. Lin-Manuel MirandaPhoto by Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com In an interview with The New York Times, in no particular order, the "In The Heights" and "Hamilton" creator spoke about what musicals mean to him, and why[...]

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[...]

Director/screenwriter Don Hahn (producer, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast) reminds us of the beautifully creative life and times of famed lyricist Howard Ashman in his touching and informative documentary Howard, which had its premiere at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.

NBC's  Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert! continues to gather "disciples" ahead of its Easter 2018 broadcast, adding platinum-selling singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles as Mary Magdalene to a line-up that currently includes singer John Legend as Jesus and rock star Alice Cooper as King Herod.

Netflix announced the remaining members of The Hargreeves Family for their series adaptation of Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's The Umbrella Academy.

Matthew Broderick has joined the cast of A Christmas Story Live!, Fox's live musical staging of the beloved 1983 film, set for December 17th.