So if you care to find "Wicked," look… just about anywhere. You'd have to be flattened by a farmhouse to miss the "Wicked" promotional onslaught. From Starbucks drinks (Elphaba cold brew, …
Cole Escola's unconventional smash "Oh, Mary!" has recouped its entire production costs on Broadway. The play, capitalized at $4.5 million, is the first show of the 2024-25 season to do so. …
Production designer Nathan Crowley has been waiting his entire career for a film in which he could build an entire fantasy world. He found that with "Wicked." When director Jon M. Chu called…
It's been a big weekend for the Washington family. While patriarch Denzel Washington chewed the scenery on multiplex screens in "Gladiator II," the next generation of Washingtons stormed ont…
When the sing-along screenings of "Wicked" go down beginning Christmas Day, I'll be there " but not because I have any intention of personally raising my voice in song. (Or maybe I'll join i…
Ethan Slater is trying to get used to the attention he's receiving for both his professional and private lives. He's making his big-screen acting debut as the lovesick Boq in Jon M. Chu's "W…
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for plot points, cameos and the ending of "Wicked," now playing in theaters, as well as minor spoilers for the "Wicked" stage show. It's t…
"Wicked" is pocketing lots of green, with the Universal release coming in on the upper side of projections to head toward the third-biggest domestic opening of the year. Now forecasting a $1…
Hulu is now streaming Jim Gaffigan's newest comedy special under the streamer's new "Hulu Laughing Now" brand, which will feature 12 new comedy specials on the platform per year. "The …
In the new Broadway musical "Death Becomes Her," a so-so 1992 movie gets a stunning makeover. Headlined by Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and a slew of special effects, the film followed two vain…
When Cynthia Erivo signed on to play Elphaba in Universal's big-screen adaptation of "Wicked," she knew one thing: she wanted to be green. But Erivo wanted to actually be green, not have the…
Marla Mindelle, the star of Off Broadway's Golden Age fantasia "The Big Gay Jamboree," gets anxiety during every performance. Sure, the delightfully ridiculous show " in which she plays a st…
There's so much to recommend "Swept Away" " about two brothers from a religious family who get trapped on an ill-fated whaling ship with a crew of doomed heathens " that it seems unkind, or …
In "The Wizard of Oz," there can be no doubt which witch is the worst witch: That would be the one with the army of flying monkeys, who melts upon contact with water. But in "Wicked," the gr…
Paul Teal, a TV and stage actor who appeared on shows including "One Tree Hill," died Friday in Raleigh, N.C. He was 35. Teal's death was confirmed by a representative for the actor, with th…
Egyptian locations will soon take the spotlight in three wildly different titles all set for release next year. While blockbusters "Wicked Part Two" and "Fountain of Youth," from director Gu…
Moviegoers can channel their inner Glinda and Elphaba during sing-along screenings of "Wicked." But they'll have to wait. Interactive showings of Universal's upcoming movie musical will be o…
"Swept Away," a musical about four men stranded at sea, had a landlocked genesis. John Logan, the show's Oscar-nominated and Tony-winning writer, started teasing out the idea for the musical…
Judy Garland's daughter Lorna Luft has joined the chorus of moviegoers raving about "Wicked" ahead of the musical's theatrical release. Luft's mother, of course, is an icon of cinema having …
While many "Deadpool & Wolverine" quips have become fan favorites, like Gambit's "I'm boutta' make a name for myself here," star and screenwriter Ryan Reynolds has a more sentimental tak…
The city of Ojai has a long-established reputation as one of California's most quintessentially laid-back small towns. But residents and frequent visitors who have a love for movies may actu…
It takes more than a holy spirit and revivalist verve to make "Tammy Faye" divinely suited for musical theater. It would take a creative team knowing what their show wants to be: a campy hoo…
Epic sandworm rides across the desert of Arrakis, a thrilling gladiator battle involving a rhino and a display of the unmitigated feeling of pure Anxiety "those are just a few scenes and cha…
Are we human, or are we… robots? "Maybe Happy Ending," a Korean musical now making its Broadway debut, asks this exact question " or in some ways, asks the inverse. It examines what it mea…
Megan Hilty always knew "Death Becomes Her" would make a great musical " and now she's headlining the show on Broadway. Listen to this week's "Stagecraft" podcast below: The fan-favori…