He was the green meanie of Broadway's "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" and the Green Goblin of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark." Now Patrick Page has gone to hell " as the overlor…
Not even two of the brightest stage stars " Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow " can make "Hillary and Clinton" more than a wispy exercise. The barbed comedy that opened Thursday night on Broad…
You have only Friday night and Saturday to see the hottest play in town: "The Lehman Trilogy" at the Park Avenue Armory. Alas, you're going to need Lehman brothers money (well, before the fi…
For a show about hell, "Hadestown" doesn't have much heat. Yes, composer Anaïs Mitchell's musical retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, which opened Wednesday on Broadway, sounds pl…
The band is getting back together Ryan Murphy announced Wednesday on Instagram that he is bringing his recent Broadway revival of the incendiary Mart Crowley play "The Boys in the Band" to N…
If you come to "Burn This" expecting fireworks from Adam Driver and Keri Russell, be patient: The play that opened on Broadway Tuesday night takes a while to combust. Fresh from "The America…
Stage productions are filmed for the cinema all the time " The Met: Live in HD, National Theatre Live and the recent West End musical "Everybody's Talking About Jamie," among countless other…
Jon Hoche has a truly unique job. In fact, I think it's safe to say that nobody else in the country or even in the world earns a living doing what Hoche does. Hoche, you see, is the voice of…
Disney is celebrating its 25th anniversary on Broadway this month with three hits that mint money: "Aladdin," "Frozen" and "The Lion King." That last, with a worldwide gross of $9 billion, i…
As the Courtney Love-like, grunge-rock diva in the new movie "Her Smell," Elisabeth Moss' singing doesn't stink. But then again, her role as Becky Something " frontwoman of the all-girl trio…
Elisabeth Moss is a primal, predatory force in "Her Smell," a female-centric spin on the classic debauched rock star story. Though writer/director Alex Ross Perry ("Golden Exits") has cited …
A look back at Disney's ever-increasing catalog of remakes.
Hakuna Matata mania just reached full roar: Disney dropped its first full "The Lion King" trailer Wednesday. The new extended clip for the live-action update of the 1994 cartoon classic shou…
Children eagerly waiting to see the new film "Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun" began their theater experience in tears after trailers for horror movies featuring blood and violence were played be…
In the early '90s, while alternative rock ruled, Dream Theater " the progressive metal quintet started by a bunch of classically trained shredders " emerged as an alternative to the alternat…
The backstage debauchery of choreographer and director Bob Fosse " and subsequent heartbreak of his wife Gwen Verdon " gets a through going over in "Fosse/Verdon," a new FX limited series ab…
The corn is as high as an elephant's eye, and so is my blood pressure, thanks to the revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" In director Daniel Fish's pretentious production " which…
Pride Week 2019 just got a lot more divalicious. Whoopi Goldberg, Cyndi Lauper and Ciara are among those who have been tapped for the June 26 opening ceremony of World Pride NYC/Stonewall 50…
"I don't dance!" Corbin Bleu sang in "High School Musical 2," even as he hoofed it up. A dozen years later, Bleu's still dancing " this time in Broadway's "Kiss Me, Kate," where he hangs ups…
Who'd have thought the most controversial show this spring would be . . . Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!"? A revival of the 1943 musical opening Sunday is dividing audien…
Since her last album, 2013's Grammy-nominated "The Blessed Unrest," Sara Bareilles has been brave enough to move from Los Angeles to New York, compose and star in a successful Broadway music…
Even before watching "Shazam!," the new DC superhero movie starring Zachary Levi, you already know it won't take itself too seriously. Why? There's an exclamation point in the title. Such ma…
There's tumult behind the scenes this week at "Be More Chill," the social-media phenomenon that's become a Broadway musical. Concerned that their show isn't gaining traction in the Tony swee…
The wonderful worlds of Disney are now officially smoke-free. Smoking " and vaping "Â are both banned starting May 1, the company unceremoniously announced Thursday in a blog post. The ne…
Disney kicks off another crop of live-action remakes of cartoon classics with "Dumbo." Thankfully before slapping us with realistic singing lions and an indigo Will Smith later this year, th…