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2021 People’s Choice Awards

On October 27, the nominees for the 2021 People’s Choice Awards in movies, television, music, and pop culture were announced, with voting open now on the PCA website and Twitter through November 17, 2021. F9: The Fast Saga is the … Continue reading

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Annie on SNL

Former SNL cast member and writer Jason Sudeikis hosted this past weekend’s broadcast of Saturday Night Live. In the show’s parody of the song “I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here” from the Broadway musical Annie, Sudeikis played Rick, a … Continue reading

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Anything Goes in UK Cinemas

Trafalgar Releasing has offered the first official trailer for its upcoming live film capture of the British stage revival of Anything Goes, starring Sutton Foster in her West End debut. The Cole Porter musical began performances July 23 at the … Continue reading

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DJ Lloyd Webber

The Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera, New York’s longest-running show, reopened last Friday after 18 months of pandemic-imposed darkness. After the performance, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber himself welcomed the exiting audience to a block party waiting for … Continue reading

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Jennifer Nettles Joins Waitress

Jennifer Nettles, best known as the lead vocalist of the country duo Sugarland, returned to Broadway this Tuesday, October 19, to take over the title role of Jenna from Waitress creator Sara Bareilles in the 2016 show’s current revival, which … Continue reading

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Get Up, Stand Up! Review Roundup

British theater critics have given generally favorable reviews to the new West End jukebox bio-musical Get Up, Stand Up!, recounting the life of reggae star Bob Marley. The musical, originally set to open February 6 at the Lyric Theatre, was … Continue reading

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Flying over Sunset Preview

Lincoln Center Theater has released a preview of its upcoming Broadway production of the new musical Flying over Sunset, a fictional account of a meeting between Aldous Huxley, Clare Boothe Luce, and Cary Grant. The production was originally scheduled to … Continue reading

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Grease Night on Dancing with the Stars

On October 18, week 5 in the 30th season of the ABC-TV reality show competition Dancing with the Stars, the 11 remaining celebrity and professional dancer couples offered performances in a range of styles inspired by songs from the 1978 … Continue reading

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Girl from the North Country Reopens

The Bob Dylan musical Girl from the North Country premiered on Broadway last year, beginning previews February 7 and opening March 5, just one week before the pandemic shuttered New York theaters. This week, the show resumed performances at the … Continue reading

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Paradise Square Teaser

The upcoming Broadway musical Paradise Square, which begins previews at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on February 22, has released its first music video, featuring the song “I’d Be a Soldier,” one of several new numbers written since the show’s 2019 … Continue reading

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