The 1940s-60s is widely considered to be a Golden Age of movie musicals. With dynamic stars like Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Shirley Jones, Cyd Charisse and Fred Astaire lighting up the big screen time and time again, the years that followed the second World War undoubtedly brought us some of our most beloved classics.
In 2002, a blockbuster called Chicago proved that the movie musical could be not only a commercial and critical success, but cool again. Since then, the world has seen a resurgence in a genre that was long-considered dead, bringing an American tradition back to the forefront of popular culture.
This holiday season, the movie musical is back in full force with the critically-acclaimed La La Land, featuring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. With the arrival of perhaps the best movie musical in decades, we're bringing you an in-depth timeline of the past ten years in movie musicals. Are we in a second Golden Age? Decide for yourself!
Today's big news: Foster, O'Malley, Peters and more come together to honor Joel Grey at York's 2016 Gala, THE BABYLON LINE, starring Radnor & Reaser, opens Off-Broadway, and BC/EFA hosts its star-studded 28th Annual GYPSY OF THE YEAR competition!
Last night, Emma Stone hosted SNL in one of the season's strongest episodes. Featuring a politically-charged version of High School Theatre Show and a cold open revolving around Donald Trump's tweeting habits, the episode remained focused on the current political climate, while beginning a pivot toward the holiday season with a 'Cleaning Lady Christmas Show' sketch, and a music video about a re-gifted, peach scented Christmas candle.
Nominations for the 2016 CRITICS' CHOICE AWARD for movies were revealed today. Topping the list with 12 nominations is Damien Chazelle's musical LA LA LAND, receiving nods for best picture, best director, best actor (Ryan Gosling) and best actress (Emma Stone).
Below, check out an all-new featurette for LA LA LAND titled 'The Music.' The film hits select cities December 9, additional Cities December 16 and opens in theaters nationwide on December 25th.
On last night's episode of DANCING WITH THE STARS, the professional dancers performed to 'City Of Stars/Someone In The Crowd' from the highly anticipated musical movie LA LA LAND
La La Land: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - which features songs from Lionsgate's upcoming original musical, La La Land, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling - is now available for pre-order via all digital retailers. The album is due from Interscope Records on December 9th, the same day the film opens with a limited engagement.
The Broadwaysted crew has chills, and they're multiplying. Why? Because we're sitting down with everyone's favorite 'Slacker Danny,' Broadway's Max Crumm! This week, the crew pours out bootleg margaritas (vegetable margaritas...thanks Kevin) and Max spills about his experience on GREASE: YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT and later working with Broadway powerhouse talent in DISASTER! Game Master Kimberly leads us in a round of 'Loose Lyrics' where we celebrate 90s high school music, a round of 'High School Hop,' and then we play Lights of Broadway Show Card Poker (wanna play with your friends? The rules are on our website: broadwaysted.com).
Lionsgate (NYSE:LGF), a premier next generation global content leader, today announced that it has reached major deals with two leading distributors for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Everyone's favorite "stuffed with fluff" character takes the Valley Youth Theatre (VYT) stage December 2nd for his 21st production of A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail.
This weekend's big news: ELF THE MUSICAL spreads Christmas cheer on this season's holiday tour, and FINIAN'S RAINBOW, starring Melissa Errico, opens Sunday at Irish Rep!
Roundabout Theatre Company presents the new play Love, Love Love, directed byMichael Mayer, which opened on October 19, 2016 at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. The play stars Richard Armitage, Alex Hurt, Zoe Kazan, Amy Ryan and Ben Rosenfield.
Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta announced today that individual tickets for the Atlanta engagement of Roundabout Theatre Company's CABARET will go on sale Sunday, August 28 at 10 a.m.
The Broward Center for the Performing Arts announced today that individual tickets for the Fort Lauderdale engagement of Roundabout Theatre Company's CABARET will go on sale Friday, November 4, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
Charlotte's Web, The Musical spun onto the Valley Youth Theatre (VYT) stage Friday, October 7 and performed a toe-tappin', hand-clappin' production to a sold-out house.
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