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What did our critic think of APPEARING THIS EVENING at Ottawa Little Theatre?

What happens when a musical you’ve seen time and time again suddenly feels brand new?

Choreographer Richard J. Hinds is thrilling Muny audiences with his unique take on the dance sequences in Disney’s Newsies. Hinds' choreography is exciting and dynamic dance that builds to a rousing crescendo. He uses traditional barrel jumps, fouetté turns, leaps, tap, and tumbling, accented with modern dance and hip hop moves that increase in intensity until reaching a thrilling climax in the finale. It’s masterful terpsichorean storytelling that enhances Denis Jones directorial vision to build tension and give the audience a real emotional payoff. Jones and Hinds collaboration make this not just a good production of Disney’s Newsies, but a great production of Newsies.

You will leave with many questions about how we deal with our past and how we can move forward socially while personally constrained.

Erika Alexander appeared on THE JENNIFER HUDSON SHOW and shared the story of how she initially misread the tone of the horror film GET OUT, a moment the show describes as hilarious.

Paramount has posted a best-moments compilation from Season 3 of STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS, gathering standout scenes from the Enterprise crew across the season now streaming on Paramount+.

Will Ganss covered the cultural ripple effect of Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY film during GMA Pop News, noting the movie is inspiring viewers to read Homer's ancient Greek epic.

MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT, the Tony Award-winning musical comedy gallops into Atlanta’s Fox Theatre July 21st–26th. I caught up with Delaney Benson to talk about life on the road, and the family legacy that helped shape her own theatrical journey.

What better way to celebrate America’s 250th birthday than to see the musical, 1776?  Running through August 1st, this show spotlights the main obstacles and issues leading to America’s independence.  Perhaps the biggest lesson that the audience will come away with is that political bickering, backstabbing, and controversy is nothing new.  It’s naturally embedded in our national DNA.

Las Vegas lounge diva Trudy Carmichael made her NYC cabaret debut with the premiere of her explosive musical tell-all. Catch the final performance of TRUDY CARMICHAEL: JUST WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS? at 4 pm on Sunday July 19.

Thanks to a serious discussion wrought by the end, the play avoids being a mere entertainment. The characters are not merely competing, ruthlessly but wittily too, for whatever prizes journalism may have to offer, but are visibly debasing their souls to win those prizes, and with their souls, part of what made the American soul. It may be entertaining to watch, but it’s uncomfortable entertainment, more jeremiad than amusement.

Refugee Rhapsody, by Yussef El Guindi, is kind of funny. You may consider that an odd trait for a play about violence, racism, immigration and the dangerous effects of celebrity culture, but it happens to be true. In our media environment we are frequently confronted by enormities that leave us very undecided about how to react, and in such an environment, Refugee Rhapsody, about several different kinds of enormities, just slides in and makes its sardonic wit at home.

Staged by the MA Classical and Contemporary Text students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Marc Silberschatz’s adaptation of The Tragedie of Macbeth is certainly ambitious. The cast is clearly brimming with talent and commitment, packing the production with conceptual promise... even if it occasionally gets overwhelmed by its high energy.

The day opens with a ghost romance backstage at a Taiwanese opera at 2:30 PM, then Gianna Jun's star-making MY SASSY GIRL in 4K at 6:15 PM, Herman Yau's award-winning WE'RE NOTHING AT ALL at 8:45 PM, and ICHI THE KILLER at 9:15 PM.

Morgan Wallen announced the upcoming release of new song 'Been By Now,' which received its live debut at a sold-out M&T Bank Stadium show in Baltimore. Five dates remain on his Still The Problem Tour.

Tom Holland stopped by THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON to discuss sliding into soccer star Erling Haaland's DMs and his work alongside Matt Damon and Jon Bernthal in the upcoming film THE ODYSSEY.

An evening in Prescott Park fits perfectly like the glass slipper in 'Cinderella.'

What did our critic, Peter Nason, think of Jobsite Theater's Rocking Production of GREEN DAY'S AMERICAN IDIOT?

Theatre Nohgaku, co-produced with Theatre of Yugen and Kunoichi Productions, will present the world premiere of IN A MEMORY PALACE at Z Space in San Francisco, weaving live music, masked performance, and video to explore themes of displacement and memory.

Acclaimed solo playwright and performer Liz Richardson brings her new play Local to London, opening at the Finborough Theatre for a strictly limited three week run. Check out the photos!

North Star Theater Company has announced that they will bring the colorful world of Bikini Bottom to the stage with Nickelodeon's The SpongeBob Musical at Wallkill Valley Regional High School.

Spilling Ink will present Godavari: Who Am I? at Performance Garage during the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, blending Bharatanatyam dance, original music, and visual design to explore memory, devotion, and return.

It is an emotional journey guided by a masterful and empathetic storyteller. Perra Puta Loca Bruja: a Latina’s Reclamation Journey by Vanessa Codorniu is a performance you do not want to miss.

The Colony Theatre (Heather Provost, Producing Artistic Director) has announced the cast and designers for Catch Me If You Can. Catch Me If You Can premiered on Broadway in 2011 and was nominated for four Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

If the Last Night is about waving Union Jacks until arms ache, the First Night had some of that feeling too — albeit a different flag. The Proms this time around will commemorate the 250th anniversary of United States declaring bye-bye to Blighty and plotting its own course into history. Before the strains of “Jerusalem” fade away for another year, the Royal Albert Hall will see both the LA Philharmonic and New York’s Met Orchestra take the stage and Marin Alsop will conduct a night of Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin. Yuja Wang gives Samuel Barber’s Piano Concerto its first Proms outing on the Last Night, there are world premieres from Wynton Marsalis and Jessie Montgomery plus a centenary celebration of Miles Davis’ work.