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Now that we are a week removed from last Thursday's THE WIZ LIVE!, NBC's third live musical in as many years, we know that the production has predominantly...

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Now that we are a week removed from last Thursday's THE WIZ LIVE!, NBC's third live musical in as many years, we know that the production has predominantly...
Neither Laura Osnes, nor Billy Porter has loomed as large over the community in the past three years. Neither Lin-Manuel Miranda, nor Sydney Lucas has had as...
Move over CHRISTMAS VACATION, step aside HOME ALONE, we just might have a new Christmas comedy classic in our midst. THE NIGHT BEFORE, directed by Jonathan...
No matter how many times a spy has had to use his license to kill, or how many women half his age he's taken to bed, or how many times he's ordered a martini...
In tonight's episode of ABC's new anthology drama WICKED CITY, serial killer Kent looks to take his relationship with single mom Betty to the next level, in...
Broadway fans have known that Laura Benanti has superhuman powers for years, but now the whole world is in on our little secret. In the final moments of last...
TV's newest superhero show is startlingly different than nearly everything else on the current comic book landscape, and it's not just because its hero wears a...
You can take the writer out of the theatre, but you can't take the theatre out of the writer. For the past 20 years, Aaron Sorkin has been one of Hollywood's...
Theatre fans have had a tenuous relationship with television musicals over the past few years. Whether it was the casual dismissal of GLEE after its strong...
As popular culture continues to be fractured with the advent of new forms of media and even more forms of delivery, it is good to know that there are still...
I've only watched one episode of NBC's Friday night sitcom UNDATEABLE, so I am not going to claim to be an expert on the deep, emotional lives of Danny...
The goal of art is to make the viewer feel. While many didn't appreciate what the first season of HBO's THE LEFTOVERS made them feel, no one can argue that it...
When you were a little kid, did you ever get separated from your parents in the mall or grocery store? Can you remember how the all-consuming terror of being...
There is a saying in sports that goes, “You never want to be the guy that follows The Guy,” or something to that effect. It means that following on the heels...
For some reason that I have yet to understand, there is apparently a considerable segment of the population that doesn't care for Anne Hathaway. I wouldn't...
I grew up watching the MUPPET BABIES, loving the whimsy of the odd, but relatable creatures (although always frustrated that we couldn't see Nanny's face)...
Did you know that Sir Patrick Stewart, star of stages and screens large and small had returned to television this season? No, I didn't think so. In BLUNT TALK...
For the first time in what seems like forever, there is going to be a legitimate late-night war on network television. It won't be fueled by animosity between...
Today, I am kicking off the series with “Five Things About the JERSEY BOYS Movie,” a film that I failed to see in the theater because all of the horrendous...
RICKI AND THE FLASH, in theaters nationwide Friday, is a virtual treasure-trove of on-screen talent; you will be hard-pressed to find another film this year...
Tonight at 10pm ET on EPIX, one of the funniest women in the world takes to the stage for her fifth televised special, LISA LAMPANELLI: BACK TO THE DRAWING...
Quick, name the best composer/lyricist in the history of the musical theatre. Did you say Stephen Sondheim? If not, you're wrong. We love Mr. Sondheim so much...
Tomorrow is a day for celebration, musical theatre fans, as Image Entertainment releases THE STEPHEN SONDHEIM COLLECTION. This collection includes some of the...
Though the magic of the woods is not as spectacular on a TV as it was on the big screen, the vast majority of INTO THE WOODS' enchantment admirably makes the...
Hawaii-born Elle McLemore burst onto the theatre scene in 2011 when she was cast as the evil Eva in the Pre-Broadway National Tour of BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL...