The musical comedy inspired by Gwyneth Paltrow’s infamous 2023 ski trial is coming to America. “Gwyneth Goes Skiing” creators Linus Karp and Joseph Martin will reprise their roles as the Goop founder and retired optometrist Terry Sanderson at Utah’s Egyptian Theatre in Park City, Awkward Productions announced Monday. The company did not reveal what dates … Read more
T-Swift is a T-Bird — and she is the word! Taylor Swift’s childhood friend and fellow actor Tobin Mitnick posted a series of throwback photos via Instagram that featured the two starring in a school production of “Grease.” “Thank you mom for digging these pics of @taylorswift and I harmonizing like buttah on summer nights twenty … Read more
The worst bar sales on Broadway have got to be at Studio 54, where “Days of Wine and Roses” opened Sunday night. Even at a glittering Broadway musical, nobody wants to be clutching a sippy cup full of pinot grigio during a show about two mutually destructive drunks whose marriage crumbles because of booze. Theater … Read more
Warning: Spoilers ahead for the “Mean Girls” musical. Lindsay Lohan fetched a huge paycheck for her appearance in the new “Mean Girls” musical flick. The 37-year-old teen “Falling for Christmas” star makes a small but poignant cameo appearance in the new film, but she was still paid quite a hefty sum after working just half … Read more
Jingle bell flop. “Mean Girls” star Angourie Rice has found herself on the wrong side of “theater kids” everywhere after one vengeful TikToker slammed her singing in the brand-new “Mean Girls” movie musical. In a video posted Monday, a TikToker named Alison compared Rice’s vocal portrayal of Cady Heron to Erika Henningsen, who portrayed the … Read more
On Wednesdays, we wear e.l.f. makeup. The new “Mean Girls” musical movie has come under fire on TikTok for its high amount of product placement — especially featuring e.l.f. cosmetics. Viewers have taken to the social media platform to fume over the seemingly two-hour advertisement for the brand. “POV: The whole ‘Mean Gils’ movie,” one … Read more
Tina Fey’s not a regular mom — she’s a cool mom. But she needs her kids’ help with that. Fey is back with the musical adaptation of her hit 2004 comedy “Mean Girls,” but 20 years after the OG high school film hit the theaters, she grappled with Gen Z references. To adapt the film … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. New year, new shows. Once the ball dropped in Times Square, the clock ticked over to 2024 and just days later, never-before-seen productions began opening up on Broadway. … Read more
He might be bringing his Kenergy to the 2024 Oscars. Ryan Gosling gave a hilarious response when asked whether or not he’ll perform “I’m Just Ken” from his summer blockbuster smash “Barbie” at the Academy Awards in March. “Well, I haven’t been invited,” Gosling, 43, stated during an interview with W Magazine. “But thanks for … Read more
Get ready, Mr. DeMille. The London revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Sunset Boulevard,” starring Nicole Scherzinger, will arrive on Broadway later this year, a spokesman for the production said on Thursday. The sensational Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls will be back, alongside her talented West End co-stars: Tom Francis as Joe Gillis, Grace Hodgett-Young … Read more
Even when Hollywood saw little use for Black performers other than as mammies and butlers, the musical genre, a storytelling mode composed of magical realist fantasy and hoofing artistry, provided space for Cab Calloway, Lena Horne and Dorothy Dandridge to manifest their glamorous glow. Through rapturous songs, sung in resplendent gowns and tailored tuxedos, the … Read more
When “The Color Purple” hit theaters in 1985 — as the beloved film adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel — it was before a certain cast member, Oprah Winfrey, was even the Queen of Talk. And the very same year, Stephen Bray — executive music producer of the new “Color Purple” movie musical that … Read more
Julie Andrews certainly didn’t need a spoonful of sugar when she was working with Dick Van Dyke during their “daunting” rehearsals for “Mary Poppins.” The iconic actress, 88, applauded the “Bye, Bye, Birdie” star, 98, in Thursday’s “Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic CBS” special. The “Princess Diaries” actress happily recalled meeting Van Dyke … Read more
You might expect 2004 “American Idol” champ Fantasia Barrino, “The Little Mermaid” star Halle Berry and five-time Grammy winner H.E.R. to bring the belting in “The Color Purple,” the new movie musical adaption of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that opens in theaters on Christmas Day. But Oscar and Emmy-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson also … Read more
To watch “Hell’s Kitchen,” the new off-Broadway musical by Alicia Keys that opened Sunday night at the Public Theater, is to experience euphoria followed by enormous frustration over and over again. How can we not feel elated being there for the star-is-born moment of actress Maleah Joi Moon, who makes an earth-shaking professional debut as … Read more
Music is medicine and alongside mourning, marriage, dancing and language one of our sacred cultural universals. Micheal Bonshor, professor of Music Psychology at the University of Sheffield speaks to the profoundly healing power of song, “The neurological pathways which process sound affect the brain’s limbic system, which is responsible for emotional responses, memory and behavior. It … Read more
Take apart Barry Manilow’s new musical “Harmony,” which opened Monday night on Broadway, and you’ll find a lot to admire. There’s the “Copacabana” singer’s catchy score that, while undeniably traditional, comes as a refreshing break from the soft pop, chart toppers and clinical university fare that dominates the boards nowadays. Theater review Two hours and … Read more
They were soarin’, flyin’. Former Disney star Zac Efron revealed in a new interview that his “The Iron Claw” co-star poked fun at him by belting out a “High School Musical” song on set. “I sung [some of ‘Breaking Free’] to Zac when I was playing my music scene. That was definitely a life experience that … Read more
This major moment for Stephen Sondheim’s musicals is not limited to New York, where the late composer’s “Merrily We Roll Along,” “Sweeney Todd” and final show “Here We Are” are all playing at the same time. Over in London is a sublime revue of favorite Sondheim standards called “Old Friends” at the Gielgud Theatre that’s … Read more
It’s “No Wonder” she threatened to replace him. Barbra Streisand revealed in her memoir “My Name Is Barbra” that she once threatened to replace Mandy Patinkin in the 1983 “Yentl” after he said he wanted to have an affair with her while he was already married. “There was a moment, a week or so into … Read more