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Banksy Revealed? Artist Confirms Name in Lost BBC Interview
Who is Banksy? It is one of the art world’s, perhaps even pop culture’s, most enduring mysteries since the street artist burst onto the scene in the early 2000s. But we may be one step closer to the artist’s true identity following the recent discovery of a lost BBC interview in which Banksy appears to […]
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‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Reveals New Image and First Act Title
The team behind Stranger Things: The First Shadow has released a new image of the stage production and the title of its first act. In the latest incremental update on the show, which was released the same day as previews for The First Shadow are set to begin at the Phoenix Theatre on London’s West […]
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Tammy Faye Musical, With Music by Elton John, Plans 2024-2025 Broadway Run
A musical about televangelist Tammy Faye, featuring music by Elton John, is slated to come to Broadway in the 2024-2025 season. In addition to music by John, the musical, Tammy Faye, features lyrics by Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears, and a book by James Graham, the playwright of Ink, which followed Rupert Murdoch’s rise to power […]
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Mitski to Write Score for ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Musical
Academy Award singer and songwriter Mitski will pen the score to the stage adaptation of The Queen’s Gambit, which is currently in development. In addition to Mitski, the creative team will include Eboni Booth, playwright of Primary Trust, which recently ran Off-Broadway starring William Jackson Harper, as the book writer. Whitney White, director of JaJa’s […]
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Casting Vet Tess Sanchez Pivots to Writer With Collection of Personal Essays
Tess Sanchez has found her next act. The former Fox casting exec is set to publish a book of essays, which she’s titled We’re Going In A Different Direction. The collection has her recasting herself, in this case from “working mom-boss” to “her actor-husband’s plus-one,” according to the publisher. Sanchez, who’s married to New Girl […]
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Steve Carell to Make Broadway Debut in ‘Uncle Vanya’ This Spring
Steve Carell will make his Broadway debut this spring as Vanya in a new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. Carell will star alongside William Jackson Harper as Astrov, Jayne Houdyshell as Mama Voinitski, Mia Katigbak as Marina, Alfred Molina as Alexander Serabryakov, Alison Pill as Sonya and Anika Noni Rose as Yelena. The adaptation, […]
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Michael Imperioli Joins Jeremy Strong in ‘An Enemy of the People’ on Broadway
The Sopranos star Michael Imperioli will make his Broadway debut in An Enemy of the People this winter, opposite Jeremy Strong. The production of Henrik Ibsen’s play, adapted by Amy Herzog, will play the Circle in the Square Theatre for a 16-week engagement starting Feb. 27, with an opening night on March 18. Brad Pitt’s […]
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How Netflix Conquered Hollywood — And Then Broke It
This article is adapted from Pandora’s Box: How Guts, Guile, and Greed Upended TV, by Peter Biskind (William Morrow). In the early 2010s, director David Fincher began pitching his first television project, a dark, Washington-set adaptation of the British political drama House of Cards, with Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright attached. As he made the […]
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Boy George to Join Broadway Cast of ‘Moulin Rouge!’ in February
Boy George will join the cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway in February. George will play the role of Harold Zidler, the club owner of the Moulin Rouge, starting Feb. 6 through May 12. He announced the news on the Today show Monday, saying that he had already seen the show a few […]
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David Fincher Calls for Hollywood to Get “Back to Work,” “Very Soon” at LACMA Art+Film Gala
“I’ve never seen so many celebrities together in one place in my life,” said an artist at the 2023 LACMA Art+Film Gala on Saturday night. Just how star-studded was the 12th annual event? So celebrity-heavy that one world-famous star was overheard — in a true “stars are just like us” moment — saying, “I really […]
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Matt Rogers Is Looking for More Ways to Get Himself Across
In “Everything You Want,” the second single from Matt Rogers’ new album Have You Heard of Christmas?, he croons about sending holiday tidings to a former flame — who, as it turns out, he can’t quite remember. “Gifted you my heart and swore a lifetime of my love, you’ve gone away now,” he sings. “Go […]
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Sutton Foster, Aaron Tveit to Star in ‘Sweeney Todd’ on Broadway
Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster will take over the roles of Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett, respectively, in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street on Broadway. The two Tony Award winners take over the roles from Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford, who will play their final performance on Jan. 14. Tveit and Foster […]
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‘Gutenberg! The Musical!’ Star Andrew Rannells Always Makes Broadway a Priority
In Broadway’s Gutenberg! The Musical!, stars Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells wear many hats — a combined 120 yellow and white trucker hats, to be exact. In the two-person show — which reunites the actors for the first time since their Tony-nominated breakout roles in the 2011 smash The Book of Mormon — they play […]
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Bobby Cannavale, David Hyde Pierce, Micaela Diamond and More on Working on ‘Here We Are,’ Sondheim’s Final Show
Steven Pasquale and Jeremy Shamos started working on the new Stephen Sondheim musical, Here We Are, seven years ago, while others, like Denis O’Hare, were asked to join the project last summer. But for everyone now starring in the show, which opened Off-Broadway at The Shed on Oct. 22, joining the project was an immediate […]
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Steve McQueen Erases Al Jolson’s Blackface in New Film at L.A.’s Newly Opened Marian Goodman Gallery
Long-time New York and Paris gallery Marian Goodman has opened in Los Angeles with a show of director and artist Steve McQueen’s short film, Sunshine State. Shown on two back-to-back screens in a capacious room, the work finds McQueen training his artistic vision on the history of blackface in Hollywood. The 30-minute piece includes footage […]
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‘Loveboat, Taipei’ Author Abigail Hing Wen Almost Met Her Future Publicist Emmy Chang Nearly 30 Years Ago — at Loveboat in Taipei
My Rep and Me is a new recurring Culture Shift feature in which talent who share a unique background with their representative (be it agent, manager, lawyer or publicist) sit down to discuss the special alchemy and business advantages of that special connection, in order to underscore the importance and benefits of diverse representation. Author […]
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