Film & TV News
Read about musicals and plays broadcast on TV and in movie theatres as well as stage adaptations for the screen. Also covered: TV and movie projects featuring theatre stars, writers and directors and videos of TV interviews and performances.
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Holiday Coverage
By Andrew Gans | 12/02/2021United in Song: Celebrating the American Dream was filmed at Philadelphia's Independence Hall. -
Cast Recordings & Albums
By Logan Culwell-Block | 12/02/2021Director Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical hits theatres December 10.
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Film & TV News
By Andrew Gans | 12/02/2021Benjamin Alfonsi will direct and produce Whitney Houston in Focus.
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The Verdict
By Dan Meyer | 12/02/2021The film, arriving in theatres December 10, stars Rachel Zegler, Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, Rita Moreno, and more.
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By Talaura Harms | 12/02/2021The television special, based on the 1977 Broadway musical, stars Celina Smith, Harry Connick, Jr., and Taraji P. Henson.
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Film & TV News
By David Gewirtzman | 12/02/2021A list of stage musicals announced to be adapted as films.
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Video
By Talaura Harms | 12/01/2021The actor appeared on The Late Show with Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National, who composed the score for the film.
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Video
By Billy McEntee | 12/01/2021Crystal shares how a phone call from Mel Brooks inspired the new musical.
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Film & TV News
By Billy McEntee | 12/01/2021"I don't do cameos," the Oscar winner said when Steven Spielberg asked her to appear in the remake.
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By Ryan McPhee | 12/01/2021The Telsey Office is searching for performers to join Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in the Jon M. Chu-helmed film.
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Film & TV News
By Dan Meyer, Logan Culwell-Block | 12/01/2021See what’s coming to Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Netflix, and more this month.
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Photos
By Marc J. Franklin | 12/01/2021Ahead of its theatrical release, the film’s stars came out to celebrate the movie at Jazz at Lincoln Center November 29.
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Video
By Dan Meyer | 11/30/2021The Sex and the City revival, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis, premieres December 9 on HBO.
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Film & TV News
By Billy McEntee | 11/30/2021The Critics Choice Association's event will be held on December 9 with Glora Estefan and Robin de Jesús among the presenters.
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Video
By Dan Meyer | 11/30/2021The film follows the Shakespeare in the Park production as theatres returned from the coronavirus shutdown.
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Video
By Billy McEntee | 11/30/2021Ready or not, here comes mama!
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Cast Recordings & Albums
By Logan Culwell-Block | 11/30/2021The screen adaptation of the Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents musical hits theatres December 10.
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Film & TV News
By Dan Meyer | 11/30/2021The ceremony airs on NBC December 1 at 8 PM.
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By Billy McEntee | 11/29/2021Watch performances from Moulin Rouge! The Musical and Annie Live!, among the shows that performed on Turkey Day
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By Dan Meyer | 11/29/2021The play, currently on Broadway, follows the 163-year saga of the namesake financial giant.
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Film & TV News
By Talaura Harms | 11/29/2021The Tony nominee was set to appear as Eleanor Roosevelt in the live special.
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London News
By Andrew Gans | 11/28/2021The recent West End revival sails into 500 movie theatres.
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International News
By Ryan McPhee | 11/26/2021The Wise Children production recently played the York Theatre Royal before London and U.K. tour engagements.
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Holiday Coverage
By Dan Meyer | 11/25/2021In-person spectators will once again line the streets of NYC for the holiday favorite.
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Video
By Andrew Gans | 11/24/2021The recent West End revival sails into 500 movie theatres in the U.K. November 28.
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Video
By Billy McEntee | 11/24/2021The Hamilton creator goes on Late Night with Seth Myers to discuss his upcoming film, Encanto
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Video
By Andrew Gans | 11/24/2021Stephen Colbert offered a sneak peek of the upcoming CBS concert One Last Time: An Evening With Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga.
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Video
By Billy McEntee | 11/24/2021The Tony Award winner and tick, tick...BOOM! director faces off against the Grammy-winning singer in a game of lyrical tennis.
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The Verdict
By Dan Meyer | 11/24/2021The film arrives in theatres and on Showtime November 24.
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Film & TV News
By Andrew Gans | 11/23/2021Director Steven Spielberg will also discuss adapting the classic musical on the special edition of 20/20.
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By Billy McEntee | 11/23/2021Feast your eyes on clips from two of film's highly anticipated dance spectacles, choreographed by Justin Peck.
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Film & TV News
By Dan Meyer | 11/23/2021“Well, I haven’t thought about it...but here’s what I think should happen,” the star teased.
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Broadway News
By Andrew Gans | 11/19/2021Kevin Frazier and Keltie Knight will host the live broadcast.
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Film & TV News
By Andrew Gans | 11/19/2021Netflix shines a spotlight on teen performers to celebrate the streaming debut of the Jonathan Larson musical.
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Video
By Logan Culwell-Block | 11/19/2021Watch Foster re-creating her Tony-winning performances as Reno Sweeney in clips from the live-on-stage filming of Anything Goes, hitting U.K. and Ireland cinemas November 28.
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By Andrew Gans, Dan Meyer | 11/19/2021Lin-Manuel Miranda directs the stage-to-screen adaptation of the late Jonathan Larson’s semi-autobiographical musical.
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By Talaura Harms | 11/18/2021Get a behind-the-scenes look and a few new glimpses of the upcoming movie musical.
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By Billy McEntee | 11/18/2021Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts comes to HBO Max January 1.
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Film & TV News
By Andrew Gans | 11/18/2021The new series featuring myriad theatre favorites debuts in January 2022.
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Video
By Dan Meyer | 11/18/2021Keep your eyes peeled for Slave Play scribe Jeremy O. Harris as a fashionista in the City of Lights.
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Film & TV News
By Billy McEntee | 11/18/2021The three Tony Award nominees join Keira Knightley in 20th Century historical film.
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Video
By Dan Meyer | 11/17/2021The film is now playing in select theatres and arrives on Netflix November 19.
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Film & TV News
By Talaura Harms | 11/17/2021The live television event will air on NBC December 2.
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Film & TV News
By Billy McEntee | 11/16/2021Ansel Elgort's Tony professes his love for Rachel Zegler's Maria in this new teaser.
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Off-Broadway News
By Ryan McPhee | 11/16/2021The New York Theatre Workshop production opened earlier this month.
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Photos
By Billy McEntee | 11/16/2021Just-released images spotlight stars Rachel Brosnahan, Marin Hinkle, and Tony Shalhoub.
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Book News
By Andrew Gans | 11/16/2021Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of the Broadway musical hits movie theatres in December.
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Film & TV News
By Ryan McPhee | 11/15/2021“I tip my hat to NBC and the producers of Annie Live! for authentically casting a person with a disability for this role,” the actor says.
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Film & TV News
By Dan Meyer | 11/15/2021The one-night-only Actors Fund benefit takes place November 15.
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By Billy McEntee | 11/15/2021The historical drama, a sequel to 2019's Downton Abbey film, has the Crawley family heading to Paris
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