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It's Today! : Globes Go Gaga

2018 has turned out to be a banner year for music-based films and today's Golden Globe nominations reflected the overwhelmingly positive critical consensus for two in particular, A STAR IS BORN and MARY POPPINS RETURNS.

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People demand refunds after utterly 'sloppy' performance of 'The Wiz'

Dorothy forgot her lines, the Cowardly Lion looked more like a bear and the magical land of Oz was displayed on a laptop projector.

A subpar performance of "The Wiz" put on by a concert promotion agency this past weekend at the Brown Theatre has caused dozens of Louisville customers to call and demand refunds, according to an employee at the Kentucky Center For the Performing Arts.

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It's Today! : Freddie Mercury, Elton John & Prince

Although jukebox musicals showcasing songwriters' catalogs are preponderant on the Great White Way - look no further than the currently running BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL, SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL, The Go-Go's HEAD OVER HEELS and THE CHER SHOW for proof of that - they have not set Hollywood alight in the same manner; at least not until now.

Strangely, original movie musicals utilizing the songstacks of some of the biggest artists in music history have generally failed to catch on with audiences in the 21st century. Indeed, for every MAMMA MIA!-sized smash hit there are several box office duds, such as Bob Dylan tuner I'M NOT THERE, Cole Porter revue DE-LOVELY and The Beatles phantasmagoria ACROSS THE UNIVERSE. Even the big screen version of the Tony Award-winning jukebox biomusical that kicked off the trend on Broadway, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons showcase JERSEY BOYS, was relatively DOA when it hit cinemas a few years ago. But, thankfully, that trend seems to be coming to an end.

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“Leap forward with no fear and pursue it with all you have.” – Chatting with Rock of Ages Sam Harvey!

I would like you to meet Sam Harvey! Sam is currently starring in the 10th Anniversary Tour of Rock of Ages playing the role of Stacee Jaxx! When you are in this industry, you come across a lot of wonderful people from all walks of life. I think anyone who has met Sam Harvey can definitely agree that not a better man there is. From being in Bayside! the Musical! to being the “Librarian” at AMDA the career for Sam Harvey has been a wonderful and fantastic journey!

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Any Dream Will Do

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's seminal musical JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT will return to the West End next year.

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Netflix Gets Musical


The streaming service is serving up two brand new musical series from the creative forces behind GLEE and LA LA LAND.


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THE LION KING Roars Again

Everything old is new again in Hollywood and no greater evidence of that fact is the spate of silver screen revivals coming fast and furious from the House of Mouse. The enviable worldwide box office receipts of recent live-action revivals of CINDERELLA, THE JUNGLE BOOK and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST to the collective tune of $2 billion is proof in the pudding that audiences are lapping up the opportunity to revisit the popular properties that informed their childhoods, while also introducing the internationally recognized entities to an entirely new generation. This holiday weekend, Disney offered the preliminary glimpse of the silver screen reboot of a particularly beloved animated masterpiece from 1994, THE LION KING, to universal adulation.

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A Father & Son Team: A Conversation with Lin Manuel Miranda & Luis A. Miranda Jr.

Sitting center stage at the Geffen Playhouse, Broadway sensation and Hamilton creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda and his father Luis A. Miranda Jr., enlightened the audience for 90 minutes about theatre, Puerto Rico and Lin-Manuel’s new movie role in Mary Poppins with moderator Soledad O’Brien. Together this father and son team are very entertaining.

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Turkey Lurkey Time

A Tasty PROMISES, PROMISES Thanksgiving Treat

One of the most spectacular choreographic achievements in Broadway history salutes today's turkey-themed holiday.

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Memory Lives Again

CATS Leaps To The Big Screen

Major stars of the stage and screen will don whiskers and fur for the major motion picture adaptation of the celebrated mega musical.

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"Motown: The Musical" Gears Up to Play the Hits in Scotland's Capital.

It's the run up to Christmas which means theatres are preparing for Panto season. However, in the case of the Edinburgh Playhouse, it's preparing for a busy November and December which features two fantastic musicals. In December they have the fabulous “Kinky Boots” stomping it's way through their doors, but first, “Motown the musical”, which gives  audience members the ultimate experience of Soul music.

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FOSSE/VERDON Coming to FX

IT'S TODAY! FOSSE/VERDON & All That Jazz

Casting is now complete for the hotly anticipated small screen miniseries all about the iconic partnership of Broadway legends Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon.

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Come What May

IT'S TODAY! MOULIN ROUGE! Can Can-Can

Everyday, OnStage Blog shines a special spotlight on the biggest and most buzz-worthy news of the moment with a critical column examining an exciting entity particularly pertinent to the theatrical zeitgeist of the moment... today? MOULIN ROUGE! comes to Broadway.

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