Jane Lynch to Make Broadway Debut as Miss Hannigan in Annie Revival

By Stephanie Sharp at 7:00 PM on February 20, 2013

Emmy-winning Jane Lynch will make her Broadway debut when she takes over the role of Miss Hannigan in the revival of Annie during May 16 to July 14.   read more

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Avenue Q Puppets to Star in PSAs for HIV Awareness

By Anita George at 2:30 PM on January 22, 2013

A series of public service announcements about HIV and sex will run on the Logo cable channel and feature three of the puppets from the Tony Award-winning musical, Avenue Q, according to The New York Times....  read more

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NBC Reviving The Sound of Music

By Megan Farokhmanesh at 11:42 AM on July 2, 2012

The hills will once again be alive with the sound of music, if NBC has their way. According to Vulture, the company announced today that they will broadcast a live performance of the classic musical....  read more

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Back to the Future Might Become A Musical?

By Hilary Saunders at 5:08 PM on February 3, 2012

And in the latest twist of cultural transgressions, Robert Zemeckis’ 1985 classic _Back To The Future_ might become a Broadway musical.   read more

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Spider-Man Musical Delayed Yet Again

By Bo Moore at 10:37 AM on February 10, 2011

Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark has been riddled with myriad problems and delays. We recently reported that the production, for which U2’s Bono and The Edge have contributed music, was pushed back from its already-delayed Jan. 11 scheduled release to sometime in February. Next, an ending change pushed the date into mid-March, with previews ending Feb 6....  read more

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Spider-Man Musical Gets New Finale

By Nathan Spicer at 4:00 PM on January 24, 2011

The long-discussed, criticized, and disaster-laden Spider-Man musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, will now have a new finale. The New York Times reports, “patrons have complained that the show…ended with a thud; previously, a curtain simply fell to the stage after a romantic moment between Peter and his girlfriend, Mary Jane.”...  read more

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DreamWorks Announces First Animated Musical, Monkeys of Bollywood

By Nathan Spicer at 1:00 PM on January 12, 2011

DreamWorks Pictures, the folks behind hit animated films like Shrek and Antz, is now working on an animated musical called Monkeys of Bollywood, Variety reports....  read more

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Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Musical Tops Wicked on Broadway

By Nathan Spicer at 2:59 PM on January 11, 2011

Despite the array of negative press attached to Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the musical featuring music from Bono and The Edge of U2, it still took the top spot as the highest-grossing Broadway show last week....  read more

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Run-D.M.C. Headed to Broadway?

By Emily Riemer at 12:15 PM on October 26, 2009

Run-D.M.C. may be following in the footsteps of U2 and Billy Joel. U.K.‘s The Guardian reported last week that producer Paula Wagner is in preliminary talks to create a rap opera featuring the iconic ’80s group’s back catalog....  read more

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Soderbergh preps 3D musical Cleo, GBV pens score

By Jeffrey Bloomer at 12:12 PM on October 29, 2008

With a four-hour Che epic, a top-shelf legal thriller and a porn-star-led comedy all ahead of him, Steven Soderbergh's next movie had to be big if he wanted to keep up the attention he’s received in recent years. And big it is. The director has tapped Catherine Zeta-Jones, Hugh Jackman and disbanded indie-rock outfit Guided by Voices for Cleo, a 3D rock musical about Cleopatra and her lover Mark Antony. ...  read more

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