Universal enchants CinemaCon audience members with an extended look at Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the Broadway musical. There’s no place like CinemaCon for Universal to debut enchanting new footage for Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of Wicked! On Wednesday, the studio dropped a house on the CinemaCon crowd at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, helping Elphaba, … Read more
A jukebox musical based on the songs of Prince is coming from producer Ryan Coogler and Universal Pictures. Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today…to tell you about this Prince jukebox musical headed our way. It has been announced that Ryan Coogler will be producing a new film for Universal that will rely heavily on … Read more
A new report states that Joker: Folie à Deux will be a “jukebox musical,” with at least 15 covers of well-known songs. When it was revealed that Joker: Folie à Deux would have elements of a musical, fans weren’t quite sure how far the sequel would lean into that aspect. Well, according to Variety, the … Read more
The first reactions to Todd Phillips’ surreal Joker: Folie à Deux praise Lady Gaga’s Harley and the film’s entertaining musical elements. Cake up on some makeup, be ready to dance atop the Highbridge stairs, and smile because early reactions for Joker: Folie à Deux are soft-shoeing their way onto social media. Following a blind screening … Read more
Recent Oscar nominee Colman Domingo to star in musical biopic about legendary singer Nat King Cole, which he will also direct. Fresh off his Best Actor Academy Award nomination for Rustin, Colman Domingo has been busy filling up his slate, with Variety reporting that his next project will see him starring as legendary singer Nat … Read more
Get in, losers. 20 years after the original movie came out, Mean Girls is returning to the big screen. Tina Fey’s iconic 2004 teen movie was adapted into a Broadway musical and is now being re-adapted back into a musical movie. Once again, we have a new student, Cady Heron (Angourie Rice) from Africa, who … Read more
Our Flag Means Death and Relax, I’m From the Future actor Rhys Darby says a Flight of the Conchords reunion could happen! Dig your business socks out from the back of your dresser drawer because it might be business time before you know it! Rhys Darby (Next Goal Wins, Relax, I’m From the Future, Our Flag Means … Read more
I only want to see you laughing in the purple rain … on Broadway? That could be in the offing some time in the near future, as news has broken that Purple Rain, the classic ’80s rock film starring (and with music by) Prince, is being adapted as a stage musical. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Purple Rain on … Read more
The show is smoothly staged before an appreciative audience, with well-chosen theatrical touches. The simplified sets – café, Jenna’s modest living room, Jim’s doctor’s office – swing in and out, suggesting the locations without trying to be too detailed. In one particularly effective musical number, the furniture from one location slides away mid-song, leaving Jenna … Read more
A 13 Going on 30 musical is in the works based on the 2004 coming-of-age rom-com starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo. It might be time to brush up on your “Thriller” dance moves because a 13 Going on 30 musical is heading to the stage! That’s right, coming-of-age rom-com fans, a musical adaptation of the 2004 … Read more