If you have ever wanted to see how the sausage gets made and be in the room where it happens, now is your chance. Directed by Jon Halperin, Netflix is giving viewers a special peak behind the curtain to see how the creative team raced against the clock to open Stranger Things: The First Shadow on the West End back in 2023. I caught a screening of the film last night at the Paris Theater here in Midtown and it's an astonishing and incredibly candid look into the making of a major theatrical production unlike anything I have seen before. A truly fly-on-the-wall look following producer Sonia Friedman, writer Kate Trefry, directors Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, and the entire cast and crew from early workshops, auditions, tech, all the way through to opening night.
PBS, in partnership with No Guarantees and Nouveau Productions has announced the lineup of their one-night only special event, Broadway’s Leading Ladies on March 10, 2025 at the Town Hall in New York City. The lineup so far includes LaChanze, Kate Baldwin, Jennifer Holliday, Judy Kuhn, Lindsay Mendez, Jessie Mueller, and Jennifer Simard. Additional all-star casting will be announced soon.
Theatrely's Film Review of Wicked: Part One, the Wicked Movie directed by Jon M. Chu and starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.
Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions announced that the Olivier Award-winning play Stranger Things: The First Shadow is set to begin previews on Friday, March 28, 2025 at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre. An official opening night is set for Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
Winners of the 2024 Chita Rivera Awards were announced last evening, with Illinoise, Barbie, and more being honored for dance and choreographic excellence.
Kiss of the Spider-Woman will be making its way to the big screen with Jennifer Lopez in the title role.
The season finale recap of season 3 of Only Murders in the Building starring Selena Gomez, Martin Short, and Steve Martin.
Theatrely's weekly recap of Only Murders in the Building Season 3 on Hulu starring Selena Gomez, Martin Short, and Steve Martin.
“There will be f*ck-ups!” Oliver to his cast, or me to my editor upon submitting this article.
Theatrely's weekly episode recap of Only Murders In The Building on Hulu starring Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Selena Gomez.
Waitress: The Musical will receive a nationwide release in movie theaters this December through Bleecker Street and Fathom Events.
Theatrely's weekly episode recap of Only Murders In The Building on Hulu starring Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Selena Gomez.
Theatrely's recap of Only Murders In The Building Season 3 Episode 4, now on Hulu. The musical comedy mystery stars Selena Gomez, Martin Short, and Steve Martin.
Theatrely's weekly recap of Only Murders in the Building starring Selena Gomez, Martin Short, and Steve Martin.
Matthew López talks to Theatrely about directing and adapting Red, White and Royal Blue for Amazon, as well as Some Like It Hot on Broadway
Theatrely's weekly recap of season 3 episode 2 of Only Murders in the Building on Hulu. The mysterious comedy stars Martin Short, Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and more friends from the stage and screen.
Theatrely recaps the first episode in Season 3 of Only Murders in the Building on Hulu. The Broadway-themed crime season features Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Meryl Streep, Paul Rudd, and more favorites of the stage and screen.
A24's new movie musical Dicks: The Musical has released its trailer. The film stars Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Megan Thee Stallion, Bowen Yang, and introducing Aaron Jackson & Josh Sharp.
Watch an exclusive clip from Theater Camp, starring Ben Platt, Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, and more.
Sara Bareilles' hit Broadway Musical Waitress has been turned into a film that will premiere at Tribeca Film Festival 2023. For the first time ever, the film, Waitress, The Musical - Live On Broadway! will be broadcast through the TSX app and onto a digital screen in Times Square.
The Color Purple movie musical will start playing in theaters on December 25. The film stars Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, Fantasia Barrino, and more.
Moana star Auli'i Cravalho has announced she won't reprise her role in the upcoming live-action Disney adaptation.
Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo will star in the film adaptation of Prima Facie.
The up-and-comer plays Robin in A Tourist's Guide to Love, and Ella in Descendants: Rise of Red.
Emmy nominee Sydney Sweeney will star in HBO's Reality, based on Tina Satter's play Is This a Room.
After much wait, and a few cryptic tweets that sent theatre fans into a dizzy, it was announced that Sara Bareilles' Waitress, The Musical - Live On Broadway! will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival running from June 7 - 18, 2023 here in New York City.
Jon M. Chu will direct a film adaptation of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for Amazon Studios.
The leading man won for his star turn in Samuel D. Hunter’s The Whale, based on the play of the same name.
Broadway's biggest stars walk the red carpet of the 95th Annual Academy Awards
Hollywood’s biggest night is March 12 as the 95th annual Academy Awards are held at the Dolby Theatre.
Cecily Strong, Keegan-Michael Key, Ariana DeBose, Dove Cameron, Jane Krakowski, and more are back.
Plus, look back at who played the roles in the original movie and on Broadway.
Plus, Ben Platt and Noah Galvin’s Theater Camp gets a release date.
The Broadway hopeful is playing himself in the hilarious new comedy about a man tricked into jury duty—but everyone else is an actor.
The Drama League will honor André De Shields, the Drama Book Shop, and more.
See who’s joining Renée Rapp, Angourie Rice, Auli’i Cravalho, and Jaquel Spivey.
The musical features the songs of Bob Dylan, set in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1934.
The actor, notable for his performance as Phoenix in Jagged Little Pill, is on to a new quest: National Treasure: Edge of History.
The star of Everything, Everywhere All at Once talks about how theatre prepared her for film, why she’s hesitant to return to Broadway, and more. The A24 movie is in theatres now.
The '90s-set romantic comedy will premiere this spring on the streaming service.
A release date, setting, and casting have been revealed for the Apple TV+ musical series.
Rachel Leigh Cook stars in the first American film entirely shot in Vietnam.
The winners will be announced later this year, with a number of theatre and Broadway adjacent projects scoring nods.
The 2023 Golden Globes featured standout moments from Sheryl Lee Ralph, Martin McDonagh, Amanda Seyfriend, and more Broadway favorites.
The stage-to-screen adaptation will be directed by Lisa Cholodenko.
The film will stream on Paramount+ with a release date to be announced.
The movie is set to be released as two parts in 2024 and 2025, with Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda.
The Tony nominee will join Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in the film—but which role is he playing?
The Broadway favorites earned nominations for their work in movies that premiered in the past year.
The Netflix film arrives in theatres on December 9 and on the streamer this Christmas Day.
The Hadestown Tony nominee plays Jacob Marley opposite Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, and more Hollywood stars. The Apple TV+ movie is currently in theatres and begins streaming November 18.
It’s a wonderful time of the year for Broadway fans who want to snuggle up on the couch and watch their favorites stars fall in love against a snowy backdrop. On the lineup this year are Patti Murin, Rita Moreno, Jeremy Jordan, and more.
The Disney+ documentary follows the Tony winner as she prepares for a concert at Madison Square Garden.
My So-Called High School Rank chronicles the popularity of a high school musical, called Ranked, created by Kyle Holmes and David Taylor Gomes.
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul wrote several original songs for the new holiday movie musical.
The movie adaptation of the hit musical arrives Christmas Day on Netflix.
The film capture dropped on Disney+ June 24, with an Original Cast Album now available.
Director Andy Fickman explains how he captured the beloved U.K. production at The Other Palace with an at-home audience in mind.
The proshot film capture is now streaming on The Roku Channel.
The Billy Crystal vehicle also starred Shoshana Bean, Randy Graff, David Paymer, and more.
Andrew Lloyd Webber is attached as executive producer for The Show Must Go On from Peacock.
The show features Tony winners, musical theatre callbacks, and more.
Julia Lester, breakout star of Broadway’s Into the Woods and Disney’s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, visits the American Girl Store
The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards took place September 12 at the Microsoft Theatre.
So much has happened in the past 72 hours—let's dive into everything Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and more.
The film will also get a limited release in theatres following its world premiere in October at a London festival.
The hit Disney+ TV show will return July 27.
The movie, based on the popular Broadway musical, is now streaming on Netflix, starring Eli Golden, Luke Islam, Debra Messing, Josh Peck, and more.
The musical, recorded in London, will drop on the streaming service September 16.
The film drops on Netflix August 13, starring Eli Golden, Debra Messing, Rhea Perlman, Josh Peck, and more.
Alex Brightman dives deep into his voice work on screen
The Broadway stars will begin production on Mikey’s Army in NYC this month.
Based on the hit Broadway show, the musical follows a young teen as he tries to turn his bar mitzvah into the hottest ticket in town.
The awards, celebrating the best of TV from June 2021-May 2022 will be handed out September 12 on NBC.
Rachel Berry knew how to bring the house down—and Michele will get the chance to do it again this fall in Funny Girl.
Stephen Daldry is attached to direct, who will also produce with Sonia Friedman.
The initiative, founded by Paula Vogel, is streaming on demand thanks to McCarter Theatre Center.
How to watch the ceremony, who’s presenting and performing, and more.
The original song from Theatrely pays tribute to Broadway’s historic return following an 18-month shutdown.
Tina Satter will write and direct the adaptation of her play, which ran on Broadway last year.
We all know that the Law & Order TV universe is a safe haven for theatre performers looking to be on screen. Check out which episodes feature 2022 Tony Award nominees Sam Rockwell, Sutton Foster, Patti LuPone, and more.
The Broadway favorite plays a delicious antagonist in Joel Kim Booster’s contemporary retelling of Pride and Prejudice. Plus, an update on his star turn in Drag: The Musical.
The Off-Broadway musical, starring Holden William Hagelberger, will arrive June 24 on Disney+.
The special event, one of Broadway’s favorite nights, will stream from May 22-25. The concert also included Audra McDonald, Shoshana Bean, and Lea Michele.
For any fan of Broadway, Gavin Creel is certainly a name you will know. From Thoroughly Modern Millie to She Loves Me and Waitress, The Book of Mormon, and his Tony winning performance in Hello Dolly!, Creel has cemented himself firmly in the American Musical Theatre canon. For his latest role, he has taken a turn to the darker side in American Horror Stories, a new anthology series on FX.
Renée Elise Goldsberry, Busy Philipps, and Paula Pell explain why Sweeney Todd, Hedda Gabler, and Waitress are just a few perfect vehicles for their alter egos. Plus, an update on doing a musical episode.
Cynthia Erivo will star as Elphaba opposite Ariana Grande as Glinda in the Wicked movie. Director Jon M. Chu is aiming for a December 2024 release with Part 1.
Filming will take place at The Other Palace in London, where the show is currently set to run through the summer. Heathers is based on the 1989 cult film of the same name.
SThe documentary following the one-night-only concert and reunion of the original Broadway cast of Spring Awakening will premiere next month. Seen on camera are Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele, John Gallagher Jr., Lauren Pritchard, Lilli Cooper, and many more.
The Sutton Foster-led Anything Goes was captured in London last summer. It is set to play in movie theatres across the U.S. on March 27 and 30.
Theatrely chats with Kelli O'Hara who stars as Aurora Fane on HBO's The Gilded Age by Julian Fellowes.
East Highland High School from HBO's Euphoria is putting on a production of Oklahoma! and we wanted to see who from the cast would make the most sense to assume the roles of the iconic musical.
The Broadway actress, recognizable as the original Regina George in Mean Girls and Campbell in Bring It On, is thriving in a new role – starring in the NBC sitcom Kenan. Alongside co-stars Kenan Thompson and Chris Redd, Louderman plays “Tami,” an ambitious and well-intentioned news anchor who co-hosts a morning program called “Wake Up With Kenan!” Season Two of Kenan is currently airing on NBC, but in her freetime, Louderman continues to run her non-profit songwriting contest Write Out Loud.Last week, I met with Taylor over Zoom to chat about her transition between stage and screen in a conversation full of laughs and plenty of coffee. This conversation has been edited for clarity and length.
Here is your roundup of all of the Broadway stars and talent involved in Steven Spielberg's new West Side Story. With a new screenplay by Tony Kushner, the film features a large cast of multi-talented actors, ranging from veteran performer and beloved EGOT-winner Rita Moreno to newcomer and New Jersey-native Rachel Zegler.
Netflix’s Tick, Tick...Boom! could not have arrived with more felicitous timing, offering both a time machine back to 1990’s New York City and a mirror image of the theatre community today as it once again faces the challenge of art during crisis, and cinematographer Alice Brooks contributed much to the rawness and reality of its storytelling.Originally an off, off-Broadway autobiographical musical, Jonathan Larson’s Tick, Tick...Boom! musically narrates his life and experience creating and composing musical theatre in an industry that often prioritizes profitability over provocative new ideas. Since its premiere at Second Stage Theater, and following Larson’s unexpected death in 1996, it has served not only as a well-loved underground classic, but a self-written testimony of 90’s New York theatre history, and Larson’s large role in it.
Gideon Glick has been endearing himself to audiences since originating the role of shy, lovestruck Ernst in Spring Awakening. An actor capable of generating an incredible amount of empathy for his often bashful characters, he was last seen onstage as Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors—a lauded run which was cut short by the pandemic.Never one to stay too far away from the spotlight, he recently appeared in the second season of HBO’s hit series, The Other Two, created by Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider . Playing Jess, the level-headed boyfriend of co-lead Cary Dubek (Drew Tarver) he stuck out in the surreal, pop culture-savvy comedy. His character’s sheer normalcy gave the show—possibly the sharpest, funniest critique of modern gay culture—a chance to explore gay relationships in the age of Instagram.
Two options. You either know Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, or you are about to. The newest songwriting duo quickly (and I mean quickly) rose to fame via TikTok at the start of this year when they started composing a musicalilzed version of Netflix’s Bridgerton. Since posting their first video back in January of this year, the two creators have garnered millions upon millions of views. This past month, they released the Unofficial Bridgerton Musical concept album which has topped the charts ever since. (And yes, it really is as good as everyone says.) Now, the pair joins a star-studded roster of performers for The Kennedy Center’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert which was taped a few weeks ago and will premiere on PBS tonight.
Chances are you’ve seen Lily Rabe in your favorite season of American Horror Story (AHS): she’s been on all but one of the long-running anthology’s ten iterations. The daughter of playwright David Rabe and actor Jill Clayburgh, she has made as much an impact onstage as she has onscreen, notably appearing in four productions at the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park—one of which, The Merchant of Venice, earned her a Tony nomination.Back in the innocent Murder House days of the first AHS season, it’s unlikely that series creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuck had envisioned forging what would essentially become a repertory theatre troupe. Now in its tenth season, the show has become a recurring playground for stage actors like Sarah Paulson, Denis O’Hare, and Adina Porter.
