Tag: Musical (1-4 of 4)

Apr 18 2013 11:15 AM ET

Amanda Seyfried on 'Mean Girls' musical: 'I desperately want to be Regina'

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When we heard the rumors around a Mean Girls musical, we immediately started casting the parts. But one thing we didn’t account for was the idea that Amanda Seyfried might not want to reprise her role as Karen.

After all, what about Karen would make Seyfried not want to play her? She’s pretty. She doesn’t have to think, like, ever. She gets to wear pink on Wednesdays. She has ESPN, and her boobs can predict the weather. Or rather, her boobs can tell you about the current weather conditions. So why would Seyfried want to walk away from the character who first put her on our radar? The temptation of the dark side, perhaps? READ FULL STORY »

Feb 28 2013 03:04 PM ET

Idina Menzel will return to Broadway in new musical from 'Next to Normal' team

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It’s been eight long years since Idina Menzel hung up her broomstick and left the original New York production of Wicked, the musical that helped her win her first Tony — but next spring, one of Broadway’s most beloved belters is coming home.

Menzel is set to star as Elizabeth in If/Then, a new musical by composer Tom Kitt, lyricist/book writer Brian Yorkey, and director Michael Greif — the team behind the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal. (Greif also directed the original off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Rent, which featured Menzel as performance artist Maureen.) Here’s a vague synopsis of the new show:

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Feb 12 2013 10:19 AM ET

Scarlett Johansson on losing 'Les Mis' role to Anne Hathaway: 'I sang my little heart out'

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Back in November of 2011, Page 6 reported that Scarlett Johansson had auditioned for the role of Eponine in Tom Hooper’s then-upcoming movie musical version of Les Misérables. As it turns out, Johansson was actually up for the part of Fantine, the disgraced factory worker who sings the heart-wrenching ballad “I Dreamed a Dream” — a part that ultimately went to Oscar-nominee Anne Hathaway.

And according to Johansson, that’s exactly what should have happened.  READ FULL STORY »

Sep 29 2012 01:52 PM ET

'Pitch Perfect': High and higher notes of the little a cappella comedy that could

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From the hum of excitement in the packed theater, you’d think I was at one of the  first screenings of The Hunger Games or The Avengers, not the college a cappella flick Pitch Perfect. Universal’s gambit to move up the film’s release date with a week-long limited run was a smart one. The ”very engaged core audience avidly anticipating [the film's] release” put its money where its mouth was last night. As a liberal arts grad and (casts down eyes) former a cappella groupie, I had to face facts: I am that core audience. (WARNING: Mild spoilers follow.)
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