Mark your calendars for a fun night out, good people of Southern California: For the Record is returning to DBA in West Hollywood from February 6 through April 4 with Dear John Hughes, an original cabaret musical inspired by director John Hughes' iconic work. » 1/27/15 3:15pm 1/27/15 3:15pm

Kathie Lee Gifford's original musical comedy Today: The Musical premiered today on NBC, and holy god am I glad my job doesn't require me to literally dance to the whims of a drunk talking head. » 12/29/14 4:40pm 12/29/14 4:40pm

FINALLY, the first full-length song from Disney's Into the Woods is here. » 12/05/14 9:50am 12/05/14 9:50am

What's your reaction to NBC's Peter Pan Live!? Fart noises? Fart noises with a little shimmy dance so it looks like your whole skeleton is also making a fart noise? YO, MINE, TOO. » 11/17/14 3:30pm 11/17/14 3:30pm

Emma Stone just made her Broadway debut as Sally Bowles in Cabaret and some sneaky audience member has already taken audio recording of her singing some of the musical's most popular numbers. Her vocals are...not great, but whose are when they're being compared to Liza's? » 11/12/14 5:20pm 11/12/14 5:20pm

"All will come to a happy end," says Emily Blunt as the Baker's Wife in the latest Into the Woods trailer. I wouldn't count on it, girlfriend. » 11/06/14 6:40pm 11/06/14 6:40pm

Very important SHOW BIZ news: There's a musical adaptation of The First Wives Club in the works, and it just announced its leading ladies. Unfortunately, this information comes too late to serve as a reminder that The First Wives Club would be a great group Halloween costume. » 11/05/14 1:10pm 11/05/14 1:10pm

Let no media property escape being wrung dry for every single dollar! There's a Bend It Like Beckham musical opening in London next May. » 10/31/14 8:00pm 10/31/14 8:00pm

Into the Woods is probably one of the most eagerly anticipated films of this year, thanks to die-hard theater geeks and people who love Meryl Streep in pretty much anything. Unfortunately, so far the more we see of this film, the more worried we are that it might be a giant, sad mess. » 10/24/14 9:50am 10/24/14 9:50am

Abandon all hope, all ye who enter here. This is the first look at Disney's Into the Woods Big Bad Wolf, and that is definitely Johnny Depp in a zoot suit with wolf ears. YIKES. Everyone else looks great, though. » 10/22/14 12:09pm 10/22/14 12:09pm

We all have that favorite movie or show we've seen countless times (unless you're one of those types with self control who doesn't overwatch a favorite film so as to savor it more). I don't think I could tell you how many times I watched A Shot in the Dark or any of the Pink Panther films between the ages of 8 and 16.… » 10/05/14 12:15pm 10/05/14 12:15pm

A woman wrote a musical based on her relationship with her girlfriend and used it to surprise her with a proposal. » 10/02/14 12:00pm 10/02/14 12:00pm

Mrs. Lovett, the accomplice to murder and enabler of cannibalism in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, is a difficult role to play and not just because of the dark content and challenging score, but because it was originated by Angela Lansbury — keeper of our hearts — and no one can ever hold a candle to her. If… » 9/23/14 11:30am 9/23/14 11:30am

Robin Williams brought so many wonderful, hilarious and often heartbreaking characters to life. But one of my favorites and probably yours is Genie is Disney's Aladdin. » 8/13/14 9:30pm 8/13/14 9:30pm

If you happen to be keeping up with What Madeleine Is Mad About Right Now (I have a monthly newsletter!), you probably know that I am not happy about Disney's Into the Woods. Today, they released the first teaser trailer and I am feeling many things. » 7/31/14 4:20pm 7/31/14 4:20pm

Despite several Tony nominations, a musical based on the Woody Allen film Bullets Over Broadway will close after only five months. » 7/23/14 7:15pm 7/23/14 7:15pm

If you've ever seen a production of Into the Woods, the 1986 Stephen Sondheim musical that brings — or violently smashes —together the fairy tale classics, then you probably came away with the understanding that "happily ever after" isn't all it's cracked up to be. Get what you've spent your whole life wishing for and… » 6/18/14 6:15pm 6/18/14 6:15pm