Hellllllllo, Heathers. (Sung in the key of MURDER.) Read… 12/10/13 10:30pm Tuesday 10:30pm

Kristen Wiig made a surprise appearance on SNL's cold open in what must have been a conscious effort on the part of NBC to stamp out all the The Sound of Music ridicule by spoofing all the spoof out of it. It seems to have worked, though I really think we're still missing an angle. Maybe a naked appearance from… Discuss… 12/08/13 5:00pm Sunday 5:00pm

Bunheads might be gone, but it is not forgotten. Especially considering that there is fucking nothing else to watch MY GOD TV this season. /complain. Read… 11/25/13 11:30am 11/25/13 11:30am

On tonight's episode of Parks & Recreation — the last to air until January because NBC wants more people to watch Sean Saves The World/ oh my god NBC what are you doing? — Leslie Knope and Councilman Jamm pair up for a gender-bending rendition of the karaoke favorite "Summer Nights." Here's the entire performance. Read… 11/21/13 10:30pm 11/21/13 10:30pm

I know some of you are tired of the "Disney Does" that's infected the Internet like HTML mono, but this one is SO FUCKING AWESOME. Read… 10/30/13 9:30am 10/30/13 9:30am

It's no secret around these parts that I'm very into musical theater, but truth be told, I hadn't given comedians/MADtv alums Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele much thought beyond "Oh, they seem funny," until late last night when a friend sent me this clip from the recent Key and Peele season premiere, featuring the … Read… 9/20/13 5:00pm 9/20/13 5:00pm

The kid playing Jesse might be the best ever, even more than Aaron Paul. And Aaron Paul is the best ever. Wait, no, lil' Gus is definitely the winner. Oh crap, pregnant Skyler rules, too. Read… 8/05/13 10:00am 8/05/13 10:00am

Over the weekend, PBS aired ANNIE: It's a Hard Knock Life, From Script to Stage, a documentary about the classic musical's current Broadway revival. Perhaps you missed it because you (wrongly) thought you had better things to do on a Friday night than stay home and watch an Annie documentary on PBS. If that's the… Read… 7/01/13 2:40pm 7/01/13 2:40pm

This catchy song stars your freshman year musical theater roommate — you know, the one who sang the entire first act of Evita whilst using all the hot water — and all of her triple threat friends. They got together, dropped some acid (or not, they are a naturally cheerful people!) and made this enjoyably grating… Read… 6/05/13 1:10pm 6/05/13 1:10pm

They're making a film adaptation of Into the Woods! Did you know that? Did I know that? This is the type of news item that I go out of my way to stay on top of. How could I not have known? Read… 5/15/13 4:30pm 5/15/13 4:30pm

Cyndi Lauper, the woman your fourth grade teacher told you was a bad role model because girls want to do so much more than just have fun, is back at it. This time, she's writing songs for new Broadway musical Kinky Boots. Based on the 2005 British comedy, and written by Harvey Fierstein, it's the story of a man who's… Read… 4/07/13 8:30pm 4/07/13 8:30pm

The Broadway version of Matilda the Musical is trying to exorcise its thornier British-isms before opening for thick-skulled, waxy-eared American audiences, among which there is hardly a single theatergoer with a real appreciation for the British idiom. Read… 3/17/13 2:00pm 3/17/13 2:00pm

What can be said about this morning's Cabaret reunion on the Today Show? Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Michael York and Marissa Berenson were all there to celebrate the famed movie-musical's 40th anniversary and something was a little off about the whole situation. Liza wasn't nearly Liza with a Z enough (though major… Read… 1/30/13 12:20pm 1/30/13 12:20pm

I know, right? Read… 1/27/13 10:15pm 1/27/13 10:15pm

Well, this is wonderful news. The Groundlings in Los Angeles are performing Teen Witch: The Musical, what's no doubt gonna be a hilarious re-telling of the greatest movie ever stolen from my teenage dreams and made into reality. Read… 1/21/13 11:00pm 1/21/13 11:00pm

Les Miz purists beware: The folks behind the upcoming film adaptation of the musical have been fiddling around with your favorite story and have even gone as far as to add a brand new song. Sacrebleu! Read… 12/10/12 12:40pm 12/10/12 12:40pm

Fellow musical theater dorks, prepare to melt into a soupy puddle of tears and excitement. The release date for Les Miserables is just around the corner and — do you hear the people sing? — they've just put out the film's second trailer. Where as in the first preview, we merely caught a glimpse of a Hugh Jackman and… Read… 11/08/12 6:45pm 11/08/12 6:45pm

Deborah Ann Woll, the actress who plays Jessica on HBO's True Blood, is a woman of many talents. Not only can she play an angsty vampire forever trapped in a 17-year-old's body, but, it turns out, she's also a big fan of musical theater and a heck of a singer herself. Watch as she, put on the spot by Peter Travers,… Discuss… 8/16/12 3:00pm 8/16/12 3:00pm

One question: Where the fuck is Wallace? Read… 6/05/12 12:50pm 6/05/12 12:50pm

These days, it's hard to go 5 minutes without getting some sort of alert from Twitter, Facebook, text messaging or email. Being wired in has it's perks, but there are times when it can feel pretty damn inundating. Filmmaker Chris Crutchfield portrays this modern dilemma quite charmingly in his short Digitals: A… Read… 2/01/12 12:40pm 2/01/12 12:40pm

Dear John Waters, I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but figured that if you didn't hear it from me, someone else would tell you the tragedy that has befallen your beloved civil rights/self acceptance/ dancing musical masterpiece Hairspray. Are you sitting down? Good. Read… 1/31/12 7:00pm 1/31/12 7:00pm

The Richland School District in Pennsylvania was planning to stage the musical Kismet in February, but switched to Oklahoma! after parents complained about performing a show about a Muslim poet so close to the anniversary of 9/11. Administrators admit there's no objectionable content in the Tony Award-winning musical,… Read… 9/21/11 10:40am 9/21/11 10:40am

Ladyboner alert: Disney has released this behind-the-scenes look at the Broadway cast of Newsies. Yes, it'll be weird to see someone other than a young Christian Bale in the role of Jack Kelly, but how wonderful would it be to see our favorite early-90s Disney period piece done live? Very wonderful. Read… 9/13/11 4:50pm 9/13/11 4:50pm