Idris Elba Reportedly Will Join Cats the Musical the Movie
Let me tell you, when casting the movie adaptation of Cats the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical there simply can be no bad choices.
Taylor Swift Rebranding as Cat, But Which One?
Obviously I can’t wait for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats the musical the movie (directed by Tom Hooper), especially because it was announced in freakin’ 2016. Now more details are finally being revealed, in a still pretty opaque manner.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Is Making a Cinderella Musical
There are few things on this Earth as reliable as the fact that at any moment, someone is working on a new Cinderella adaptation. This time it’s *spins giant wheel* Andrew Lloyd Webber! Wow, yes, now that you mention it, the world does need a rock opera Cinderella.
Andrew Lloyd Webber to Get Lifetime Achievement Tony, Not That I've Forgiven Him for Cats
As a child, I was routinely terrorized by the singing felines in Cats. Not from the musical, mind you, but in the commercials for the musical, which aired nonstop on PBS and filled my dreams with images of lithe, scary humans with long claws and tenor ranges. Now their creator, and therefore my tormentor, is getting a…
Do Cry for Her, Argentina
No shade to Madonna, but I didn’t realize how much I liked “You Must Love Me” until I heard Lana del Rey sing it. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice wrote it for the 1996 film version of Evita, basically so something from the movie, which was otherwise full of preexisting music, could win Best Original Song at the…
Jeez, Andrew Lloyd Webber Sure Does Love Nicole Scherzinger
Does anyone, including her own mother, love Nicole Scherzinger as much as Andrew Lloyd Webber? Doubt it!
Take an Andrew Lloyd Webber SoulCycle Class and Live Your Very Specific Phantom Fantasy
Picture it: You’re settling into the damp, dark uterine warmth of your regular SoulCycle class, candles flickering atmospherically, when you hear it—the insistent organ and pounding, synth-y beats of the opening notes of The Phantom of the Opera. Act fast, and this could be your reality!
FEUD!!! Nicole Scherzinger and Andrew Lloyd Webber Squabble Over Cats Spat
The claws are out, fam!!!
Celebrities in 1988 Sure Loved Going to See Phantom of the Opera
Phantom of the Opera has been running on Broadway for more than 25 years—an impossibly long time—and it shows its age. But in 1988, it was the hottest shit going, and it had the splashy premiere to prove it.
Cats To Get Hip-Hop Makeover Featuring Rapping Cats
No, that headline is not a joke, I promise. A new revival of the beloved musical Cats will feature rap music and rapping cats. I kid you not.
Hollywood Weeps for Andy Griffith, America's Grandpa
Andy Griffith, who died this morning at age 86, was buried today on his farm on North Carolina's Roanoke Island after a small private ceremony. President Obama offered a brief tribute: "Michelle and I were saddened to hear about the passing of Andy Griffith this morning. A performer of extraordinary talent, Andy was…
Andrew Lloyd Webber Wants to Buy Downton Abbey, is Being a Real Dick About it
Proving that he is human just like the rest of us, Broadway/West End legend Andrew Lloyd Webber has found himself obsessed with Downton Abbey. Unlike the rest of us, he has the money to place a bid on Highclere Castle, the real-life estate used as Downton in the show, and is being a real showy asshole about it.…
"Peaches Christ Superstar" Almost Didn't Happen
Uninhibited electro-sex rocker Peaches was initially denied a license to perform her personal interpretation of "Jesus Christ Superstar," because Andrew Lloyd Webber's production company was worried about her phallic crucifixes and other sex-stuff. But everything worked out in the end.
Nicole Richie Hospitalized; Polanski Hearing May Be Televised
What movie doesn't benefit from some jazz hands? The producers behind the recent Broadway success Xanadu are developing a musical version of the 1995 Nicole Kidman vehicle To Die For. Because a story about a woman who commits statutory rape against a high school student and then convinces him to kill her husband is…
