The second year of the outdoor musical festival Elsie Fest is in full swing. Co-creator and producer Darren Criss (Glee, Hedwig) visited The Elvis Duran Show this morning and spilled the much-anticipated details including new venue information and the lineup. The musical festival, which debuted in 2015, has been hailed as the “Broadway Coachella” by fans and Criss due to its casual atmosphere. Last year’s guests included favorites such as Hamilton‘s Leslie Odom Jr. and Grease: Live‘s Aaron Tveit. Elsie Fest 2016 will take place on September 5 (Labor Day)
Fellow musical theater nerds, rejoice: our queen, Laura Benanti, will be debuting a new show in San Francisco next week, “Tales from Soprano Isle.” Taking its name from Benanti’s joke that sopranos will soon be exiled to an island to make room for belters on Broadway, her new one-woman show promises to be as delightful, refreshing, and delicious as a pint of vanilla ice cream. We recently spoke with Laura about her show, the power and perils of social media, and why The Sound of Music should be required viewing for all Americans. PC:
“If there’s somethin’ strange in your neighborhood Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!” The reboot of the 1984 classic Ghostbusters is, overall, a fun, laugh-filled film that is sure to delight audiences of all ages. New York City is threatened by an influx of millions of ghosts, released by a bullied, crazed genius. Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy), Erin Gilbert (Kristen Wiig), Jillian Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon), and Patty Tolan (Leslie Jones) join together to form Ghostbusters in order to learn about and fight the paranormal. Months and months before the film–or trailer–was
Season 2 of Outlander came to a tear-filled finale this month. After a season of political intrigue–and not too many of the romantic scenes Outlander became known for–fans got everything they had been waiting for and more (and, yes, I am partially referring to Jamie and Claire’s final romp in the rocks). Season 2 shared horrible & heartfelt goodbyes, introductions of new characters (from Prince Charles to the long-awaited child of Claire and Jamie), unfurling of decades-kept secrets (surprise, Brianna, Jamie is your real dad…and he’s from the 1700s!), and time-hopping