Hop Into These 14 Rabbit Holes This Spring

Reynolds’ weekly column exploring songs and scenes at the intersection of music and digital culture, separating shitpost genius from shitpassé lameness. This week, Kieran checks in on scenes far and ...

Musician admits to $10M streaming royalty fraud using AI bots

North Carolina musician Michael Smith has pleaded guilty to collecting over $10 million in royalty payments through a massive streaming royalty fraud scheme on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and ...
Polygon

Mewgenics may get a musical, according to the hit roguelite's co-creator

Mewgenics, the strange turn-based tactics game all about cat breeding, has become a rampant success since its release in early February, impressing players with its layered mechanics, seemingly ...
collider

'The Musical' Review: Somehow, This Movie About a 9/11 Play Isn’t Dark Enough

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...
Gizmodo

Maggie Gyllenhaal Insists ‘The Bride!’ Isn’t a Musical, Despite All the Singing

Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale also do a lot of dancing, apparently, in the creature-feature romance hitting theaters March 6. Reading time 2 minutes When news about Maggie Gyllenhaal’s bold, punk ...
National Catholic Register

‘Bernadette, The Musical’ Brings Inspiring Story of Marian Visionary to the U.S.

After being seen by over 400,000 people across Europe, Bernadette, The Musical is making its debut in the U.S. on Feb. 19 at Chicago’s The Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture. The musical tells ...
TheWrap

‘The Musical’ Review: Will Brill Brings the House Down in Darkly Funny…9/11 Musical?

First things first: “The Musical” is indeed about a musical. Your next question will then likely be, “Well, what kind of musical is it?” Well, and this must be established up front, it’s a 9/11 ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘The Musical’ Review: A Theater Teacher Breaks Bad in Dated Dark Comedy Starring Will Brill and Rob Lowe

Woke jokes, drama jokes and 9/11 jokes commingle in Giselle Bonilla’s movie about romance and revenge among faculty at a high school. By Richard Lawson It begins with a most Sundance-y premise: A ...
USA Today

'High School Musical' turns 20 – Look back at the Disney cast

The year is 2006. No dress can be worn without a pair of leggings underneath. Side parts reign supreme. And "High School Musical" is gearing up to make DCOM history. Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, ...
Rolling Stone

All the Songs from the Original ‘High School Musical,’ Ranked

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 20 years since Disney Channel made history with the first High School Musical. Back then, the film became the highest-viewed premiere for a Disney Channel Original ...
Los Angeles Times

‘The Notebook: The Musical’ isn’t transcendent, but it locates some wisdom in its transformation to the stage

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The problem with musicals spun from popular books and movies is that too often all they’re trying to do is ...