Theatre Nerd Tom Hiddleston Hamlet It’s been a pretty quiet summer for Tom Hiddleston. He popped up at Comic-Con, but—press obligations aside—he’s been flying under the radar this summer, unlike last summer, when he frolicked in the waves with Taylor Swift, and we were all so innocent and young. But, now, By Sarah • Aug 01, 2017 03:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Barfing and fainting on Broadway Page Six reported today that Jennifer Lawrence went to see 1984 on Broadway (starring Olivia Wilde and Tom Sturridge) on Monday and was sick during the performance. Apparently this show is so intense that audience members have been fainting midway through. Jennifer didn’t faint. But she vomited: But on By Lainey • Jul 19, 2017 05:11 pm
Music Jagged Little Pill, The Musical. So I try to stay away from clichés, mostly because they’re hacky, but also because I don’t find them super useful. Usually they don’t articulate much about the situation – unless they’re super insightful, and then they do, but make me seem like a hypocrite. All this By Duana • May 30, 2017 04:47 pm
TV Updates “RENT” Live on Fox Alert, Oregon Trail Generation*, this is not a drill. Fox has announced that RENT will be its next live musical (along with A Christmas Story, which I like, but… never thought of as a musical?). Take a second with that. Call back every angst-filled lyric you memorized and practiced and By Duana • May 15, 2017 02:30 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Why Lainey Cares* About Leslie Odom Jr. We’ve debated and gone back and forth, but I think the verdict is we are going to delay the taping of our #ShowYourWork podcast until after the weekend. Because the Met Gala is coming, and because Lainey and I are going to be in New York this weekend, and By Duana • Apr 27, 2017 02:34 pm
Theatre Nerd Chris Evans goes Broadway Chris Evans has attained a level of success enviable to most actors (Michael Shannon probably doesn’t give a sh*t). But Evans is clearly after more than just blockbuster box office and magazine covers—which he keeps trying to show us via magazine covers— as he takes on smaller/ By Sarah • Apr 21, 2017 11:26 am
Amazingness Mean Girls: The Musical - For Nerds, By Nerds I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Tina Fey is a choir nerd. It’s most clear to me from intense readings of Bossypants - she mentions that she was in audition-only choirs and it was a big deal, in a way that is clearly joking-but-not-joking. By Duana • Mar 22, 2017 12:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews In The Heights on the big screen I guarantee the number one question Lin-Manuel Miranda is asked by people who don’t know is “When is Hamilton going to be a movie?” He always answers “Oh… eventually”, which is polite because it doesn’t say what I would say, which is ‘what, being the most successful Broadway By Duana • Mar 01, 2017 04:11 pm
Theatre Nerd Jake’s singing heart It was opening night on Broadway on Thursday for the revival of Sunday In The Park With George starring Annaleigh Ashford and Jake Gyllenhaal, directed by Sarna Lapine. Annaleigh is already a Tony Award winner from two years ago so she has the credentials. But how about Jake? Every review By Lainey • Feb 24, 2017 09:36 am
Theatre Nerd Jake knows what to say Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford star on Broadway in the upcoming Sunday In The Park With George beginning previews on Saturday and opening officially later this month. The musical is being staged at the Hudson Theatre which has just been renovated and Jake and Annaleigh were there yesterday for the By Lainey • Feb 09, 2017 11:23 am
Music Jakey by Cary I don’t think I even need to show you this video to make you appreciate the hotness of this combination. Jake Gyllenhaal will be performing on Broadway in Sunday In The Park With George. Previews begin on Saturday. Opening night is February 23. This is Jake’s first time By Lainey • Feb 07, 2017 03:43 pm
Photo Assumption Photo Assumption: Cate and Andrew in New York Back in October, Andrew Upton was pictured in Sydney with his arm around actress Harriet Dyer. The Daily Mail published the photos and while there was nothing obviously incriminating about them, as I posted at the time, that body language made me uncomfortable. As I also wrote, however, Cate and By Lainey • Dec 09, 2016 11:01 am
Music The Hamilton Mixtape Is Modern, Stars Women Before Lainey dreamed about being the dean of celebrity studies at a small liberal arts college somewhere in New England, we would talk about how great it would be just to be perpetual students, deep in studying for learning’s sake, not for a degree and a job, Hermione Granger By Duana • Dec 06, 2016 03:37 pm
Theatre Nerd Accolades for Jake Jake Gyllenhaal has been performing this week in New York in a production of Sunday In The Park With George. The final show was last night. Theatre critics are in love with him. According to theatre critics, he sings very, very well. The Guardian says he sings "superbly" By Lainey • Oct 27, 2016 12:44 pm
Cheating Loins Cate isn't bothered Cate Blanchett is in Paris today for the Armani show. She is an ambassador for the brand and has long been one of the designer's favourites. Here she is earlier this week in New York. She'll be on Broadway for the first time in The Present By Lainey • Oct 21, 2016 02:51 pm
Theatre Nerd Six Degrees of….Allison Janney? If there is anyone in the world who doesn’t love Allison Janney, I don’t know about it or they have been sent into deep, deep hiding. Everyone loves her—because she can do everything. Beloved prestige dramas? Of course. Gigantic Chuck Lorre sitcom that’s one of the By Duana • Oct 20, 2016 11:05 am
