Afghanistan: Taliban burn musical instruments as crackdown widens
The Taliban burned musical instruments they said could misguide the youth and destroy society. The militant group banned music when…
Edelweiss singer Vince Hill dies at the age of 86 as tributes pour in for ‘musical legend’
WhatsNew2Day - Latest News And Breaking Headlines Edelweiss singer Vince Hill dies at the age of 86 as tributes pour…
‘Barbie’ Gives Us Ryan Gosling at His Peak Musical Powers
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty/Warner Bros. Despite all the ways the film pokes fun at the male…
Review: Britney Spears Musical Is a Puzzling Fairytale
Matthew Murphy How do you not get “Baby One More Time” right? That is the first mystery—and the first warning…
How the musical ‘Rocky Horror Show’ became cult
It all started 50 years ago, as a musical. Two years later "The Rocky Horror Show" was adapted into a…
How the musical ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ became cult
It all started 50 years ago, as a musical. "The Rocky Horror Show" was then adapted into a film two…
The Sara Bareilles ‘Waitress’ Movie Makes You Wish You Saw the ‘Waitress’ Musical
Tribeca Film Festival Musical theater, in several respects, is one of the less-accessible forms of mainstream entertainment. There’s the oft-prohibitive…
Review: ‘Days of Wine and Roses’ Is a Feelbad Musical Pickled in Alcoholism
Ahron R. Foster The most effective current advertisement against drinking—indeed a stark, brutally cautionary story of alcoholism—is a 95-minute musical.…
‘Casablanca’ Once Had So Many Songs It Was Almost a Musical
Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Warner Bros, Getty Images and Courtesy of the University of Wyoming In the beginning,…
Review: ‘Monsoon Wedding’ Is a Hit Film, but Not a Great Musical
Matthew Murphy What strange weather the musical adaptation of Monsoon Wedding (St Ann’s Warehouse, through June 25) is. On one…