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Eddie Murphy is out and Marlon Wayans is in for the Richard Pryor biopic — Cinematical Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to The Phantom of the Opera gets a premiere date! — Playbill 5 TV shows that deserve the big-screen treatment — TV.com Modest Mouse has a brand new video, and it's trippy — Stereogum The Good Wife and NCIS: Los Angeles get picked up for full seasons — HitFix Check out Read more
After Mamma Mia!'s global earnings of $600 million last year, Universal may be looking toward Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber for its next movie musical success. The studio is apparently developing an adaptation of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar with an interesting directorial choice: 500 Days of Summer director Marc Webb. Here's more: The story . . . is generally is seen as decidedly a Read more
You know how Simon often cuts down American Idol contestants by telling them their song was "too cabaret"? This week, that would have been a compliment. The top six had the unenviable task of having to take on songs by musical theater legend Andrew Lloyd Webber, and while I can't say I understand what singing Broadway has to do with being a viable, chart-topping pop star, I'm willing to make the Read more
According to Wikipedia, The Phantom of the Opera's 20-year run on Broadway has been "the most lucrative entertainment enterprise of all time." Capitalizing on the beloved musical's major success, creators of the award-winning show now say a sequel is on the way. Andrew Lloyd Webber confirmed that he has written a new score for a follow-up musical which will pick up where the first story leaves Read more
