Musical theater heats up in the valley with the arrival of the 2023 season of Desert Theatricals in partnership with the City of Rancho Mirage.
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I love, love, love the new “Matilda the Musical” on Netflix based on the Broadway musical adapted from Roald Dahl’s 1988 novel. It stars Alisha Weir as our Matilda matching Emma Thompson’s Miss Agatha Trunchbull wit by wit.
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I had a great time talking to Pallavi Sharda and Suraj Sharma, stars of the upcoming Netflix film “Wedding Season.” In the film, they play would-be-lovers matched by their parents.
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Nick Kroll returns to the world of “Sing” for the sequel. He memorably voiced the character of Gunter the singing and dancing German pig who helped Rosita in the first film. This time, Gunter is helping create the show!
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Tori Kelly is as sweet as her character Meena in real life. She is excited for you guys to see the sequel to “Sing” that she announced there will be an advance screening of “Sing 2” Saturday. You can see the glorious film one month before it opens!
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Lin-Manuel Miranda creates his ode to struggling artists in the new Netflix film “tick..tick..BOOM!” Based on Jonathan Larson’s autobiographical musical of the same name, the film explores the failures that eventually led to the creation of “Rent.”
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I love Andrew Garfield! Not only is he a fantastic actor, he’s also sweet and gives great interview answers. And he embodies Jonathan Larson, passion and all, in “tick..tick..BOOM!” I spent some time with the actor to talk about his interest in starring in the film, singing on screen for the first time, working with Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the passion of Jonathan Larson.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda creates his ode to struggling artists in the new Netflix film
“tick..tick..BOOM!” Based on Jonathan Larson’s autobiographical musical of the same name,
the film explores the failures that eventually led to the creation of “Rent.”
