30 Hilarious Photoshops of Chris Christie and His Beach Chair in Broadway Shows
Actor Stephen Wallem was sick this weekend, and so decided to pair Christie up with Bette Midler, Josh Groban, Ben Platt and Patti LuPone.
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Diversity Falls by the Wayside as New York Theater Critics Grapple With Economics
As critics get laid off or leave publications, the media has to grapple with how it covers theater and the people it hires to cover it.
Laura Osnes: Broadway’s Princess Goes Vintage in ‘Bandstand’
Laura Osnes looks and sounds like a Disney princess. Her soprano voice feels like the reason people are allowed to describe singing as “effortless.” There is just no doubt that when you’re in a theater and Osnes is onstage, she’s going to hit the high note and it’s going to sound somehow better than you expect it to. And so, it was only natural that after winning NBC’s reality show Grease: You’re the One That I Want! And getting cast as Sandy in Grease’s 2007 Broadway revival, she would eventually go on to star in the Original Broadway Cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Osnes, originally from Minnesota, was a natural fit in the title role: all blue eyes and soaring high notes and small town charm.
