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Discover our top picks for Broadway shows and Off-Broadway shows to see this month, including new shows premiering and last-chance shows closing this month.

On Monday, May 22, Covenant House, the largest charity in the Americas helping homeless and trafficked youth, gathered supporters to celebrate their annual Night of Covenant House Stars Gala. The event took place at the Javits Center Terrace & Pavilion in New York City. Check out photos from the event here!

30 LGBTQIA+ artists share how they celebrate Pride all year long.

2021 Oscar Predictions: Best Actress [Updated March 6] Paul Sheehan The motion picture academy has handed out Oscars for leading performances since the first ceremony in 1929. While the Best Actor prize is typically taken by a veteran, the Best Actress Oscar has tended to go to an ingenue. However, those age biases could be changing. While a whopping 32 of the 94 Best Actress champs have been in their 20s when they picked up their Oscars, the last three women to win were 60-year...

CinemaBlend If you finished The Prom without ‘one thing’s universal, life’s no dress rehearsal’ ringing in your head, did you even see Ryan Murphy’s Netflix musical? The movie based on the Broadway musical has audiences jumping out of their seats to sing and dance the catchy earworms throughout the sparkly and star-studded adaptation. The movie tells a sweet message about empathy, acceptance and inclusivity. But it’s also a big theatre mood, which means we’r...

The mall is the setting for an early heist scene, where Wonder Woman – whose day job is now at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in nearby Washington, D.C. – swings up and around three levels to take down a crew of jewelry-store robbers (whose plunder is no ordinary gem) and save a little girl. “It’s just such a perfect location,” director Patty Jenkins says of Landmark, built in 1965 and operational until 2017. “And the fact that it was empty and we wouldnt be nego...

I really, really wanted to hate The Prom on Netflix. I’ll be honest: I’d read review after review, and was expecting watching The Prom to be just as “gruelling” as critics were saying. Couple that with the fact James Corden should never have been allowed to play a gay role, in this film or any other, I turned on Netflix with a large amount of trepidation. After 10 minutes I told my mates it was “absolutely horrible”, but after another 10? I was hooked. If you ignore he-who-must-not-...

Is Jo Ellen Pellman gay? Does The Prom star have a partner?   Jo Ellen Pellman stars as Emma in Netflix’s The Prom but is the 24-year-old actress gay? Does Jo Ellen Pellman have a partner? The Prom tells the story of Emma Nolan, a high school girl who simply wants to take her girlfriend to prom. Emma is played by newcomer actress Jo Ellen Pellman who has won fans’ hearts since the film released on December 11th. As Emma is a gay character, a number of fans have been left wondering if the a...

»The Prom Movie Review: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and James Corden Will Thwart Your Frozen Heart 2-MIN READ The Prom Movie Review: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and James Corden Will Thwart Your Frozen Heart The performer who takes you by surprise is James Corden. He is instantly the person you adore the most out of everybody. He is so sassy and so vulnerable when he needs to be. FOLLOW US ON: Director: Ryan Murphy Whats better than watching Meryl Streep act? Streep dancing and singing at the ...

CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard It is not too much of stretch to imagine Meryl Streep and her pal Nicole Kidman starring in a new, old-fashioned musical, yet seeing Keegan-Michael Key in the ensemble is unexpected - but welcome, nonetheless. However, those women are not the only veterans to the genre and the comedian is far from the last surprise in Directed by Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy, the film is based on a Tony-nominated hit stage show of the same name that was actually inspired by a hear...