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An oral history of how 'Grease 2' overcame the odds to become a cult classic, as told to EW by Michelle Pfeiffer, Maxwell Caulfield, and others who lived through it.

In Defense of Grease 2 + fun facts you might not have known Trivia Time: Patricia Birch was the dance choreographer for the original Grease (1978). Publicity for this sequel stated that it was the first time a female choreographer had become a film director. This movie was her directorial debut,…

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The new episode of WTF Happened to This Horror Movie? digs into the story of the making of Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 (1985)

Matthew Lopezs "The Inheritance," inspired by E.M. Forsters "Howards End," sets the tale in New Yorks gay community.

The new solo play written by Richard Greenberg ("Take Me Out," "Three Days of Rain") and starring David Ivers has insights, but also two big problems.

With Theatres finally allowed to re-open and to celebrate shows coming back Danny Kaan and Sophie Ross, creators of Dear Audience have produced 32 additional lay-in pages with performers and other theatre creatives to add to their coffee table photo-book Dear Audience.  On August 17, 2021, Criterion will release the documentary film Original Cast Album: Company, which follows the original Broadway cast and creative team of the musical into the recording studio, on DVD and Blu-ray. Broadway Rec...

Release Dates for Broadway CDs, Streaming, Cast Albums, Solo Releases, iTunes & More Ride the Cyclone (World Premiere Cast Recording) 2021 Part comedy, part tragedy, and wholly unexpected, this wildly imaginative story delivers surprises at every turn. The lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. A mechanical fortune-teller invites each to tell their story of a life interrupted, offering the chance to come to terms with thei...

Release Dates for Broadway CDs, Streaming, Cast Albums, Solo Releases, iTunes & More In The Heights (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2021 The creator of “Hamilton” and the director of “Crazy Rich Asians” invite you to a cinematic event, where the streets are made of music and little dreams become big... “In the Heights.” Lights up on Washington Heights...The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams...

The nearly 30 years that I have been writing The Lavender Tube TV column for the Bay Area Reporter has been an evolution of both the medium and the message. In 1994, then-B.A.R. Arts Editor Chris Culwell asked me to write about TV for the paper. It began as an experiment: The early columns were meditative and musing. A lot of what-if so-and-so was gay about various TV characters like The X-Files Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Law & Order: Special Victims Units Olivia Benson (Mariska Harg...