Theater

The house used in one of America’s favorite holiday movies is up for sale. The classic movie A Christmas Story that was filmed in Cleveland Ohio back in the early 80’s never gets old. The house that was used in the movie which is located at 3159 West 11th st was recently placed on the […]

McDonald’s is getting everyone in Black Panther spirit with their new promotion for the upcoming movie release. McDonald’s is now offering Happy meals with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever toys leading up to the movie next week. The Happy meal toys will offer 10 different characters from the movie. I wonder if these toys will make […]

If you are looking for Hamilton tickets the Rochester Broadway Theatre League is warning about fraudulent ticket sales. The broadway show will hit Rochester at the Auditorium Theatre Nov. 1-13. Orchestra seats start at $99 and balcony seats start at $49. Ticketmaster and the Auditorium Theatre Box Office are the only official and authorized sellers, […]

James Earl Jones has reportedly stepped back from voicing Darth Vader after over 40 years. According to a story from Vanity Fair, which focuses on the Ukrainian start-up company Respeecher. The 91-year-old “signed off” on utilizing Respeecher’s AI technology to recreate his voice as Darth Vader. The company used the tech and Jones’ archival recordings to bring […]

The historical action epic “The Woman King,” starring Viola Davis, was 1# box office movie in its opening weekend. Stellar reviews and positive word-of-mouth, helped the film make $19 million. Arriving at the higher end of expectations. Independent tracking services projected “The Woman King” would kick off with $15 million to $18 million, while Sony […]

Jordan Peele ‘s UFO thriller “Nope” topped the North American charts in its first weekend in theaters with an estimated $44 million in ticket sales, Universal Pictures said Sunday. “Nope,” which opened on 3,785 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, is the most expensive film Peele has made to date with a reported $68 million […]

The 75th annual Tony Awards were held Sunday night, returning to Radio City Music Hall for the first time since the pandemic. While it was an exciting night to see the awards ‘return to normal,’ it was even extra cool to see a little bit of Rochester there. Kenita Miller, who grew up in Penfield, […]

Rochester’s own Kenita Miller was one of the nominees for the 2022 Tony Award “Best Featured Actress in a Play.” Miller who grew up in Penfield, was nominated for the production of “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf.” The award went to Phylicia Rashad for her work in […]

Jennifer Hudson joins the elite status of “EGOT”. The awards term “EGOT” refers to people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony over the course of their careers in entertainment. At the 2022 Tony Awards Hudson achieved EGOT with her Tony win for producing “A Strange Loop.” Notable figures who […]

“A Strange Loop,” a scalding story about a gay, Black theater artist confronting self-doubt and societal disapproval, won the Tony Award for best new musical. “MJ,” a jukebox musical about the entertainer Michael Jackson, also landed key prizes. Winning lead performance by Myles Frost, a 22-year-old in his first professional stage role, and for the […]