The musical has its origins in an incident that took place during Pasek's high school years. The musical "takes the notion of a teenager, ... Evan Hansen, who invents an important role for himself in a tragedy that he did not earn. Starring Ben Platt.

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing and Game of Thrones’s Charles Dance as Alastair Denniston, the film follows the story of Turing’s recruitment into Britain’s Government Code and Cypher School during WWII to decrypt Nazi communicae. Often thought of as the “father of theoretical computer scien

Two Americans and their allies form a scrappy rescue operation in 1940 Marseilles to help artists, writers and other refugees fleeing Europe during WWII.

Outlander follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a p...

Dressing up, making music, living in the moment: This is what matters to Harry Styles. Boundaries and labels? Not so much. Styles' sophomore solo album, Fine Line, scored three nods on Tuesday as the Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards. ... He became the first...

A number of celebrities have engaged in bromances with fellow celebrities. Examples include Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, described as "perhaps the pioneering bromance in showbiz history," which led to a hit off-Broadway play called Matt and Ben. Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine after the filming of the ...

Alex Chen is a gay student with Taiwanese roots who is scared about coming out to his traditional and conservative father. Though, this hide-and-seek strains the relationship with his boyfriend Kyle. Many thanks to Todd Lien who allowed us to feature his film on queerblick

"Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812" is a rock opera stylized with pop effects. Its classical leanings indicate an influence by decadent Russian art songs. It sounds like Tolstoy meets "The Threepenny Opera." The script is an adaptation of Volume 2, Part 5 of Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Pe...

Four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally's new drama, Mothers and Sons, opened on Broadway last night at the John Golden Theatre. The play continues the story McNally began in 1990 with his short play Andre's Mother, set in the weeks following the death of Katharine Gerard's son, Andre, a victim...

This video essay, the second of the series, includes more than 30 famous faces in their feature film debuts.