Who was lyricist Lorenz Hart? And was Stephen Sondheim really at opening night of "Oklahoma!" with Rodgers and Hammerstein? We fact check "Blue Moon." ...

These days, concert venues complain that slow alcohol sales cut into their margins. From a 112-year-old building in San ...

In David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary of Film (Knopf 1994), Thomas Edison is a “grinch” who “always seemed grim, suspicious, and costive…. There’s an eerie contradiction between his own ...

This article appears in our February 2026 print edition. We are publishing it online ahead of schedule to include updated information about the ...

The National Film Registry has announced 25 new entries, and movies featuring many styles of music are well represented.

Wichita Community Theatre’s latest production takes audiences into a murder-mystery whodunit in The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. Directed by first-time solo director Ben Bolinger, this play is a ...

Inside the walls of East High School, there are only two things that really matter: basketball and the dulcet tones of musical theater. Directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega (Hocus Pocus, Newsies ...

The year is 2006. No dress can be worn without a pair of leggings underneath. Side parts reign supreme. And "High School Musical" is gearing up to make DCOM history. Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

Who are the most iconic figures in American pop culture? Everyone’s list would differ, but there are a few names that would certainly make a consistent appearance, and one of them is Bob Dylan. Bob ...

A new independent production company is making its first movie in Central New York. Incline Studios, led by indie filmmakers Benjamin J. Murray and Michael Christensen, are currently filming “Red Ink” ...

When we aren’t looking out for new musicals and plays being developed to champion and support, we’re looking at screen adaptations! You may have seen we recently posted a list of classic musicals that ...