Broadway Star Jeremy Pope Will Lead Ryan Murphy’s HOLLYWOOD
Deadline reports that ‘Choir Boy’ and ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ star and Tony nominee Jeremy Pope will star opposite Darren Criss on Netflix’s ‘Hollywood,’ from executive producer Ryan Murphy.
BWW Interview: Ryan McCartan Talks SCOTLAND, PA, His New EP, and the Latest R&H Goes Pop!; Plus Watch the Premiere!
Ryan McCartan knows his way around stage, screen, and recording studio, and now he’s pulling a thread from all three starring in the latest video from the RH Goes Pop series McCartan took a moment out of his artistically packed day to chat with us about the video, his current project Scotland, PA, and even his latest EP, Seventh Avenue.
Cats Star Jason Derulo Shares Tips and Tricks to Embody ‘Full Cat Vibes’ as a Jellicle
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat, but for Jason Derulo, there’s nothing curious about his moves.
The singer, who plays the feline in the upcoming film adaptation of Cats, recently invited Men’s Health into his home to give a tour of his gym and fridge. Amid the 12-minute reel of Derulo working out, protein-fueling, and talking about working out or protein-fueling, Derulo also shares a few tips on becoming a Jellicle cat.
WATCH: The First Trailer for the Cats Movie
To prepare for his performance as Rum Tum Tugger, Derulo joined his co-stars (like Taylor Swift and Jennifer Hudson) at Cat School, leading to “five months of full cat vibes.” He’s now a feline scholar and “really engulfed in the cat world.”
What does Cat School entail? “It was a lot of all-fours movement,” the R&B star explains. Throughout his studies he learned to “go from standing upright to going straight to all fours in an instant,” as well as how to coordinate his movement to using front and hind legs simultaneously, instead of the human instinct to alternate.
“They’re not like us, right?” he says. “We switch—right leg, left foot—cats are the opposite. They do same arm, same leg. They don’t have arms, but you know what I mean.”
We’re discussing furry humans competing to ascend to cat heaven, so who can truly know what anyone means?
READ: What We Know About the Cats Movie So Far
The movie version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and T.S. Eliot musical sensation arrives in theatres December 20.
Check Out the Cast of the Cats Movie
David Josefsberg Joins Broadway’s Beetlejuice September 24
David Josefsberg, last seen on Broadway in The Prom, joins the company of Beetlejuice beginning September 24. He takes on the role of Adam Maitland in the musical adaptation, currently playing the Winter Garden Theatre.
The actor replaces Tony nominee Rob McClure, who took his final bow as the kind-hearted ghost September 22. McClure will go on to star in the world premiere of the Mrs. Doubtfire musical at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, having recently headlined a reading of the Broadway-aimed show.
Prior to The Prom, Josefsberg appeared on Broadway in Waitress, An Act of God, Honeymoon in Vegas (alongside McClure), Motown, The Wedding Singer, Grease, and Les Misérables.
WATCH: The Cast of Broadway’s Beetlejuice Celebrates ‘Day-O’ Writer Lord Burgess on Stage
Beetlejuice, featuring a score by Eddie Perfect and a book by Scott Brown and Anthony King, also stars Alex Brightman as Beetlejuice, Sophia Anne Caruso as Lydia, Kerry Butler as Barbara, Adam Dannheisser as Charles, and Leslie Kritzer as Delia.
Alex Timbers directs the staging, which earned eight Tony Award nods including Best Musical earlier this year.
Production Photos: Beetlejuice on Broadway
BWW TV: The Kid Critics Had Nothing But a Good Time at ROCK OF AGES
We are continuing the series with Tai, Isabella, and Charles, who recently headed to New World Stages to check out Rock of Ages. Curious about what they thought about the show Find out below
Ryan Reynolds And Will Ferrell To Star In Musical Adaptation Of A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell are developing a comic musical retelling of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.