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Inside the Met Gala: A furry feline star, a tardy Cinderella

Jared Leto as Choupette the cat, wandering around cocktails, holding his furry head in his hands

The Independent UK

Sweeney Todd: behind the blockbuster take on Sondheim’s Broadway hit

Stephen Sondheim’s darkly funny quasi-opera has been remounted as one of the year’s biggest new productions

The Guardian - US

Review: ‘Sweeney Todd’ on Broadway lets Sondheim’s tragedy howl. It will be a hot ticket

NEW YORK — Many Broadway revivals of musicals from decades past insist on revising, reconsidering and imposing. Thomas Kail’s triumphant revival of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” does none of that. At once funny, scary and disarmingly moving, this must-see production is content to peel back any…

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street review – dazzling Broadway revival

Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford play Stephen Sondheim’s murderous Victorian couple in a bold and barnstorming take

The Guardian - US

Burr Ridge’s Eleri Ward continues her celebration of Sondheim on second album

Friday brings the release of Ward’s second indie-folk CD of Sondheim covers, “Keep a Tender Distance,” on Ghostlight Records.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sondheim covers on Instagram, TikTok paved Eleri Ward's path

Eleri Ward had Stephen Sondheim’s “Every Day a Little Death” stuck in her head

The Independent UK

Meet Joshua Henry, the hunky Gaston of ABC's 'Beauty and the Beast' special

Amid the many familiar faces of "Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration" — including Josh Groban, Martin Short, Shania Twain, David Alan Grier and Rita Moreno — is one TV viewers may not know yet: Joshua Henry as Gaston, the hunky himbo in pursuit of Belle (H.E.R.). With his…

Los Angeles Times

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TV Tinsel: 'Criminal Minds: Evolution' star has a heart for the real-life cops

Just when they thought they were out — they pull them back in! And that’s not such a bad thing. The gang that solved scores of heinous crimes for 15 seasons on “Criminal Minds” is back.

Tribune News Service

New this week: Lizzo, 'Criminal Minds' and 'The Woman King'

This week’s new entertainment releases include an live posthumous album from Tom Petty, the criminal profile spinoff series “Criminal Minds: Evolution,” a documentary about the plucky Mars Rover Opportunity and a TV series that focuses on the backstage melodrama at the Chippendale’s male strip clubs

The Independent UK

TV Tinsel: George Lopez, daughter Mayan reconnect in real life and in front of camera

Children and their parents often suffer serious disputes, but they rarely make them into a sitcom. That’s exactly what comedian George Lopez and his daughter, Mayan, have done with “Lopez vs. Lopez,” premiering on NBC Friday.

Tribune News Service

Josh Groban to star in Broadway revival of ‘Sweeney Todd’ with Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford

NEW YORK — The cast of Broadway’s upcoming “Sweeney Todd” revival is a cut above.

Tribune News Service

Josh Groban gains new perspective on life, making music after COVID and two-year pandemic hiatus

Groban contends he owes “his entire career” to the generosity of Oprah Winfrey, as he was a frequent guest on her long-running Windy City gabfest.

Chicago Sun-Times

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