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Idina Menzel’s ‘Redwood’ on Broadway Gets Lost in the Forest

DEFYING GRAVITY (AGAIN)

The “Wicked” Tony-winner’s belting soars to the sky in the new original musical, which has her scaling trees and suffering through a meandering, irritating script.

Tim Teeman | Published Feb 13, 2025

Spectacular ‘Wicked’ Movie Is the Must-See Event of the Year

THANK GOODNESS

Ariana Grande is perfection. Cynthia Erivo will break your heart. Jonathan Bailey will make you swoon a dozen times. The “Wicked” movie defies gravity in almost every way.

Kevin Fallon | Published Nov 19, 2024

John Travolta’s ‘Adele Dazeem’ Gaffe Actually Saved Me

THE OSCARS MOMENT I’LL NEVER FORGET

Remembering when John Travolta’s notorious introduction of Idina Menzel’s Oscars performance of “Let It Go” fried my laptop...and rescued me from that damn song forever.

Allegra Frank | Published Mar 08, 2023

Rosie O’Donnell Raises $500K for Coronavirus-Hit Theaters

SHOW STOPPER

In a one-off YouTube edition of “The Rosie O'Donnell Show,” O’Donnell hosted stars including Patti LuPone and Barry Manilow—and raised half a million dollars for the theater world.

Tim Teeman | Published Mar 23, 2020

Kristin Chenoweth Looks Back on ‘Wicked,’ 15 Years Later

POPULAR

Fifteen years after it opened on Broadway, the original Glinda remembers the making of the hit musical and reflects on how the experiences—both good and bad—changed her life.

Kevin Fallon | Published Oct 29, 2018

Idina Menzel and a Gay, Age-Gap Relationship Get ‘Skintight’

Love, Actually

Joshua Harmon’s play ‘Skintight’ asks if an age-gap relationship can be about anything more than—for the two different parties—sex and security. And is beauty everything?

Tim Teeman | Published Jun 21, 2018

We Cried Over the New ‘Beaches’

He Said/He Cried

The Daily Beast’s Kevin Fallon and Tim Teeman, who worship the original, watched Lifetime’s new ‘Beaches’ remake. Here’s their every thought, reaction, and tear.

Kevin Fallon, Tim Teeman | Published Jan 19, 2017

Idina Menzel Doesn't Screw Up. Finally.

Oh Say Can You Sing?

We love Idina Menzel. We love her despite the fact that she seems to choke at every live performance. But at Sunday's Super Bowl, finally, she did just fine.

Kevin Fallon | Published Feb 01, 2015

The 9/11 Museum’s ‘Amazing Grace’

Memorial

A widow’s searing, perfect performance opened the remembrances of those who saved hundreds of lives that September morning, at the sacred site that commemorates where too many fell.

Michael Daly | Published May 16, 2014

The Week in Selfies

Self-Portraitists

Nickelodeon's Jennette McCurdy wears more clothes this week. Unfortunately James Franco took his selfies down.