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'The Prom' Review: A Party That Packs a Punch

'The Prom' Review: A Party That Packs a Punch

Showbiz Cheat Sheet — Ryan Murphy's The Prom - based on the short-lived Broadway production of the same name - takes four narcissistic Broadway performers from The Great White Way to a small town in Indiana. On a PR mission to boost their not-so-admirable public reputations, they decide to aid a high school lesbian who wants to attend the prom with her girlfriend.

'The Sinner' Creator Derek Simonds on Season 3: Upping the Ante via Isolation and a Spiritual Cri...

'The Sinner' Creator Derek Simonds on Season 3: Upping the Ante via Isolation and a Spiritual Cri...

Showbiz Cheat Sheet — Each season, takes audiences on a character-driven whydunit, exploring the depths of human nature as trauma acts as a guiding force - revealing what we are capable of when pushed to the mental brink.

'Dark Waters' Review: Class Conflicts Erupt From a Shameless and Amoral Abuse of Power

'Dark Waters' Review: Class Conflicts Erupt From a Shameless and Amoral Abuse of Power

Showbiz Cheat Sheet — Dark Waters lifts the veil on a disturbingly relevant true story, one that exposes the cruelty and class conflicts bound to emerge when morality comes up against money. The films center on tenacious defense attorney Robert Bilott ( Mark Ruffalo), who goes up against one of the world's largest corporations as its best-kept secret - one resulting in a growing number of unexplainable deaths and illnesses - comes to the surface.

'WandaVision' Review: 'Bewitched' Meets 'The Twilight Zone' Meets the MCU

'WandaVision' Review: 'Bewitched' Meets 'The Twilight Zone' Meets the MCU

Showbiz Cheat Sheet — WandaVision is a story set in suburbia with super-powered beings at the helm. It kicks off in a fashion reminiscent of Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie - intentionally mimicking the grandeur of the bygone sitcom - before veering off into the twisty-turny. It's reverence meets reinvention.

'Avengers: Endgame:' 3 Heroes Who Fight With the Most Style

'Avengers: Endgame:' 3 Heroes Who Fight With the Most Style

The Cheat Sheet — When it comes to MCU fight sequences, there's no shortage of impressive combat skills, stealthy takedowns, and amusing intimidation tactics; however, certain Avengers fight with an inspiring degree of pizazz. Regarding outsmarting or outmaneuvering the enemy, brains before brawn is the key.

Netflix's The Umbrella Academy's First Rain Is Darkly Refreshing - Hollywood Insider

Netflix's The Umbrella Academy's First Rain Is Darkly Refreshing - Hollywood Insider

hollywoodinsider.com — The Umbrella Academy – a Netflix original based on Gerard Way’s comic book series of the same name – provides a fresh perspective on the oversaturated superhero genre. Taking a soirée of super siblings, all harboring suppressed childhood trauma and barely managing adulthood, The Umbrella Academy puts its darkly comic foot forward. And in doing so, ventures into an absurdist splendor.

Javier Muñoz, Maury Yeston, Ann Harada, and More Will Celebrate the Richard Rodgers Theatre | Pla...

Javier Muñoz, Maury Yeston, Ann Harada, and More Will Celebrate the Richard Rodgers Theatre | Pla...

Playbill — Cabaret & Concert News – Javier Muñoz, Maury Yeston, Ann Harada, and More Will Celebrate the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Feinstein's/54 Below will celebrate the music and rich history of the venue February 10. Home to Hamilton, In the Heights, Lost in Yonkers, Nine, and more, the Richard Rodgers Theatre has hosted more Tony Award-winning Best Musicals than any other theatre on Broadway.

The Batman Already Has Some Batman Returns Parallels

The Batman Already Has Some Batman Returns Parallels

Screen Rant — Matt Reeves' The Batman movie already has some noticeable parallels to Tim Burton's Batman Returns sequel from 1992, though there are differences. Matt Reeves' Burton's film was a follow-up to his 1989 movie The Batman is shaping up to be quite similar to Tim Burton's 1992 take on the Caped Crusader, Batman Returns.