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At 20 years old, Gaten Matarazzo is already something of a Broadway veteran. The New Jersey native was only 9 when he made his debut in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, a few years older when he appeared in Les Misérables and then, just last year, took over the role of “Jared Kleinman” in the final Broadway cast of the hit musical Dear Evan Hansen.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (★★★★★). The big question looming over the head of every theater geek when the cast was announced: Is Josh Groban menacing enough to play Sweeney?It was a fair query. Sweeney Todd is about a British man wrongly punished for a crime he didn’t commit.

In a Broadway season that might be remembered for a lovely, pared-down minimalism – the intriguing starkness of A Doll’s House with Jessica Chastain, the less-is-more near-concert-style presentations of Into the Woods and Parade – director Thomas Kail’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will stand out for, among many other attributes, its full-on, unabashed ambition. A prodigious theatrical event that aims for greatness and achieves it, this revival of the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler masterpiece is not to be missed.

Stephen Sondheim’s horror-musical in which throats are gruesomely slashed and cannibalism is positively hilarious. 2 hours and 45 minutes with one intermission. At the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 W.

Naveen Kumar The cannibalist startup in “Sweeney Todd” kills two birds: For Sweeney, the ruined barber who holds a grudge as steadily as he does a blade, it means turning enemies into actual mincemeat. For Mrs. Lovett, who laments that alley cats were too quick and meager to carve up anyway — well, it’s a living, innit love?  Slitting throats and baking bodies into pies is a wild and wicked business. But in the stately and star-filled revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s macabre 1979 musical that opened on Broadway Sunday night, the people-to-pastries pipeline quickly assumes a grim air of mundanity.  For its stars Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford, this lushly orchestrated and opera-scale production, from “Hamilton” director Thomas Kail, proves a magnificent showcase for their respective, jaw-dropping talents. Groban’s weighted-blanket baritone makes the prospect of reclining in his company and never waking up again seem like a great way to go. And Ashford’s fleet, agile instinct for comedy, which earned her a Tony Award for “You Can’t Take It With You,” is like a dippy bird for dopamine. But only one of them is a genuine thrill.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic It’s an interesting, telling choice that “Up Here,” Hulu’s new musical sitcom starring Mae Whitman and Carlos Valdes, is set in 1999. Not merely is the turn of the century, according to the roughly 20-year nostalgia cycle, currently in vogue, but the particular sort of moment the Y2K era was lends texture and meaning to the story “Up Here” tells. Assaying a time just before the social web allowed loners to find one another, “Up Here” presents a winning and lovely pair of oddballs singing their hearts out, in disbelief at having found one another. Here, Whitman plays Lindsay, who was lectured in childhood to shield her spiky and odd side from peers in order to be liked. “You show people the nice parts, because believe me, that’s all that people want to see,” her mother (Katie Finneran) tells her; grown up, she’s terrified to show vulnerability at all.

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Some recent Broadway arrivals added both star power and box office receipts to the weekly grosses reports, with both Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Parade selling out (the latter despite some loudmouthed neo-Nazi protesters), and A Doll’s House starring Jessica Chastain and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella coming close.

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“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” is back on the Great White Way for the first time since 2005.This time around, the story of a murderous barber will call the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre home when previews begin on Sunday, Feb. 26.The cast also features a murderer’s row of theater heavyweights including Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford, Jordan Fisher, Ruthie Ann Miles and “Stranger Things'” star Gaten Matarazzo.Not sold?For the first time since 1980, Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning score will be performed as it was in the original production.Plus, “Hamilton” director Thomas Kail is helming this iteration of the classic.And while ticket prices are rather high for the first few weeks after the crowd-pleasing musical opens, we’re happy to report that they’re a bit cheaper if you buy seats to see victims turned into meat pies far in advance.In fact, we found some tickets going for as low as $66 before fees on Vivid Seats for a matinee in May.All prices were found at the time of publication and are subject to fluctuation.Once ‘Sweeney Todd’ leaves Fleet Street and lands on 46th Street in Midtown Manhattan, the show will adopt a fairly typical schedule.Audiences can catch “Sweeney Todd” five nights a week from Tuesday through Saturday at 8 p.m.

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Michelle Williams looked glamorous as ever at the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards held at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Sunday.The actress, 42, showed off her toned arms in one-shoulder metallic gold gown, which she paired with a statement gold necklace. Williams is nominated in the Best Actress category for her work in Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans.   Glamorous: Michelle Williams looked glamorous as ever at the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards held at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on SundayShe is competing against Cate Blanchett (Tár), Viola Davis (The Woman King), Danielle Deadwyler (Till), Margot Robbie (Babylon), and Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once).  The beauty wore her short blonde tresses parted in the middle and in light waves.She accentuated her naturally stunning features with a touch of mascara and peach lipstick. Lovely: The actress, 42, showed off her toned arms in one-shoulder metallic gold gown, which she paired with a statement gold necklace Michelle attended the event solo, but she has been married to theatre director Thomas Kail since 2020.The couple share a three-year-old son named Hart and recently welcomed another baby over the summer.Williams also shares 17-year-old daughter Matilda Ledger with the late actor Heath Ledger, who passed away in 2008 from an accidental overdose.

Michelle Williams was a vision in yellow on Saturday when she attended the BAFTA Tea Party in Los Angeles at the Four Seasons Hotel.The Fabelmans star, 42, dazzled in a canary-colored minidress, and her radiant appearance at the A-list event comes on the heels of her 17-year-old daughter Matilda Ledger being spotted in New York City.Sightings of Matilda – who is the only child of the late Heath Ledger – are exceedingly rare as Michelle has worked hard to keep her daughter out of the limelight. Gorgeous: Michelle Williams, 42, was a vision in yellow on Saturday when she attended the BAFTA Tea Party in Los Angeles at the Four Seasons HotelWith not one hair out of place in her short blonde bob, Michelle walked the red carpet in elegant beige heels and carried a cream-colored clutch. Her ethereal features and fair skin were accentuated by soft makeup and a delicate blush tone graced her lips.  Michelle attended the event solo, but she has been married to theatre director Thomas Kail since 2020. The couple share a three-year-old son named Hart and recently welcomed another baby over the summer. Kail was out and about with Michelle and her daughter Matilda when the family was recently spotted in New York City.  Radiant: The Fabelmans star dazzled in a canary-colored minidress.

She will go head-to-head against the likes of Ana de Armas and Cate Blanchett in the highly-coveted 'Best Actress' category for her role in The Fabelmans.And Michelle Williams was brimming with confidence as she arrived on the red carpet at the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Tuesday night in Beverly Hills.Michelle - who gave birth just two months ago - was joined at the soiree by her husband Thomas Kail, 44. Michelle Williams was brimming with confidence as she arrived on the red carpet at the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Tuesday night in Beverly HillsThe couple, who wed in 2020, share the newborn as well as two-year-old son Hart.

The Fabelmans star and mother of three walked the red carpet with her , Hamilton director Thomas Kail. Nominated for best actress in a drama motion picture for her portrayal of Mitzi Fabelman—a character inspired by director Steven Spielberg's mother—Williams will compete alongside Cate Blanchett (Tár), Olivia Colman (Empire of Light), Viola Davis (The Woman King), and Ana de Armas (Blonde). Previously, won two Golden Globes for her portrayals of Marilyn Monroe in the 2011 film My Week with Marilyn (2011) and Gwen Verdon in the 2019 miniseries Fosse/Verdon. Memorably, at the 2020 Golden Globes, Williams used her to make a moving endorsement of a woman's right to choose when or if she has children. By By By By More from GlamourSee More Stories© 2023 Condé Nast.

Mom’s night out! Michelle Williams glowed on the 2023 Golden Globes red carpet after welcoming her third child, her second with husband Thomas Kail.

Michelle Williams has held forth about juggling motherhood with movies - after filming The Fabelmans smack dab between having two babies.The 42-year-old stars as a character based on Steven Spielberg's mother in the picture, which is a retelling of the filmmaker's own childhood.Covering Entertainment Weekly, she remarked about managing her hectic life that 'balance isn't a stable place. Balance means that you're always adjusting.' Smile and wave: Michelle Williams has held forth about juggling motherhood with movies - after filming The Fabelmans (pictured) smack dab between having two babiesMichelle and her theater director husband Thomas Kail welcomed their son Hart in 2020 and another baby just a couple of months ago.The acclaimed actress also has a 17-year-old daughter called Matilda by her relationship with the late movie star Heath Ledger.