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To watch “Hell’s Kitchen,” the new off-Broadway musical by Alicia Keys that opened Sunday night at the Public Theater, is to experience euphoria followed by enormous frustration over and over again. How can we not feel elated being there for the star-is-born moment of actress Maleah Joi Moon, who makes an earth-shaking professional debut as 17-year-old Ali, a fictional stand-in for Keys?Two hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission.

Monty Python would often dryly announce, “and now for something completely different.”Well, not much is different about the revival of “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” the musical that’s based on their 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” that opened Thursday night at the St. James Theatre.

“I Wish You Well: The Musical.”A musical based on Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski crash trial is coming soon to London’s Pleasance Theatre. From Dec. 13 until Dec.

Micheal Bonshor, professor of Music Psychology at the University of Sheffield speaks to the profoundly healing power of song, “The neurological pathways which process sound affect the brain’s limbic system, which is responsible for emotional responses, memory and behavior. It can also reduce heart rate, lower blood pressure and reduce cortisol, [which is] the stress hormone.”According to Michael Spitzer, professor of music at the University of Liverpool, we’ve been making noise since time immemorial.The original instrument was the human voice, followed presumably by rocks and anything else our ancestors could beat a beat out of. Going back 40,000 years, we see the implementation of bone flutes made from the remains of vultures, the most heavy metal s–t I’ve ever heard.

the musical “Parade” and Tom Stoppard’s play “Leopoldstadt.” The problem is that while “Harmony” is about a sextet of singers whose voices blend like milk and coffee, its elements do not similarly fuse into a cohesive and satisfying musical.The show, directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle, has been tinkered with by Manilow and lyricist/book-writer Bruce Sussman for nearly 30 years, but on its largest stage yet it still doesn’t quite work.Structural flaws that were mostly forgivable when the production played the more intimate Museum of Jewish Heritage downtown last year are detrimentally exacerbated by Broadway’s imposing size. The musical, therefore, is lopsided.

soarin’, flyin’.Former Disney star Zac Efron revealed in a new interview that his “The Iron Claw” co-star poked fun at him by belting out a “High School Musical” song on set. “I sung [some of ‘Breaking Free’] to Zac when I was playing my music scene. That was definitely a life experience that I’ll never forget,” Stanley Simons told People during a live Q&A event.

“Hells Kitchen” at the Newman Theater that’s based on her life.However, her finger prints are all over the musical. From the music to the coming-of-age story about 17-year-old Ali living in a cozy Times Square apartment, “Hells Kitchen” is all Keys.And if you want to see her journey live, you can grab seats to shows all the way up until when it closes on Jan.

Merrily We Roll Along,” “Sweeney Todd” and final show “Here We Are” are all playing at the same time. Over in London is a sublime revue of favorite Sondheim standards called “Old Friends” at the Gielgud Theatre that’s led by a deep-feeling Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga.Two hours and 30 minutes with one intermission. At the Gielgud Theatre in London.

pop-u-lar!Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth rushed to the defense of Lady Gaga on Wednesday after “Bachelor” alum Carly Waddell called the pop star “so extra” for singing songs from “Wicked” during lunch back in college. “I’m ready to sing FOR GOOD with our girl Gaga,” Chenoweth, 55, wrote on X (formerly Twitter), referring to the show’s penultimate ballad.

No Wonder” she threatened to replace him. Barbra Streisand revealed in her memoir “My Name Is Barbra” that she once threatened to replace Mandy Patinkin in the 1983 film “Yentl” after he said he wanted to have an affair with her while he was already married. “There was a moment, a week or so into the shoot, when Mandy and I were doing a scene in the yeshiva,” Streisand, 81, wrote.

“Spamalot,” which just began previews at the St. James Theatre, has been only up for a few days in previews and tickets are already surprisingly affordable for such a high profile show.At the time of publication, our team found tickets going for as low as $40 before fees on Vivid Seats.Given that seats for other comedic musicals on the Great White Way like “Book of Mormon” and “Gutenberg” typically fetch higher prices, this very well might be the Holy Grail of deals.Especially when you consider the talented cast on display.At all shows, fans will be treated to an ensemble featuring “Saturday Night Live” alum Taran Killam, “Ugly Betty” star Michael Urie and upcoming “Wicked” film adaptation cast member Ethan Slater (who is romantically tied to Ariana Grande).Plus, so many more.So, if you want to slap coconuts together, see flying cows and have a great “knight” on the town, here’s everything you need to know about catching “Spamalot” on Broadway.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.After debuting on Halloween night, “Spamalot” has settled into a classic eight-show a week groove.However, just like their Monty Python forebears, the show eschews tradition.Rather than going dark on Monday, “Spamalot” performances run Monday through Saturday; there are no shows on Sunday (at least for the next two weeks).After that, things get a bit more conventional.Matinees are on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2 p.m.; once Sunday shows come into play, they’ll start at 3 p.m.Want to find the show that makes the most sense for your wallet and schedule?Check out a complete calendar including all “Spamalot” at the St.

Variety. “John and Katherine are fantastic together, and during rehearsals, they had so much chemistry,” Vallelonga, 64, told the outlet.

Merrily We Roll Along. Sondheim acolytes are well versed in the show’s difficult past that dates back to the original 1981 Broadway production.Hal Prince, a longtime collaborator with Sondheim, mounted the show with a teenage cast who played the characters as both their younger and adult selves. It didn’t work.

“Wicked” is still quite “Popular.”On Sunday, Oct. 29 and Monday, Oct.

bigger.Of course, Lloyd, who directed “A Doll’s House” on Broadway last season with Jessica Chastain, isn’t this wildly imaginative production’s only risky choice.Scherzinger, from the Pussycat Dolls, is about as far away from Norma type-casting as you can possibly get. She has little in common with the Martian-esque Swanson or Glenn Close and never bothers with an eccentric turban.But her breathtaking, feral Norma is, nonetheless, a grand creature of showbiz who’s been shunned by Hollywood’s cruelly short attention span by just 40 years old.

“Book of Mormon” duo now star in “Gutenberg! The Musical!,” a hyperactive two-hander that opened Thursday night at the James Earl Jones Theatre, and their old-school chops and boisterous chemistry are why the cute off-Broadway gem has improbably wound up, as Gad’s Bud accurately puts it, “on the weird side of 7th Avenue.”“Gutenberg!” is on the weird side, all right.The appealingly nerdy show by Scott Brown and Anthony King has two equally wild identities. Call it “Mr. Hyde and Mr.

Stephen Sondheim’s 1981 show, which was a 16-performance flop when it began its life, has, against all odds, only improved as the years have rolled on. It’s better and more youthfully optimistic now than it ever was before.

“I’m Just Ken” musical number in the hit “Barbie” after studio execs questioned the necessity of the scene.“It just said in the script, ‘And then it becomes a dream ballet and they work it out through dance,'” Gerwig, 40, said during the BFI London Film Festival, according to Variety. The iconic scene comes at the film’s climax as the Kens — led by Gosling, 42, and Simu Liu, 34 — begin to fight each other on the beach before dancing it out.According to Gerwig, she was hauled into “big meetings” where she was forced to defend her position.

end of the Writers Guild of America strike. “I am so excited to be here.

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, and within days The Exorcist: Believer had been exorcised from its sought-after Friday the 13th release date.The horror sequel will now open a week earlier, while the Meg Ryan-David Duchovny rom-com What Happens Later, also originally scheduled for Eras weekend, will now open in November. The distributors don’t want that T Swift smoke, avoiding going toe-to-toe with what is shaping up to be the behemoth box office release of the fall.The cinema landscape would have looked mighty different were it not for the WGA and SAG strikes, which have stretched on for months, halting production and silencing striking actors, who are prohibited by their union from promoting major movie titles.

angel of music. Anderson Cooper went viral on TikTok Friday after he appeared to be caught off guard when a song from “The Phantom of the Opera” began playing at a Donald Trump rally in South Dakota.The reaction came while Cooper, 56, was speaking live to CNN’s senior national correspondent Kyung Lah when the ominous notes of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic musical — which recently closed on Broadway — as well as a high-pitched scream can be heard blasting throughout the auditorium. Reacting to the sudden change in music, Cooper can be seen struggling to focus on Lah, who continues to power through her segment unperturbed.“Is that,” interrupts Cooper, unable to keep a straight face.

making the rounds on social media, the “Hollywood” actress, born Dana Owens, is seen taking the stage at MetLife Stadium in a crisp, white two-piece suit, surrounded by members of the NYPD and FDNY choir, as part of a stirring Sept. 11 tribute. The emotional moment included first responders who were at Ground Zero when two planes commandeered by terrorists crashed into the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan 22 years ago today.

Caitlin Cook wrote an entire musical based on quotes she found scrawled on bathroom stalls.After college, the art history major grew tired of how pretentious that world could be, and became fascinated with bathroom graffiti.“I loved the idea that if you take all that elitism away, you just have people trying to communicate with each other,” Cook, 33, told The Post.She first found inspiration in a dive bar in Chicago: “Writing on toilet walls is neither for critical acclaim nor financial reward. It is the purest form of art.”Thus began her 10-year search for quotes scribbled in restrooms in places like Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Iceland. In women’s bathrooms, she often finds “gossipy, fun” dialogue and empowering notes.

starts previews Sept. 28 at the Shed in Hudson Yards, is based on two films by Spanish surrealist director Luis Buñuel — 1972’s “The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie” and ’62’s “The Exterminating Angel.” Act 1 is said to be “Discreet Charm,” while Act 2 is “Angel.” The second part is heavily reliant on playwright David Ives’ book.The legendary creator of “Sweeney Todd,” “Into the Woods,”“Company” and “Sunday in the Park With George” died in late 2021 at 91, and his final musical, in whatever state it’s in, will be required viewing for Sondheim buffs.

For a jukebox musical stage adaptation of a jukebox movie musical inspired by an opera based on a novel, Moulin Rouge! The Musical (★★★★☆) stands as its own spectacular spectacle, while staying vividly true to its myriad origins.Currently repped by a vivacious touring production of Alex Timbers’ Tony-winning — and still running — Broadway hit, the show most vividly recreates the maximalist visual and musical style of Baz Luhrmann’s Oscar-winning 2001 film (a personal favorite).Derek McLane’s multi-layered scenic design, dipped everywhere in red and tantalizingly lit by Justin Townsend, stirs a lush, tactile fantasy of the famed Moulin Rouge cabaret in Belle Époque Paris.And from the first sight of two scantily-clad sword swallowers beckoning us inside the club, to every last high-kicking chorine on the can-can line, Catherine Zuber’s costumes accentuate that atmosphere and inform each character.The colorful corseted frocks and bohemian-chic duds also boldly accentuate the performers’ lines and curves dancing Sonya Tayeh’s sultry choreography.

on Facebook. “It was peaceful,” she continued.

recently shuttered “New York, New York,” and wrote the songs for the Disney movies “Moana” and “Encanto,” along with some new tunes for the live-action “The Little Mermaid.” His Tony Award-winning “In the Heights” was turned into a Warner Bros. movie, and he directed Netflix’s musical film “Tick, Tick… Boom!”.As Broadway’s only celebrity composer (who’s not a pop singer), a brand new musical by Miranda would be an instant draw for ticket-buyers and a major coup for the struggling theater business.A premiere date and location are not yet known, though a tryout of the show would be a boon for the Public Theater, which was recently forced to lay off 19% of its staff and slash programming for budgetary reasons.Wherever it lands, he’s picked a fascinating title.Some viewers will remember the culty 1979 film “The Warriors,” which is fun to watch now for its authentic shots of the bad old days of New York City.

Deadline reported.Friends and family took to social media to mourn the “All My Children” actress, with Blair’s “Chorus Line” co-star Baayork Lee writing: “I am very sad to say my Sagittarian sister Pam Blair has gone to play with her [‘A Chorus Line’] colleagues among the clouds.” In a Facebook post, Lee — who shared a birthday with Blair — continued that the pair “always wrote to one another no matter where we were on that day.”Lee recalled Blair bringing the “house down every night” with her performance of “Dance: Ten, Looks: Three” from “Chorus Line.”“You are free now Pammie so dance, dance, dance among the stars,” Lee concluded her post.Born in Vermont on Dec. 5, 1949, Blair started her career as a stage actress and dancer.

West Side Story” and “Fiddler on the Roof” in is totally unrecognizable.Once we’re acclimated to the changed space, however, we start to ask more of the story. Broadway, after all, is a vastly different place than the Public Theater where I first saw the musical in the smaller LuEsther Hall 10 years ago and liked it a hair more.

the Broadway musical based on the Martin Scorsese movie, is on its last legs, sources told The Post.A person close to the production said the end of the poorly received nostalgia show at the St. James Theatre could come as soon as this month.