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What to stream this week: Ice Spice, Ghostbusters, Bob Marley, Wayne Brady and new 'Futurama'
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include the long-awaited debut album from Ice Spice, the movie โGhostbusters: Frozen Empireโ mixing new and old franchise stars and Kate Upton hosts the new competition series โDress My Tour,โ where fashion and music intersect.
Cruise ship with Broadway stars to steam off to Mexico in spring 2025
A cruise ship starring some of Broadwayโs biggest names, including Tony Award-winner Laura Benanti and Emmy-winner Wayne Brady, will sail from Miami to Mexico next spring.
Broadway-bound revival of 'The Wiz' finds its next Dorothy, thanks in part to TikTok
A 24-year-old triple threat who toured in โHairspray,โ competed on โAmerican Idolโ and came to the attention of casting agents with her TikTok videos has landed the plumb role of Dorothy in the Broadway-bound production of โThe Wiz.โ.
New version of 'The Wiz' will be led by Wayne Brady and Alan Mingo Jr. sharing the title role
Two men who stepped into 6-inch heels for โKinky Bootsโ on Broadway will play the title character behind the curtain when โThe Wizโ tours the U.S. starting this fall and lands on Broadway in 2024 โ Wayne Brady and Alan Mingo Jr. Brady will star as the Wiz in San Francisco from Jan. 16-Feb. 11 at the Golden Gate Theatre, and in Los Angeles from Feb. 13โMarch 3, before hitting Broadway in spring 2024.
Tituss Burgess, Adam Lambert star in 'Ratatouille' musical
This combination of file photos shows from left to right, Tituss Burgess, Ashley Park and Adam Lambert. The entertainers are performing in TikToks crowdsourced Ratatouille musical. (AP Photo)NEW YORK โ TikTokโs crowdsourced โRatatouilleโ musical has cooked up some serious talent for its one-night-only benefit concert, including roles for Tituss Burgess, Adam Lambert, Wayne Brady, Andrรฉ De Shields and Ashley Park. โRatatouille: The TikTok Musicalโ โ fondly nicknamed the โRatatousicalโ โ will begin streaming on Friday at 7 p.m. Burgess will play Remy, Lambert plays his older brother, Emile, and Brady plays his father.
'Masked Singer' begets 'Masked Dancer,' set for December
LOS ANGELES โ Fox's hit series โThe Masked Singerโ is getting company with โThe Masked Dancer,โ a chance for celebrity contestants to show off their moves in disguise. Actor and comedian Craig Robinson ("The Office," โHot Tub Time Machineโ) will host the series, with Ken Jeong, Paula Abdul, Brian Austin Green and Ashley Tisdale as panelists. Filming has begun on the series, which will debut in December, Fox said. โThe Masked Singer," based on a South Korean TV show and an instant hit when it debuted in January 2019, has featured T-Pain, Wayne Brady and Kandi Burruss among its winning contestants. Jeong is among the show's panelists.
Beyoncs message, epic performances stand out at BET Awards
In this video grab issued Sunday, June 28, 2020, by BET, Beyonce accepts the humanitarian award during the BET Awards. The singer dedicated her award to the Black Lives Matter movement, and encouraged activists to continue to push forward. DaBaby rapped a verse from the Black Lives Matter remix of his hit song Rockstar with Roddy Ricch at the awards. While holding a baseball bat, DaBaby then stood on a stage behind a group of people who had their fists raised high while others held Black Lives Matter signs. During the performance, video clips were shown of the national protests over the deaths of unarmed Black people including Floyd, Arbery and Taylor.
BET Awards highlight Black voices as artists went political
The BET Awards served as an extension of the voices of Black people protesting in the streets about the inequalities Black people face daily, as artists used their performances to highlight the Black Lives Matter movement, civil rights and the lives of those lost because of police officers, including George Floyd. The BET Awards kicked off with Black artists rapping and singing anthems about the Black experience and fighting for equal rights. Nipseyโs family, we love you.โThe BET Awards, one of the first awards shows to air virtually, featured performances that were sharp with artsy stage production, giving extra life to the songs being performed. โI used to watch the BET Awards all the time thinking, โOne day thatโs going to be me going up there accepting my awardโ โ and now it is.โThough the BET Awards are technically about handing out trophies, the awards were an afterthought. Beyoncรฉ won the BET HER award for โBrown Skin Girl,โ shared with daughter Blue Ivy Carter as well as Wizkid and Saint JHN.
Wayne Brady Joins 'Black Lightning' as Gravedigger (Exclusive)
Wayne Brady is headed to the DC Comics universe with a new role on Black Lightning. His aim to create a sovereign land for metahumans within Markovia sets him on a collision course with the ASA and Black Lightning. Black Lightning follows Jefferson Pierce (Williams), aka Black Lightning, who is forced to become a vigilante when the rise of a local gang leads to increased crime and corruption in his home of Freeland. As for Black Lightning and its fellow CW superhero shows, the network's annual milestone event is brewing with the upcoming "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover extravaganza. Black Lightning airs Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.