The Color Purple movie musical is set to hit theaters on December 25, infusing music into Alice Walker's classic story. The Color Purple first opened on Broadway in 2005, starring LaChanze in her Tony ...

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 20 years since Disney Channel made history with the first High School Musical. Back then, the film became the highest-viewed premiere for a Disney Channel Original ...

This time, the reader question was: Is it common for musical theatre songs to make it to the Billboard charts? During and prior to the Golden Age of Broadway, songs regularly premiered on stage and ...

What time is it? Twenty years (exactly, as of Jan. 20, 2026) since Disney Channel released arguably its most enduring original film yet: High School Musical. On the surface, the 2006 TV musical ...

Musicals are a classic genre of movies, with some of the earliest being nearly as old as the medium itself. Many of these are original, but others are based on Broadway shows. Most recent musicals ...

On Friday, former NSYNC member JC Chasez and his collaborator, Jimmy Harry, are releasing the concept album for Playing with Fire, a new musical inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Entertainment ...

The composer Cinco Paul discusses the clever references to classic musicals everywhere you look (and hear) in his new ...

Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round. May 22, 2026 • Aja Monet.

“High School Musical,” who says we have to let it go? The last film in the “High School Musical” trilogy, “High School Musical 3: Senior Year,” turns 15 on Tuesday, and you know what that means: It’s ...