theatre

The iconic musical is given a timely new treatment.

You gotta love local theater.  Believe it or not, there is plenty of local talent right here in Central New York, and much of it has gathered together on State Street in Utica to put on this great production. Here is an opportunity for you to catch some of it at a price that is a lot cheaper than catching a show on Broadway.

A performance at a Central New York theater will take place today if the weather decides to cooperate.

We’re big fans of Groundhog Day here at ScreenCrush — I mean, we did just pick it as number one on our list of the 25 Best Comedies of the Last 25 Years — so this news, via The Hollywood Reporter, has us excited: Groundhog Day is coming to Broadway on January 23, 2017. A new version of Groundhog Day! It feels like we’re living the same story over and over and over again! But with, like, music this time.

ScreenCrush wraps up the latest in movies and TV you might have missed. Today, Frozen finally makes its move to Broadway, a Space Invaders movie (!) gets a writer, and a ranking of all of Djimon Hounsou’s sidekick roles.

Disney has had a lot of success turning their animated classics into live-action updates in recent years. ‘Maleficent’ grossed more than $750 million worldwide after ‘Alice in the Wonderland’ made over $1 billion. Another, fleshier ‘Cinderella’ is on its way this spring, and after that you can also expect a human-y ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ That film is expected to go into production later this year, and will be directed by ‘Twilight’’s Bill Condon from a script by Stephen Chbosky.

This proposal is Peter Pan-tastic.

It wasn't that long ago that there were more than 170 drive-in movie theaters in Upstate New York; today, all but 29 have closed their gates for good.

Burbank, CA (WIBX) - A new poll by "Access Hollywood" shows that sixty-two percent of respondents are not afraid to go to the movies in the aftermath of last week's deadly shootings at the Aurora, Colorado movie theatre.

Marcy, NY (WIBX) - Sometimes in the news media it is necessary for us to take a step back and allow our listeners the opportunity to reflect on what is taking place in our society.