Fans of Kylie Minogue are in luck as the star makes a digital appearance in a new musical. I Should Be So Lucky is running all this week at Sunderland Empire featuring the classic music of Stock, Aitken and Waterman including, of course, the titular Kylie classic. Other tracks include Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up, Jason Donovan’s Too Many Broken Hearts and Bananarama’s Love In The First Degree as well as many other tracks from the Hit Factory whose music defined an era. Kylie appears...
Atmosphere is all in the loose hustle and bustle of a pre-show, but in a play proper, it can only carry you so far.
The wait continues but not for much longer!
Golden Theatre, New YorkThe tale of a fictional British-American rock band trying to make an album makes for compelling and incisive dramaBeyoncé Knowles memorably said: “People don’t make albums any more. They just try to sell a bunch of little quick singles.” More than a decade ago, she spoke with startling accuracy on the wash-rinse-and-repeat cycle of music-making. The nameless record executives who want ditties in the key of TikTok. Success itself is an underwhelming boom-bust.Stereophonic,...
Tony Mowbray’s replacement, Michael Beale, was sacked last month after a disastrous 12-game stint at the Academy of Light, with first-team coach Mike Dodds taking interim charge until the summer. As well as that huge managerial decision, Sunderland also have several contract and transfer calls to make with 10 players (a mixture of first-team and under-21 starlets) currently set to leave the club as it stands during the summer at the end of the season. Indeed, Sunderland under-21s boss Graeme...
That Ryan Gosling is a pretty popular guy, it turns out: The April 13 episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Gosling was the most-watched SNL in more than two years, NBC announced on Wednesday. The Gosling-hosted episode piled up 8.9 million total viewers in Live+7 viewing across all platforms, the most since the Dec. […]
Sunderland have just one Championship game remaining this season – while planning is already taking place ahead of the next campaign. The Black Cats have managed to agree long-term deals with many of their key players over the last year, meaning they are in a strong position when it comes to potential interest. Still, as Sunderland look to strengthen in the upcoming transfer market, there will inevitably be outgoings as well. We’ve taken a closer look at the players who are set to leave the...
Sunderland may be destined for a midtable finish under Mike Dodds but it's still all to play for at the top and bottom of the Championship. It's a dramatic promotion race with four teams still competing for a top two spot, while the relegation battle is far from settled Sunderland's season hasn't gone as planned but they'll be keen to bounce back and compete at the top end of the table next time around under a new permanent manager. For now, though, here's a look at what's going on elsewhere in...
At both Hearts and Hibs, there may already be glances towards what is to come next season. The Jambos are within touching distance of securing third place, with an 11-point gap on fourth-placed Kilmarnock with 12 left to play for. Hibs chiefs meanwhile have slammed a bottom six finish as unacceptable and will be keen for improvement next term. Both Steven Naismith and Nick Montgomery have decisions to make when it comes to contract talks. There are two current first-team Jambos out of contract...
A few years ago, filmmakers Emma Schwartz and Mary Robertson remember taking note of video compilations from old Dan Schneider series that showed children and young teens “enacting scenes that are arguably sexual in nature.” “One example you see Ariana Grande squeezing a potato, or Ariana Grande — who was then a young teenager — […]
On this episode of PM Chicago with Bret Gogoel: AXIOS reporter Monica Eng joins the show with a guide to the upcoming co-emergence of cicadas in Chicagoland. Ret. Chief Tom Weitzel from Riverside discusses the funeral of fallen Officer Luis Huesca. Plus, Nick Gale brings us a conversation from this morning with Bridget Gainer about […]
Chicago police are searching for a group of armed robbers wanted for targeting people in the Loop in the early morning hours.