Latest news with #Post-its
Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Romy and Michele,' and their Post-its, heading to off-Broadway
NEW YORK — A musical take on 'Romy and Michele's High School Reunion' is hitting off-Broadway this fall. 'Romy & Michele: The Musical' will open Oct. 28 at Stage 42, with previews starting two weeks prior, reports. Tickets will be available later this month. Robin Schiff, who penned the 1997 film — starring Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow as Romy and Michele, respectively — wrote the show, which made its debut at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre in 2017. Kristin Hanggi, who directed that production and Broadway's 'Rock of Ages,' will helm the upcoming 'feel-good joyride,' whose ''80s and '90s pop-inspired score' comes from Gwendolyn Sanford and Brandon Jay. Much like its big screen predecessor, the stage production centers on two ditzy friends who plan a comeback at their 10-year high school reunion, fueled by lies about their role in the origin of Post-its, while wearing dresses that look like they may have been stolen from 'Austin Powers' Fembots. 'Romy and Michele have been icons of friendship, fashion, and individuality from the moment we first met them,' Barry Kemp and Stephen Soucy, who are producing alongside Peter Schneider and Laurence Mark, said in a statement to Playbill. 'Bringing their story to the New York Stage is the perfect home for their bold and quirky spirit to be reborn. We can't wait for audiences to enjoy this hilarious and heart-filled new musical.' The news follows another major development The Hollywood Reporter broke in the cult classic's legacy. As of late January, Sorvino and Kudrow were both in negotiations to reprise their roles for in a long-awaited sequel. The follow-up was expected to start filming in June and would be directed by 'High School Musical: The Musical: The Series' creator Tim Federle.
The Guardian
22-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Note perfect: Ed Atkins's daily Post-it drawings
In 2020, the English artist Ed Atkins started drawing on Post-it notes and sticking them to his daughter's school lunchbox. As well as 'little hellos', they were also, amid the power-down of the pandemic, 'a way for me to achieve something every day', says Atkins. Some of the drawings are cute if a bit creepy – a smiley-faced ghost, a bell lifted to reveal a foetal human underneath – while others involving axes and claws might induce nightmares in adults, let alone children. What began as a private father-daughter ritual has since become integral to Atkins's practice, which uses video and animation to explore how the digital world affects our sense of self. For his forthcoming show at Tate Britain, he wanted the Post-its to take centre stage – and 'to be the legend at the bottom of the map, to teach a way of looking and accepting and feeling that might be useful for everything else'. Ed Atkins runs at Tate Britain from 2 April to 25 August 2025
