You’ve been watching videos of Cynthia Erivo throwing down with Adam Lambert at the Hollywood Bowl as Jesus in “Jesus Christ Superstar,” but now the “Wicked” star has another stage role lined up: Dracula. Erivo will star in a one-person stage production of director Kip Williams’ “Dracula” in London. It’s the follow-up to Williams’ “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” The new show will mix live video, pre-recorded film and Erivo’s performance as she plays 23 different characters. You read that correctly: 23. We do not know if she’ll sing. It seems like with 23 characters she may be too busy for that this time around. Anyway, “Wicked” superfans better get those plane tickets now because it opens at London’s Noël Coward Theatre Feb. 4, 2026 and runs through the end of May.
Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells ‘Stay Tuned’
In 1992 Pam Dawber and the late John Ritter starred in “Stay Tuned,” a comedy cult film about a couple who find themselves trapped in their television for 24 hours. Fast-forward three decades and the film is now itself a TV show. Developed by and to star “The Book of Mormon” co-stars and co-Tony-nominees Josh Gad (“Frozen”) and Andrew Rannells (“Another Simple Favor”), the updated story will find Gad and Rannells trapped inside the world of small screen entertainment, navigating through an array of popular contemporary series programming. In the ’90s film, the instigating force was Satan, but that seems like the lesser evil compared to just about any real life terror you’d want to name. Hulu’s got this one, so expect lots of Disney/Hulu/FX situations where the two wind up at The Bear.
My Best Friend’s… Next Wedding?
They’re calling them legasequels, updated storylines from once-popular-but-long-time-no-see IP — think the recent “Naked Gun” movie that reboots the franchise with new characters while keeping the canon. Enter late ’90s rom-com “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” the Julia Roberts/Cameron Diaz/Dermot Mulroney smash that turned veteran queer actor Rupert Everett into a star after stealing every scene he was in. Now Sony is developing the next chapter, with Celine Song (“Materialists”) assigned script duties. That’s every piece of information available right now, aside from Mulroney saying to the press that lawyers are currently having conversations. But for fans, it’s fairly vital that every major cast member return or why bother at all? (We’d also enjoy seeing ’90s bit-player/unknown Paul Giamatti pop up, even if he’s still the guy delivering room service to Julia). Anyway, wait for this one, it could take a while.
‘Erupcja,’ the Polish lesbian florist movie you’re excited to see
Charlie XCX keeps getting cast in films — most still waiting for release — and now she’s going to be play queer in one. It’s called “Erupcja,” from filmmaker Pete Ohs, best known for directing music videos for cool bands like Best Coast and Wavves, and one indie feature, 2017’s “Everything Beautiful Is Far Away.” The plot involves a Polish florist (up-and-coming Polish actress Lena Góra) and her relationship with a British tourist, to be played by Ms. XCX. Beyond that, plot stays under wraps. The film will have its world premiere in September at the Toronto International Film Festival, with an as-yet-undetermined North American release date to follow. We are ready for Brat Winter.
Romeo San Vicente lets the right one in.
