The World’s Their Stage

Through Shakespearean monologues or jukebox musicals, these actors and creatives have perfected their crafts via live theater — just as they like it.

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Paapa Essiedu Is A Classically Trained Charmer

In The Effect — Essiedu’s buzziest role since I May Destroy You — the British actor brought Shakespearean precision to a very messy romance.

By Samantha Leach
Entertainment

Without This Woman, I Wouldn’t Be Where I Am In Hollywood

Years before Pose’s Golden Globe-winning run, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez nearly skipped a callback that would change her life.

By Michaela Jaé Rodriguez
Celebrity News

Celebs Pay Tribute To Chita Rivera After Her Death At 91

“Dance among the stars now, Chita.”

By Jake Viswanath
TV & Movies

The 14 Best Movie Musicals Of All Time

With Wonka, The Color Purple, and Mean Girls, can this season’s fare compete?

By Bustle Editors
14

At 14, Ariana Madix Had Her First Kiss

The Vanderpump Rules star and soon-to-be Broadway actor reflects on her life as a young theater kid.

By Samantha Leach
Curtain Call

Nicole Ari Parker’s Biggest Challenge Yet

In The Refuge Plays, she portrays a character across her lifetime, from a teenager to an 80-year-old.

By Eliza Thompson
28

At 28, Melissa Etheridge Was Skinny-Dipping & Partying With Brad Pitt

The Grammy winner reflects on the “special golden years” when her career was taking off.

By Suzanne Zuckerman
Curtain Call

Constance Wu Brings Her “Big Feelings” To 'Little Shop Of Horrors'

The actor chats through life backstage, whether she’s pumping at intermission or downing Emergen-C.

By Jake Viswanath
Curtain Call

Rachel Bloom Wants To Change The Way We Talk About Death

Ahead of her new Off-Broadway show, the comedian takes Bustle backstage.

By Jessica Derschowitz
Bustle Mixtape

JoJo Is Manifesting Nicole Kidman Seeing Her In 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical'

The singer, who takes on Kidman’s role of Satine, tells Bustle which songs she’d add to the Broadway musical.

By Jake Viswanath