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Michael Major

Michael Major is a Connecticut native and a graduate of Marist College.

After starting out running social media for a theatre company, his love of pop culture led him to intern at TigerBeat Media. After also writing for organizations like PopCrave, uInterview, and Talk Radio NYC, Michael began as BroadwayWorld's entertainment editor in August of 2021.

Growing up watching movie musicals like Hairspray and Little Shop of Horrors on repeat, Michael is an expert on television and film. His love of the film industry has carried over to his work at BroadwayWorld, working with major networks like NBC, ABC, FOX and more to cover Broadway stars taking over the big screen.

He also frequently works with companies like Netflix, Disney, Apple, and Universal to bring exclusive clips and interviews from Broadway-related releases to readers. Stay tuned for the latest news on movies like Wicked, Mean Girls, The Color Purple, and more!

As a big fan of pop music, BroadwayWorld Music includes news on your favorite singers, like Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, and more, along with coverage on original music from Broadway alums like Reneé Rapp, Idina Menzel, Leslie Odom Jr., and more.

While at BroadwayWorld, he has had the honor of interviewing stars like Katy Perry, Carol Burnett, Denzel Washington, Bernadette Peters, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jane Krakowski, and more.




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First Show:

The Lion King

Favorite Show:

Hairspray

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Bernadette Peters Joins Patricia Arquette in New Apple TV+ Series
Bernadette Peters Joins Patricia Arquette in New Apple TV+ Series
November 2, 2021

The series follows Peggy (Arquette), an addict, who decides to pursue becoming a private investigator after the death of her beloved mother (Peters), with whom she resided in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California, causes her to start a new life.

HBO Max Renews SWEET LIFE: LOS ANGELES For A Second Season
HBO Max Renews SWEET LIFE: LOS ANGELES For A Second Season
November 2, 2021

The Max Original unscripted series Sweet Life: Los Angeles, from Emmy® and Golden Globe® nominee Issa Rae, has been renewed for a second season. Sweet Life: Los Angeles gives a unique look at what it means to be young, Black, ambitious, and in constant pursuit of one’s dreams.

Derek Klena, Lilla Crawford & More to Join PRETTY LITTLE LIARS Reboot
Derek Klena, Lilla Crawford & More to Join PRETTY LITTLE LIARS Reboot
November 2, 2021

Derek Klena, Lilla Crawford, Kate Jennings Grant, Robert Stanton, Jennifer Ferrin, Brian Altemus, Anthony Ordonez, and Jeffrey Bean will join the upcoming drama as reoccurring characters. The new series is titled Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin. The new additions will joint the previously announced Lea Salonga, Sharon Leal, and Mallory Bechtel.

Maxwell to Receive the 'Legend' Award at the 2021 Soul Train Awards
Maxwell to Receive the 'Legend' Award at the 2021 Soul Train Awards
November 2, 2021

Today, BET announced three-time GRAMMY® award-winning singer-songwriter and producer Maxwell will receive the ‘Legend’ award at the 2021 “Soul Train Awards”. Award-winning and multiplatinum singer/songwriter, actor, entrepreneur, and author Ashanti will be the recipient of the ‘Lady of Soul’ honor.

VIDEO: Ariana Grande Shares 'Positions' Album Official Live Performance
VIDEO: Ariana Grande Shares 'Positions' Album Official Live Performance
November 2, 2021

Grande partnered with VEVO to perform 'pov', 'positions', 'safety net' featuring Ty Dolla $ign, 'my hair', '34 + 45', and 'off the table' featuring The Weeknd. Watch the full performance below!

Griff Announces First North American Headline Tour
Griff Announces First North American Headline Tour
November 2, 2021

UK pop phenomenon Griff announces her first headlining tour of North America. The 20-year-old, recently selected for Billboard’s prestigious 21 Under 21 list, kicks off the eight-date trek in Washington, DC, on January 25, 2022. Tickets go on-sale this week.

Utopia Acquires Rights to RED HEAVEN Documentary
Utopia Acquires Rights to RED HEAVEN Documentary
November 2, 2021

Led by female physicist Christiane Heinicke, Red Heaven takes viewers inside a year-long NASA psychological experiment. The goal: to unravel the human variables in team dynamics for future missions to Mars. This immersive feature documentary reveals what remains when people are pushed to their limits to survive on a new planet.

VIDEO: Papercuts Shares New Visual from Upcoming EP
VIDEO: Papercuts Shares New Visual from Upcoming EP
November 2, 2021

Today Papercuts, the project of Bay area multi-instrumentalist and producer Jason Quever, announces a new digital-only EP, Baxter's Bliss, due November 19 on his own imprint, Psychic Friends. The first single / video, 'Try Baxter's Bliss' is the first new music from Papercuts since 2018's Parallel Universe Blues. Watch the new music video now!

VIDEO: HBO Max Releases Teaser for STATION ELEVEN
VIDEO: HBO Max Releases Teaser for STATION ELEVEN
November 2, 2021

Station Eleven stars Mackenzie Davis, Himesh Patel, Daniel Zovatto, David Wilmot, Matilda Lawler, Philippine Velge, Nabhaan Rizwan and Lori Petty, with Gael Garcìa Bernal and Danielle Deadwyler recurring. Station Eleven is based on the international bestseller of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel.

VIDEO: Lorde Shares Music Video for 'Fallen Fruit'
VIDEO: Lorde Shares Music Video for 'Fallen Fruit'
November 2, 2021

The album includes 12 tracks and is produced by Jack Antonoff who she collaborated with on her chart-topping last album, Melodrama. The album was released on August 20. Next year, Lorde will embark on her Solar Power tour next year. watch the music video now!

Kieran Culkin, Taylor Swift & More Announced for SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
Kieran Culkin, Taylor Swift & More Announced for SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
November 2, 2021

Kieran Culkin will host “Saturday Night Live” for the first time on November 6. Culkin earned an Emmy Award nomination for his work on HBO’s “Succession,” currently airing its third season. Taylor Swift will take the stage as musical guest for the fifth time. The 11-time Grammy winner’s “RED (Taylor’s Version)” will be released November 12.

Keke Palmer to Host FOODTASTIC on Disney Plus
Keke Palmer to Host FOODTASTIC on Disney Plus
November 2, 2021

Hosted by the multitalented, Emmy® award-winning actress Keke Palmer, “Foodtastic” is an immersive global competition series in which highly skilled artists create extravagant scene work and larger-than-life sculptures made entirely out of food. From vegetables and butter to fruit and cheese, these everyday items are transformed into works of art.

Franz Ferdinand Announce Greatest Hits Album 'Hits To The Head'
Franz Ferdinand Announce Greatest Hits Album 'Hits To The Head'
November 2, 2021

Released on Friday March 11th 2022 on Domino, Hits To The Head also features two brand-new tracks “Billy Goodbye” and “Curious,” produced by Alex Kapranos, Julian Corrie and Stuart Price (Dua Lipa, Madonna, Pet Shop Boys). The video for “Billy Goodbye” was directed by Diane Martel, Alex Kapranos and Ben Cole. Watch the new video now!

Charli XCX Announces 'New Shapes' Single Featuring Caroline Polachek & Christine & the Queens
Charli XCX Announces 'New Shapes' Single Featuring Caroline Polachek & Christine & the Queens
November 2, 2021

Charli XCX has announced the release of 'New Shapes', featuring Caroline Polachek and Christine & the Queens. The track is fro her upcoming album. The first single of XCX's chapter embraces all that the pop star's life has to offer in today's world - fame, glamour, inner demons and global hits. Watch the 'Good Ones' music video now!

VIDEO: John 5 Shares New Music Video for 'Land Of The Misfit Toys'
VIDEO: John 5 Shares New Music Video for 'Land Of The Misfit Toys'
November 2, 2021

JOHN 5, dropped his brand new, cinematic music video for epic track, ‘Land of The Misfit Toys’. The new music video is set in 1980 and tells the tale of a young John Lowery who stumbles into a haunted house and becomes possessed by an entity. This entity gradually turns him into the guitar shredding, face-painted icon we all now know as JOHN 5.

Exclusive: Riverdale Actress Marisol Nichols Joins Army Veteran For Operation Eradicate
Exclusive: Riverdale Actress Marisol Nichols Joins Army Veteran For Operation Eradicate
November 2, 2021

That is why Hollywood actress Marisol Nichols (CW’s Riverdale) and decorated US Army Veteran Colin Wayne partnered together to create OPERATION ERADICATE alongside Wayne’s company Redline Steel and Nichols’ non-profit, 'A Slavery Free World'.

JAGGED LITTLE PILL Album to be Featured on HBO's MUSIC BOX Documentary Series
JAGGED LITTLE PILL Album to be Featured on HBO's MUSIC BOX Documentary Series
November 2, 2021

The episode will take viewers to 1995, when a 21-year-old Alanis Morissette burst onto the music scene with the first single off her ground-breaking album, “Jagged Little Pill.” JAGGED explores her beginnings as a young Canadian pop star and the rocky path she faced navigating the male-dominated music industry. Watch the new trailer now!

Canking & Ess2mad Share Debut Track 'Lemme Land?'
Canking & Ess2mad Share Debut Track 'Lemme Land?'
November 2, 2021

They performed the track for the first time as a stunt on a YT video where Canking asks the public to rap a drill song word for word. That performance went viral gaining almost 1M views leading them to officially release the track. Listen to the new track now!

New WEST SIDE STORY Behind-the-Scenes Book Will Be Released
New WEST SIDE STORY Behind-the-Scenes Book Will Be Released
November 2, 2021

The book will include interviews with the cast, Spielberg, screenwriter and executive producer Tony Kushner, choreographer Justin Peck, and more conducted by Laurent Bouzereau to provide an oral history of the making of the new film. 250 pages of never-before-seen photographs, concept designs, and behind-the-scene photos will also be included.

VIDEO: David Byrne & AMERICAN UTOPIA Perform 'I Zimbra' on THE LATE SHOW
VIDEO: David Byrne & AMERICAN UTOPIA Perform 'I Zimbra' on THE LATE SHOW
November 2, 2021

David Byrne and the cast of American Utopia appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform 'I Zimbra'. The cast also features Jacquelene Acevedo, Gustavo Di Dalva, Daniel Freedman, Chris Giarmo, Tim Keiper, Tendayi Kuumba, Karl Mansfield, Mauro Refosco, Stéphane San Juan, Angie Swan and Bobby Wooten III. Watch the full performance now!



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