Variety.com

Henry Cavill and some clever writing can’t pull a flawed, turgid fantasy drama over the finish line.

“Soundtrack,” a new musical from “Smash” executive producer Joshua Safran, is a well-meaning series of missed opportunities.

“The L Word: Generation Q” is careful to balance fan service with the original characters.

Netflix’s “The Crown” is now in a world where Queen Elizabeth II and royals are out of step with the times and increasingly aware of it.

This hit London musical about Tina Turner, starring Adrienne Warren, takes Broadway by storm.

The musical by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken gets a starry, but small-scale Off Broadway revival starring Jonathan Groff.

Brian Cox (“Succession”) takes over from Bryan Cranston in Robert Schenkkan’s follow-up play to his Tony-winning “All the Way.”

“Almost Famous” fans get their backstage pass renewed via a stage musical adaptation in San Diego that feels familiar and refreshing.

Coldplay’s new double album “Everyday Life” revels in experimentation, but falls short of its effort to be deep.

The Pharrell Williams-produced “Hyperspace” is the best thing Beck has done since “Morning Phase.”

For her first album since her husband’s death, Dion goes straight for the heart in some songs, but slums in EDM in others.

Kanye West’s unfocused and frustrating “Jesus Is King” contains flashes of inspiration — divine and otherwise — but that’s all.