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“MJ,” the Michael Jackson stage musical headed for Broadway, will begin previews next March, an eight-month postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic shutdown. The new dates were announced today by producers Lia Vollack Productions and The Michael Jackson Estate. The world premiere of “MJ,” featuring Jackson’s music, will begin previews on Monday, March 8, 2021, …

Sony said Wednesday that operating profit could fall 30 percent or more in the current fiscal year as the coronavirus hits the box office, as well as consumer demand for smartphones, video-game consoles and other electronics. The Japanese conglomerate, which owns film and TV studio Sony Pictures, sounded alarm bells as it reported results for …

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal posted a video on Friday of him singing a song entitled “Across the Way” as part of a monologue series. The four-and-a-half minute song was written especially for Gyllenhaal by the composer of the Tony Award-winning musical “Fun Home,” Jeanine Tesori, and playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Gyllenhaal singing …

Richard Kind is the latest star to join the cast of Tony-nominated composer Andrew Lippa’s “Tiger King: The Musical (A Parody!),” Page Six has learned. Lippa’s “Tiger King”-inspired tunes have recently been recorded as outrageous home videos by Kristin Chenoweth, Frankie Grande and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” star Nina West. “Now people are legitimately calling me …

Lady Gaga is coming for her Little Monsters’ underwear drawers. The 34-year-old pop icon, whose new album “Chromatica” is out on May 29, has launched a new line of merchandise tied to the music — including hot pink jockstraps ($30) and thongs ($20). Both skimpy styles are screen-printed with the title of Gaga’s upcoming LP …

Betty Wright, a soul and R&B singer best known for her ’70s hit “Clean Up Woman,” has died. She was 66. Wright died at her Miami home on Sunday from cancer, according to Billboard. Born Bessie Regina Norris, Wright adopted her stage name when she was just a kid. With her siblings, she began singing …

It was good to be Prince. The rock star ruled his kingdom with a firm hand. Musicians, friends and lovers were moved around his world like chess pieces, wooed and exiled. When he shone his spotlight on you, it was intense. When he turned away, it was cold — and he knew it. Just ask …

Pop icon Britney Spears has another surprise for her fans … and this time she’s only burning the Internet down instead of her home gym. On Friday, Spears, 38, changed the cover art for her 2016 album “Glory,” without warning, replacing its original photo of her backlit face with a brand new photo showing her …

You may soon have to roll up to rock out. Music concerts are going the way of drive-in movie theaters amid the coronavirus crisis — with fans to watch performances from inside cars, according to a report. The electronic musician Marc Ribellet announced the first-ever drive-in concert tour in the US, and entertainment honchos say …

British actor Idris Elba, who battled the coronavirus this year, has lent his voice to a new song about black men and mental health that will benefit pandemic relief efforts. Elba is featured on the song “Kings” by Kosine, a singer-songwriter-producer best known for crafting hits for Big Sean, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna. Kosine, whose …