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When Darren Criss was filming “Hollywood,” he was also shooting his Quibi series “Royalties” and traveling to Las Vegas for a series of concerts he was headlining with Steve Aoki.

“There was, like, a Sprinter van with an editing bay in it that would come to set on ‘Hollywood,’ to where I’d be shooting a scene on ‘Hollywood,’ and then I would go edit music videos in the van for like 20 minutes on my break and then go back to shooting ‘Hollywood,’” Criss, 33, says on Wednesday’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket” from his home in Los Angeles. “I would be clean-shaven on ‘Hollywood,’ then I would go to the ‘Royalties’ set with a fake beard to match my beard. Then I’m flying to Vegas…to do these shows with Steve Aoki. It was just insane. Again, I wouldn’t have had it any other way.

Darren Criss is an actor and singer best known for his portrayals of Harry Potter in A Very Potter Musical and playing the role of Blaine, an openly gay student at Dalton Academy, in the second season of Glee.

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Margot Robbie, Ben Affleck, and Darren Criss took in a showing of J.K. Rowling and Jack Thorne's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child recently in what became a pop culture party on a London stage. From these images posted on the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Facebook page, it looks like Affleck took his daughter Violet to see the hot-ticket performance. We already knew Robbie was a huge Harry Potter nerd so I imagine this event was also very special for her. So that's Batman and Harley Quinn meeting Harry Potter (and family) but what happens when Potter meets Potter? Also joining them for the show was Glee actor Criss which must have been surreal indeed. Criss played Harry Potter in StarKid Production's A Very Potter Musical parody many years ago. Here that is if you haven't seen it.

Sebastian sure knows how to throw a party under the sea. But it sounds like even he would be impressed by the party that’s coming together for Disney fans under the clamshell of the Hollywood Bowl next week. The Little Mermaid will get the live concert screening treatment at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl on June 3, 4, and 6. The event’s creative director, Richard Kraft, has told HitFix the deets on all the exciting plans for the three shows that are sure to make Disney fans squee. Film screenings paired with a live orchestra performance of the movie’s score is no new thing. (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Back to the Future are among the concert screenings at the Bowl HitFix has reported on in the past.) But events like this, for a musical, with live singing timed to picture, are new. As far as Kraft is aware, last Halloween...

Read More: Review: 'Raiders!' is a Bittersweet Tale of the World's Greatest Fan FilmMovies, more so than probably any other entertainment medium, generate incredible fandom. Historically, the most powerful fan-makers in the movie business are great film franchises. These film goliaths inspire such a response from fans that not only do fans pretend to be characters in the films, but they create countless supplementary works to them, commonly called "fan fiction."  Some of the great fan fiction works include "A Very Potter Musical," which retells the story of Harry Potter in musical form; "The Problem of Susan," written by Neil Gaiman, which fills in the the blank that C.S. Lewis left at the end of his "Chronicles of Narnia" series involving Susan Pevensie; and even works that have become well known in their own right, such as "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," based off of Jane Austen's masterpiece.

For the first time ever, Hedwig, 'How To Succeed' and GLEEstar Darren Criss has released a fully produced version of his song 'Not Alone.' What started out as a submission for American Idol eventually ended up in A Very Potter Musical, which skyrocketed the actor to fame. The tune has since been sung by Criss across the country. Click below to hear the stage and screen vet speak in-depth about recording the single...

We know it’s hard to believe, but the last episode of Glee ~*eVeR*~ airs tonight. The New Directions have given us an incredible six years of singing, dancing, and awkward teen sexual tension, but it’s time for them to leave the show choir room for good. Admittedly, the most recent seasons of Glee haven’t been that great (this season especially, with its self-referencing jokes and out-of-control fat-shaming). However, we can’t let Ryan Murphy’s inability to craft a third act stop us from honoring Glee. When it was good, it was really fucking good. And, more importantly, it changed culture forever.

From putting gay teens on primetime to introducing us to living Ken doll/actual sex god Darren Criss, Glee wasn’t afraid to go where television had never been before. It broke racial, sexual, and gender boundaries — not to mention it brought the musical back in a big way.

We know it’s hard to believe, but the last episode of Glee ~*eVeR*~ airs tonight. The New Directions have given us an incredible six years of singing, dancing, and awkward teen sexual tension, but it’s time for them to leave the show choir room for good. Admittedly, the most recent seasons of Glee haven’t been that great (this season especially, with its self-referencing jokes and out-of-control fat-shaming). However, we can’t let Ryan Murphy’s inability to craft a third act stop us from honoring Glee. When it was good, it was really fucking good. And, more importantly, it changed culture forever.

From putting gay teens on primetime to introducing us to living Ken doll/actual sex god Darren Criss, Glee wasn’t afraid to go where television had never been before. It broke racial, sexual, and gender boundaries — not to mention it brought the musical back in a big way.

Team StarKid veteran A.J. Homes is set to join the cast of the national tour of The Book Of Mormon, when it hits Omaha's Orpheum Theatre tomorrow, October 12. Holmes' credits include Frederick in Young Frankenstein National Tour, and Henry in Next To Normal Arizona Theatre Co. amp Sj Rep.. A.J. composes for the Chicago-based theatre group StarKid Productions A Very Potter Musical, Me And My Dick, Twisted. He is a graduate of University of Michigan.

Check out this adorable new trailer for director Anthony Silverston’s Khumba.

After screening at the Annecy and Durban film festivals, it was announced yesterday Khumba will have its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.

Khumba tells the story of a half-striped zebra who is blamed for the drought by his superstitious herd. He leaves his home in search of the magic waterhole where legend has it, the first zebras got their stripes. Teaming up with an overprotective, sassy wildebeest and a self-obsessed ostrich, this plucky young zebra meets an array of wacky characters in an unforgettable adventure through the Great Karoo desert to earn his stripes.

The cast includes Liam Neeson, Laurence Fishburne and Steve Buscemi.

Khumba is the second animated feature to be produced by Cape Town-based, Triggerfish Animation Studios, which has seen a successful global release of Adventures In Zambezia. The original...

In the beginning, God and Darren Criss created Harry Potter: The Musical, a madcap Harry Potter parody originally performed at the University of Michigan in 2009. The musical, cowritten by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Brian Holden and produced by StarKid Productions, arrived on YouTube that summer and quickly went viral, inspiring a 2010 sequel that helped to launch Criss into mainstream stardom. (Its popularity also inspired a name change meant to stave off the litigious Warner Bros; that’s why you now know the show as A Very Potter Musical.)

Potter’s Harry soon joined the cast of Glee, and StarKid...

We’re shocked that Summit Entertainment and Stephenie Meyer have yet to announce some kind of detox program to help those of us who’ve spent up to seven years addicted to the Twilight books and movies. Aren’t they worried about the withdrawal we’ll all experience once we’ve seen Breaking Dawn – Part 2 a few times and have no more Edward and Bella to look forward to? Well, not to suggest that there is anything that can replace Forks and the Cullens in your heart, but we have a few new obsessions you might consider taking up. Which you choose all depends on why you became a Twi-crack addict in the first place. Read on and then suggest your own!

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"I ... Am ... Da Law!" It remains to be seen whether Karl Urban can live up to Sylvester Stallone's legacy, but why reserve judgment when things look so positive in MTV's exclusive behind-the-scenes look at "Dredd 3D"?

Every fandom has its fair share of, uh, interesting stories. Hypable dives into the top ten moments that make you proud, and at times embarrassed, to be a Potterhead, from Hogwarts-inspired tattoos to "A Very Potter Musical."

Always be wary of pickpockets ... especially the four-legged kind! A girl chases the fox who stole her train ticket through a gorgeous animated fantasy-scape in "Metro," one of...

Before Darren Criss was a star of the Broadway stage and the small screen, he was just a wizard, standing in front of Ginny Weasley, asking her to love him.

Criss shot to fame in 2009, when a Harry Potter parody he co-wrote went viral on YouTube. A Very Potter Musical’s various parts have since been viewed millions of times, allowing Criss and his comrades — collectively, they’re known as Team StarKid — to create a similarly popular sequel in 2010, as well as a variety of other productions. But when Hollywood beckoned that same year, Criss moved on to bigger things,...

Once upon a time, Darren Criss helped write A Very Potter Musical, a fan-made musical version of the blockbuster books that played at the University of Michigan in 2009. After the video surged on YouTube, Glee came calling, and the rest is history ... until this past month, when Criss flew into Chicago to rekindle the old magic at LeakyCon 2012, a convention for Harry Potter super-fans.

While we’re still pretty psyched at the opportunity to do morning yoga led by Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), the Harry Potter fan convention LeakyCon now boasts an even bigger event: The debut of A Very Potter 3D: A Very Potter Senior Year. Team StarKid will present a one-time only staged reading of the third installment in the Very Potter Musical franchise that made Glee’s Darren Criss, who’ll be in Chicago on August 11 to participate, famous. Check out the full LeakyCon schedule here. And revisit A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel in their entirety on YouTube.

Following the amazing success of The Space Tour, internet sensation Team StarKid presents a second national tour Apocalyptour, featuring a cast of StarKid veterans performing hits from the company's acclaimed original comedy musicals A Very Potter Musical, A Very Potter Sequel, Me and My Dick, and Starship, as well as their latest parody show Holy Musical Bman. Apocalyptour launched at the House of Blues in Chicago on Wednesday, May 9, and culminates in New York City at the Roseland Ballroom tonight, June 10.

Darren Criss may have gained Hollywood-level fame for his role on “Glee,” but his first love is musical theater. His passion for a live audience showed on Sunday night when he hosted the 13th Annual Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards, kicking off the evening with an acoustic guitar and a comedic tune. He also took home an award himself, winning Favorite Replacement for his three-week stint on “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.”“Well, I’m glad to see that Broadway.com kept up their end of the bargain,” said Criss, to much laughter.Criss replaced Daniel Radcliffe as J. Pierrepont Finch in January. It wasn’t the first time that the “Glee” star stepped into Radcliffe’s shoes, however. In 2009, he played Harry Potter in Team StarKid’s (his production company) theatrical parody of the books, “A Very Potter Musical.” Back Stage caught up with Criss before...

Following the amazing success of The Space Tour, internet sensation Team StarKid announces a second national tour Apocalyptour, featuring a cast of StarKid veterans performing hits from the company's acclaimed original comedy musicals A Very Potter Musical, A Very Potter Sequel, Me and My Dick, and Starship, as well as their latest parody show Holy Musical Bman. Apocalyptour launched at the House of Blues in Chicago on May 9, and culminate in New York City at the Roseland Ballroom on Sunday, June 10. Check out photos from the tour below...

Following the amazing success of The Space Tour, internet sensation Team StarKid announces a second national tour Apocalyptour, featuring a cast of StarKid veterans performing hits from the company's acclaimed original comedy musicals A Very Potter Musical, A Very Potter Sequel, Me and My Dick, and Starship, as well as their latest parody show Holy Musical Bman. Apocalyptour launched at the House of Blues in Chicago on May 9, and culminate in New York City at the Roseland Ballroom on Sunday, June 10.

Following the amazing success of The Space Tour, internet sensation Team StarKid presents a second national tour Apocalyptour, featuring a cast of StarKid veterans performing hits from the company's acclaimed original comedy musicals A Very Potter Musical, A Very Potter Sequel, Me and My Dick, and Starship, as well as their latest parody show Holy Musical Bman. Apocalyptour launches at the House of Blues in Chicago tonight, May 9, and will culminate in New York City at the Roseland Ballroom on Sunday, June 10. Check out a video preview of Apocalyptour below...

Team StarKid has announced a second national tour Apocalyptour, featuring a cast of StarKid veterans performing hits from the companys comedy musicals A Very Potter Musical and Sequel, Me and My Dick, and Starship, as well as their latest parody show Holy Musical Bman. Apocalyptour will launch at the House of Blues in Chicago on Wednesday, May 9, and culminate at the Roseland Ballroom in New York on Sunday, June 10.

While fully aware my next statement will enrage the cult of Nolan fandom, here it is: I prefer Michael Keaton-era Batman. I like a Batman who is aware of how absurd it is to dress as a giant bat while fighting crime vigilante-style, and has a sense of humor about it. And from the looks of Team Starkid's new musical, it seems I'm not alone. Team Starkid is a enthusiastic ensemble of writers, directors, actors, designers, and other artists, who express their love of pop culture, fantasy, and sci-fi through incredibly ambitious works of theatrical parody productions, like A Very Potter Musical and their latest Holy Musical B@man! Inspired by the more cartoonish elements of the Batman legacy, writers/directors Matt Lang and Nick Lang offer a full-length song-studded adventure about the caped crusader that boasts appearances from such classic Batman pun-loving villains as Catwoman, The Riddler, The Penguin,...

Following the amazing success of The Space Tour, internet sensation Team StarKid announces a second national tour Apocalyptour, featuring a cast of StarKid veterans performing hits from the company's acclaimed original comedy musicals A Very Potter Musical, A Very Potter Sequel, Me and My Dick, and Starship, as well as their latest parody show Holy Musical Bman. Apocalyptour will launch at the House of Blues in Chicago on Wednesday, May 9, and culminate in New York City at the Roseland Ballroom on Sunday, June 10. Check out a video preview of Apocalyptour below...

Following the success of The Space Tour, internet sensation Team StarKid announces a second national tour Apocalytour, featuring a cast of StarKid veterans performing hits from the companys acclaimed original comedy musicals A Very Potter Musical, A Very Potter Sequel, Me and My Dick, and Starship, as well as their latest parody show Holy Musical Bman.Apocalyptour will launch at the House of Blues in Chicago on Wednesday, May 9, and culminate in New York City at the Roseland Ballroom on Sunday, June 10.

Darren Criss can now add spokesperson to his growing list of jobs, in addition to actor, singer, musician, and lyricist. The 25-year-old will represent the Los Angeles Festival of New American Musicals' 2012 "Show Search," a contest seeking the best new musical written by young Americans. Many may think Criss first came to fame thanks to leading a rendition of Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" on the TV show "Glee," but his breakout role was actually of his own making. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Criss and his friends founded a media and musical theater production in 2009. Its shows "A Very Potter Musical" and "A Very Potter Sequel," parodies based on the Harry Potter novels with music and lyrics by Criss, went viral and have been viewed more than 100 million times on YouTube.  To enter "Show Search," high school and college-age applicants need to submit a ten-minute...

Prior to his roles as Blaine Anderson on Glee and J. Pierrepont Finch in Broadway's How To Succeed, Darren Criss was best-known for playing Harry Potter in Team StarKid's A Very Potter Musical and Sequel, for which he contributed to the musical scores. He also conceptualized the story and provided the music and lyrics for Team StarKid's recent musical, Starship, and the team recently took their projects on tour. Click below to go behind the scenes of the tour...

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Glee might have been Darren Criss’ national introduction as a song-and-dance man, but his legions of Internet fans already knew him as a singing Harry Potter for Team StarKid, the musical-theater social-media phenomenon. Between shooting Glee and debuting on Broadway in How to Succeed, Criss joined the rest of Team StarKid for part of their first national tour last fall, and he stopped by VH1 earlier this month with some of his co-founders to share some exclusive footage from the tour. They also told us about a possible West Coast and U.K. leg of their jaunt, as they hope bring StarKid beyond the confines of the Net.

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“StarKid is an Internet musical theater production group we started in college together and have been doing our best to run since we’ve been out of college,” co-founder Brian Holden explained for the uninformed.

MTV News' Amy Wilkinson tells 'Twilight' Tuesday that catchy songs, inside jokes make the off-Broadway parody work.

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The cast of "Twilight: The Musical"

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For the most dedicated "Twilight" fans, the yearlong wait between the theatrical releases of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" and "Breaking Dawn - Part 2" is painful, to say the least. Luckily, due to the popularity of the franchise and vampires in general, there are a variety of ways to bridge the gap, a few of which we touched on previously via fan suggestions. These include re-reading the books and re-watching the already-released movies, as well as getting your vampire fix via TV shows like "The Vampire Diaries" and "True Blood."

The latest addition to the fangtastic fray is the off-Broadway musical parody "Twilight: The Musical." MTV News' own Amy Wilkinson was lucky enough to attend the first preview in New York Monday.

MTV News' Amy Wilkinson tells 'Twilight' Tuesday that catchy songs, inside jokes make the off-Broadway parody work.

By Kara Warner

The cast of "Twilight: The Musical"

Photo: Dreamcatcher Entertainment

For the most dedicated "Twilight" fans, the yearlong wait between the theatrical releases of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" and "Breaking Dawn - Part 2" is painful, to say the least. Luckily, due to the popularity of the franchise and vampires in general, there are a variety of ways to bridge the gap, a few of which we touched on previously via fan suggestions. These include re-reading the books and re-watching the already-released movies, as well as getting your vampire fix via TV shows like "The Vampire Diaries" and "True Blood."

The latest addition to the fangtastic fray is the off-Broadway musical parody "Twilight: The Musical." MTV News' own Amy Wilkinson was lucky enough to attend the first preview in New York Monday.

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If you have heard rumors about a Twilight musical and thought maybe it was a cruel joke, then you are totally mistaken. It’s real and casting has officially begun. Before you turn red in the face, let me explain just what this musical is. This isn’t just another incarnation of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga, like, say, the graphic novels, which are just that. No, my friends, this musical project is a parody. Does that make it more exciting?

Laughter is the best medicine, right? Well, Twilight: The Musical will make its off-Broadway debut on January 16th. Getting a ticket might be murder. The event is a one-night-only staged reading and the proceeds go to the charity “Blessings in a Backpack”. I hear you can already see clips of the performance on youtube. Lauren Lopez will play Alice. You may...

One was the star of a magical wizarding movie franchise, while the other sings his heart out on a high school musical Fox show, but Daniel Radcliffe and Darren Criss’ lives are much more connected than some would think. Glee’s Criss is not only replacing the Harry Potter star in Broadway’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, but he also played Radcliffe’s Harry Potter character in a spoof musical, A Very Potter Musical, that went viral in 2010. Photos: 'Glee's' Unforgettable Guest Stars Even with all these strange connections, the two talents had never met – until recently.

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Edward and Bella Breaking Dawn Withdrawal? A Twilight Musical.

Just when you thought you wouldn’t make it to November for your next Twilight fix, Edward, Bella, and the rest of the Forks gang are headed to the stage, and you only have to wait until January 16.

First, let’s get the bad news out of the way. Twilight: The Musical is a one-shot show that will be presented at New World Stages on January 16 at 8Pm, according to Playbill, but it sounds like it will be an interesting evening if you happen to be in the neighborhood because you get two blockbuster franchises rolled into one.

In addition to the cast performing characters such as Bella, Rosalie, Alice, and Jasper, a couple of magical appearances will occur when Harry Potter and Hermione also show up. Yes, it’s the crossover we’ve all been waiting for as vampires and wizards finally meet.

Actors have 'Harry Potter' and 'How to Succeed in Business' connections but only just met, Radcliffe tells MTV News.

By Kara Warner, with reporting by Josh Horowitz

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For a while, it was a running joke between Daniel Radcliffe and Darren Criss that the "Harry Potter" star and "A Very Potter Musical" star had yet to meet, even though the two shared a "Potter" connection, celebrity status and Criss succeeded Radcliffe in the hit Broadway revival of "How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying."

MTV News recently caught up with Radcliffe, and he revealed that, at long last, the two actors finally met just before Criss took over Radcliffe's role for a limited run.

"We have met. I can confirm, we have met," Radcliffe said with a smile. "Somebody showed me a very doctored photograph of our meeting; there were no photographs at our meeting,...

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It might be called “How to Succeed Daniel Radcliffe.” Mr. Radcliffe made his Broadway musical debut in the revival of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” last year, never missing a performance as J. Pierrepont Finch, a nervy go-getter climbing the corporate ladder.

This month, the leading role is shuttling between three actors: Mr. Radcliffe exited Jan. 1, “Glee” actor Darren Criss plays the part through Jan. 22 and pop singer Nick Jonas takes over Jan.

Broadway is about to get a little extra sparkle in those famous neon lights.

It was recently announced the Twilight musical is officially happening. Before you book your tickets to NYC (or, conversely, get the heck out of Times Square) you should know it’s not expected to have a very long run. Twilight: The Musical will make its off-Broadway debut as a one-night-only staged reading on January 16th, and the proceeds will benefit the charity Blessings in a Backpack.

The most exciting thing about this announcement may be the cast, and the plot teases their characters’ names give us.

Darren Criss can cross “Broadway debut” off his New Year’s resolution list. The 24-year-old Glee star takes over for Daniel Radcliffe in the hit Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying for three weeks, beginning tonight. (After that, singer Nick Jonas will play corporate-ladder climber J. Pierrepont Finch.) EW talked to the University of Michigan theater major about the show, what this means for his TV gig, and his connection to Radcliffe’s famed Harry Potter role.

Broadway was a no-brainer: After spotting him on Glee, How to Succeed producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (Hairspray...

Prior to his role as Blaine Anderson on Glee, Darren Criss was best-known for playing Harry Potter in Team StarKid's A Very Potter Musical and Sequel, for which he contributed to the musical scores. He also conceptualized the story and provided the music and lyrics for Team StarKid's recent musical, Starship, and if he get's his way, we might see it soon on the Great White Way. Criss just told the New York Times that he'd love to bring one of his StarKid shows to Broadway in the next five years.

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It's a story that has become Gleek and musical theater folklore: One day a lightening-scarred Darren Criss is starring in a straight-to-YouTube video of 'Harry Potter: The Musical', and the next he's taking over for Daniel Radcliffe in the Broadway production of 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.'

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Criss joined his fellow StarKids for the two shows at Irving Plaza. Prior to his role as Blaine Anderson on Glee, Criss was best-known to StarKid fans as Harry Potter in A Very Potter Musical and Sequel, for which he contributed to the musical scores. He also conceptualized the story and provided the music and lyrics for the company's most recent musical, Starship. Criss will make his Broadway debut as J. Pierrepont Finch in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, when he replaces Daniel Radcliffe for a limited three week engagement, January 3 - 22, 2012.See Criss performing on the tour below...

Today we are tipping our top hats to three truly terrific triple-threats who have already carved out a name for themselves in theatre and the entertainment realm with their past associations with prior projects as diverse as Equus, Glee, Hairspray, Les Miz and, even, A Very Potter Musical - none other than the current J. Pierrepont Finch in the currently-running smash hit revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Frank Loesser amp Abe Burrows classic How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Daniel Radcliffe as well as his soon-to-be successor in the lead role come the first week of the New Year, Darren Criss and, then, just a few weeks later, comes former teen heartthrob and super-successful pop performer Nick Jonas. All three fresh-faced marquee names have had resounding success by rising to the top of the ranks in their respective roles through their participation in three of the most memorable...