BUILD Series

Based on the hit film, the hilarious musical, "School of Rock, is celebrating its 2nd anniversary on Broadway. The play follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn a few extra bucks by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. There he turns a class of straight-A students into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band. While teaching these pint-sized prodigies what it means to truly rock, Dewey falls for the school’s beautiful, but uptight headmistress, helping her rediscover the wild child within. Watch the cast as they take the BUILD stage.

Todrick Hall launches his most ambitious project yet: the full-scale original musical, "Straight Outta Oz". From a small town in Texas to big-time show business comes "Behind the Curtain," an inspiring documentary of grit, perseverance and the redemptive power of art. Viewers watch him struggle to write songs about growing up gay and black in small-town Texas, his difficult relationship with his mom and the harsh realities of trying to make it in show business. With limited time and budget, the odds are against him, but Hall's passion and his team of talented performers overcome all obstacles to bring this story to the world.

Written by Emmy and Grammy-winning actor Steve Martin, "Meteor Shower" takes place on a hot night in Ojai, California. Corky and her husband Norm are having another couple over for dinner. But Laura (Laura Benanti) and Gerald aren't looking for a casual evening of polite small talk with new friends. Eventually, the two couples find themselves in a marital free-fall matched in velocity and peril only by the smoldering space rocks tearing through the sky. Benanti also stars as Edie on the TBS comedy series, "The Detour."

Better known under his moniker Lauv – the Latvian for “lion” and a nod to his mum’s Eastern European heritage – the 23-year-old has been making waves with his songwriting skills since the release of his 2015 debut EP, “Lost in the Light." Not just wowing with his own material though, he’s one of the masterminds behind Charli XCX’s banger “Boys” and “No Promises” by Cheat Codes and Demi Lovato. His single,“I Like Me Better,” is a captivating pop number with a melody that people can’t help but bop along to and a narrative that will make listeners' heart soar.

Music sensation Rita Ora just launched The Open Mic Project in collaboration with Absolut— something that is near and dear to her heart, especially being a refugee. It’s a collaboration designed to provide a platform for uniting the voices of people across the nation to share their personal stories of acceptance. Ora also just recently released a new single, "Anywhere," and is starring in the highly-anticipated film, "Fifty Shades Freed."

The Hulu-original drama, "Shut Eye," follows scam artist Charlie Haverford whose future is controlled by Fonso, a single father who runs a psychic empire belonging to the Marks family. Haverford's wife, Linda (KaDee Strickland), is tired of their mediocre life and yearns for a change. When Charlie suffers a blow to the head at the hands of a client's angry boyfriend, he begins to see and feel very real and fundamental truths -- a big change for a person who had been living a life built on fraud.

In "Despicable Me 3," the mischievous Minions hope that Gru will return to a life of crime after the new boss of the Anti-Villain League fires him. Instead, Gru decides to remain retired and travel to Freedonia to meet his long-lost twin brother for the first time. The reunited siblings soon find themselves in an uneasy alliance to take down the elusive Balthazar Bratt, a former 1980s child star who seeks revenge against the world. Miranda Cosgrove, who voices Margo, swings by to chat about the animated movie.

Relationships, community, family, and faith are in the spotlight in "Shade: Queens of NYC," a docu-follow-musical-reality show that explores what happens to New York’s fiercest, funniest drag queens as they vie for fame, fortune and love. "Shade: Queens of NYC" reveals a side of drag life beyond the usual glam, glitz and next-level lip syncing, instead focusing on what happens to our queens when the wigs come off.

In "Lady Bird," Greta Gerwig reveals herself to be a bold new cinematic voice with her directorial debut, excavating both the humor and pathos in the turbulent bond between a mother and her teenage daughter. Set in Sacramento, California in 2002, amidst a rapidly shifting American economic landscape, Lady Bird is an affecting look at the relationships that shape us, the beliefs that define us, and the unmatched beauty of a place called home. Actor Beanie Feldstein stopped by BUILD to have a conversation about the film.

In "Father Figures," Owen Wilson and Helms are Kyle and Peter Reynolds, brothers whose eccentric mother raised them to believe their father had died when they were young. When they discover this to be a lie, they set out together to find their real father, and end up learning more about their mother than they probably ever wanted to know.