Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Todrick Hall’s “Midnight” will make its North American premiere this fall off Broadway at the Daryl Roth Theatre following two sold-out engagements in London. Joining Hall in the cast …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:04AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Andrew Lloyd Webber responded to the early closure of “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” by arguing that Broadway musicals are in crisis. In a lengthy social media post on Tuesday, the composer w…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:23PM[SHARE]Monday, July 13, 2026
Rave reviews, decent ticket sales and some Tony Awards love aren’t enough to keep “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” from ending its Broadway run early. The musical revival of Andrew Lloyd Webb…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:34PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 25, 2026
“Heated Rivalry” star François Arnaud, “Superman” actor David Corenswet and Yvonne Strahovski of “The Handmaid’s Tale” will star in a new production of Richard Greenberg’s …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Lin-Manuel Miranda is returning to Broadway more than a decade after “Hamilton” became a cultural phenomenon. His new show “Warriors” is a musical adaptation of a cult film about str…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:58PM[SHARE]Grammy-nominated R&B singer, songwriter and actor Luke James will star as Elijah in the new Broadway musical “Wanted.” He joins previously announced cast members Solea Pfeiffer (“H…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:59AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 18, 2026
Steven Sater and James Bourne have made a concept album of their new musical “Murder At The Gates.” In advance of the album’s release on July 1, 2026, the creators are debuting a song,…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 9, 2026
“Stranger Things: The First Shadow” will complete its run at the Phoenix Theatre in London’s West End on December 27, 2026, and at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway on January 3, 2027, t…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PM[SHARE]Monday, June 8, 2026
Broadway shared the wealth at the 79th Tony Awards on Sunday. “Death of a Salesman,” a radical revival that restages Arthur Miller’s classic in a garage, was the big winner with six pr…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:58PM[SHARE]The 79th Tony Awards was filled with show-stopping numbers and heartfelt acceptance speeches as the likes of “Ragtime,” “Death of a Salesman,” “Schmigadoon!” and “Liberation”…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:03PM[SHARE]Friday, May 29, 2026
It’s an hour before curtain at “The Lost Boys,” and Ali Louis Bourzgui is rolling out a red yoga mat in his dressing room so he can work his core before the matinee starts. As David, t…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:16PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 21, 2026
Lukas Dhont was inspired to make “Coward,” a gay love story set in the trenches of World War I, after he came across a series of black-and-white photographs of soldiers staging shows for…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:20AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Adam Driver gamely walked the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival premiere of “Paper Tiger” on Saturday, posing for pictures alongside his co-star Miles Teller and the film’s writer…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:16AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 17, 2026
Emotion Pictures, the newly launched English-language commercial film banner from Vendôme Group, Pathé and Merit France, will produce the feature film “Muppets in Moscow” in partnershi…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:21AM[SHARE]Saturday, May 16, 2026
Tom Francis, best known for appearing opposite Nicole Scherzinger in Jamie Lloyd’s unconventional revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Sunset Boulevard,” may be ordering his martinis sh…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:06PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Rex Reed, a critic and journalist known for his brash, often acidic takes on films and filmmakers, died Tuesday at his Manhattan home. He was 87. William Kapfer, Reed’s longtime friend, co…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:48AM[SHARE]Monday, May 11, 2026
Independent Film Company and Sapan Studio have acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to “Mouse,” the latest feature from Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson, the filmmaking duo behind “Gh…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM[SHARE]Melissa Leo, the Oscar-winning star of “The Fighter,” will appear in “The Mannequin,” a serial killer procedural from Sean Byrne, the twisted auteur behind “Dangerous Animals.” S…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:42AM[SHARE]Monday, May 4, 2026
Willy Loman — washed up, beaten down and trying to ride a little longer on a smile and a shoeshine before he’s kicked to the curb — has been a staple of Broadway since Arthur Miller’…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:35AM[SHARE]Emmy Award winner and Grammy Award nominee Wayne Brady will help kick off Vineyard Theatre’s 2026-2027 season by starring in “Ms. Blakk For President.” The show is described as “part…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 1, 2026
Having wrapped up his run on “Andor,” Diego Luna is moving from one part of the Disney empire to another. The “Star Wars” actor will appear in the the studio’s live action adaptati…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Jeremy Strong will star in “The Passenger,” a historical escape thriller from Magnus von Horn. FilmNation Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights, excluding German-speaking territori…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:30PM[SHARE]When Diane Kruger started acting, she had a firm rule about the roles she’d take. “I never wanted to be in a World War II movie,” Kruger says. “When I started out, I didn’t want to…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:36PM[SHARE]Shudder has acquired “Hallowarrior,” a post-apocalyptic thriller that marks the feature debut of writer and director Ben Sottak. The Halloween-set film stars Milly Shapiro (“Hereditary…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:30AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 26, 2026
“Turning a movie into a musical reeks of desperation,” says a character in the new Broadway musical adaptation of the 1987 film “The Lost Boys.” That insider wink to the audience get…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 23, 2026
“Enjoy the show. Don’t be an asshole,” While it’s not your typical musical theater greeting, “The Rocky Horror Show” is not your typical show. It’s one that is flamboyantly abn…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Audiences going to the musical “Beaches” are likely to know what to expect: the story of a decades-long, female friendship with plenty of schmaltz, some sass, and a mega-hit song, “Win…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 21, 2026
It’s easy to get depressed about national politics. The people running things are nasty, brutish and eager to appeal to baser instincts rather than better angels. As “The Balusters,” t…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:30PM[SHARE]Monday, April 20, 2026
It’s tempting to argue on principle that “Schmigadoon!” is everything that’s wrong with Broadway: a double-baked potato of familiar IP that relies on affection for a TV series, which…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 19, 2026
There's a bit of acting advice that's often ascribed to Noël Coward: "Speak clearly, and don't bump into the furniture." But if you're Kelli O'Hara and Rose Byrne, by all means, slide dow…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 16, 2026
"A Walk on the Moon," a musical about a Brooklyn mother whose life is transformed during a trip to a Catskills bungalow colony, will have its New York premiere this summer at The Laura Pels …
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