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 …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:30AM[SHARE]Monday, April 13, 2026
Kim Kardashian has crammed a lot into her career. She's a reality TV pioneer, a fashion brand founder and the lead of a Ryan Murphy show. Now, "The Kardashians" star is about to take on a ne…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:09PM[SHARE]Brian Tyree Henry will star in "Running," a sports drama from "Warrior" and "The Way Back" director Gavin O'Connor. He joins the previously announced star Spike Fearn in the Apple Studios pr…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 12, 2026
Oh, Mary, what has Broadway become? You might think playful outrageousness is now the norm with this month's wave of musical openings that take audiences into the extreme realms of parody, p…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 11, 2026
"The Christophers," the story of a past-his-prime painter (Ian McKellen) and the mysterious assistant (Michaela Coel) he hires to destroy some priceless works of his half-finished art, defie…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 9, 2026
Poor Willy Loman is once again trying to convince his lousy sons that when it comes making a sale, reputation is everything. He's right, of course: The fourth Broadway revival of "Death of a…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM[SHARE]"Broken Snow," a psychological drama set inside an abandoned, snow-bound house, will premiere at Theatre 71 this month. It stars Tom Cavanagh of "The Flash" and "Ed," Tony Danza of "Taxi" an…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:46PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Broadway is burning " and that's something to celebrate. "Cats: The Jellicle Ball," a refreshed version of the downtown 2024 hit, blazes anew, having made the trek uptown with its extravagan…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00PM[SHARE]Director Emerald Fennell may be ready to dust off the ice pick, at least if Joe Eszterhas is to be believed. The "Promising Young Woman" and "Saltburn" filmmaker loves to push the envelope a…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:50AM[SHARE]Monday, April 6, 2026
Alden Ehrenreich might be lucky "Solo: A Star Wars Story" was such a box office bomb. Because what was bad for his bank account was fantastic for his creative freedom, liberating Ehrenreich,…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM[SHARE]Monday, March 30, 2026
Quilty, a new artificial intelligence platform designed to help the entertainment industry make more informed financial and creative decisions, has launched. The technology includes creative…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:43PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Singer, songwriter and actress Joanna "JoJo" Levesque will take over the lead role of Florence Vassy from Lea Michele in the hit Broadway revival of "Chess." She will star alongside Tony Awa…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:15AM[SHARE]Friday, March 20, 2026
When Ryan Gosling interacts on screen with his alien buddy, which he does for more than half of "Project Hail Mary," he wasn't staring at a green screen as cameras rolled. Instead, he was pl…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:30PM[SHARE]Lea Michele will end her run in Broadway's "Chess" this summer. The "Glee" star will leave the production on June 21, 2026. Michele's return to the stage has made "Chess" one of the season's…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Abramorama has acquired North American theatrical rights to "Just Sing," a coming-of-age a cappella documentary set in a real-life "Pitch Perfect"-esque competition. It follows a make-or-bre…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:11AM[SHARE]Friday, March 6, 2026
Isabella Esler and John Cardoza have been cast as the new Veronica Sawyer and Jason "J.D." Dean in "Heathers The Musical." Both actors will begin performances on April 27 at New World Stages…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:29PM[SHARE]Monday, February 23, 2026
Searchlight Pictures has signed a first-look film and television deal with Cate Blanchett, Andrew Upton and Coco Francini's Dirty Films. Under the pact, the specialty studio will develop and…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PM[SHARE]Monday, February 16, 2026
Olivia Colman has an Oscar, two Emmys and a boatload of BAFTAs, but she visibly recoils when asked about her acting process. "All of it sounds pretentious," Colman admits during a recent Zoo…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:42AM[SHARE]Friday, February 13, 2026
Lorne Michaels, the legendary creator of "Saturday Night Live," has allowed Morgan Neville behind-the-scenes of his television empire. The resulting film, "Lorne," is getting released by Foc…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 11, 2026
In 2019, Maggie O'Farrell's agent sent emailed a group of producers and filmmakers to share a manuscript of the author's upcoming book. "Hamnet," as the novel was titled, centered around Wil…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:31PM[SHARE]Jesse Tyler Ferguson is set to star as Truman Capote, the brilliant and troubled literary legend, in the first New York revival of "Tru." The solo show by Jay Presson Allen was a triumph for…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Rhys Thomas, best known for his work on "Saturday Night Live," has been tapped to direct "Anomaly" for Searchlight Pictures. In addition, Thomas and Andrew Nunnelly are adapting an original …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:59AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 8, 2026
James Ortiz, a performer best known for his work on stage, will portray Rocky, a spider-like alien who helps out Ryan Gosling's space-traveling science teacher in "Project Hail Mary." Ortiz'…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:50PM[SHARE]Friday, February 6, 2026
Austin Butler is about to get his Tour de France on, playing Lance Armstrong, the racing legend whose reputation was undone by a doping scandal. The "Elvis" star will portray the cycli…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:28PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Anthony Rapp will star in "Touch," a new solo play about a middle-aged gay man, failed writer and burned-out fifth-grade teacher whose life is thrown into chaos after an unexpected encounter…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:59AM[SHARE]Monday, February 2, 2026
Tony Award-winning producers Hal Luftig, Cathy Dantchik and Kevin Connor are teaming up to launch Halcyon Theatricals, a new producing and consulting theatrical company. The Halcyon team has…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:29AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 29, 2026
Stephanie Hsu, Juliette Lewis, Rachel Dratch and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez have joined the cast of "The Rocky Horror Show." The upcoming Broadway revival, which will be directed by Tony Award …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, January 24, 2026
In 2018, Iliza Shlesinger wrote down, "what if high school came back to bite you in the ass?" Over many, many rewrites, as well as several false starts and stops, that germ of an idea culmin…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:11AM[SHARE]Friday, January 23, 2026
"I Want Your Sex," an erotic thriller starring Olivia Wilde as a sexually assured artist who embarks on a sadomasochistic relationship with her gallery assistant, got Sundance's pulse racing…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:26PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 22, 2026
"Wicked: For Good" failed to cast a spell over Oscar voters. When the Academy Awards nominations were unveiled on Thursday, the musical found itself completely shut out of this year's race. …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:04PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 21, 2026
In a remote part of Pakistan, villagers routinely take rickety cable cars across the canyons that cut through the Himalayan foothills. But in August 2023, the unthinkable happened when a wir…
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