Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Welcome to this week's "Just for Variety." Bette Midler had her first professional wardrobe fitting when she made her Broadway debut in 1967 playing Tzeitel in "Fiddler on the Roof." "I reme…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:56PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 12, 2023
Idina Menzel is making her way back to the stage. The Tony winner will star in "Redwood," a musical she first began developing almost 20 years ago, which will premiere as the final productio…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:59AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 5, 2023
Ryan Raftery has written and starred in stage musical parodies about Martha Stewart, Anna Wintour, Andy Cohen and Andy Warhol. The actor is now taking on Kris Jenner. "Just for Variety" …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:18AM[SHARE]Friday, November 4, 2022
Oscar winner Cameron Crowe made his official Broadway debut Thursday with the opening night of "Almost Famous," the musical adaptation of his 2000 film, at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. The…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:04PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 20, 2022
July 20 Wednesday Journalist Nicole Pasulka and photographer Santiago Felipe discuss their new book about the rebirth of New York's drag scene, "How You Get Famous: Ten Years of Drag Madness…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:12PM[SHARE]Friday, July 15, 2022
In true Billy Porter fashion, the multi-hyphenate superstar didn't hold back while delivering a politically-charged speech Thursday night at the opening of this year's Outfest. "Fuck SCOTUS!…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:03AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 14, 2022
Colman Domingo says his younger brother gave him the best compliment about his new autobiographical animated short, "New Moon." "He was overcome," Domingo tells me on this week's episode of …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:34PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Jonathan Groff is opening up about his early days in New York City and his first same-sex kiss. The future "Frozen" and "Hamilton" star was only about 19 years old when he was a waiter at th…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:13AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Matt Doyle still can't believe what's been happening to him lately. A New York City theater actor for about 16 years, he's now a first-time Tony nominee for his work as Jamie in director Mar…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:17AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 8, 2022
Three or four times a year, something special happens in New York City: A rare opportunity"and precious luxury in theater these days"to pay $35 for the hottest ticket in town (if you can get…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 27, 2022
When openly gay "Bridgerton" star Golda Rosheuvel "who plays the wigtastic gossip-loving Queen Charlotte on the Netflix series " was starting her acting career, she was told by a lesbian dir…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Ariana DeBose made history on Sunday night by becoming the first openly queer woman of color to win an acting Oscar for her work as Anita in Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story." The musical…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:22PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Send in the tears: Stephen Sondheim is due to be remembered in song at the upcoming Grammy Awards by Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler, sources tell Variety. The pe…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:22PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Welcome to this week's "Just for Variety." From "Bridget Jones' Diary" to "Judy," Renée Zellweger knows a thing or two about transformation. The two-time Oscar winner's latest, as convicted…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:17PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Welcome to this week's "Just for Variety." Add Hannah Waddingham to the list of actors who would love to be in a superhero movie. "Why do you think I've done sci-fi things in the past?" says…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:24AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 2, 2022
On Tuesday evening in New York City, "MJ The Musical," a new biographical musical celebrating the life and work of Michael Jackson, opened on Broadway. "MJ The Musical," written by two-time …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:34PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Jesse Plemons says Benedict Cumberbatch's Method acting as the gruff Phil Burbank while shooting "The Power of the Dog" definitely intensified their on-camera dynamic. "It creates a mood," P…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:26PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 18, 2021
Welcome to the new COVID normal. About 30 minutes after Thursday night's performance of "A Christmas Carol," starring Bradley Whitford, Alex Newell and Kate Burton, at Los Angeles' Ahmanson …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:44PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 28, 2021
On Sunday in New York City, the Broadway community gathered to honor, mourn, and celebrate the late composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who passed away at the age of 91 on Friday. On the…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:54PM[SHARE]Saturday, November 27, 2021
The show must go on. That's what Broadway's latest production of Stephen Sondheim's "Company" did Friday night at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater, but not before director Marianne Elliott paid…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:35PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 24, 2021
The chandelier inside the Majestic Theatre, Broadway's most beloved ghost light, rose again on Friday evening as "The Phantom of the Opera," the longest running show in Broadway history, ret…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:12PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 14, 2021
On Wednesday evening in New York City, Anna Wintour, Huma Abiden, Joel Gray, Don Lemon, Phylicia Rashad, Kenny Leon and a host of New York theater luminaries filed into the Golden Theatre on…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:25AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 6, 2021
It's just a few days before Uzo Aduba begins rehearsals of "Clyde's," a new Broadway production from writer Lynn Nottage and director Kate Whoriskey. In the play, Aduba stars as Clyde, the o…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:15AM[SHARE]Friday, September 3, 2021
Broadway took its next step toward reopening Thursday night, carefully and deliberately on the backs of two shows telling stories of fear and resilience. "Hadestown," the 2019 Tony-winning b…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:09PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 10, 2021
The chandelier inside the Majestic Theater " the iconic gold fixture that plummets into the audience as the "The Phantom of the Opera" reaches its act one climax " is still dark, and it'll s…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:59PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Welcome to this week's "Just for Variety." Kate Beckinsale is "highly" doubtful that another "Underworld" will be made, but that doesn't mean she isn't up for playing Selene in a sixth movie…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:10AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 15, 2021
Welcome to this week's "Just for Variety." Queer Disney fans raised a rainbow flag in 2017 when it was revealed that in the Bill Condon-directed live-action adaptation of the animated hit "B…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:10AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 10, 2021
The Tribeca Festival screening of "In the Heights" on Wednesday was the first major movie event to take place in New York City since the COVID-19 pandemic. And what a celebration it was. The…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:09PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Daphne Rubin-Vega's face may be on an "In the Heights" billboard on 41st Street in Times Square, but her son isn't so impressed. "He is 16, so I am not the coolest person at all on the plane…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:45AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 8, 2021
It may not have been a full Broadway production, but the Roundabout Theatre Company nonetheless knows how to welcome live theater back to New York City. The 56-year-old performing arts organ…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:48PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 5, 2021
"It's going to be Washington Heights that is going to show the world how to get up again," declared director Jon M. Chu as he addressed the audience ahead of the special preview screening of…
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