Friday, July 21, 2023
Power publicist Alla Plotkin is teaming up with Jillian Roscoe, becoming a partner in Birch Public Relations. Roscoe launched the firm in March 2023 after leaving ID PR. Plotkin also departe…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:15AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 13, 2023
It's good to know that Ben Platt and Molly Gordon's failed childhood romance didn't keep them from remaining life-long friends. The actors star in "Theater Camp," a mockumentary about a perf…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:26PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 13, 2023
I'm on the phone with J. Harrison Ghee when they walk into their dressing room at the Shubert Theatre before Tuesday night's performance of "Some Like It Hot." It's their first show since wi…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Is there going be a musical episode of "Only Murders in the Building" in Season 3?! While it hasn't been officially confirmed that Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez will be singing…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:50PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Sterling K. Brown could be on his way to Broadway. The three-time Emmy winner will star in a reading of a new stage production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" on May 18 in New York City…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:46PM[SHARE]Peppermint wants back on "RuPaul's Drag Race." She famously was runner-up in Season 9 when Sasha Velour took the crown after her iconic rose petal-filled finale lip sync. "I would love to go…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:20PM[SHARE]Friday, May 12, 2023
The Tonys has asked the Writers Guild of America for a waiver in order to go ahead with plans for Broadway's biggest night of the year. A source confirms that the request was filed with the …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:52PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Lea Michele's run in "Funny Girl" doesn't end until Sept. 3, but she's already plotting her return to Broadway. In fact, the actor-singer tells me she has her next gig lined up. "I already k…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Jake Gyllenhaal is determined to star in another Broadway musical. "There are so many musicals I love so deeply," Gyllenhaal, who starred in a revival of "Sunday in the Park With George" wit…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:19AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 15, 2023
A veteran of stage and screen, Tony winner Jane Krakowski returns to "Schmigadoon!" In the second season of Apple TV+'s musical series, Krakowski plays Bobbie, a trial lawyer who sings and d…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:57AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 11, 2023
On Tuesday night, Jeremy Renner walked his first red carpet since his near-fatal snow plow accident. The "Avengers" actor was on hand at the premiere of "Rennervations," his new Disney+ real…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:30PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 8, 2023
Hoyeon and Donald Glover were among the honorees at the inaugural GQ Global Creativity Awards on Thursday at the WSA, a new cultural center in downtown Manhattan. Hosted by musical artist Ia…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM[SHARE]Friday, March 3, 2023
Former ID PR publicists Rachel Karten and Lindsay Krug have launched their own firm, Origin Public Relations. Their client roster already includes Kathy Bates, Hannah Einbinder, Tracee Ellis…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:37PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Welcome to this week's "Just for Variety." Ever since I broke the news that Michelle Yeoh is playing Madame Morrible in Jon M. Chu's "Wicked" movies, she has been saying that the films will …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:13PM[SHARE]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…
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