Monday, May 18, 2026
“Death Becomes Her,” a campy musical based on the 1992 cult favorite film, is closing after less than two years on Broadway. After 650 performances over a 20-month run, “Death Becomes …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]“Just In Time,” a biographical jukebox musical about the performer Bobby Darin, has recouped its entire production cost after just over a year on Broadway. The show, which earned a Tony …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 13, 2026
A filmed version of “Giant,” the Olivier Award-winning and Tony-nominated play starring John Lithgow as author Roald Dahl, will be released on the big screen in the fall. “Giant,” re…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Broadway’s “Fallen Angels,” a revival of the Noël Coward comedy-of-manners led by Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara, will be livestreamed on BroadwayHD, a theater-centric streaming servic…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 6, 2026
“Every Brilliant Thing,” a play starring Daniel Radcliffe, has recouped its entire production cost after 10 weeks on Broadway. The solo show was capitalized at $5.75 million. This produc…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:51AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 5, 2026
When the 79th Tony Awards revealed its list of contenders on Tuesday morning, there were expected nominations for the likes of John Lithgow (“Giant”), Nathan Lane (“Death of a Salesman…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:20AM[SHARE]Monday, May 4, 2026
Are movie theaters the new black? “The Devil Wears Prada 2” certainly made a compelling case that cinemas are once again en vogue after the long-anticipated sequel opened to $77 million …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:35PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 30, 2026
A few months before Alden Ehrenreich and Patrick Ball made their Broadway debuts in the hilarious dark comedy “Becky Shaw,” the two men met at a swanky Golden Globes party in Los Angeles…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 29, 2026
A revival of “Evita,” starring Rachel Zegler as the Argentinian first lady Eva Perón, is transferring to Broadway in the spring of 2027. Director Jamie Lloyd’s new take on the musical…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:07AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 16, 2026
Comedian Cat Cohen's new one-woman show "Broad Strokes" will debut Off-Broadway over the summer. The musical comedy is set to begin previews at downtown Manhattan's Lucille Lortel Theatre on…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM[SHARE]Two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody jokes that he's not good at pretending. "I always say I'm a terrible actor because you know when I don't like something. You know where I stand," the 52-ye…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Billy Crystal is returning to Broadway. The beloved performer has announced a new one-man show, "860," which is opening this fall. "860" was written by Crystal and named after the address of…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:11AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Tom Felton is extending his run as the platinum-blonde baddie Draco Malfoy in Broadway's "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child." He joined the show in November 2025 and was scheduled to depart …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 2, 2026
Focus Features will release a filmed version of Broadway's "Six" on the big screen over the summer. It will land in domestic cinemas on Aug. 14. "Six" imagines the wives of Henry VIII as a p…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:08PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 31, 2026
The "Heated Rivalry" phenomenon is headed to the stage. "Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody" will run Off-Broadway this spring following eight sold-out concert performances earl…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:50AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 12, 2026
Maya Rudolph will be the latest star to don the bratty curls and hoop skirt for Cole Escola's sensation "Oh Mary!" She is making her Broadway debut as former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln on …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:34AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Nicole Travolta's solo show "Nicole Travolta Is Doing Alright" will return to the New York Stage this spring. The play is scheduled for an encore engagement at the SoHo Playhouse from April …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 26, 2026
Megan Thee Stallion will make her Broadway debut in "Moulin Rouge! The Musical." She's stepping into the role of nightclub impresario Harold Zidler, a part originated by Tony winner Danny Bu…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:13AM[SHARE]Monday, February 23, 2026
Broadway will remain closed on Monday amid the major winter storm that brought heavy snowfall to New York City. Venues on the Great White Way (a particularly apt nickname for the theater dis…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:03PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 22, 2026
Broadway will dim its lights early on Sunday due to the impending blizzard that's expected to take aim at New York City. After initially planning to remain open, most Broadway shows " includ…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:40PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 19, 2026
Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell will star on Broadway in this fall's revival of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." This marks a reunion for the "Avengers" actors; Hiddleston is best kn…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:43AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Jennifer Hudson is telling you, she is going to produce the Broadway revival of "Dreamgirls," which will open in the fall. Hudson won the Oscar for portraying Effie White in the 2006 movie v…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 5, 2026
"Moulin Rouge! The Musical" is closing after seven years on Broadway. The upbeat jukebox musical will play its final performance on July 26 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. By then, "Moulin Rou…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Baby is making her way across the United States. "Dirty Dancing: The Musical," a stage adaptation of the beloved 1987 romantic drama, is embarking on a North American tour. It will launch th…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 29, 2026
Back in the fall of 2019, on the night of the first performance of "& Juliet" in Manchester, England, director Luke Sheppard was sweating. "Nobody had bought a ticket," he recalls.…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson will make their Broadway debuts in "The Fear of 13," a searing play about a wrongly convinced death row prisoner. "The Fear of 13" tells the true story of Nic…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Monday, December 15, 2025
"Titanique," a campy Off Broadway hit, will open on Broadway in the spring. The show is a low-fi musical parody of James Cameron's disaster epic "Titanic" that uses Céline Dion's music to r…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Monday, December 1, 2025
Theater industry veteran Sean Cercone is launching The Licensing House, a boutique theatrical licensing imprint that will provide representation for plays and musicals. Cercone is the founde…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:21PM[SHARE]Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf will return to Broadway in the Arthur Miller classic "Death of a Salesman." A revival of the acclaimed play will run for 14 weeks at the Winter Garden Theatre,…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:38PM[SHARE]Friday, November 7, 2025
Jane Krakowski felt a pang of jealousy the first time she saw "Oh, Mary!," the hit comedy that imagines former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln as a deranged wannabe cabaret star. The Tony-winni…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Daniel Radcliffe is returning to Broadway this spring in the solo play "Every Brilliant Thing." The actor, who became famous for playing the Boy Who Lived in eight wildly popular "Harry Pott…
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