Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Bowen Yang is the latest A-list star to suffocate at the (fictional) White House for Cole Escola’s ultra-successful play “Oh Mary!” He’s making his Broadway debut as former first lad…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:12AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Playwright Max Wolf Friedlich, who made his Broadway debut with the buzzy thriller “Job,” is returning to the New York stage. His new show “The Holes” will premiere off-Broadway this…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 27, 2026
A stage adaptation of “Purple Rain,” the 1984 cult classic film starring Prince, will debut on Broadway in 2027. The musical will run at the Majestic Theatre, with previews beginning on…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Friday, July 10, 2026
Back in 2015, when “Hamilton” was the toast of Broadway, director Thomas Kail always knew where to find the musical’s creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda when he wasn’t on stage. “…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Revivals of “The Sound of Music” and “A Few Good Men” will return to Broadway as part of Lincoln Center Theater’s upcoming 2026-2027 season. “The Sound of Music” opens at the V…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Paddington is heading to New York. A musical about the anthropomorphic, marmalade-loving bear is opening on Broadway in the spring of 2027. The show’s transfer was teased with posters of P…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 11, 2026
Broadway publicity firm Polk & Co. has promoted two longtime press agents, Colgan McNeil and Kelly Stotmeister, to partners. They will work on the leadership team alongside founder Matt …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:22AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 7, 2026
Will a broken down salesman, vampire rockers, second-wave feminists or fierce feline ballroom dancers dominate the 79th Tony Awards? It’s Broadway’s biggest night and heading into the ce…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:38PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Jim Barne and Kit Buchan were terrified of being outed as frauds. After all, they were two very British writers creating a very New York musical. And they’d only ever been to the Big Apple…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:15AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 28, 2026
Chrissy Metz will make her Broadway debut in the jukebox musical “& Juliet.” She’ll join the cast as Angélique for a limited run starting on June 18 and concluding on Sept. 13. Me…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 26, 2026
“Chess” will close early on Broadway, with the buzzy revival ending its run on June 21. Although Lea Michele was scheduled to depart the production in late June, the musical had intended…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00PM[SHARE]Julia Louis-Dreyfus is heading to the Great White Way. The Emmy-winning actor is making her Broadway debut this fall in “Other Desert Cities” alongside Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Joe Kee…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:57AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 21, 2026
BBB, one of the leading publicity firms that covers Broadway, has been acquired by veteran press agents and longtime employees Heath Schwartz and Michelle Farabaugh. The company will be rebr…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 19, 2026
“Giant,” a play starring John Lithgow as author Roald Dahl, has recouped its entire production cost after 10 weeks on Broadway. The show, which is running for a limited 16-week engagemen…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Gaten Matarazzo will star as Mark Cohen in the West End revival of “Rent.” The rock musical, which is returning to the stage in honor of its 30th anniversary, will begin performances at …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00AM[SHARE]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]Monday, May 11, 2026
David Koepp is returning to the world of twisted amusement parks. The screenwriter, best known for adapting the hit novel “Jurassic Park” for the big screen, has been hired to pen a rebo…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:56PM[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 23, 2026
Diana Ross will no longer appear in “Michael” due to “certain legal considerations,” according to Kat Graham, who was hired to play the legendary Supremes singer in the upcoming musi…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:48AM[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]Yo Adrian, the Italian Stallion is back in the ring. Amazon MGM brought a teaser of "I Play Rocky," a drama about the true story behind the tumultuous making of the 1976 boxing classic "Rock…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:28AM[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]Thursday, April 9, 2026
Fiona Dourif, best known to "The Pitt" fans as Dr. McKay, has joined the cast of the horror film "A Head Full of Ghosts." She'll star alongside the previously announced ensemble of David Har…
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