Monday, September 23, 2024
Broadway theaters will dim their lights in honor of James Earl Jones, the four-time nominated and two-time Tony Award winning actor who died on Sept. 9 at the age of 93. Broadway houses will…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 19, 2024
Up two treacherous flights of stairs at the Lyceum Theatre, Cole Escola sits demurely in their dressing room, awaiting the delivery of a green smoothie. It's a rare moment of downtime for th…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:15AM[SHARE]Danny Burstein, the Tony-winning actor of "Moulin Rouge" who has appeared in many, many other Broadway shows, has joined the upcoming revival of "Gypsy." He'll play Herbie, a former agent-tu…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Shailene Woodley, "Star Trek" actor Zachary Quinto and "Euphoria" star Barbie Ferreira will lead the Broadway cast of "Cult of Love," a play by "Star Wars: The Acolyte" and "Russian Doll" cr…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PM[SHARE]Monday, September 9, 2024
John Mulaney, who made his Broadway debut in "Oh, Hello" with Nick Kroll, is returning to the stage. He's starring in "All In: Comedy About Love," a play by former "Saturday Night Live" writ…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:49AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 14, 2024
"Purpose," a new show from "Appropriate" playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, will open on Broadway in the spring of 2025. Phylicia Rashad will direct the play, which is set to begin previews …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal know they're inextricably linked as Mark Cohen and Roger Davis, the characters they played in the original Broadway cast of "Rent." Their status as one of musica…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:41AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 8, 2024
Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr will star in the upcoming revival of David Mamet's lauded play "Glengarry Glen Ross." The production is scheduled to open on Broadway in the spring …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 6, 2024
"Stranger Things: The First Shadow," a stage play based on the hugely popular Netflix series, is heading to Broadway in 2025. The show will run at the Marquis Theatre with preview performanc…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 1, 2024
Adam Driver will lead the off-Broadway revival of Kenneth Lonergan's play "Hold on to Me Darling." The show will run at the Lucille Lortel Theatre for a limited 13-week engagement. Preview p…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:15AM[SHARE]Monday, July 22, 2024
AMCÂ Theatres, the world's largest cinema chain, reached an agreement to restructure a portion of its debt to extend maturity dates by at least three years, the company said Monday. AMC Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:19PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 18, 2024
JoAnn M. Hunter, the choreographer of Broadway's "School of Rock" and "Bad Cinderella," has been hired to direct the upcoming musical "Yasuke: The Black Samurai." This production, which Hunt…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:54PM[SHARE]Monday, June 17, 2024
Angelina Jolie may get the award for most enthusiastic audience member. The A-list star was seated in the front row at the Tony Awards on Sunday and jumped to her feet at every win for "The …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Audra McDonald will portray the ultimate stage mom, Mama Rose, in the upcoming Broadway revival of "Gypsy." George C. Wolfe, a Tony winner for "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches" and …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:30PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 23, 2024
Adam Aron, the CEO of AMC Theatres, gives me a choice. We're supposed to have a 20-minute interview in Las Vegas at CinemaCon, a four-day gathering of movie theater owners and Hollywood stud…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Robert Downey Jr. will make his Broadway debut this fall in the new play, "McNeal." Written by Ayad Akhtar and directed by Bartlett Sher ("To Kill a Mockingbird"), "McNeal" will star Downey …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:07PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 24, 2024
AMC Theatres, the world's largest cinema chain, is leaning into distribution. The company is expanding its distribution team with a key hire and promotion, underscoring its commitment to rel…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM[SHARE]Mary Todd Lincoln had grand ambitions of being a cabaret star, at least according to playwright Cole Escola. Now, the former first lady is getting her due on the grandest stage of all. "Oh, …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Break out the dumpling wrappers and mahjong sets because "Crazy Rich Asians" is coming to Broadway. The beloved romantic comedy is being developed as a Broadway musical by director Jon M. Ch…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 16, 2024
"West Side Story" star Rachel Zegler and "Heartstopper" breakout Kit Connor will make their Broadway debuts in "Romeo+ Juliet," a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's classic that will ope…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:59AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Ariana DeBose will host the Tony Awards for the third consecutive year. Broadway's biggest night will take place on June 16 in New York City at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. I…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Sufjan Stevens is bringing his musical talents to Broadway. The singer-songwriter's show "Illinoise," based on his album of the same name, will open at the St. James Theatre in the spring. T…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:01AM[SHARE]Friday, March 15, 2024
Climate change protestors disrupted Thursday night's performance of Broadway's "An Enemy of the People." The disturbance briefly halted the play and resulted in several of the cast members, …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:31AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal will return to Broadway to interpret the Bard. They will star in a revival of Shakespeare's tragedy "Othello," which opens in the spring of 2025 and is …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:46AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Netflix is getting into the business of Broadway. The streaming behemoth is producing the upcoming play "Patriots," from "The Crown" creator Peter Morgan. The show, set in 1991 after the fal…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:22PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 8, 2024
"My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?)" has postponed its Broadway debut. The comedic play, which premiered on London's West End, will open next season instead of this spring. The one-pers…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:47PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 31, 2024
"Kiss the Future," a documentary produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and featuring Bono and Bill Clinton, is coming to the big screen next month. The film will receive a theatrical run ex…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:13PM[SHARE]Monday, January 29, 2024
Hats off to "Gutenberg! The Musical!" The Broadway show, starring Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells (whose characters wear dozens of caps) as they reunited 12 years after "The Book of Mormon," ha…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:56PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 6, 2023
"Vanderpump Rules" star Ariana Madix will make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in "Chicago." She will play the blond-haired ingenue, the one whose name is on everybody's lips, for an eight-…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:37AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 16, 2023
Jason Biggs, Edie Falco and Hank Azaria have joined the producing team of "The White Chip," a comedy that will premiere Off-Broadway in 2024. Described as a "wry and wild" journey, the story…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Monday, November 13, 2023
RWS Global, the world's largest producer of live experiences, has hired former NBCUniversal executive Chris Lucarz as chief financial officer. In his new role, Lucarz will oversee all financ…
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