Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Broadway's starry revival of "The Music Man" has a new boss. Veteran theater producer Kate Horton has been named executive producer of the musical, taking over day-to-day duties from Scott R…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:14AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 20, 2021
Tribeca Festival, the first in-person film festival in the U.S. since the pandemic, closed out its 20th edition with a tribute to a small town in the midwest. Filmmakers Julia Reichert and S…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:47PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 13, 2021
"In the Heights," the acclaimed adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway show, didn't hit all the right notes in its box office debut. The Warner Bros. movie generated a wane $11.4 millio…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:30PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 10, 2021
In December, the Small Business Administration set up a $16.1 billion fund to provide eligible movie theaters, live venue operators and performing arts organizations with grants that could h…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:38PM[SHARE]Friday, May 28, 2021
Movie theater chains, including AMC, Regal and Cinemark, will no longer require fully vaccinated guests to wear face masks. In line with CDC guidelines, masks will be optional for inoculated…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:13PM[SHARE]Ahead of the long Memorial Day weekend, Paramount's "A Quiet Place Part II" and Disney's "Cruella" are each off to a solid start at the domestic box office. The former, a nearly silent seque…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:59PM[SHARE]Monday, May 24, 2021
Timothee Chalamet is playing the world's most famous chocolatier. The actor has been cast as a young Willy Wonka in the upcoming "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" prequel, "Wonka." More to…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:45PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Ben Platt is many things: a Tony-winning actor who perfected the art of snot-crying onstage and a songwriter whose talents extend to catchy Yom Kippur jingles. What Platt is not, as many on …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:45PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 4, 2021
As Julie Andrews' character says in "The Princess Diaries" sequel: "A queen is never late. Everyone else is simply early." So it's only fitting that the American Film Institute's annual Life…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:36PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 1, 2021
New York City is aiming to fully reopen on July 1, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio, nearly a year-and-a-half after COVID-19 restrictions on movie theaters, restaurants and most businesses …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:31AM[SHARE]Joseph Masher, a New York-based movie theater operator, understands that audiences may be reluctant to return to the movies. After all, it's been at least a year since most people have stepp…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:30AM[SHARE]Friday, April 30, 2021
A filmed version of the popular Broadway musical "Come From Away" will debut on Apple TV Plus. Apple Original Films landed rights to the live stage recording, which is being produced and fin…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM[SHARE]Monday, April 26, 2021
"Vivo," an animated movie that boasts new music from "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, is coming to Netflix. The family friendly film was initially scheduled to release in theaters on J…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:10PM[SHARE]Monday, April 19, 2021
Movie theaters in New York City will soon be able to welcome a slightly larger number of customers into their venues. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has given local cinemas permission to operate…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:03PM[SHARE]Friday, April 16, 2021
"In the Heights," a movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical, has been tapped to open the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. The festival's opening night screening will be held on June …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:33PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Broadway star Karen Olivo says she won't return to "Moulin Rouge" once the musical reopens. She's leaving her Tony-nominated role in protest of the theater industry's silence on allegations …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:24PM[SHARE]Monday, April 12, 2021
"Promising Young Woman," the dark comedy starring Carey Mulligan, will be offered for free to college students. Focus Features, the film's backer, has partnered with RAINN, the country's lar…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:13PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 8, 2021
When Lin-Manuel Miranda was pitching his musical "In the Heights" nearly two decades ago, Broadway heavyweights stumbled over what he was selling. They wanted the young female protagonist Ni…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:44AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 4, 2021
"Godzilla vs. Kong" muscled its way to a pandemic-era box office record, giving Hollywood studios and theater owners alike hope that people are ready to return to the movies after a year of …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:04PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 30, 2021
The pandemic isn't over yet, but the picture of moviegoing in Los Angeles is looking brighter. The country's most populous county is moving into California's orange tier, the third step in t…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:27PM[SHARE]In an unprecedented move, a live stage recording of "Diana" is coming to Netflix on Oct. 1, two months before preview performances are expected to resume on Dec. 1 at the Longacre Theatre.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:29PM[SHARE]"Diana," a musical about the people's princess, will premiere on Netflix ahead of its Broadway debut. The show had completed only a few preview performances (and was expected to officially o…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:56AM[SHARE]Monday, March 29, 2021
"Being the Ricardos," an upcoming movie about the relationship between "I Love Lucy" stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, has added several names to the call sheet. Ahead of the start of produ…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:37PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 25, 2021
New York City is taking steps to revive the theater industry, a sector of the city that has been shuttered for more than a year due to the pandemic. Those efforts, Mayor Bill de Blasio revea…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:13AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 21, 2021
Disney's animated adventure "Raya and the Last Dragon" led the domestic box office in its third weekend, illustrating the appeal of family films as Hollywood attempts to mount a moviegoing r…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:18PM[SHARE]Friday, March 19, 2021
"In the Heights" will hit theaters, and HBO Max, sooner than expected. The musical is slated to open on June 11 instead of June 18. Director Jon M. Chu shared the news on Twitter, writing, "…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Movie theaters in Los Angeles county are poised to reopen at limited capacity as soon as Saturday. The county had to meet several requirements, such as distributing two million vaccine doses…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:15PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 6, 2021
For New York City residents Marina Thomas and Brandt Kempin, going to the movies carries near spiritual significance. "It's a version of church," Kempin says. The couple returned to their sa…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:28PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 28, 2021
Warner Bros.' animated family film "Tom and Jerry" debuted to $13.7 million at the domestic box office, one of the biggest opening weekend hauls of the coronavirus era and a signal that movi…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:44PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 24, 2021
For the first time in nearly a year, New York-based movie theater operator Nicolas Nicolaou can breathe a sigh of relief. That's because Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that cinemas across the f…
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