So if you care to find "Wicked," look… just about anywhere. You'd have to be flattened by a farmhouse to miss the "Wicked" promotional onslaught. From Starbucks drinks (Elphaba cold brew, …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:03PM[SHARE]Cole Escola's unconventional smash "Oh, Mary!" has recouped its entire production costs on Broadway. The play, capitalized at $4.5 million, is the first show of the 2024-25 season to do so. …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Marla Mindelle, the star of Off Broadway's Golden Age fantasia "The Big Gay Jamboree," gets anxiety during every performance. Sure, the delightfully ridiculous show " in which she plays a st…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PM[SHARE]Moviegoers can channel their inner Glinda and Elphaba during sing-along screenings of "Wicked." But they'll have to wait. Interactive showings of Universal's upcoming movie musical will be o…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:08PM[SHARE]Jon M. Chu had a pretty good excuse for missing the premiere of "Wicked." The director of the two-part musical epic couldn't make the starry Los Angeles event because his wife gave birth to …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:06PM[SHARE]Delia Ephron invented a term " discardia " for indulging without guilt at New York City's too-many tempting eateries. "It's a game you play with yourself. You can buy anything you want to ea…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:22PM[SHARE]"Smash," a stage adaptation of the fan-favorite NBC series, is officially opening on Broadway in 2025. The long-in-the-works musical will begin performances on March 11, 2025, at the Imperia…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:45PM[SHARE]Joey Fatone is returning to Broadway for the first time in two decades, joining the company of the jukebox musical "& Juliet." The revisionist take on Shakespeare's classic tale of star-…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Lionsgate wants theatergoers to have the time of their lives, so the studio is adapting "Dirty Dancing" as a Broadway musical. "Dirty Dancing: The Musical"Â will launch in late 2025 with a…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Joe Machota, head of CAA's theater department, will be recognized with the time-honored Broadway tradition of getting a caricature on the wall at Sardi's. Plenty of stars like Patti LuPone, …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:25AM[SHARE]Brody Grant, the Tony-nominated star of "The Outsiders," is returning to the musical after a month-long hiatus. An exact date has not been finalized but representatives for the show said he …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:51PM[SHARE]Jonathan Groff, a recent Tony winner for "Merrily We Roll Along," is returning to Broadway. He's set to star in "Just In Time," a new musical about the life and times of singer Bobby Darin. …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Sarah Snook, the Emmy-winning "Succession" actor, will make her Broadway debut playing 26 characters in "The Pictures of Dorian Gray." The adaptation of Oscar Wilde's gothic horror novel is …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]"Water for Elephants" is concluding its Broadway run this winter. The musical will play its final performance at the Imperial Theatre on Dec. 8. At the time of its concluding show, "Water fo…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:50PM[SHARE]Broadway's biggest stars got themselves out of bed bright and early on a coveted day off for Variety's annual Business of Broadway, presented by City National Bank, a celebration of new play…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:05PM[SHARE]TikTok Star Charli D'Amelio will make her Broadway debut in the jukebox musical "& Juliet," a revisionist take on Shakespeare's classic tale of star-crossed lovers. D'Amelio will join…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Christopher Ashley, the Tony-winning director of "Come From Away," has been appointed as the new artistic director of Roundabout Theatre Company. Ashley has spent the past 17 years as the ar…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PM[SHARE]Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creative mind behind "Hamilton" and "In the Heights," is returning to Broadway in "All In: Comedy About Love." The play, penned by former "Saturday Night Live" writer…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:10PM[SHARE]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]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]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]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]"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]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]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]"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]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]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]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]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 …
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