Wednesday, February 6, 2019
If you’re looking for someone to blame for the #RentNotLive controversy that happened after star Brennin Hunt broke his foot last month, look no further than Charlie Collier. The new Fox E…
SOURCE: Vulture at 04:23PMWednesday, August 2, 2017
In the season-two finale of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Rachel Bloom’s hyperactively imaginative heroine, Rebecca Bunch, was jilted at the altar. The third season will pick up from there with a �…
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:35PMWednesday, August 3, 2016
Sean Hayes is finally reuniting with Smash executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron on Hairspray Live!, the latest of the producers’ live NBC musical extravaganzas. Hayes will play f…
SOURCE: Vulture at 06:14AMThursday, January 7, 2016
The current members of Boyz II Men are reviving their teen angel status. The R&B group has joined Fox’s production of “Grease: Live” for a three-part harmony version of…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:32AMMonday, December 7, 2015
NBC is continuing to build out its relationship with the Great White Way, as the network is developing “Voice of the City,” a New York-set period musical written by Tony nominee…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:19PMFriday, December 4, 2015
Special effects makeup artist Dave Elsey says he was “traumatized” by the movie “The Wizard of Oz” when he was a child — but in his view that’s not necessarily a bad thing. “If…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:08AMTuesday, November 17, 2015
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
NBC is preparing to hit the road for Oz this winter, releasing a preview for “The Wiz: Live!” The latest in NBC’s series of live productions, this staging of the classic mu…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:56AMThursday, October 22, 2015
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Fox’s “Rocky Horror Picture Show” has invited Laverne Cox to come up to its lab. The “Orange is the New Black” actress has been cast as the sexually ambiguous f…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:14PMMonday, October 19, 2015
Netflix is planning a return trip to Stars Hollow. The digital channel is developing a revival of the much-loved Warner Bros. series “Gilmore Girls” with creator Amy Sherman-Pall…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:26PMTuesday, September 8, 2015
After 32 years, Vanessa Williams will return to the Miss America stage and will serve as head judge for this year’s competition. In 1984, Williams famously became the first African Ame…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:14PMTuesday, September 1, 2015
Patti LuPone is back for more “Penny Dreadful.” The Broadway legend, who guest starred as Joan Clayton (aka the Cut-Wife) in the sophomore season of Showtimes’s Victorian E…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:15PMTuesday, August 4, 2015
David Alan Grier has the courage to explore live TV. The comedian and three-time Tony Award nominee has joined NBC’s production of “The Wiz Live!.” He’ll play the Cow…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:52PMTuesday, July 28, 2015
Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige are the latest singers ready to make mischief in Oz for NBC’s upcoming live production of “The Wiz.” Executive producer Craig Zadan shared t…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:56PMThursday, July 9, 2015
Aaron Tveit has been cast as head T Bird Danny Zuko in Fox’s musical version of “Grease,” it is the word. The Paramount Television production is based on the original music…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:47PMMonday, May 11, 2015
Stephanie Mills is returning to Oz. The Broadway star who originated the role of Dorothy in the musical adaptation of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is set to appear in NBC’s…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:58PMThursday, April 9, 2015
“The Get Down,” Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming Netflix series about Bronx teens growing up the 1970s, has cast its first four young male leads. TJ Brown will play Boo-Boo, a mecha…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:14AMWednesday, April 8, 2015
Mamie Gummer is heading for the Hill. “The Good Wife” alum has joined WGN America’s Los Alamos-set period drama “Manhattan” for season two, playing a street-smart spy w…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:30PMWednesday, November 5, 2014
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - NBC has added to its cast of "Peter Pan Live!," tapping "About a Boy's" Minnie Driver to play the adult version of female lead Wendy Darling in its live staging o…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 04:20PMNBC has added to its cast of “Peter Pan Live!,” tapping “About a Boy’s” Minnie Driver to play the adult version of female lead Wendy Darling in its live staging…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:36PMMonday, October 27, 2014
It seems Neil Patrick Harris can cross one more thing off his bucket list: The newly minted Oscar host has partnered with NBC to develop a variety show based on “Ant and Dec’s Satur…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:53PMTuesday, October 7, 2014
When Viola Davis partnered with Safeway Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation to introduce the Hunger Is initiative to eradicate childhood hunger earlier this year, her experi…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMWednesday, September 10, 2014
Barneys New York will soon be extra merry and bright, as Baz Luhrmann and his wife, costume and production designer Catherine Martin, will be glitzing up the joint this holiday season. Named…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:56PMTuesday, September 9, 2014
NBC has again turned to the Great White Way before setting off for Neverland, tapping Tony nominee Kelli O’Hara for its upcoming musical “Peter Pan Live!.” O’Hara, whose cred…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:29PMMonday, September 8, 2014
Broadway great and “American Horror Story: Coven” alum Patti LuPone will soon be casting a spell on Showtime’s supernatural period drama “Penny Dreadful,” Varie…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:47PMTuesday, August 26, 2014
Hey hobo man, hey Dapper Dan: Target is partnering with the costume designer of the upcoming “Annie” remake on an apparel line. Renée Ehrlich Kalfus has created a 25-piece limit…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:52AMSunday, July 20, 2014
“The Simpsons” vet Hank Azaria is heading across the border and will be the lead voice role in “Bordertown,” Fox’s new animated series created and written by &…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:13PMFriday, June 27, 2014
Elisabeth Moss has racked up five Emmy nominations playing complex, career-driven Peggy Olson on “Mad Men.” But just as Peggy has transformed over the course of seven seasons, Moss, 31, …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMWednesday, June 4, 2014
A lack of new releases in the home entertainment industry’s no man’s season – the period of time between the Memorial Day weekend and the end of the school year – was all it took for…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:36PM 
