Before there was Tessio, before there was Fish, Abe Vigoda made his name on the stage. In the 1950s and ‘60s, the actor who died Tuesday at 94 did everything from Shakespeare to musical c…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:04PMJoy is the word for the producer and cast of Fox’s “Grease Live.” Cast members and producer Marc Platt were bubbly and as they discussed the ambitious live staging of the b…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:50PMBryan Cranston spent six months on stage in 2014 giving a tour-de-force performance as President Lyndon B. Johnson in “All the Way.” But adapting the play by Robert Schenkkan for…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:04PMWASHINGTON — Unveiling a variety of touches that broke from longstanding tradition, the Kennedy Center toasted five titans of the performing arts on Sunday in the 38th annual presentat…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:52PMNBC’s “The Wiz Live!” delivered strong ratings in the major markets and with adults 18-49. Preliminary Nielsen ratings have the three-hour live telecast averaging a 4.4 rat…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:38PMEven as the rave reviews were flowing in via social media, “The Wiz Live” producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron were still sweating out the key moment they felt would make or break the pr…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:38PMDavid Alan Grier loosened up by joking around in a faux Shakespearean actor voice. Limber dancers in creature costumes, ranging from furry winged warriors to sexy poppies to sassy crows mill…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:08AMJohn Benjamin Hickey, Christopher Denham and Mamie Gummer have gone from “Manhattan” to Manhattan. The trio of actors from the WGN America period drama are on stage in New York this fall…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:03PMCall it grassroots marketing in the Motor City. TCM is lending its feed this weekend to a Halloween-themed fundraiser for the last independent theater left in the heart of Detroit. Cinema De…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:50AMNBCUniversal’s plan to launch a streaming channel next year to better mine the value of “Saturday Night Live” and all of its late-night comedy programming has been no secret in TV and …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:43PMBig challenges, big changes, happy accidents and getting there on diversity — these were among the topics tackled by top producers, showrunners, directors and execs on Saturday at the …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:01PMThe Broadway smash “Hamilton” has been the talk of the town since it opened in August. But the rap-based musical about one of the nation’s founding fathers would not exist in its curr…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:52PMDennis Haysbert has joined the cast of “Undercover,” the limited series set to air next year on the BBC and BBC America. The six-part series penned by Peter Moffat revolves aroun…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:33PMNicole Scherzinger, a singer who is a staple of British TV including a regular gig on “The X Factor UK,” has signed on to NBC’s “Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harr…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:16PMNeil Patrick Harris wants to attract a very specific demographic with “Best Time Ever”: Sarah Silverman, Louis C.K. and their ilk. On big key to the success of the show — a huge swing …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:57AMLegiters love their own, and they love pushing the boundaries of the stage. That was the clear vibe in the room at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday during the Tony Awards ceremony. It was evi…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:29PMThe Kennedy Center has tapped White Cherry Entertainment, veteran producers of numerous TV events including the Tony Awards and Emmy Awards, to handle production of this year’s Kennedy Cen…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:10PMFox is developing an event special around “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” the enduring midnight-movie classic that has been playing for 40 years. Kenny Ortega is on board to dir…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:44PMTEL AVIV – Israeli actor Chaim Topol, best known for his performance as Tevye the milkman in “Fiddler On the Roof,” has been awarded Israel’s highest honor: The Israel Prize for Life…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:38AMThe hefty three-year pact calls for Leight to develop new projects exclusively for the studio. But the deal also allows Leight to continue as showrunner on “SVU” for the coming 2015-16 s…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:23PMDisney’s long corporate runoff has come to an end with the promotion of Tom Staggs to chief operating officer. The Walt Disney Parks and Resort chairman has long been seen as the front-run…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:16PMDisney shares shot up more than 7% in early trading Wednesday to top the $100 mark, thanks to the tailwind from Tuesday’s stellar quarterly earnings report. The Mouse House’s str…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:51AMJoe Franklin, the New York media fixture who hosted one of TV’s first and longest-running talk shows, died Saturday. He was 88. “The Joe Franklin Show” was a Gotham latenig…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:07AMTime Warner and Disney were the showbiz’s biggest gainers in the stock market in 2014. Discovery Communications and Viacom were the biggest losers in what was generally a solid year fo…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:54PMNBC’s three-hour “Peter Pan Live” telecast, starring Allison Williams and Christopher Walken, scored a solid but unspectacular 2.3 rating/7 share in adults 18-49 and about …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:27AMAllison Williams has taken wing on NBC’s “Peter Pan Live.” So far, so good with the first flight over London and a safe landing in the children’s room at the Darling …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:26PMStephen Colbert has been tapped to host the Kennedy Center Honors on Dec. 7. “He is best in class and will no doubt undue any solemnity that might otherwise attend the occasion,” said Ho…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:05AMLOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - In its pursuit of audience-grabbing event programming, NBC is said to be eyeing a live staging of Aaron Sorkin's play "A Few Good Men."
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:33PMIn its pursuit of audience-grabbing event programming, NBC is said to be eyeing a live staging of Aaron Sorkin’s play “A Few Good Men.” The Peacock is in the early stages of working ou…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:34PMABC is developing a contemporary take on “The Phantom of the Opera” shepherded by “Desperate Housewives” creator Marc Cherry. The ABC Studios project is described as …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PMSeizing a moment when diversity is being embraced by the small screen, prolific playwright Josefina Lopez is trying TV again with a dramedy about four sisters set up at ABC and ABC Studios. …
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