Tuesday, June 13, 2017
The turbulent state of culture and politics in the Trump era were top of mind for many Tony Award winners. A number of those who made the trip to the stage at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:37PMMaybe it was inevitable that in the year after “Hamilton’s” triumph, the Tony Awards would seem to be lacking in pizzazz. The 71st annual Tony Awards was, as always, a well-pro…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:37PMSunday, June 11, 2017
Some Tony Award nominees are wearing politics on their lapels tonight as they walk the red carpet outside of Radio City Music Hall. The ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and other organizations reac…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:13PMFriday, June 9, 2017
Glenne Headly was a very serious actress with a gift for comedy. That’s how Anna D. Shapiro, artistic director of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Co., remembered the theater’…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:23PMWednesday, June 7, 2017
The time that Prince showed up to perform on “The Tonight Show” without a guitar. The time a nervous Barbra Streisand hit her nose on the microphone stand in rehearsal. The time …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:30PMThursday, May 25, 2017
CBS has tapped the Tony Awards production team of Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner to serve as exec producers of this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards. Weiss has directed six previous Emmy t…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:30PMNBC has delayed its plan produce “Bye Bye Birdie” toplined by Jennifer Lopez as live musical until next year. The tuner had been set to air as NBC’s holiday musical event t…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PMTuesday, May 9, 2017
ESPN’s tough mix of subscriber losses and higher programming costs put Disney on the defensive during its fiscal second quarter earnings conference call. Disney chairman-CEO Bob Iger t…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:26PMThursday, March 23, 2017
Disney chairman-CEO Bob Iger has extended his contract as the company’s chief executive by one year, through July 2019, a move that had been expected as Disney continues its long searc…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:05AMThursday, March 2, 2017
Ben Pyne, Disney’s longtime head of TV distribution, is exiting his post after a 25-year run at the Mouse House. Pyne has served as president of Disney Media Distribution since 2007. H…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMFriday, February 10, 2017
Disney is looking to buy out the remaining shares in Disneyland Paris, the theme park that has struggled with attendance since the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris. Disney disclosed …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:05AMSunday, February 5, 2017
Original “Hamilton” stars Renee Elise Goldsberry, Phillipa Soo and Jasmine Cephas Jones added a feminist touch to their rendition of “America the Beautiful” just befo…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:18PMWednesday, December 7, 2016
Jennifer Hudson and Ariana Grande generated major heat on social media for their performances in “Hairspray Live,” NBC’s latest holiday musical production. The three-hour t…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:11PMTuesday, November 22, 2016
Bob Iger’s tenure as CEO of Disney has been nothing less than stellar for investors. But there is an area of concern for Wall Street: the television division. Disney has not significantly …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMWednesday, October 12, 2016
Comedy Central has given an eight-episode order to “The Comedy Jam,” an unscripted series that offers comedians the chance to rock out with their favorite tunes. “Comedy J…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMFriday, September 16, 2016
Ben Sherwood and Bruce Rosenblum bonded over a burger lunch this summer as Sherwood was searching for a seasoned executive to help run the business side of the Disney/ABC Television Group. R…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:53PMBruce Rosenblum, the former head of Warner Bros. TV Group and chairman of the Television Academy, has joined Disney/ABC Television Group as president of business operations. The newly create…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PMWednesday, September 14, 2016
Turner has made a massive commitment to harness the power of the Force. The Time Warner division has struck a nine-figure deal with Disney for basic cable rights to 10 “Star Wars” movies…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMMonday, August 29, 2016
Before he achieved movie superstardom in the 1970s, Gene Wilder did Brecht on Broadway, Shaw in Louisville, and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” with Kirk Douglas on the Great White W…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:46PMTuesday, August 16, 2016
Show the magic — that was a guiding principle for the “Grease Live” team as they tackled the challenge of mounting Fox’s live staging of the beloved musical. The end result of th…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:08AMMonday, August 8, 2016
“Grease Live” and “Hamilton” director Thomas Kail is setting up shop at 20th Century Fox TV with a pod deal for his newly launched Old 320 Sycamore production banner.…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:05PMThursday, July 14, 2016
HBO’s epic fantasy drama “Game of Thrones” once again leads the pack of contenders for the Primetime Emmy Awards, grabbing 23 nominations for its sixth season. “Thron…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:05PMMonday, June 13, 2016
CBS Interactive CEO Jim Lanzone has been promoted to the newly created post of chief digital officer for CBS Corp. The boost for Lanzone, who will remain CEO of CBS Interactive, recognizes t…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:48AMOn the heels of a national tragedy, the crowd inside the Beacon Theater on Sunday night was pulsating with pride and passion for the achievements of the Broadway community in the season of �…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:38AMSunday, June 12, 2016
The show must go on — that was the emphatic sentiment shared Sunday night on the Tony Awards red carpet outside the Beacon Theater. On the same day the nation was jolted by the death toll …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:31PMTuesday, May 3, 2016
The biggest beneficiary of Tony Awards attention this year could well turn out to be “Bright Star,” the original musical penned by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. The show that opened Ma…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:10PMJust call Scott Rudin the Iron Man of Broadway. The veteran producer is nommed for six productions this year — a step up in activity even after Rudin nabbed two big wins at last year&#…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:07PMTuesday, April 26, 2016
Tina Fey took time out from the opening of her husband’s latest Broadway effort on Monday night to shower praise on NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt as he received the Actors …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:07AMMonday, April 11, 2016
Ashley DeSimone spent more than a dozen years on Wall Street, working as an equities analyst and in investor relations. But her heart always belonged to Broadway. After 11 years as a partner…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:20PMMonday, February 1, 2016
Producers of “Grease Live” are scrambling to fix a sound snafu that crept up during Julianne Hough’s performance of “Hopelessly Devoted to You” during the live …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:35AMWednesday, January 27, 2016
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 10:04PM 
