Wednesday, August 23, 2017
“Latin History for Morons,” the John Leguizamo solo show that played Off Broadway earlier this year, will move uptown for a Broadway run that begins in October at Studio 54. Nell…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMTuesday, August 22, 2017
Thomas Meehan, the co-writer of Broadway hits “Annie,” “The Producers,” and “Hairspray,” has died. He was 88. The winner of three Tony Awards, Meehan was …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:20PMMonday, August 21, 2017
Most of the Broadway box office found itself in the grip of the usual late-August slowdown last week — but not “On Your Feet!,” the bio-musical about Gloria Estefan and her…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:41PMMatt Shakman, the director behind two recent watercooler episodes of “Game of Thrones,” has been named the artistic director of Los Angeles’ Geffen Playhouse. He’ll j…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:39PMIn a theater festival with 3,398 shows, it can be hard to get your voice heard. But making his presence felt more than most on this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe is Irvine Welsh, wh…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:18PMAl Gore and Jason Blum will be honored at the 2017 IFP Gotham Awards, with Gore set to receive the humanitarian tribute and Blum tapped to get the industry tribute. The Gothams, the Independ…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMDenzel Washington, one of Broadway’s biggest draws at the box office, is set to make his Broadway return this spring in Eugene O’Neill’s “The Iceman Cometh.” Sc…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:19AMFriday, August 18, 2017
Stuart Thompson, the longtime theater producer and general manager of shows including “The Book of Mormon” and the upcoming musical adaptation of “Mean Girls,” died i…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:18PMThursday, August 17, 2017
The sincere and entirely enjoyable new musical “Trevor” is based on the 1994 short film of the same name, known for its Oscar win but even more for having inspired suicide prevention org…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:08PMJudith Light sings! The actress, known for everything from TV work (“One Life to Live,” “Who’s the Boss?” “Ugly Betty”) to Tony-winning stage turns (“Other Desert Cities,” …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMWednesday, August 16, 2017
You have to admire Alan Ayckbourn. At 78 years old, after more than 80 plays, he’s undertaken a work of size, sweep and ambition. But with “The Divide,” a two-part, six-hour an…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:52PMA well-received London revival of Tom Stoppard’s 1974 play “Travesties” is making the move to Broadway, with the Roundabout Theater Company giving a spring slot to the prod…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:30AMTuesday, August 15, 2017
“Groundhog Day,” the musical that won over critics and awards voters in the U.K. but never caught on in New York, has posted a Broadway closing notice for September after a run o…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:15PMJoshua Jackson will headline a new Broadway revival of the Mark Medoff play “Children of a Lesser God,” starring in a production that makes the move to New York following a well-…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:35PMMonday, August 14, 2017
Did “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” benefit from its recent casting controversy? The musical was one of the few to report a significant rise at the Broadway box off…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:03PMFriday, August 11, 2017
Broadway smash “Hamilton” is going mobile with the launch of an official app, consolidating resources for the musical across its rapidly expanding portfolio of productions. The a…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMGloria Steinem got a mid-show standing ovation at the Broadway opening night of Michael Moore’s “The Terms of My Surrender,” after the feminist icon made a rousing surprise…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:26AMThursday, August 10, 2017
The theater is something of a religion, and the venerable Belasco Theater does look a little like a church. So, professional kvetch Michael Moore and his savvy director, Michael Mayer, made …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:20PMWednesday, August 9, 2017
Suddenly, a lot of Broadway is wondering: What’s Verified Fan? That’s because two of this season’s most hotly anticipated shows — beginning with Bruce SpringsteenR…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:06PMConfirming weeks of rumors, Bruce Springsteen has officially locked in the details of a Broadway run this fall, setting an eight-week engagement for an intimate concert at the Walter Kerr Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:10AMTuesday, August 8, 2017
The Broadway musical “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” will close Sept. 3, following a turbulent couple of weeks that saw the show engulfed in a controversy over a la…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:45PMBarbara Cook, the golden-age Broadway ingenue who became a beloved cabaret and concert performer in the second act of her career, has died. She was 89. Her son, Adam LeGrant, confirmed to V…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:32AMMonday, August 7, 2017
Last-minute business was the driver at the Broadway box office last week, where the biggest gains were reported at “Indecent,” the play that closed Sunday, and at “Kinky Bo…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:13PMFriday, August 4, 2017
Didn’t we already see “Groundhog Day” onstage this year? Or is “A Parallelogram” playwright Bruce Norris’ private little joke? Just kidding. Both shows fiddle around with the c…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:18PMThursday, August 3, 2017
Some things are best left in the past, and “Apologia,” Alexi Kaye Campbell’s ambivalent examination of baby-boomer morality and second-wave feminism is one of them. Written just after …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:00PMWednesday, August 2, 2017
Carrie Coon, the “Fargo” and “The Leftovers” star who’s currently in the race at this year’s Emmy Awards, will lead the cast of “Mary Jane,” a…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:12PMSeven members of the West End company of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” will open the Broadway production in the spring, including Olivier winners Jamie Parker, Noma Dumezwe…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:40AMTuesday, August 1, 2017
Who’d have thought that the Rude Mechanicals would rescue a floundering production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and turn it into a giddy delight? Galvanized by Danny Burstein’s o…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:44AMMonday, July 31, 2017
Michael Moore got off to a promising start at the Broadway box office last week as the left-leaning provocateur’s new solo show, “The Terms of My Surrender,” played to near…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:08PMDespite Hollywood’s rising awareness of diversity issues and the growing movement in support of inclusivity, there has been little year-on-year rise in inclusion in films released in 2…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:32PMFriday, July 28, 2017
Mandy Patinkin has decided to drop out of Broadway’s “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” just days after he was announced to join the cast, and before he even set…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:12PM 
