Thursday, May 4, 2017
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the West End smash that extends the uber-popular “Harry Potter” franchise to the stage, has officially made a date with Broadway,…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:34AMTuesday, May 2, 2017
Glenn Close’s return to Broadway in “Sunset Boulevard” was one of the tentpoles of the theater season: A big star earning big raves in a big-selling show that has grossed more …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:53PMHere are two nuggets of conventional Broadway wisdom: The new play is dying. And when it’s not, the Brits usually steal the spotlight. But this year’s Tony nominations for new pl…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:54PMWith a crowded field of contenders and no clear frontrunner, Broadway’s busy 2016-17 season was packed with potential for the Tony nominations. But with so much competition for so few …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:42PM“Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” jumped to the head of the pack of the 2017 Tony nominations, taking the lead with an even dozen noms ahead of “Hello, Dolly!,&…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:49AMMonday, May 1, 2017
Dallas Theater Center will take home the 2017 Regional Theater Tony Award, with its leadership due to receive the trophy during the 71st Annual Tony Awards. The Tonys hand out its annual reg…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:04PMThe overall Broadway box office slowed last week, but some of the Street’s newer shows picked up — among them “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Groundhog…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:30PMWith his new show, “The Terms of My Surrender,” Michael Moore is taking his fight against Donald Trump to the Broadway stage. After he announced the production, he spoke with Va…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:17PMMichael Moore is taking aim at Donald Trump from a Broadway stage, bringing his solo show, “Michael Moore on Broadway: The Terms of My Surrender” to the Belasco Theater. Michael …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:50AMSaturday, April 29, 2017
Mr. White, Mr. Orange, Mr. Blonde, Mr. Pink, Mr. Brown: They all reunited for the 25th anniversary retrospective screening of “Reservoir Dogs” at the Tribeca Film Festival April…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:51AMFriday, April 28, 2017
The Tony Awards Administration Committee made short work of the season’s outstanding eligibility questions, officially clearing the way for a crowd of actors — including David Hy…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:27PMStories shift, depending on their art-form. Luchino Visconti transformed James M. Cain’s twitchy crime thriller “The Postman Always Rings Twice” into a classy black and white r…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:51AMThursday, April 27, 2017
So, did Godot ever show up? Were George and Martha able to save their marriage? And whatever happened to Nora after she slammed the door? In “A Doll’s House, Part 2,” Lucas…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:18PMTony predictions were easy last year: One word – “Hamilton” – and you’re done. The race for the 2016-17 Tony Awards is far less cut-and-dried, with plenty of strong contenders but …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:17PMJames Earl Jones, the Tony and Oscar-winning actor whose long career includes the iconic voice role of Darth Vader, will be given the 2017 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:41PMPaula Vogel, the Pulitzer-winning playwright who recently made her Broadway debut with the play “Indecent,” will be given the lifetime achievement at the 2017 Obie Awards, the an…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMThe mega-selling revival of “Hello, Dolly!” led the pack of nominations for the 2017 Drama Desk Awards, racking up 10 nods in categories including outstanding revival, lead actre…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMWednesday, April 26, 2017
There’s a different “band of brothers” on stage in “Bandstand,” the earnest and often-entertaining musical that, set immediately following WWII, never quite achieves its noble ambi…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:10PMTuesday, April 25, 2017
Despite the vitalizing presence of Allison Janney in director Trip Cullman’s elegant revival, “Six Degrees of Separation” lacks the comic bite of the original production. In its time, …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:17PMBaayork Lee, the actor-director-choreographer who originated the role of Connie in “A Chorus Line,” will receive the 2017 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award, which honors a member of…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:40PMNew musical “Anastasia” and the megaselling revival of “Hello, Dolly!” with Bette Midler took the lead in the nominations for the 2017 Outer Critics Circle Awards, wi…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:47AMMonday, April 24, 2017
Young women and girls in search of a new Broadway role model need look no further than the title character in “Anastasia,” the sumptuous fairy tale of a musical that should please the ki…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMAfter the previous week’s boom, sales slowed predictably last week at the Broadway box office — although there were still plenty of strong earners on the chart, and one show in p…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:47PMThe Tony Awards will bring back two awards for sound design next season, restoring categories that had been summarily dropped in 2014. The move comes after a long review by the Tony Awards A…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:36PMWhen good playwrights are unable to write, they sometimes write bad plays about being unable to write. Annie Baker, who is normally a very good writer (of plays including Pulitzer Prize f…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:11AMIt was easy to spot the dash of Hollywood glam at the Broadway opening night party of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” There were the chocolate fountains and the all-you-can-…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:15AMSunday, April 23, 2017
It’s hard to predict how grownups might feel about this inflated musical adapted from previous stage and film treatments of Roald Dahl’s beloved novel, “Charlie & the C…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:40PMFriday, April 21, 2017
The producers of Broadway musical “Anastasia” knew they had a big built-in audience for their show. They just didn’t know how big. As the team behind the production discovered early, t…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:35AMThursday, April 20, 2017
The audience claps at the overture and whistles at the set; and when Bette Midler makes her entrance, everyone falls into a dead swoon. “Hello, Dolly!” is back on Broadway, and i…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:30PMTwo veteran Broadway stage managers, Nina Lannan and Alan Wasser, will be awarded the 2017 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater, recognizing long careers and work that has been integral…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:05PMChris Evans will make his Broadway debut in Kenneth Lonergan’s play “Lobby Hero,” starring opposite Michael Cera in a production that will reopen the newly renovated Helen Hayes Theate…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:01AM 
