Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Broadway producer David Binder will serve as guest artistic director for LIFT, the London International Festival of Theater, for the biennial event’s 2018 edition. Binder, the producer…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:32PMTuesday, April 4, 2017
Current Broadway offerings “Dear Evan Hansen,” “Oslo” and “Indecent” are in the running for major trophies at the 2017 Lucille Lortel Awards, the Off Broa…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:34PMMonday, April 3, 2017
The only thing remotely Parisian about “Amelie” is the use of a bilious shade of green reminiscent of the outdoor pissoirs one used to see all over Paris. Hardly the image to tak…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM“Hello, Dolly!” — but goodbye, house records. The ultra-hot revival led by Bette Midler broke the record for biggest week in the Shubert Theater with just seven performance…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:25PMOlivia Wilde will make her Broadway debut in “1984,” starring alongside Tom Sturridge and Reed Birney in the production that opens in June. Wilde (“Vinyl,” “Hou…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:48AMSunday, April 2, 2017
The show must go on — but in the Broadway transfer of West End hit “The Play That Goes Wrong,” forgotten lines, lost props, technical gaffes and rebellious scenery all seem…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:08PMFriday, March 31, 2017
From a purely cosmetic standpoint, the Broadway musical “War Paint” seems to have all the makings of an over-the-top season of the FX series “Feud”: Two powerful, successful, ferocio…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AMThursday, March 30, 2017
As a former Doctor Who, David Tennant has done his fair share of regenerating. In Patrick Marber’s contemporary spin on the Don Juan legend, “Don Juan in Soho,” it’s as if the age-ol…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:08PMEver since the tempestuous presidential election season, the country at large can’t stop talking about politics. In Washington D.C., that’s always been business as usual — only now…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:48PMTuesday, March 28, 2017
Janeane Garofalo will make her Broadway debut in the Roundabout Theater Company’s upcoming production of “Marvin’s Room,” starring alongside Lili Taylor and Celia We…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMRobert Greenblatt, the NBC Entertainment Chairman who has made live broadcasts of classic musicals an annual event on his network, has joined the board of directors at Center Theater Group, …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:01AMMonday, March 27, 2017
It’s never too late to be educated, especially when it’s as entertaining and personal as John Leguizamo’s class in culture, comedy and parenting in his latest solo show at The Public, …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMThe Broadway box office pushed ever upward last week, in a spring break session that saw several fresh faces — particularly musicals that were previewing or had recently opened —…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:07PM“Once On This Island,” the 1990 musical by the songwriting duo also behind Broadway’s “Anastasia,” will return to Broadway later this year in a new production t…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMMovie mogul Robert Evans, the legendary film producer behind “The Godfather” and “Love Story,” forged his fortune spotting great stories. His autobiography, “Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:11AMSunday, March 26, 2017
Following an Off Broadway run at the Public Theater last fall, “Sweat” opened on Broadway March 26. The cast was largely the same, with the exception of new addition Alison Wrigh…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMFriday, March 24, 2017
Garth Drabinsky may have to wait a while longer before redeeming himself with patrons and colleagues. The infamous producer’s supposed comeback after his conviction of fraud and forgery in…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:41PMIt took six years for Lynn Nottage’s play “Sweat” to make it to Broadway — but somehow, it feels as up-to-the-minute as the latest New York Times notification on your smartphone.…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:15AMThursday, March 23, 2017
This is what people mean when they talk about “a Broadway show” — melodic songs, big, beautiful voices, a huge ensemble, full-scale pit orchestra, sumptuous production numb…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMSara Bareilles wasn’t content just to write the songs for a Broadway musical — now she’s starring in the show as well. The popular singer-songwriter will step into the lead…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:21PMJerry Seinfeld will produce “Letters From a Nut by Ted L. Nancy,” a new stage show based on the series of books by Ted L. Nancy, otherwise known as comedian Barry Marder. The sho…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMWednesday, March 22, 2017
New York nonprofit Manhattan Theater Club has added Lucy Kirkwood’s play “The Children” to its 2017-18 Broadway season, along with an Off Broadway production of Anna Ziegle…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMTuesday, March 21, 2017
There is abundant sex and nudity in Sarah Ruhl’s new play, “How to Transcend a Happy Marriage,” along with some brainy conversation about the ethics of animal slaughter. Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:15AMMonday, March 20, 2017
Good golly, “Hello, Dolly!” The splashy new revival starring Bette Midler cemented its status as the hottest ticket at the Broadway box office this spring when it exploded right …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:11PMFriday, March 17, 2017
By Friday morning, most of Broadway had heard: Early during the first New York preview of the much-anticipated London hit “Groundhog Day,” the set’s revolving stage stopp…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:52PMYou might not know the name William Daniels, but you probably know his face — and if not his face, certainly his voice. The actor made a name for himself in the 1960 Off Broadway premiere…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PMDanny DeVito is having a lot of breakfast for dinner these days. Making his Broadway debut in the Roundabout Theater Company revival of “The Price,” DeVito finds a lot of comedy …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:53PMThursday, March 16, 2017
Arthur Miller is back on Broadway with “The Price,” a rarely-revived play written in the 1960s, with strong references to the 1930s, that still reverberates with meaning for the …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMThe Eugene O’Neill Theater Center has named actress Judith Light the recipient of its annual Monte Cristo Award, handed out each year to a theater creative whose work has had a major i…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMCanadian prime minister Justin Trudeau sat beside Ivanka Trump in the Wednesday night audience at Broadway musical “Come From Away” — and the pairing took on a political re…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:43AMWednesday, March 15, 2017
Jo Lampert is so conspicuously exotic, with her pale, elongated face and icicle-thin body, that it’s entertaining just to watch her wave her flag and model her sexy armor. The performe…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM 
