Wednesday, December 6, 2023
“Vanderpump Rules” star Ariana Madix will make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in “Chicago.” She will play the blond-haired ingenue, the one whose name is on everybody’s lips, for…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:37AMThursday, November 16, 2023
Jason Biggs, Edie Falco and Hank Azaria have joined the producing team of “The White Chip,” a comedy that will premiere Off-Broadway in 2024. Described as a “wry and wild” journey, t…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMMonday, November 13, 2023
RWS Global, the world’s largest producer of live experiences, has hired former NBCUniversal executive Chris Lucarz as chief financial officer. In his new role, Lucarz will oversee all fina…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMWednesday, September 6, 2023
Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons and Celia Keenan-Bolger will star in the world premiere of “Mother Play,” a new Broadway show by playwright Paula Vogel. Tina Landau is directing the limited e…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMFriday, September 1, 2023
Are you ready for it? Taylor Swift is here to save movie theaters. Her “Eras Tour” concert film, which opens theatrically on Oct. 13, has already earned a massive $26 million in presale …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:57AMMonday, August 21, 2023
“Once Upon a One More Time,” a fairy tale-inspired musical powered by the discography of Britney Spears, is closing on Broadway. The show, which opened in June, will play its final perfo…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:44PM“The Outsiders,” a musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s 1967 novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 movie, is heading to Broadway. The show will open on April 11, 2024 at the Bernard …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:36AMThursday, August 10, 2023
AMC Theatres has promoted Ellen Copaken to lead its marketing department. As senior VP of marketing, effective immediately, she will report to AMC’s chairman and CEO Adam Aron and will joi…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:05PMMonday, August 7, 2023
Broadway Across America, a touring network of shows and musicals, has set a new executive team. As part of the shakeup, Richard Jaffe, who currently serves as co-CEO, is taking over as the s…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:07PMThursday, August 3, 2023
Lin-Manuel Miranda is adapting a stage musical version of “The Warriors,” Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel. That book inspired a 1979 cult action thriller directed by Walter Hill that is even …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:31PMThursday, July 20, 2023
AMC Theatres is scrapping its plan to charge moviegoers more money for a better view of the screen. The company announced it is no longer moving forward with “Sightline at AMC,” a ticket…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:09PMMonday, July 10, 2023
In the battle of the bomb vs. the bombshell… why not both? Plenty of moviegoers are making the decision to watch Christopher Nolan’s atomic drama “Oppenheimer” and Greta Gerwig’s …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PMMonday, June 12, 2023
Washington Heights, a neighborhood in northern Manhattan that’s best known to theater lovers as the setting of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first hit show, played host to thousands in the Broadw…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:03AMThursday, June 8, 2023
Although “Funny Girl” isn’t eligible at this year’s Tony Awards, the cast of the Broadway musical is performing a musical number during Sunday’s ceremony. It’s an unconventional …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMWednesday, June 7, 2023
Broadway performances of “Hamilton” and “Camelot,” as well as a Shakespeare in the Park production of “Hamlet,” were canceled on Wednesday night as smoke from Canadian wildfires …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:08PMWednesday, May 10, 2023
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Bad Cinderella” is closing on Broadway roughly four months after opening night. The producers announced it will play its final show at the Imperial Theat…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:34PMWednesday, May 3, 2023
Joel Grey and John Kander will receive special honors at this year’s Tony Awards, for lifetime achievements in theater. Kander, a composer and one half of the songwriting duo known as Kand…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:49PMTuesday, May 2, 2023
“Some Like It Hot,” a jazzy re-imagining of the classic comedy film about two musicians on the run, dominated the nominations for the 2023 Tony Awards, which were announced on Tuesday, w…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:10AMMonday, May 1, 2023
Streaming services were once the enemy of cinema chains such as AMC Theatres, mostly because companies like Netflix didn’t believe in the value of the big screen. But for whatever reason (…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:48PMThursday, April 27, 2023
Have you ever wondered how the Wishing Star, the one that so many Disney characters wished upon, came to be? Well, the Magic Kingdom attempts to explain that eternal question in its newest a…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:58AMWednesday, April 26, 2023
Each night at Broadway’s new musical-comedy “Shucked,” audiences are treated to the sweet (and pun-filled) story of Cobb County residents Maizy and Beau, who are forced to postpone the…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:48PMTuesday, April 25, 2023
Jordan Fisher savors those 7 p.m. showtimes. It’s not that there’s a huge difference on the nights that Broadway’s revival of “Sweeney Todd” starts at 8 p.m. But the extra hour of …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:45AMSunday, April 16, 2023
Good news! She’s dead. Director Jon M. Chu has revealed the first look at Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda in the movie version of “Wicked.” “You weren’t told t…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:32PMWednesday, April 12, 2023
Ariana DeBose is back to do “the thing” as the host of this year’s Tony Awards. It’s the second time the actor is serving as emcee for Broadway’s biggest night, which is taking pla…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMThursday, April 6, 2023
“Wicked,” the untold story of everything that happened before Dorothy dropped down in Oz, is poised to make Broadway history. When the hit musical plays its 7,486th performance on Tuesda…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:59AMTuesday, March 28, 2023
Katie Holmes is impressively meticulous when it comes to her craft. Over coffee at Sant Ambroeus in SoHo, she’s discussing the importance of pacing in “The Wanderers,” an Off Broadway…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:15AMWednesday, March 22, 2023
At long last, “Smash,” a stage musical adaptation of the NBC series, is heading to Broadway. Steven Spielberg, Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron, who produced the original series, will se…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:15AMThursday, March 16, 2023
David Burtka and Carey Cox will lead the upcoming revival of “God of Carnage,” which is expected to open Off-Broadway in the spring. Theater Breaking Through Barriers, an inclusive theat…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:24PMStephen Sondheim’s final musical “Here We Are” is hitting the stage in the fall. The legendary musical theater figure, who composed “Sunday in the Park with George,” “Follies,”…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM“Room,” a stage version of the Oscar-winning movie, will no longer open on Broadway due to insufficient financing and the withdrawal of a lead producer. The production was scheduled to b…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:43AMWednesday, March 15, 2023
“It’s clear this theater isn’t used to rock concerts,” Nick Jonas roared from the stage. “The spotlights can’t hit us because you’re all standing.” He was right: Broadway�…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:26PM 
