Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Kenny Ortega of the “High School Musical” franchise has just signed a multi-year overall deal with Netflix. The pact with the producer, director, and choreographer continues Netflix’s …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:01AMWednesday, April 3, 2019
“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” creator and star Rachel Bloom will host the 64th Annual Obie Awards, Variety has learned. The event honors the best in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway entertainme…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00PMTuesday, March 26, 2019
“Guys and Dolls,” the venerable Broadway musical, is set to return to the big screen. TriStar Pictures has purchased remake rights to the original Damon Runyon short stories about gamble…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMGreta Gerwig’s “Little Women,” Cate Shortland’s “Black Widow,” Patty Jenkins’s “Wonder Woman 2,” and Elizabeth Banks’s “Charlie’s Angles” are among the ten most tra…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:45AMMonday, March 25, 2019
If you missed the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes” last year, fear not. The full cast of the acclaimed production of Tony Kus…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM"The Music Man" has found its Marian, the librarian. Sutton Foster, the two-time Tony Award winner, will star opposite Hugh Jackman in the upcoming revival of "The Music Man." She will pla…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:04AM“The Music Man” has found its Marian, the librarian. Sutton Foster, the two-time Tony Award winner, will star opposite Hugh Jackman in the upcoming revival of “The Music Man.” She wi…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:19AMThursday, March 21, 2019
The domestic box office rebounded in 2018 in a recovery fueled by blockbusters such as “Black Panther” and “Incredibles 2.” Ticket sales in the U.S. climbed 7% to top out at a record…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMWednesday, March 20, 2019
What kind of a boss will Disney be? That’s a question facing employees at 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight, National Geographic Partners, FX Networks, and other assorted parts of Rupert M…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:28PMWednesday, March 13, 2019
Miranda Priestly can’t call all the shots. The upcoming musical adaptation of “The Devil Wears Prada” has tapped Anna D. Shapiro to direct the show, which is eyeing an eventual Broadwa…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:01AMHugh Jackman will return to Broadway in an upcoming revival of Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man.” It marks Jackman’s first musical role in more than a decade, which should make it a…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:21AMMonday, March 4, 2019
Andrea Martin broke four ribs while rehearsing “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus” and will leave the production. Kristine Nielsen, another member of the cast, will assume Martin’s ro…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:21PMFriday, March 1, 2019
“Choir Boy,” Tarell Alvin McCraney’s follow-up to the Oscar-winning “Moonlight,” ends its Broadway run next week. The drama has earned rave reviews for its portrait of a gay teen�…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:57PMMonday, February 4, 2019
“The Band’s Visit,” a musical adaptation of a 2007 Israeli film that became an unlikely stage hit, will play its final performance on Broadway on Sunday, April 7, 2019. Whe…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:04AMMonday, January 28, 2019
Indie films can still succeed in theaters, but producers and directors must be more creative in selling their films and cooking up stories that will resonate with audiences. That’s the…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:11PMWednesday, January 23, 2019
Michael Shannon and Audra McDonald will portray two lovers whose one-night stand turns into something deeper in the Broadway revival of “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.”…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:04PMMonday, January 14, 2019
“What the Constitution Means to Me,” a buzzy Off-Broadway production that counts Hillary Clinton and Gloria Steinem among its fans, is making the move uptown. The play will come …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:42PMWednesday, January 2, 2019
“To Kill a Mockingbird” is a certifiable smash and has become one of the greatest stage successes of this or any Broadway season. Aaron Sorkin’s adaption of Harper Lee̵…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:54PMMonday, December 17, 2018
Netflix isn’t killing movie theaters. At least, that’s the take-away from a new study conducted by EY’s Quantitative Economics and Statistics group, which finds that people who…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:10AMTuesday, December 11, 2018
“Roma,” Alfonso Cuaron’s deeply personal coming-of-age drama, is also a love letter to Mexico City. The sprawling metropolis — its cobblestoned streets, fading movie …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:20PMTuesday, November 27, 2018
“Once on This Island,” this year’s Tony Award winner for best musical revival, will close its Broadway run on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019. When the curtain falls for the last time…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:26PMMonday, November 19, 2018
The Belle Epoque is coming to Broadway. “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” the stage version of the beloved film, is hitting the Great White Way treatment next summer. Previews will be…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:48AMWednesday, November 14, 2018
“The Ferryman,” a drama about a former IRA member’s attempts to outrun his past, is one of the hottest tickets on Broadway. It has earned critical raves and previously pick…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:12PMThursday, October 25, 2018
The producers of Broadway’s “American Son” are partnering with the Opportunity Agenda to raise awareness about social justice issues. The effort is led by the show’s …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:50PMTuesday, October 23, 2018
FilmNation Entertainment will sell international rights to “In the Glorias: A Life on the Road,” Variety has learned. The film is based on the memoir of feminist icon Gloria Stei…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:49AMMonday, October 22, 2018
Theater fans don’t need to book passage across the pond in order to see West End favorites. On Wednesday, Trafalgar Releasing will begin rolling out its latest slate of hit London show…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:23PMWednesday, October 3, 2018
The Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll wants to make Broadway part of her kingdom. “Tina,” a new musical based on the life and career of Tina Turner, will debut in New York City …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:36AMThursday, September 27, 2018
Tony Goldwyn has joined the cast of “Network.” The stage adaptation of the film classic is one of the year’s most hotly anticipated Broadway productions and boasts serious …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:18AMThursday, September 20, 2018
Annette Bening is returning to Broadway after 30 years to star opposite Tracy Letts in a new revival of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons.” The four-time Oscar nominee is no str…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:48PMMonday, September 17, 2018
Elisabeth Moss puts it all out there as the strung-out rock star at the center of “Her Smell.” The Alex Ross Perry drama earned raves for the Emmy winner when it screened at this…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:02PMFriday, September 14, 2018
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper got a standing ovation, Alfonso Cuaron brought audiences to tears, and Michael Moore revved up the crowds at the Toronto International Film Festival with a broad…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:50PM 
