Friday, January 14, 2022
The holiday season was supposed to be a celebratory time for New York City’s theater and live events industries, marking a period of revival after months of setbacks and closures related t…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:37PMWednesday, January 5, 2022
TodayTix Group has acquired Goldstar, a live events ticketing platform that operates in 60 cities across the country. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it comes as TodayTix…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMSunday, January 2, 2022
The producers of “Mrs. Doubtfire” will suspend performances of the musical until March 14 as the show struggles to find a way to survive during a resurgence of COVID-19 that has imperile…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:40PMFriday, December 17, 2021
On Monday, Sony Pictures Entertainment hosted a raucous premiere for “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” a superhero adventure widely expected to generate a new COVID-era record opening weekend. …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:41PMThursday, December 9, 2021
BroadwayHD, a streaming service based around live theater, will exclusively show “Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook” starting this month. The show is from Broadway and film composer, Stephe…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMTuesday, December 7, 2021
Few stars shone as brightly as Sidney Poitier. In films like “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and “In the Heat of the Night,” Poitier turned in powerful performances that electrified…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:38AMSunday, November 28, 2021
Geoffrey Johnson, the casting director for “Cats” and “Les Miserables,” died Friday in New York City at the age of 91, Variety has confirmed. The cause was respiratory failure. In …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:34PMSaturday, November 27, 2021
“Chicago,” the long-running revival of the classic musical about greed and corruption, canceled its Saturday performance on Broadway after two people who work at the Ambassador Theatre t…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:47PMWednesday, November 24, 2021
The U.S. touring production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” has suspended James D. Beeks from its ensemble after the musical theater performer was arrested on charges related to the Jan. 6 a…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:59AM“RuPaul’s Drag Race” finalist Rosé will star in “Fowl Play, a new musical comedy about the story of two queer theater writers who are commissioned to write an apology for a fried ch…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:01AMWednesday, November 10, 2021
Thirty years ago, Billy Crystal brought the story of Buddy Young Jr., a stand-up comic whose talent can’t outrun his self-destructive tendencies, to the big screen with “Mr. Saturday Nig…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMMonday, November 8, 2021
Mentalist Jason Suran will start an in-person residence this month at the Fifty Hotel & Suites by Affinia. Dubbed “One in a Million: An Evening of Extraordinary Events,” the show wil…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:40PMMonday, November 1, 2021
Audra McDonald, the undisputed queen of live theater, will return to Broadway in “Ohio State Murders,” a new play by Adrienne Kennedy. The show, which will look at the destructiveness an…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMFriday, October 29, 2021
James McAvoy will tread the boards in Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Academy of Music unveiled new dates on Friday for Jamie Lloyd’s Olivier-winning revival of “Cyrano de Bergerac,” which was …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:03AMMonday, October 18, 2021
Producers Isaac Robert Hurwitz and Seth A. Goldstein are teaming up to launch Hugo Six, a transmedia production company that will focus on Broadway content and talent. Co-founded by Hurwitz …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:46AMFriday, October 15, 2021
Noah Reid, best known for causing David Rose to fall madly in love on “Schitt’s Creek,” has joined the cast of “The Minutes,” a new play by Tracy Letts that was in previews in Marc…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:26AMWednesday, October 6, 2021
Ever since the chandelier first crashed in thunderous fashion, “The Phantom of the Opera” has been a fixture of Broadway, becoming as iconic a symbol of theatergoing as the celebrity car…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMTuesday, September 7, 2021
Transgender actors and advocates for greater trans inclusion on Broadway gathered in the heart of Manhattan’s theater district on Monday. Called the Trans March on Broadway, the event was …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:14AMFriday, September 3, 2021
When Namir Smallwood took the stage for the first preview of his first show on Broadway, the audience gave him and his “Pass Over” co-star Jon Michael Hill a thunderous standing ovation.…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:43PMWednesday, September 1, 2021
Curtains up on a new name for Tamsen Fadal’s nationally syndicated Broadway program. “Broadway Profiles With Tamsen Fadal” will be re-titled “The Broadway Show With Tamsen Fadal.” …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:03PMThursday, August 19, 2021
In 2010, Hank Morris, a big-time political consultant and powerbroker, pleaded guilty to involvement in a pension fraud pay-to-play scandal. Andrew Cuomo, who was then serving as New York’…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMJeff Daniels is ready to welcome audiences back to Broadway. The producing team behind “Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird,” a box office juggernaut that already ranks as the most succ…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMWednesday, August 11, 2021
No one is going to rain on Beanie Feldstein’s parade. The “Booksmart” star will play Fanny Brice in “Funny Girl,” giving the actress an opportunity to put her own spin on a role th…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMWednesday, August 4, 2021
“Pose” star Jason Rodriguez is partnering with his longtime manager Ricardo Sebastián to form a new talent agency with a mission to elevate BIPOC, queer and trans creative talent. The n…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMMonday, August 2, 2021
The Moulin Rouge has a new leading lady. Natalie Mendoza will join the Broadway company of “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” replacing Karen Olivo in the role of Satine when the Tony-nominate…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMMonday, July 12, 2021
Uzo Aduba and Ron Cephas Jones will star in Second Stage Theater’s upcoming Broadway production of Lynn Nottage’s new play, “Clyde’s.” The cast will also include Reza Salazar (“S…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM“Sleep No More,” the groundbreaking and immersive reimagining of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” will resume performances this fall, becoming the latest show to announce its return after …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM“Enemy of the People,” an interactive adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic morality tale, has cancelled all remaining performances. The Park Avenue Armory show was scheduled to continu…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:17AMTuesday, June 29, 2021
“MJ,” the upcoming musical about the life of pop singer Michael Jackson, will begin performances in December, but when it does, a new actor will be moonwalking into the role of “The Gl…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00AMThursday, June 24, 2021
In another sign that New York’s cultural life is coming back after a long COVID-era hiatus, “A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet” will premiere in September. The show will be the firs…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:58PMJamie Forshaw was recently able to do something he hasn’t been able to do for more than a year. The executive producer of Madison Wells’ live entertainment division attended a dress re…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:35AM 
