Thursday, January 25, 2024
It’s not exactly breaking news in the world of show-biz satire that actors can be vain, or insecure; it’s been mined. But for as long as time and human consciousness still exist, there w…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:17PMThere’s no IP more innately suited for adaptation as a pure two-hander than the tale of Adam and Eve, a story in which, initially at least, there are no other characters, excepting the cre…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:15AMMonday, January 15, 2024
The musical-comedy “Shucked” had its closing performance on Broadway Sunday night, but the show went out with an even louder set of whoops than expected, as the curtain call included the…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:56AMTuesday, December 5, 2023
Hello, beautiful. That’s what some Barbra Streisand fans have been murmuring to their physical editions of “My Name Is Barbra,” her memoir, since it came out one month ago, and over th…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:11AMSaturday, November 11, 2023
Southern California comedy aficionados have experienced some FOMO when it comes to on-and-off L.A. resident Alex Edelman having become the toast of the town in New York theater circles with …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:07PMTuesday, August 22, 2023
“Peter Pan Goes Wrong,” now playing at L.A.’s Ahmanson Theatre, has its roots partly in silent-film slapstick, partly in British pantomime and partly in Python. But maybe the best shor…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:58PMSunday, August 13, 2023
“Try to Remember,” the most famous song to have come out of the stage musical “The Fantasticks,” was noted for its autumnal feel, sung by someone reflecting back on youthful days. Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:27PMTuesday, July 25, 2023
You remember the famous Talking Heads song with the lyrical hook, “This ain’t no disco…”? Part of the mission of the producers of “Here Lies Love,” a stage musical created by Dav…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:39PMSaturday, July 1, 2023
In “Into the Woods,” the audience laughs at the gluttony of the Little Red Ridinghood character, especially in the earliest, most deliberately cartoony parts of the production. But in a …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:40PMThursday, June 15, 2023
In a move certain to shock Los Angeles theatergoers, the Center Theatre Group (CTG) announced Thursday that it is canceling plans for a 2023-34 season at the Mark Taper Forum, one of the mos…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:22PMMonday, June 5, 2023
In front of the Broadway Theatre at the corner of Broadway and 53rd Street in Manhattan are posters for the venue’s incoming production, “Here Lies Love,” advertising a score by David …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:59PMWednesday, May 31, 2023
Nobody’s perfect, but “Some Like It Hot” was close enough for the 67th annual Drama Desk Awards, which gave the Broadway adaptation of the classic film comedy eight honors on Wednesday…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:58PMTuesday, May 16, 2023
“The Voice” has not been much concerned with current Broadway voices until now. That’ll change in a big way with this coming Monday’s episode, which will feature a show-stopping numb…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMSunday, April 23, 2023
Comes a time when even Neil Young is going to set foot on a stage again after the pandemic, and the recently gig-shy legend turned in his first substantial live performance in almost four ye…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:16PMSaturday, April 8, 2023
A touring production of the stage version of “The Bodyguard” was brought to a halt and canceled in Manchester, England on Friday night after patrons would not stop singing along with the…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:51PMWednesday, April 5, 2023
The verdicts on the new Broadway musical-comedy “Shucked” are in, and the critics have asked you to lend them your ears — so to speak — as they’ve cobbled together their reactions …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:55PMTuesday, February 7, 2023
The summer 2023 season for the Hollywood Bowl will kick off in June with an opening night concert pairing Janet Jackson with Ludacris and continue with shows by King Gizzard and the Lizard W…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:01AMThursday, January 12, 2023
“Here Lies Love,” a celebrated “disco pop” stage musical with a score by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, dramatizing Imelda Marcos’ rise to prominence and downfall in the Philippines,…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:42AMTuesday, January 10, 2023
There’s seeing a movie with a live audience, and then there’s the probably once-in-a-lifetime experience that was Monday night’s Chinese Theatre screening of “RRR,” which had direc…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:14PMThursday, December 1, 2022
It’s a few days after the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony when we find Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo holed up in the green room of a Beverly Hills performing arts center, talk…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:01PMThursday, July 28, 2022
Incoming Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Pat Benatar and her musical partner and husband Neil Giraldo are announcing an L.A.-area November world premiere for “Invincible — The Musical,” a …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:01PMMonday, July 18, 2022
There aren’t many Tony-winning productions in which one of the veteran creator-performers can announce that he’s retiring, right in the middle of a performance… and do it in song form�…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:35PMTuesday, June 28, 2022
According to Stephen Schwartz, nothing can follow “Defying Gravity.” And for the “Wicked” songwriter, that’s one key reason why the movie version of his blockbuster Broadway musica…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00PMThursday, June 16, 2022
“King James,” a new dramedy at the Mark Taper Forum, is a two-hander about a love triangle of sorts. The unseen third point in this romance, per the title: basketball legend LeBron James…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:58PMThursday, June 2, 2022
“Almost Famous” is almost ready for Broadway. The specific New York theater has yet to be announced, but opening dates for the musical adaptation of the Cameron Crowe film were revealed …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:34PMSaturday, April 16, 2022
After the Grammys earlier this month, comedian Rebecca Corry got hit with a flood of press requests, and not for any part she’d played in the proceedings. Everyone wanted to know what she …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PMSaturday, February 26, 2022
If you’re easily triggered by 30- to 40-foot props, dance routines with dozens of performers, childish wonder, juvenile humor, drug-trip simulations or just color, by all means avoid “Ka…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:56PMSunday, December 12, 2021
When the pandemic hit, there were many aspects of the performing arts that adopted a livestream model, of course, as a necessity and a stopgap until normal life — and normal live — could…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:50PMTuesday, October 12, 2021
The new book “Get Back,” which is comprised of transcriptions of conversations during the making of the “Let It Be” album and film, put the lie to the idea that the Beatles were gett…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:40PMSaturday, September 25, 2021
What do the Bride, Jackie Brown, Django, Mia Wallace, Hans Landa, Cottonmouth, Stuntman Mike McKay, Mr. Pink, Charles Manson and the Gimp all have in common? For one thing, that they’re al…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:57PMThursday, September 23, 2021
Initial casting is being revealed for the Pasadena Playhouse’s production of the Go-Go’s-scored musical comedy “Head Over Heels,” opening in a reconfigured, immersive setting within …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PM 
