Monday, December 6, 2021
Award-winning songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the duo behind "La La Land" and "Dear Evan Hansen" have launched an immersive 30-day musical theatre songwriting class on the creative l…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:58PM[SHARE]Friday, December 3, 2021
George Clooney's "The Tender Bar," set in the working-class neighborhood of Manhasset, Long Island, spans 15 years starting in 1973. In the film, which bows Dec. 17 in theaters, young JR Mag…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:15PM[SHARE]Friday, November 26, 2021
Stephen Sondheim was hailed as one of the most influential and innovative voices in history of American musical theater by friends and fans following the composer's death Friday at the age o…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:12PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 14, 2021
Aaron Sorkin's "Being the Ricardos" took over Westwood Village on Saturday night as both press and SAG-AFTRA members lined the streets around the Bruin Theater, keen to get their eyes on Nic…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:49PM[SHARE]Monday, November 8, 2021
Disney Animation's newest feature, "Encanto," centers on the extended Madrigal family, who possess magical powers and live in an enchanted house. Only teenager Mirabel, voiced by "In the Hei…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:45PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Cinematographer Ari Wegner is about to become a more familiar name in the film world, as the "Zola" DP starts to rake in recognition for her contribution to Jane Campion's "The Power of the …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:15PM[SHARE]Friday, October 22, 2021
While Broadway lights remained dimmed for much of 2020 and 2021, they flipped back on in September and delayed cast albums finally were released " unleashing potential contenders for the mus…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:15PM[SHARE]Friday, October 15, 2021
Composer Harry Gregson-Williams, costume designer Janty Yates and cinematographer Dariusz Wolski are part of the team Ridley Scott rallies to make a "Ridley Scott" film. Whether they come on…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:28PM[SHARE]Friday, October 8, 2021
Gabriella Slade fuses pop and Tudor influences in crafting the costumes of "Six," which recently opened on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theater. A modern twist on the lives of the six wiv…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:45PM[SHARE]Monday, October 4, 2021
SPOILER WARNING:Â Do not read if you haven't seen "Venom: Let There Be Carnage," currently playing in theaters. At the end of 2018's "Venom," audiences saw serial killer Cletus Kasady's ex…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:15PM[SHARE]Friday, September 10, 2021
"Dear Evan Hansen" costume designer Sekinah Brown is grateful to actor Ben Platt for keeping the memorable blue-striped polo shirt from the Broadway musical. Platt, who played the titular ro…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:45PM[SHARE]Monday, August 16, 2021
In "Don't Breathe 2," now playing in theaters, Stephen Lang returns as the blind man and former Navy SEAL Norman Nordstrom, who is harboring a terrible secret about his wicked ways. He uses …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:26PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 14, 2021
"Free Guy," in theaters Aug. 13, revolves around a world within a world " the video game "Free City." Ryan Reynolds plays Guy, a background character in the game drawn into the action by Jod…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 11, 2021
To re-create iconic looks for Aretha Franklin biopic "Respect," which opens in theaters Aug. 13, Tony award-winning costume designer Clint Ramos immersed himself in books about the Queen of …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PM[SHARE]Friday, August 6, 2021
Anyone who has studied theater and dance will know the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and its founder. Not only did Ailey form a dance movement, but his company also became a pioneering …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 28, 2021
In "Nine Days," out this Friday in theaters, Winston Duke plays Will, a man who spends his lonely days and nights monitoring the lives of humans on a wall of vintage TV sets inside his home.…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:19PM[SHARE]Friday, July 16, 2021
"Central Park" creator Josh Gad actually called the election results early during a Zoom call with the show's composers Kate Anderson and Elyssa Samsel. "I'll never forget that because we al…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:04PM[SHARE]Returning director Adam Robitel had production designer Edward Thomas raise the stakes for the sequel to 2019's "Escape Room." The new challenges in "Escape Room: Tournament of Champions," i…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 7, 2021
SPOILER ALERT:Â Do not read if you have not yet watched "We the People," streaming now on Netflix. "We the People," doesn't just teach civics, it also mixes music and animation as storytel…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:49AM[SHARE]As very early Oscar prospects start to emerge, a few pundits are placing bets on how many nods Jon M. Chu's "In the Heights" could garner. Possible contenders include the original song "Home…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:49AM[SHARE]Friday, June 11, 2021
Lin-Manuel Miranda's joyous celebration of the Washington Heights neighborhood, "In The Heights" has finally arrived on the big screen and HBO Max… and also Spotify, Tidal, Amazon Music an…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:31PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 10, 2021
"In the Heights" production designer Nelson Coates had an important task from Lin-Manuel Miranda: The bodegas for the film adaptation of the stage show needed to be located east of Broadway,…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:51AM[SHARE]Monday, June 7, 2021
While filming Jon M. Chu's "In the Heights" (out in theaters and HBO Max on Friday) cinematographer Alice Brooks fell in love with "the people, the smells, the sounds and the taste of Washin…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:17PM[SHARE]Friday, June 4, 2021
Whether it's "Ratched" "Pose" or "The Politician," Ryan Murphy's visual canvas is bold and vibrant and often filled with glitz and glamour. You could say the same of the music of Murphy's wo…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:39PM[SHARE]"Far Too Late," the first song from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cinderella," has been released ahead of the album drop on July 9.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:46PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 3, 2021
Costume designer Mitchell Travers took to the streets to research the looks for "In the Heights," set in Manhattan's lively Washington Heights neighborhood. Travers spent hours photographing…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:39PM[SHARE]A look at the world building through the eyes of production designers. David Willson ("Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist"), Martin Childs ("The Crown") and Mark Friedberg ("The Underground Railr…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:04PM[SHARE]Outliers in the music supervision field this Emmy season include "RuPaul's Drag Race," which used songs by Ariana Grande, Janet Jackson and Britney Spears performed as the queens battle it o…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:59PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 26, 2021
From the black leather jacket in "Fatal Attraction" to her zebra-print coat dress from "101 Dalmatians," Glenn Close has more than 56 costumes and accessories from characters she has played …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:37PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 15, 2021
With the script for Brian Baugh's "Finding You" (in theaters May 14) centering around violinist Finley (Rose Reid) traveling to the Irish coast for a semester, composer Kieran Kiely couldn't…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:37PM[SHARE]Friday, May 14, 2021
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can resume most typical pre-pandemic activities without wearing …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:30PM[SHARE] 
