Monday, March 24, 2025
Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal’s “Othello” premiere, one of the hottest tickets on Broadway, had Oscar-winning actors, Grammy recipients and legendary directors in the audience …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:05PMThursday, March 13, 2025
“Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern” has revealed its slate of guest stars for its final performances before the show hits the road and embarks on a national tour. The upco…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMTuesday, March 4, 2025
It’s time to roll for initiative one last time. “Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern” has released its final block of tickets ahead of its national tour, a little more than…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMSunday, March 2, 2025
The 2025 Oscars are finally here and ready to crown some winners after a twisty awards season. Unlike last year when “Oppenheimer” dominated every major precursor, the 2025 circuit has s…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:34PMFriday, February 14, 2025
Idina Menzel is no stranger to flying high above Broadway stages, and she made her soaring return (literally) Thursday night with the new musical “Redwood.” The show marks her first Broa…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:56PMWednesday, January 29, 2025
Harvey Weinstein’s New York trial date has been set for April 15, but the disgraced movie mogul pleaded for an earlier start due to his recent cancer diagnosis and poor health conditions. …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:28PMTuesday, January 21, 2025
Jules Feiffer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist who also wrote occasionally for the stage and screen, including Mike Nichols’ film “Carnal Knowledge” and Robert Altman’s “Po…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:32AMTuesday, January 14, 2025
The Duffer Brothers, creators of Netflix’s hit “Stranger Things,” will receive the Variety Showrunner Award on the opening night of the 13th annual SCAD TVfest. The festival returns in…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:11PMMonday, September 30, 2024
Gavin Creel, a Tony-winning Broadway star who appeared in “Hair,” “Hello, Dolly,” “Into the Woods” and more, died Monday at his home in Manhattan of metastatic melanotic peripher…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:03PMMonday, September 9, 2024
James Earl Jones, the prolific film, TV and theater actor whose resonant, unmistakable baritone was most widely known as the voice of “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader, died Monday mornin…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:42PMFriday, July 12, 2024
After the curtain call of “Oh, Mary!,” star and playwright Cole Escola said that creating the absurd, queer play was a lot like trying to convince your doctor that you have a tumor. “W…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:42PMMonday, May 13, 2024
George Clooney is making his Broadway debut in a play adaptation of his 2005 drama “Good Night, and Good Luck.” Clooney will play journalist Edward R. Murrow, who was the host of CBS’ …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:28PMSunday, May 5, 2024
On “SNL,” a Weekend Update segment playfully poked fun at 20-year-old singer JoJo Siwa’s transformation into an edgier and more adult persona. Chloe Fineman appeared as Siwa at the Wee…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:12AMFriday, May 3, 2024
All hope seemed to be lost when the zombie cowboy faced off against the putrid walrus in the final boss battle of “The Twenty-Sided Tavern,” which opens at Stage 42 on May 5 in New York …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:24PMTuesday, April 30, 2024
“Hell’s Kitchen,” a musical inspired by Alicia Keys’ teenage years in New York City, and “Stereophonic,” the story of a rock group in danger of splintering, dominated the 2024 To…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:15AMThursday, February 15, 2024
Roll for performance! “Twenty-Sided Tavern,” the first official Dungeons & Dragons live theatrical experience, is coming to a New York theater this spring. The popular tabletop rolep…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:52AMTuesday, January 30, 2024
Broadway legend Chita Rivera, a two-time Tony winner and nine-time nominee, died on Tuesday morning after a brief illness, her publicist announced. She was 91. The actor-singer-dancer origin…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:41PMTuesday, January 16, 2024
Charlotte St. Martin, president of The Broadway League since 2006, has announced her retirement, effective Feb. 16. She will continue to serve in an advisory capacity for special events thro…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:26PMWednesday, July 26, 2023
Michael J. Fox came face to face with his younger self on Tuesday. Like a time-traveling scene out of “Back to the Future,” the star met Casey Likes, the young actor who plays Marty McFl…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:59PMFriday, June 23, 2023
Britney Spears has blessed us with countless hit songs, and so far you’ve been able to listen to them on CD players, streaming services and on screen, but you can now hear her music in a b…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:36PMFriday, June 16, 2023
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for Warner Bros. and DC Studios’ “The Flash,” now playing in theaters. Ezra Miller’s speedy superhero tears apart the DC Universe …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:00PMFriday, June 2, 2023
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” now playing in theaters. Just like the infinite Spider-Verse itself, there are so many diff…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:30PMFriday, February 24, 2023
The Jonas Brothers are burnin’ up Broadway. Kevin, Nick and Joe Jonas are performing a five-night residency on Broadway from March 14-18, they announced on Friday. Each night’s performan…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:20AMTuesday, September 13, 2022
In 1958, an unknown actor spoke just one line from the stage of the Cort Theatre on Broadway: “Mrs. Roosevelt, supper is served.” Then, a 27-year old James Earl Jones could barely make…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:35AMMonday, July 11, 2022
It’s been 20 years since “Into the Woods” was last on Broadway, but it’s the first time that Stephen Sondheim won’t be there in person to witness his show being revived for new aud…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:30PMSaturday, May 7, 2022
SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot points and cameos in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” currently playing in theaters. Well, so much for the Illuminati! The se…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:27PMWednesday, May 4, 2022
“West Side Story” star and Oscar winner Ariana DeBose will host this year’s Tony Awards, the organization announced Wednesday. The actor, singer and dancer played Anita in Steven Spiel…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMFriday, February 11, 2022
New York City became River City on Thursday night. Tony-winning stars Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster took the stage at the Winter Garden Theatre to kick off the long-delayed revival of “Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:12PMTuesday, November 30, 2021
Three days after the death of Stephen Sondheim and 60 years after its first film debut, “West Side Story,” Stephen Spielberg’s expansive remake of the classic movie musical, premiered …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:22PMFriday, September 24, 2021
Through a new initiative from the New York’s Office of Nightlife, restaurant workers, performers, and hospitality business operators can receive mental health support as the COVID-19 pande…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:09PMTuesday, August 17, 2021
Broadway star Laura Osnes has denied a report from Page Six saying that she was fired from a production for not being vaccinated against COVID-19. In a lengthy statement posted to her Instag…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:21PM 
