Wednesday, 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 02:12PMFriday, 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 12:21PMFriday, July 30, 2021
The Broadway League announced Friday that all audience members and performers must be vaccinated for COVID-19 when theaters reopen. Owners and operators of all 41 Broadway theaters in New Yo…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:50AMFriday, July 9, 2021
“SpongeBob Squarepants” has taken viewers to a pineapple under the sea for more than 20 years, delivering over 250 nautical episodes and three feature-length films. The show became a sta…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:29AMWednesday, May 12, 2021
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his $100 billion California Comeback Plan, which is aimed at helping the state bounce back from the economic impact stemming from the coronavirus pande…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:15AMTuesday, April 20, 2021
Jim Steinman, the composer, lyricist and record producer who worked with artists like Meat Loaf, Celine Dion, Bonnie Tyler and more, died Monday, the Connecticut state medical examiner confi…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:56PMFriday, April 9, 2021
“Fleabag” creator and Emmy winner Phoebe Waller-Bridge is joining the cast of “Indiana Jones 5,” Lucasfilm announced Friday in a press release. She will co-star with “Indiana Jones…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:17PMFriday, January 29, 2021
Tony Awards voting will soon be underway, but a date for the ceremony has yet to be announced. “Voting for the 74th Annual Tony Awards will take place between March 1 – March 15, 2021. W…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:25PMMonday, January 11, 2021
Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem are in negotiations to play the iconic Hollywood couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in an upcoming film, titled “Being the Ricardos,” directed by Aaron So…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:42PMThursday, July 9, 2020
Since its Broadway premiere in 2015, “Hamilton” has always been a smash hit with the theater crowd, but its release on Disney Plus opened it up for so many more people to enjoy. Instead …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMTuesday, April 30, 2019
The 73rd annual Tony Awards nominations will be announced online and on CBS Tuesday morning. Bebe Neuwirth and Brandon Victor Dixon will read the nominees live on “CBS This Morning” on T…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:48AMThursday, April 25, 2019
The Trevor Project will honor Cara Delevingne with the Hero Award at its upcoming TrevorLIVE New York gala. Delevingne has supported The Trevor Project‘s efforts to end LGBTQ youth suicide…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:31PMWednesday, April 24, 2019
Turning the beloved 1982 comedy “Tootsie” into a 21st century musical already seemed like a challenge when work on the adaptation began back in 2016. Then the #MeToo movement revved up …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:25PMThursday, April 18, 2019
Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge head to Broadway this summer in a limited run of “Sea Wall/A Life.” The show, comprised of two solo monologues, will begin its performances at the Hudso…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:29PMMonday, April 15, 2019
Alan Wasser, a veteran Broadway general manager who received an honorary Tony Award, died from complications from Parkinson’s disease in New York on Sunday. He was 70. Wasser founded Alan …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:05PMMonday, April 1, 2019
The year of Ariana Grande continues. Grande and her longtime collaborator Victoria Monét surprised fans with a track titled “Monopoly” on Monday. The bouncy pop single comes less than t…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:19PMFriday, March 29, 2019
Director Harmony Korine may have been wastin’ away again in Margaritaville when he came up with the idea for “The Beach Bum.” According to Jimmy Buffett, his songs “Margaritaville”…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:03PMSunday, March 24, 2019
Bette Midler and Judith Light will guest star on “The Politician,” the first series Ryan Murphy will launch on Netflix after he inked a deal with the streamer last year. Murphy made the …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:02PM“Pose” co-creator Ryan Murphy revealed that Broadway legend Patti LuPone will guest star on the upcoming second season of the FX drama, and that the series will jump ahead to 1990. Murph…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:28AMMonday, February 4, 2019
Composer and lyricist Marc Shaiman will be honored with the Icon Award at the 9th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, taking place Feb. 13 at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:30AMThursday, January 24, 2019
“Magic Mike” fans will soon be able to experience the franchise in a whole new way as Broadway-bound “Magic Mike the Musical” comes to Boston this fall. Billed as a p…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:24PM"Magic Mike" fans will soon be able to experience the franchise in a whole new way as Broadway-bound "Magic Mike the Musical" comes to Boston this fall. Billed as a prequel to the hit 201…
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