Tuesday, April 27, 2021
It was this week a year ago that Christine Baranski, Meryl Streep and Audra McDonald went viral with their boozy rendition of “Ladies Who Lunch” during a virtual birthday celebration for…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:19PMMonday, April 26, 2021
Patrick Dempsey has left the “Grey’s Anatomy” building…again! While the actor appeared on last week’s episode when Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) dreams of her and Derek finally having th…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:10PMMonday, April 19, 2021
The Academy is not asking Oscar attendees to wear face masks while cameras are rolling during the live ceremony on April 25. The news was announced on Monday morning during a Zoom meeting wi…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:03PMBroadway, still shuttered, finds itself at the crossroads of several economic and political crises. Just this month, an exposé on Scott Rudin re-illuminated the industry’s long codependen…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:23AMWednesday, March 31, 2021
Jameela Jamil is celebrating the one-year anniversary of “I Weigh,” the podcast offshoot of her activist mental health organization of the same name. Guests have included Billy Porter, D…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:44AMWednesday, March 24, 2021
Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety“… With the West End set to reopen in May, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cinderella” musical, with a book by freshly minted Oscar nominee Em…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:50AMThursday, March 18, 2021
Now that Oscar noms are in and planning for the 93rd Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre and Union Station is underway, I’m hoping the next announcement we hear is that the evening will se…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:10PMTuesday, March 16, 2021
Move over, Martha Stewart. Jesse Tyler Ferguson has just released his first cookbook, “Food Between Friends,” with co-author Julie Tanous. The 272-page tome includes recipes for garlicky…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:58PMMonday, March 15, 2021
Less than a week after the Hollywood Foreign Press Association circulated a letter to Hollywood publicists insisting it was committed to diversifying and addressing longstanding criticism…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:26AMFriday, March 12, 2021
A year to the day since Broadway shuttered, Liza Minnelli celebrated her 75th birthday — but not over post-show drinks with Joan Collins, in a limo in Paris with John Waters, or at her chi…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:11PMWednesday, March 10, 2021
Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety”… We’re just a couple days away from Liza Minnelli’s birthday, which is March 12. As I first told you, the Hollywood legend — and Varie…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:31PMThursday, March 4, 2021
The late Ann Reinking is being honored with a scholarship in her name. The $5,000 grant from Off the Lane will be awarded annually to a young dancer moving to New York City to help them in t…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:56PMWednesday, February 24, 2021
Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.” Evan Ross appears in Lee Daniels’ “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” as a federal agent. He knows the subject well — his mom, …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:45AMThursday, February 18, 2021
Ring them bells! Liza Minnelli will be celebrating her 75th birthday on March 12 with a dancing and singing streaming shindig. The virtual “Love Letter to Liza: A 75th Birthday Tribute Cel…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:52AMFriday, February 12, 2021
Live from New York or Beverly Hills, it’s the 78th Golden Globe Awards. While the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and NBC announced earlier this month that the Globes would be broadcas…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:15PMTuesday, February 9, 2021
Joe Allen may have named his New York City restaurant after himself, but he was never one to seek the spotlight, even as the eatery became more renowned than he could have ever imagined. “…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:53PMTuesday, January 26, 2021
Long before Jo Ellen Pellman was cast in the starring role of Emma in Ryan Murphy’s movie adaptation of “The Prom,” she saw the original production of the Broadway musical. “I’m…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:59PMSaturday, January 23, 2021
The inauguration television special “Celebrating America” was only about six weeks in the making. “We did election night, and people are calling me and going, ‘Okay, what are we doin…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:13PMThursday, January 21, 2021
Kate Elliott has been working in and around New York’s theater scene for about 20 years, after graduating from Boston University with a BFA in sound design and music. Most recently, she wa…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMWednesday, January 13, 2021
Tina Fey and Wayne Brady have joined the lineup for this year’s Educational Theatre Foundation Gala. Theatre Alive!: A Celebration of School Theatre, to be held virtually on Jan. 28, will …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:39PMWednesday, January 6, 2021
In March, Brian Stokes Mitchell was just four days away from performing a concert at New York’s City Center when the pandemic forced theaters to close. All the other jobs that Mitchell, wh…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMWednesday, December 23, 2020
Looking for something to do while you are stuck inside? Check out Variety’s Must Attend calendar of (mostly virtual) events. Jan. 6 El Museo del Barrio hosts the 44th annual Three Kings Da…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMFriday, June 5, 2020
This year’s Pride Month celebrations won’t look anything like they’ve looked in the 50 years since the first took place in 1970 in New York City, but that doesn’t mean there’s not …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:27PMFriday, April 26, 2019
In the new Broadway adaptation of Tim Burton’s 1988 cult classic film “Beetlejuice,” teenager Lydia takes center-stage alongside the titular gut-busting demon (Alex Brightman) to refle…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:07AMFriday, April 19, 2019
When Lucas Hnath first conceived of “Hillary and Clinton” in 2008, he was writing for and about a very different America. Now, a total reimagining of the show has made its way to Broadwa…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:14PMWednesday, April 10, 2019
David Harbour understands if movie-goers don’t realize he’s the star of the new “Hellboy.” “I was kind of stunned. It’s quite a transformation. I didn’t even recognize myself,�…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:51PMTuesday, April 9, 2019
Michelle Williams is dancing her way into another hit leading role with FX’s “Fosse/Verdon.” At the New York premiere on Monday night, the actress told Variety it took more than dance…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:57PMTuesday, March 19, 2019
“Rocketman” is ready for lift off. Paramount Pictures threw a cocktail party Monday night to preview 15 minutes of the upcoming Elton John biopic, set for release on May 31, at the Troub…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:22AMWednesday, February 27, 2019
At the Off-Broadway premiere of “Alice by Heart,” a new musical from “Spring Awakening” creators Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik and inspired by “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,�…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:53PMSunday, February 17, 2019
Steven Spielberg is continuing his quest to push filmmakers to make movies for theaters and not just for television. “I hope all of us really continue to believe that the greatest contribu…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:49PMThursday, February 7, 2019
Roller skating isn’t just a hobby. In black communities across the country, it’s a culture. It’s a way of life. At the premiere for documentary “United Skates” in Los Angel…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:26PM 
