Friday, January 10, 2025
The Walt Disney Company is donating $15 million for response and rebuilding efforts amid the ongoing Southern California fires. “As this tragedy continues to unfold, The Walt Disney Compan…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:37PMWednesday, January 8, 2025
“Wicked: Part Two’s” official title, “Wicked: For Good,” prompted some mixed reactions online when it was first revealed in December. Director Jon M. Chu, however, believes the tit…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:40PMSaturday, November 30, 2024
“Wicked” star Marissa Bode has spoken out against the negative comments and jokes about her character Nessarose’s disability, calling them “aggressive,” “very gross” and “har…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:20PMSunday, November 10, 2024
Something wicked this way comes on the packaging of Mattel’s “Wicked” movie dolls. But it’s not the website for the highly-anticipated film adaptation of the Tony-winning musical sta…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PMSunday, November 3, 2024
“Hell’s Kitchen” star Kecia Lewis requested an apology from Patti LuPone on Saturday after the Broadway legend and “Agatha All Along” star called the jukebox musical “too loud.�…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:54PMThursday, October 24, 2024
Louis McCartney will make his Broadway debut in “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” in which he will reprise his role as Henry Creel from the Olivier Award-winning West End production. …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:30AMSaturday, October 19, 2024
Family members of Zelig Williams, a missing Broadway dancer whose credits include “Hamilton” and “MJ the Musical,” appeared on CNN Saturday morning to share updates on their search. …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:27PMTuesday, June 18, 2024
Ian McKellen has thanked fans and the medical professionals who offered support following his fall during Monday evening’s performance of “Player Kings” at the Noël Coward theatre in …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:25PMThursday, May 16, 2024
Judi Dench is skeptical about the need for trigger warnings in theater. In an interview with Radio Times magazine, Dench was asked about her opinion on content advisories before watching a s…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:58AMTuesday, May 14, 2024
Sarah Paulson will never forget the actor who sent her six pages of unsolicited notes after watching her in a play. Paulson recently appeared on the “Smartless” podcast, where she and ho…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:12AMThursday, February 29, 2024
AMC Theatres will release three new Nicole Kidman-led ads in its theaters starting in March, Variety has confirmed. On March 1, a new 30-second version of the “We Make Movies Better” ad …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:06AMMonday, December 4, 2023
Alicia Keys’ musical “Hell’s Kitchen” is heading to Broadway in the spring. The musical, which features music and lyrics by Keys and a book by Kristoffer Diaz, made its world premier…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:38PMSaturday, August 12, 2023
Tom Jones, who wrote the book and lyrics for the longest-running musical “The Fantasticks,” died Friday at his home in Sharon, Conn. He was 95. Jones’ son Michael told The New York Tim…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:49PMThursday, August 3, 2023
The musical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ “The Notebook” is officially heading to Broadway. Preview performances will begin Feb. 6, 2024, at New York’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, wi…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMTuesday, December 13, 2022
On a rainy Sunday afternoon, “Some Like It Hot” opened on Broadway and furnished the Shubert Theater with its most glittering audience in recent memory. Patti LuPone, Bette Midler, Natha…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:34PM 
