Thursday, November 7, 2024
Delia Ephron invented a term — discardia — for indulging without guilt at New York City’s too-many tempting eateries. “It’s a game you play with yourself. You can buy anything you …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:22PMTuesday, October 22, 2024
“Smash,” a stage adaptation of the fan-favorite NBC series, is officially opening on Broadway in 2025. The long-in-the-works musical will begin performances on March 11, 2025, at the Imp…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:45PMJoey Fatone is returning to Broadway for the first time in two decades, joining the company of the jukebox musical “& Juliet.” The revisionist take on Shakespeare’s classic tale of…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMThursday, October 17, 2024
Lionsgate wants theatergoers to have the time of their lives, so the studio is adapting “Dirty Dancing” as a Broadway musical. “Dirty Dancing: The Musical” will launch in late 2025 …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMWednesday, October 16, 2024
Joe Machota, head of CAA’s theater department, will be recognized with the time-honored Broadway tradition of getting a caricature on the wall at Sardi’s. Plenty of stars like Patti LuPo…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:25AMWednesday, October 9, 2024
Brody Grant, the Tony-nominated star of “The Outsiders,” is returning to the musical after a month-long hiatus. An exact date has not been finalized but representatives for the show said…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:51PMJonathan Groff, a recent Tony winner for “Merrily We Roll Along,” is returning to Broadway. He’s set to star in “Just In Time,” a new musical about the life and times of singer Bob…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMWednesday, October 2, 2024
Sarah Snook, the Emmy-winning “Succession” actor, will make her Broadway debut playing 26 characters in “The Pictures of Dorian Gray.” The adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s gothic horror…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMTuesday, October 1, 2024
“Water for Elephants” is concluding its Broadway run this winter. The musical will play its final performance at the Imperial Theatre on Dec. 8. At the time of its concluding show, “Wa…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:50PMMonday, September 30, 2024
Broadway’s biggest stars got themselves out of bed bright and early on a coveted day off for Variety’s annual Business of Broadway, presented by City National Bank, a celebration of new …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:05PMTikTok Star Charli D’Amelio will make her Broadway debut in the jukebox musical “& Juliet,” a revisionist take on Shakespeare’s classic tale of star-crossed lovers. D’Amelio w…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMWednesday, September 25, 2024
Christopher Ashley, the Tony-winning director of “Come From Away,” has been appointed as the new artistic director of Roundabout Theatre Company. Ashley has spent the past 17 years as th…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMMonday, September 23, 2024
Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creative mind behind “Hamilton” and “In the Heights,” is returning to Broadway in “All In: Comedy About Love.” The play, penned by former “Saturday Nigh…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:10PMBroadway theaters will dim their lights in honor of James Earl Jones, the four-time nominated and two-time Tony Award winning actor who died on Sept. 9 at the age of 93. Broadway houses will…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:45AMThursday, September 19, 2024
Up two treacherous flights of stairs at the Lyceum Theatre, Cole Escola sits demurely in their dressing room, awaiting the delivery of a green smoothie. It’s a rare moment of downtime for …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:15AMDanny Burstein, the Tony-winning actor of “Moulin Rouge” who has appeared in many, many other Broadway shows, has joined the upcoming revival of “Gypsy.” He’ll play Herbie, a forme…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMWednesday, September 18, 2024
Shailene Woodley, “Star Trek” actor Zachary Quinto and “Euphoria” star Barbie Ferreira will lead the Broadway cast of “Cult of Love,” a play by “Star Wars: The Acolyte” and �…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PMMonday, September 9, 2024
John Mulaney, who made his Broadway debut in “Oh, Hello” with Nick Kroll, is returning to the stage. He’s starring in “All In: Comedy About Love,” a play by former “Saturday Nigh…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:49AMWednesday, August 14, 2024
“Purpose,” a new show from “Appropriate” playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, will open on Broadway in the spring of 2025. Phylicia Rashad will direct the play, which is set to begin p…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMTuesday, August 13, 2024
Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal know they’re inextricably linked as Mark Cohen and Roger Davis, the characters they played in the original Broadway cast of “Rent.” Their status as one of …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:41AMThursday, August 8, 2024
Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr will star in the upcoming revival of David Mamet’s lauded play “Glengarry Glen Ross.” The production is scheduled to open on Broadway in the s…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMTuesday, August 6, 2024
“Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” a stage play based on the hugely popular Netflix series, is heading to Broadway in 2025. The show will run at the Marquis Theatre with preview perfor…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMThursday, August 1, 2024
Adam Driver will lead the off-Broadway revival of Kenneth Lonergan’s play “Hold on to Me Darling.” The show will run at the Lucille Lortel Theatre for a limited 13-week engagement. Pre…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:15AMThursday, July 18, 2024
JoAnn M. Hunter, the choreographer of Broadway’s “School of Rock” and “Bad Cinderella,” has been hired to direct the upcoming musical “Yasuke: The Black Samurai.” This producti…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:54PMMonday, June 17, 2024
Angelina Jolie may get the award for most enthusiastic audience member. The A-list star was seated in the front row at the Tony Awards on Sunday and jumped to her feet at every win for “Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:30PMWednesday, May 29, 2024
Audra McDonald will portray the ultimate stage mom, Mama Rose, in the upcoming Broadway revival of “Gypsy.” George C. Wolfe, a Tony winner for “Angels in America: Millennium Approaches…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:30PMTuesday, May 7, 2024
Robert Downey Jr. will make his Broadway debut this fall in the new play, “McNeal.” Written by Ayad Akhtar and directed by Bartlett Sher (“To Kill a Mockingbird”), “McNeal” will …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:07PMWednesday, April 24, 2024
Mary Todd Lincoln had grand ambitions of being a cabaret star, at least according to playwright Cole Escola. Now, the former first lady is getting her due on the grandest stage of all. “Oh…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMWednesday, April 17, 2024
Break out the dumpling wrappers and mahjong sets because “Crazy Rich Asians” is coming to Broadway. The beloved romantic comedy is being developed as a Broadway musical by director Jon M…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMTuesday, April 16, 2024
“West Side Story” star Rachel Zegler and “Heartstopper” breakout Kit Connor will make their Broadway debuts in “Romeo+ Juliet,” a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:59AMWednesday, March 27, 2024
Ariana DeBose will host the Tony Awards for the third consecutive year. Broadway’s biggest night will take place on June 16 in New York City at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM 
