Sunday, February 9, 2025
“Mufasa†is still showing box office strength, with the photorealistic “Lion King†prequel clearing $671 million in global ticket sales. Over the weekend, the film ad…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:58PMTuesday, January 28, 2025
Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone help plan a sham wedding in the first trailer for “The Wedding Banquet,†a modern retelling of Ang Lee’s 1993 queer comedy of errors. Set in …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:40PMMonday, January 27, 2025
Jennifer Lopez, outfitted in sparkling, webbed-up gown and sky-high black heels, fought back tears as “Kiss of the Spider Woman†was embraced at Sundance Film Festival with a sta…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:26AMTuesday, January 21, 2025
It’s a Broadway smash! It, of course, refers to “Bombshell,†the fictional musical-within-a-musical at the center of “Smash,†a new stage adaptation of the bel…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMSunday, January 19, 2025
Heading into the long weekend, Universal’s “Wolf Man†reboot was projected to climb to No. 1 on domestic box office charts. Yet Sony’s “One of Them Days, 
SOURCE: Variety at 12:35PM“Moana 2,†originally conceived as a television show for streaming, is officially a billion-dollar box office smash. The animated sequel has generated $445 million domestic…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:35PMSunday, January 12, 2025
Two Disney tentpoles, “Mufasa: The Lion King†and “Moana 2,†are crossing major box office milestones. “Mufasa†has surpassed $500 million globally after …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:46PMFriday, January 10, 2025
“Wicked†is “very very popular†— on the big screen, and now on video-on-demand. In a rare display of transparency for downstream revenues, Universal reported …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:37PMTuesday, January 7, 2025
Disney’s head of theatrical distribution Tony Chambers is leaving his current role to serve as president of the Walt Disney Company in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He will repl…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:44PMThursday, January 2, 2025
Not even the dynamic duos of Joy and Anxiety, Deadpool and Wolverine, Gru and his minions or Paul Atreides and those massive sandworms could push the 2024 box office to pre-pandemic heights.…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:08PMMonday, December 30, 2024
Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King†and Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog 3†are duking it out for first place at the North American box office with each of …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:28AMUniversal’s “Wicked†is officially the highest-grossing Broadway adaptation in global box office history, overtaking 2008’s “Mamma Mia†to notch the har…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:28AMWednesday, December 11, 2024
“Hold on to Me Darling,†an Off Broadway revival of Kenneth Lonergan’s play starring Adam Driver, has recouped its initial investment. The show was capitalized at $1.8 mil…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMWednesday, December 4, 2024
“Grey’s Anatomy†actor T.R. Knight is returning to Broadway in “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,†a stage play based on the massive Netflix television series…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMTuesday, December 3, 2024
Mattel is being sued for mistakenly printing the URL for a pornographic site on the packaging for special-edition “Wicked†dolls. According to court documents, a South Carolina r…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:23PM“GLOW†actor Betty Gilpin is replacing Cole Escola in “Oh, Mary!†on Broadway. Escola, who wrote and starred in the deranged comedy since it debuted Off Broadway in J…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:10AMTuesday, November 26, 2024
“Wicked†stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were paid the same amount for leading the movie musical, Universal Pictures said in a rare statement on such a matter, to dispel on…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:58PMMonday, November 25, 2024
So if you care to find “Wicked,†look… just about anywhere. You’d have to be flattened by a farmhouse to miss the “Wicked†promotional onslaught. From St…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:03PMCole Escola’s unconventional smash “Oh, Mary!†has recouped its entire production costs on Broadway. The play, capitalized at $4.5 million, is the first show of the 2024-2…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMThursday, November 21, 2024
Marla Mindelle, the star of Off Broadway’s Golden Age fantasia “The Big Gay Jamboree,†gets anxiety during every performance. Sure, the delightfully ridiculous show â€�…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMMonday, November 18, 2024
Moviegoers can channel their inner Glinda and Elphaba during sing-along screenings of “Wicked.†But they’ll have to wait. Interactive showings of Universal’s upcomi…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:08PMSunday, November 10, 2024
Jon M. Chu had a pretty good excuse for missing the premiere of “Wicked.†The director of the two-part musical epic couldn’t make the starry Los Angeles event because his …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:06PMThursday, 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. Y…
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…
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 cl…
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 Musicalâ€Â will la…
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 …
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 s…
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 an…
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 Wildeâ…
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 sho…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:50PM 
