Thursday, January 7, 2016
In a move that reflects its growing reach into the visual media and stage realm, the Universal Music Group has tapped film and TV producer David Blackman and legit producer Scott Landis to h…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:20PMTuesday, August 25, 2015
It might seem ironically lowbrow, but the Met: Live in HD — the Metropolitan Opera’s popular live broadcasts in movie theaters — took some inspiration from the world of sports.
“It�…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:35PMWednesday, May 6, 2015
Joe Wright’s upcoming “Pan” takes a fresh look at the familiar story of Peter Pan and his future nemesis, Captain Hook — an approach driven home through song in a recent trailer.
Ac…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMWednesday, April 29, 2015
With all the attention to bigscreen spectacles accompanied by 80-piece orchestras, it’s easy to forget the smaller films that need music just as much, if not more: cartoons.
The Los Angel…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMTuesday, January 6, 2015
Producing a TV series with original songs in every episode is always an ambitious undertaking. And precious few of them have succeeded.
ABC’s landmark Robert Morse musical “That’s Lif…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMThursday, December 18, 2014
For its fifth annual awards, taking place Jan. 21 at Mack Sennett Studios in Hollywood, the Guild of Music Supervisors made ample display of its practitioners’ range in announcing its …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:03AMSunday, June 22, 2014
Anybody who’s seen Martin Short’s shorts — “Scenes From an Idiot’s Marriage,” in which he parodies his hero Jerry Lewis as directed by Ingmar Bergman,R…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00PMTuesday, June 17, 2014
Those looking for a taste of Hollywood’s Golden Age need not venture to the Broadway Theatre District in Downtown L.A., or that strip of Hollywood Blvd. that is akin to driving into the be…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:30PMSaturday, January 25, 2014
Discovering that Lady Gaga is an ardent admirer of Carole King is akin to Axl Rose calling Elton John his hero. But there she was Friday night — dressed all in white behind a color-match…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:53PMSunday, December 15, 2013
Irish-born stage and screen actor Peter O’Toole, who became an international star in the title role of David Lean’s Oscar-winning epic “Lawrence of Arabia,” died on Saturday at age 8…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:33PMThursday, November 7, 2013
In the movie “Saving Mr. Banks,” about the making of the 1964 Disney classic “Mary Poppins,” Emma Thompson portrays the book’s author, P.L. Travers, as an abrasive, unyielding, dou…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AMWednesday, April 17, 2013
With "The Great Gatsby," opening May 10, director Baz Luhrmann revisits the delirium of star-crossed romance evocative of his signature films "Romeo + Juliet" (1996) and "Moulin Rouge!" (200…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM 
