Friday, October 4, 2024

Disney World’s Terrifying Attraction ‘Alien Encounter’ Is Being Resurrected as a Bloody Play by Jenelle Riley

Unless you’re a hardcore Disney fan, you probably don’t remember the short-lived attraction “The ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter.” A theatrical experience that ran briefly in the …

SOURCE: Variety at 02:10PM
Thursday, October 3, 2024

Cole Escola, Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch, Daniel Dae Kim and More Recall Their Most Memorable ‘Broadway Firsts’ by Emiliana Betancourt

The current crop of Broadway actors, creators, producers and thought leaders congregated at Variety’s annual Business of Broadway Breakfast. Amidst the conversations with “Sunset Bouleva…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:40PM
Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Rachel Zegler on Reinventing Snow White and Juliet and Facing Off Against Toxic Disney Fans: ‘I’ve Watched Women Get Torn Down My Whole Life’ by William Earl

“Spoiler alert: I die,” Rachel Zegler says. You’ll have to forgive the 23-year-old actress for giving away the ending to her next project. But to be fair, it’s been 400 years since a…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM

‘Succession’ Star Sarah Snook to Make Broadway Debut in ‘Picture of Dorian Gray’ in 2025 by Rebecca Rubin

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 09:00AM
Tuesday, October 1, 2024

‘Yellow Face’ Review: Daniel Dae Kim Leads a Witty, Powerful Broadway Staging of David Henry Hwang’s Comedy by Danvariety

Playing the character of “DHH,” the actor Daniel Dae Kim begins “Yellow Face,” the new production of David Henry Hwang’s play, standing within a box, from which he promptly strides…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:30PM

Broadway’s ‘Water for Elephants’ to Close in December by Rebecca Rubin

“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 05:50PM

How Sam Mendes and Jez Butterworth Brought a New and Improved Version of “The Hills of California” to Broadway by Gordon Cox

The playwright Jez Butterworth recently had perhaps the most eventful recording session in the history of “Stagecraft,” Variety’s theater podcast. Listen to this week’s “Stagecraf…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:48PM
Monday, September 30, 2024

‘McNeal’ Review: Robert Downey Jr.’s Broadway Debut Is Stale and Confounding  by Aramide Tinubu

As technology continues to evolve, the arts and humanities are having a reckoning, and it’s not pretty. In his newest play, “McNeal,” Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar (“Disgraced”…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:00PM

Nicole Scherzinger Prefers the Left Half of Her Face: ‘If You Want Greatness You’re Going to Have to Focus on This Side’ by Rebecca Rubin

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 06:05PM

Gavin Creel, Tony Winner and Star of ‘Hair,’ ‘Hello, Dolly,’ ‘Into the Woods’ and More, Dies at 48 by Jordan Moreau

Gavin Creel, a Tony-winning Broadway star who appeared in “Hair,” “Hello, Dolly,” “Into the Woods” and more, died Monday at his home in Manhattan of metastatic melanotic peripher…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:03PM

TikTok Star Charli D’Amelio to Make Broadway Debut in ‘& Juliet’ (EXCLUSIVE) by Rebecca Rubin

TikTok 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 09:00AM
Sunday, September 29, 2024

‘The Hills of California’ Review: Sam Mendes and Jez Butterworth Deliver a Dream of a Broadway Drama by Gordon Cox

Jez Butterworth’s ambitious, captivating and richly rewarding domestic drama “The Hills of California” straddles dual worlds of dreams and reality as it shuttles between two pivotal ti…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM
Friday, September 27, 2024

‘Randy Newman’s Faust,’ the Songwriter’s Brilliant but Rarely Produced Stage Musical, Rises Again for a Weekend in L.A. at the Soraya by Chris Willman

The devil is making them do it… or maybe it’s actually an exercise in divine justice. “Randy Newman’s Faust,” the only musical comedy ever written for the stage by the dean of barb…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:43PM

Maggie Smith, Star of ‘Downton Abbey,’ ‘Harry Potter,’ Dies at 89 by Ellise Shafer

British stage and screen actress Maggie Smith, who numbers two Oscars, three Emmys and countless stage awards to her credit, has died. She was 89 years old. “It is with great sadness we ha…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:23AM
Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Roundabout Theatre Company Names ‘Come From Away’ Tony Winner Christopher Ashley as Artistic Director by Rebecca Rubin

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 02:00PM
Monday, September 23, 2024

Lin-Manuel Miranda Returning to Broadway in ‘All In: Comedy About Love’ by Rebecca Rubin

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 01:10PM

Tony Awards Returning to Radio City Music Hall as 2025 Ceremony Sets June Date by Brent Lang

The Tony Awards will return to Radio City Music Hall for the show’s 78th edition. It’s the first time that the annual celebration of the best of Broadway has been held at the Midtown Man…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM

Broadway Theaters to Dim Lights in Memory of James Earl Jones by Rebecca Rubin

Broadway 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 11:45AM
Thursday, September 19, 2024

Auli’i Cravalho, Glenn Davis and Jen Silverman Among Variety’s 10 Broadway Stars to Watch for 2024 by J. Kim Murphy

Each new Broadway season brings an exciting group of fresh talents to the spotlight — and this season is no exception. Variety is proud to announce the 2024 edition of its annual 10 Broadw…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:00PM

Cole Escola Can’t Process the Meteoric Success of Broadway’s ‘Oh, Mary!’ by Rebecca Rubin

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 11:15AM

Nicole Scherzinger on Bringing ‘Sunset Boulevard’ to Broadway: ‘I’m Gonna F—ing Go Out There Every Single Night Coming for Blood’ by Brent Lang

Nicole Scherzinger sounds like a kid desperately clinging to those last fleeting moments of summer break before school starts. She’s calling from an airport in Portugal, having recently wr…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:59AM

Danny Burstein Joins Audra McDonald in Broadway’s ‘Gypsy’ Revival by Rebecca Rubin

Danny 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 09:00AM
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

How Daniel Dae Kim Finds the Funny in Broadway’s ‘Yellow Face’ by Gordon Cox

A little-known fact about Daniel Dae Kim: He’s really, really into “Saturday Night Live.” “I’m a super fan,” says the actor just a few days before starting performances for the r…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:15PM

Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto, Barbie Ferreira to Star in Leslye Headland’s ‘Cult of Love’ on Broadway by Rebecca Rubin

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 03:00PM

Orville Peck Broadway Project in ‘Early Stages of Development’ (EXCLUSIVE) by Marc Malkin

Orville Peck may be headed to Broadway. The masked country singer hinted that he could be working on a project for the New York stage at an appearance Tuesday night at the Grammy Museum in L…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:52PM
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Grammy Winner Allison Russell to Step Into Broadway’s ‘Hadestown’ as Persephone by Chris Willman

Singer-songwriter Allison Russell had a song called “Persephone” on her debut solo album, so there may be some destiny in the fact that she will soon step into a role with that name in t…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:29AM
Friday, September 13, 2024

Alan Cumming Named Artistic Director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre in Scotland by Marc Malkin

Alan Cumming has been named the new artistic director of Scotland’s Pitlochry Festival Theatre. The Tony winner will join Pitlochry Festival Theatre in January, with his programmed season…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM
Thursday, September 12, 2024

‘The Roommate’ Review: Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone Bring Out Each Other’s Best in a Charming Double Act by Gordon Cox

There’s something loose, rebellious, and even wild hiding within the trappings of “The Roommate,” a new Broadway production of a play written by Jen Silverman. One just has to wait for…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:00PM

‘Why Am I So Single?’ Review: Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ Musical Follow-Up to ‘Six’ Disappoints in the West End by Gordon Cox

“There is,” as Stephen Sondheim once groaned, “nothing worse than great expectations.” It may seem unfair to evoke a master when reviewing only the second show from a young British m…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:30PM
Monday, September 9, 2024

James Earl Jones, Distinguished Actor and Voice of Darth Vader, Dies at 93 by Jordan Moreau

James Earl Jones, the prolific film, TV and theater actor whose resonant, unmistakable baritone was most widely known as the voice of “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader, died Monday mornin…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:42PM

John Mulaney Returning to Broadway in ‘All In: Comedy About Love’ by Rebecca Rubin

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 10:49AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 15, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
TBA: Titanic