"David Byrne's American Utopia" and "Freestyle Love Supreme" will receive special Tony Awards at the 2021 ceremony. The prizes come more than a year after both shows closed their doors and f…
In person, Ann Dowd, sweet, solicitous and ready to laugh at herself, is far removed from Gilead, the totalitarian state where Aunt Lydia, her alter ego on "The Handmaid's Tale," rules with …
"The Book of Mormon" is the latest long-running show to announce its return to Broadway. In another sign that the lights are flickering back on along the Great White Way, "The Book of Mormon…
A new musical will serve as both a sequel to one of the greatest children's stories of all time, as well as a prequel to another iconic fantasy adventure. "Alice in Neverland" brings togethe…
Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird" will resume performances on Broadway on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, at the Shubert Theatre with Jeff Daniels reprising his role as Atticus …
Westbrook Studios is partnering with songwriter and producer Freddy Wexler on "Soul Superhero," a new live action musical fantasy film. The film is the story of a young Black girl who teams …
At the height of her stardom, Marilyn Monroe took an 18-month hiatus from Hollywood. The screen icon, who would have turned 95 on June 1, was battling ill health, which was linked to her bar…
The long-delayed Tony Awards will air primarily on Paramount Plus on Sept. 26, but certain key awards will be handed out as part of a celebration of theater that will air on the streaming se…
"Everybody's Talking About Jamie," the film adaptation of the popular West End musical, will debut on Amazon's Prime Video. The film was originally set to be distributed on October 23, 2020,…
Matthew Belloni, the former editorial director of the Hollywood Reporter, has joined the management team of a new media startup that will cover finance, politics, technology and entertainmen…
Streaming hits like "WandaVision" and "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" failed to deliver the kind of Disney Plus subscriber numbers that Wall Street was looking for, as the Walt Disney Co…
The Walt Disney Company is in the throes of a major leadership shift, with newly minted CEO Bob Chapek asserting more authority as the longtime leader he replaced, Bob Iger, prepares to surr…
Broadway is busting out some major firepower as it looks to reopen after more than a year of COVID-related closures. Three of the most successful shows in theater history " "Hamilton," "The …
Cinemark has reached new agreements with the five major studios that could help formalize a shorter theatrical window. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it comes as COVID-19 has resh…
The show will go on. Broadway theaters will reopen at full capacity on Sept. 14, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced via Twitter on Wednesday. Tickets will go on sale on Thursday (though a …
Sir Howard Panter, one of the leading forces in live theater, is so convinced that Broadway, the West End and other stage hubs are poised to come back in a big way post-pandemic, that he's b…
New York will lift capacity restrictions beginning on May 19, a move that potentially sets the stage for a Broadway and live theater revival. The new guidelines will also help cinemas in the…
The producers of the 93rd Academy Awards promised to make the Oscars more like a movie. But the abysmal ratings and atrocious reviews that greeted their efforts to shake things up wasn't the…
Florence Welch will journey into the Jazz Age for her new musical project, one that will offer up fortune seekers and flappers, rum runners and rich dilettantes, self-made men and high socie…
Several hundred Broadway advocates and theater workers gathered in New York City on Thursday to demand the industry banish Scott Rudin in the wake of a growing controversy around the produce…
Nevertheless, she persisted. Elaine May, who turns 89 on Wednesday, has enjoyed a late career resurgence, earning a Tony Award for her work in Kenneth Lonergan's play "The Waverly Gallery" a…
PBS and The WNET Group are launching a multi-platform campaign dubbed #PBSForTheArts, which will pay tribute to the struggle and resilience of American artists and arts organizations during …
It's been a tough year for composer Lewis Flinn and most of the people who make their living producing live performances. COVID-19 has left the marquee lights dark across Broadway and beyond…
With vaccinations rising and COVID restrictions easing, movie theaters are slowly getting their grove back. This weekend saw the debut of the first pandemic-era hit in "Godzilla vs. Kong," a…
George R.R. Martin is facing something even more menacing than White Walkers: New York theater critics. The fantasy maestro is bringing "Game of Thrones" to the stage, hoping to transform th…