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502 stories by "Brent Lang"

Sophia Takal Directing Adaptation of Horror-Comedy Novel 'Patricia Wants to Cuddle' for Votiv (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

Votiv, a film and television production company, is developing a feature adaptation of the horror-comedy novel "Patricia Wants to Cuddle." The book, a satire of American media culture that b…

SOURCE: Variety at 1:00pm on September 4, 2025

'John Candy: I Like Me' Director Colin Hanks on Exploring the Private Trauma and Genius of a Comedy Legend by Brent Lang

On screen, John Candy was often the gregarious life of the party. He smoked and drank through a game of racquetball in "Splash," he charmed a household of unruly kids with his free-spirited …

SOURCE: Variety at 8:45am on September 4, 2025

Douglas Aibel Stepping Down as Vineyard Theatre Artistic Director (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

Douglas Aibel will step down as artistic director of Vineyard Theatre, ending a forty-year run. He will continue to work as a producer and casting director, focusing on several upco…

SOURCE: Variety at 1:58pm on September 3, 2025

Lola Tung, Nico Parker Starring in 'The Young People' From 'Longlegs' Director Osgood Perkins by Brent Lang

Lola Tung and Nico Parker will star in "The Young People," a new film from "Longlegs" director Osgood Perkins. The film is based on a script that Perkins wrote. Neon, which has a first-look …

SOURCE: Variety at 1:15pm on August 28, 2025

Austin Butler Slept in His 'Caught Stealing' Apartment Set to Get in Character: 'I Woke Up to the Crew While I Was in My Underwear' by Brent Lang

Austin Butler is known for his intense approach to his roles, from speaking with Elvis Presley's signature drawl during the entire production of "Elvis" to training with a Navy SEAL to becom…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:00am on August 25, 2025

Guillermo del Toro Unpacks 'Frankenstein': The 30-Year Journey to Make It, Getting a Netflix Theatrical Release and Why He Axed the Plan for Two M by Brent Lang

Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" has all of the elements that made Mary Shelley's Gothic novel so chilling. There's a hulking beast, whose body is assembled from the corpses of other men.…

SOURCE: Variety at 1:00pm on August 20, 2025

Inside Andrew Lloyd Webber's Comeback: From Hit Revivals of 'Evita' and 'Sunset Blvd.' to a Dramatic Overhaul to His Theater Company by Brent Lang

"We couldn't allow things to just trundle along," Andrew Lloyd Webber says. "We had to make a big change." He's drumming his fingers on the dining room table of his Upper West Side apartment…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:58am on August 13, 2025

Kid Harpoon Creating Original Music for Broadway Revival of 'Art' (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

Grammy winner Kid Harpoon will create original music for the upcoming Broadway revival of "Art." The Tony Award-winning show " about three friends who debate the merits of a ridiculously exp…

SOURCE: Variety at 3:06pm on August 6, 2025

Kelly O'Sullivan, Lois Smith Co-Starring in Indie Comedy 'The Steel Harp' (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

Kelly O'Sullivan and Lois Smith will co-star in "The Steel Harp." The comedy is directed by O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson, the filmmakers behind "Ghostlight." It marks one of the first leadin…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:31pm on August 6, 2025

Morgan Spector on the Shocking 'Gilded Age' Shooting: 'You Should Be Very Worried' by Brent Lang

SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 3, Episode 7 of "The Gilded Age," "Ex-Communicated," which aired Aug. 3 on HBO. On its best days, Le Pain Quotidien's Bryant Park branch is a far cry…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00pm on August 3, 2025

Jeremy Strong Circling Mark Zuckerberg Role in 'The Social Network Part II' by Brent Lang

Jeremy Strong may soon be getting a perm and rocking a gold chain. The Oscar-nominee and Emmy-winner is the top choice to play Mark Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin's "The Social Network Part II,"…

SOURCE: Variety at 1:16pm on July 31, 2025

House Republicans Push to Rename Kennedy Center Opera House After Melania Trump by Brent Lang

House Republicans are ready to do some rebranding. On Thursday, GOP members of the House Appropriations Committee voted to rename the Opera House at the John F. Kennedy Center for Perform…

SOURCE: Variety at 6:52pm on July 22, 2025

'Black Swan' Getting 15th Anniversary Imax Re-Release by Brent Lang

Cinephiles, rejoice! You can now watch Natalie Portman do bloody battle with a pesky hangnail on the widest screen imaginable. This summer, Searchlight Pictures is teaming up with Imax fo…

SOURCE: Variety at 1:00pm on July 16, 2025

Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing Returning for 'Practical Magic 2' by Brent Lang

Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing will reprise their roles as eccentric aunts with a deep knowledge of coven living in "Practical Magic 2." They join Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidm…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:28am on July 11, 2025

Scott Rudin Sets Broadway Return With Barry Diller-Backed Play 'Little Bear Ridge Road' by Brent Lang

Scott Rudin is returning to Broadway after allegations of abusive behavior derailed the producer's career. Rudin and Barry Diller will produce Samuel D. Hunter's new play "Little Bear Ridge …

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00pm on July 7, 2025

Richard Greenberg, Tony-Winning 'Take Me Out' Playwright, Dies at 67 by Brent Lang

Richard Greenberg, the Tony Award-winning writer of "Take Me Out," has died. He was 67 years old. Greenberg's death was announced on social media by collaborators and colleagues such as Deni…

SOURCE: Variety at 8:34am on July 6, 2025

Amber Heard, Brandon Flynn Join Jeremy O. Harris Play 'Spirit of the People'(EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

Amber Heard, Brandon Flynn and Lío Mehiel have joined the ensemble cast of the world premiere production of Jeremy O. Harris' "Spirit of the People." Directed by Katina Medina Mora, "Spir…

SOURCE: Variety at 1:00pm on June 23, 2025

How 'The Gilded Age' Shot in Newport's Historic Mansions, and Brought a Tourism Boom to the Wealthy Rhode Island Enclave by Brent Lang

"Stand back, I'm about to act," Ashlie Atkinson, who plays gossipy Mrs. Fish on HBO's "The Gilded Age," jokes as she prepares for another take of a luncheon scene that finds her giving side-…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:06am on June 20, 2025

WaterBear Signs First-Look Deal With Level Forward (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

WaterBear has signed a first-look deal with Level Forward.  Under the agreement, Level Forward will develop and create original programming in all genres " feature and documentary, long-f…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:30am on June 12, 2025

Cinetic Marketing Promotes Charlie Olsky, Lauren Schwartz, Emilie Spiegel to Senior Vice Presidents (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

Cinetic Marketing has promoted three veteran strategists " Charlie Olsky, Lauren Schwartz and Emilie Spiegel " to senior vice president roles. The trio previously worked as vice presidents. …

SOURCE: Variety at 1:32pm on June 9, 2025

Tony Awards Winners 2025 (Updating Live) by Brent Lang

Broadway's brights stars came out in force on Sunday for the 78th Tony Awards. There was plenty to celebrate for the theater business, which seems to have recaptured its stride after a long …

SOURCE: Variety at 7:11pm on June 8, 2025

Tony Awards Red Carpet: James Monroe Iglehart, Brooke Shields and More Broadway Stars Weigh in on Patti LuPone New Yorker Interview by Brent Lang

On the Tony Awards red carpet, James Monroe Iglehart, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson and other Broadway artists and stars weighed in on the fallout surrounding Patti LuPone's c…

SOURCE: Variety at 6:37pm on June 8, 2025

'Maybe Happy Ending' Director Michael Arden on Broadway's Most Unlikely Hit and Adapting 'Lost Boys' Into a 'Sexy' and 'Scary' Music by Brent Lang

When Michael Arden heard the pitch for "Maybe Happy Ending," a love story about two robots who bond over being discarded by their owners, he thought " pass. But after reading the script and …

SOURCE: Variety at 9:07am on June 3, 2025

Patti LuPone Apologizes for Controversial Comments About Kecia Lewis, Audra McDonald in New Yorker Interview: 'I Am Devastated That My Behavior Has by Brent Lang

Patti LuPone has apologized for comments she made about Audra McDonald and "Hell's Kitchen" star Kecia Lewis in a recent New Yorker interview. "For as long as I have worked in theatre, I …

SOURCE: Variety at 4:27pm on May 31, 2025

500 Broadway Performers Sign Open Letter Urging Tony Awards to Disinvite Patti LuPone for 'Degrading and Misogynistic' Comments by Brent Lang

Broadway performers and theater professionals are calling on the producers of the Tony Awards to disinvite Patti LuPone from the show after the theater legend made controversial remarks abou…

SOURCE: Variety at 8:04pm on May 30, 2025
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