DESKTOP
Contact
The Season
On Broadway
Login

Search BroadwayStars

Search:
Author:
Source:
Date Range: From: To:
Sort by: Most Recent   Most Relevant
293 stories by "Chris Willman"

Heart's Ann Wilson to Premiere New Documentary, 'In My Voice,' With 10-City Screening/Q&A Tour (EXCLUSIVE) by Chris Willman

Fresh off the road from a stint with Heart, Ann Wilson will undertake another tour in the coming months " this time hitting theaters, clubs and museums with the rolling premiere of a new doc…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:03am on March 17, 2026

Diane Warren Vows 'I'll Be Back' at Oscars, While Boasting 'I Set a New Record Tonight!' " as Most Nominated Person to Not Win a Competiti by Chris Willman

Diane Warren is taking her latest Oscar loss in stride, posting on social media after the ceremony: "Well at least I'm consistent! And I set a new record tonite!! But U know me, I will be ba…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:12pm on March 15, 2026

Barbra Streisand Honors Robert Redford With Stirring 'The Way We Were' Performance at Oscars by Chris Willman

Barbra Streisand brought the audience at the Oscars ceremony to its feet by capping an In Memoriam speech offered in tribute to Robert Redford with a stanza from the theme song for "The Way …

SOURCE: Variety at 9:07pm on March 15, 2026

'We Are the Shaggs' SXSW Film Review: The World's Most Polarizing Band Gets Its Due in Ken Kwapis' Sweet Salute to Outsider Rock by Chris Willman

The Shaggs may be the unlikeliest group since the dawn of rock 'n' roll to have attracted a cult of hundreds of thousands or even millions of fans, all of whom take their place on different …

SOURCE: Variety at 4:47pm on March 15, 2026

Noah Kahan Defends Chappell Roan's Right to Be Left Alone: 'Eat F"ing Nails,' He Tells 'Scummy' Professional Autograph 'Scalpers' by Chris Willman

Noah Kahan has stepped up with a spirited defense of Chappell Roan, after the "Pink Pony Club" singer went viral for tearing into paparazzi and professional autograph seekers that surrounded…

SOURCE: Variety at 2:06pm on March 10, 2026

Squeeze's Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford Go Time-Tripping With 'Trixies,' a Terrific New Concept Album They Wrote but Never Recorded in the 19 by Chris Willman

If you wrote a terrific batch of material as a young artist, would you immediately set out to record it, or would you put it into a time capsule, bury it and think, "This might come in handy…

SOURCE: Variety at 6:37pm on March 9, 2026

Latest Kennedy Center Exit: Director of National Symphony Orchestra Quits, Will Head to L.A. to Become CEO of the Wallis by Chris Willman

As some institutions and individuals have headed for the exit door at the beleaguered Kennedy Center, the National Symphony Orchestra has thus far stayed put, after a 55-year association. Bu…

SOURCE: Variety at 6:35pm on March 7, 2026

Stephen Hibbert, TV Comedy Writer and Actor Who Played the Gimp in 'Pulp Fiction,' Dies at 68 by Chris Willman

Stephen Hibbert, a writer and actor who went from the Groundlings to writing for "Late Night With David Letterman" and "Mad TV" to a cult role as the Gimp in "Pulp Fiction," died March 2 in …

SOURCE: Variety at 2:07pm on March 7, 2026

In a Thrilling U.S. Headlining Debut at the Troubadour, Sienna Spiro Shows Why She's About to Become the World's Next Pop Vocal Superhero: Concert by Chris Willman

For years now, there has been a lot of waiting, guessing and surely in-house prevaricating about who will be the next James Bond. But there is no need to dally, or shouldn't be, on the quest…

SOURCE: Variety at 8:15pm on March 4, 2026

TAIT Acquires Silent House, Creating a Giant Combined Force for Technology and Creative Direction in Concert Touring and Other Live Experiences (EXCLU by Chris Willman

TAIT, for decades a juggernaut in providing technology and equipment for concert touring and other live experiences, has acquired Silent House, one of the foremost production studios and cre…

SOURCE: Variety at 3:06pm on March 2, 2026

'Kennedy Center Honors' Will Be Renamed 'Trump Kennedy Center Honors,' With Program Moving to a Smaller Venue 'Where Ticket Demand Will Be E by Chris Willman

"The Kennedy Center Honors" have been presented under that longstanding, historic name for the final time. (Or at least for the last time for the next three years.) To the surprise of probab…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:02pm on February 28, 2026

'The Beach Boys Love You' Gets Its Live Premiere After 50 Years: Al Jardine and Darian Sahanaja on Finally Bringing the Classic Album to the Stage by Chris Willman

Is the 1977 album "The Beach Boys Love You" a classic and essential part of this great American band's catalog, or a lark? It's so different from virtually every other album the group ever r…

SOURCE: Variety at 8:43pm on February 27, 2026

'Amadeus' Review: Jefferson Mays Shines as a Funny and Frothing Salieri in a Gorgeously Mounted, Essential Revival at the Pasadena Playhouse by Chris Willman

Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus" is, at heart, a great love triangle. At one vortex, there's 18th century composer Antonio Salieri, wavering between piety and murderous peevishness. At another corn…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:31pm on February 26, 2026

Viva Baz Vegas! Baz Luhrmann on the Burning Love That Went Into 'EPiC': 'We Are Giving Elvis the World Tour He Dreamed Of, Playing on the Worldâ by Chris Willman

Baz Luhrmann is about to dive back into his long-aborning Joan of Arc movie. But before he does, he had to return to the Elvis well, and the King's new and returning subjects are glad he did…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:13pm on February 22, 2026

How Much Are Bruce Springsteen Tickets? The Promised Range for 'The Promised Land' Is $87-$3,007, With Nearly Row-by-Row Variations In-Between by Chris Willman

Another Bruce Springsteen tour on-sale; another bout of elation among those who procured tickets. Along with, of course, another round of debate over how easy it was or wasn't to get those t…

SOURCE: Variety at 6:55pm on February 21, 2026

Barry Manilow Reveals 'Very Depressing' Surgeon's Orders to Postpone More Shows, Extend Recovery Time After Cancer Treatment by Chris Willman

Barry Manilow expected to be back on the road a week from now for the resumption of an arena tour. But life and his surgeon had other ideas. Manilow took to multiple media platforms Friday t…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:18am on February 21, 2026

'Here Lies Love': David Byrne and Director Snehai Desai on Adapting the Dance Musical for L.A.'s Taper, and Why Imelda Marcos' Story Nervously by Chris Willman

Fascism has arrived and settled into Los Angeles. And before you say "Tell us something we don't already know," this refers to the opening on this coast of "Here Lies Love," the David Byrne-…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:37pm on February 20, 2026

Hollywood Bowl Unwraps 2026 Season: Foo Fighters Meet Dudamel, Chance the Rapper Celebrates Juneteenth, Symphonic St. Vincent, Brassy Herb Alpert, Mov by Chris Willman

The Hollywood Bowl has unveiled the lineup for its 2026 summer season, and a key touchstone will be a week in August celebrating Gustuvo Dudamel's 17th and last season as music and artistic …

SOURCE: Variety at 11:29am on February 18, 2026

Young the Giant Sets Summer 'Victory Garden' Tour for Amphitheaters and Arenas (EXCLUSIVE) by Chris Willman

The group Young the Giant will be looking to turn North America's amphitheater circuit into its own private "Victory Garden" this summer, with a nearly three-month tour behind the forthcomin…

SOURCE: Variety at 8:01am on February 17, 2026

Brandi Carlile Brings the Majesty to 'America the Beautiful' in Super Bowl Pre-Game Performance: Watch by Chris Willman

The majesty is not just in the purple mountains: It's in the voice of Brandi Carlile, who has one of the most celebrated vocal ranges in modern American music, and was an apt pick by the NFL…

SOURCE: Variety at 6:33pm on February 8, 2026

Brandi Carlile on What It Means to Sing 'America the Beautiful' at the Super Bowl in a Time of Turmoil: It's a Song of 'Fragile Hope, for Wher by Chris Willman

No "Joke": Brandi Carlile is one of the few vocalists out there with so powerhouse of a voice, she could almost be considered overqualified to sing "America the Beautiful." That's what she'l…

SOURCE: Variety at 3:50pm on February 7, 2026

If They Gave Grammys for Live Shows, the AmericanaFest Salute to Neil Young at the Troubadour Would Be a Contender: Concert Review by Chris Willman

The evening before Music's Biggest Night, there is always Music's Smallest but Mightiest Night. That could serve as one way to describe the Americana Music Association's annual Grammy Eve co…

SOURCE: Variety at 8:16pm on February 4, 2026

Bruce Springsteen Performs Anti-ICE Song Live at Minneapolis Protest Concert as Crowd Yells 'ICE Out Now!' by Chris Willman

Bruce Springsteen brought his protest song "Streets of Minneapolis" to the actual streets of Minneapolis Friday afternoon, making an unadvertised appearance at a daytime benefit concert orga…

SOURCE: Variety at 4:25pm on January 30, 2026

Lady Gaga Covers Mr. Rogers' 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?'… and Kills It by Chris Willman

Lady Gaga has recorded her version of the theme song from the classic children's show "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" for a Super Bowl commercial. If that sounds at all campy, you probably don't …

SOURCE: Variety at 4:15pm on January 27, 2026

How Brandi Carlile's Girls Just Wanna Weekend Has Become the World's Warmest Music Festival: It's Not Just the Tropical Temperatures by Chris Willman

For many of the attendees at this year's Girls Just Wanna Weekend festival in Mexico, one of the highlights of the four-day gathering came when founder Brandi Carlile stepped out to join co-…

SOURCE: Variety at 8:39pm on January 26, 2026
« Previous 25   Page 2 of 12   Next 25 »