For Cuban American playwright Nilo Cruz, every line is poetry, and every couplet speaks to the socio-politics of his roots. That could mean the lyrical "Anna in the Tropics," the play that w…
In response to the shooting in Atlanta and the rise in hate crimes it underscored, Asian American theater artists took action, organizing support and self-care programs for the Asian America…
Theater historian or gonzo journalist? Jennifer Ashley Tepper, the author of "The Untold Stories of Broadway" series of books, thinks of herself as both. "Because I put my own discoveries an…
Nobody " literally nobody " knows when or how Broadway will reopen. But now, a year into a shutdown that began March 12, 2020, the road map to recovery has begun to take shape. The pace and …
In recent weeks, New Yorkers might have stumbled upon a socially distanced pop-up performance by Jon Batiste at the Javits Center, or one by Patti Smith at the Brooklyn Museum. They were bot…
In the Williamstown Theatre Festival's new audio version of "Paradise Blue," Blair Underwood gets the chance to revisit to a role he's been wanting to get back to since he first played it in…
The $15 billion Shuttered Venue Operators Grant " the federal program formerly known as Save Our Stages " isn't exactly a new Federal Theater Project. But according to Nataki Garrett, the ar…
Jake Gyllenhaal is nominated for three Tony Awards, one as an actor in the play "Sea Wall/A Life" and two as a producer (with his company Nine Stories) of "Sea Wall/A Life" and "Slave Play."…
There are plenty of juicy backstages tales from both Hollywood and Broadway in "Mike Nichols: A Life," the new biography of director-producer-performer Mike Nichols. And the juiciest of them…
After winning an Academy Award for his screenplay of "12 Years a Slave" and creating the ABC series "American Crime," John Ridley has a lot going on " from an upcoming Blumhouse paranormal t…
Teyonah Parris waited seven years between theater gigs " but she wishes she hadn't. "That is too long!" the "WandaVision" actor declared on the latest episode of "Stagecraft," Variety's thea…
The rat really raked it in " for a good cause. Inspired by social media and co-produced and co-created by Broadway pros including Lucy Moss ("Six"), Jeremy O. Harris ("Slave Play"), Tituss B…
The new film "One Night in Miami" began life as a successful play " but New Yorkers might not know that, because despite accolades in Los Angeles and London, the play never got a production …
Audiences won't see Ruben Santiago-Hudson on screen in the new Netflix adaptation of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," but theater fans can rest assured that the writer-actor-director " one of the…
A Hollywood director unexpectedly pops into an English regional theater to see a show. The actors get wind of his presence, thereby unleashing a chaotic, show-stealing performance of one-upm…
During its Broadway run, "The Prom" was something of a fan-favorite among theater lovers " and nobody knows that better than Ariana DeBose. She was one those fans. Listen to this week's "…
One of the most prominent legacy Black theaters in America is transforming itself, and it's more than just a pandemic-era pivot. In the coming years, Penumbra Theater in St. Paul, Minn. " th…
A series of immersive audioplays performed and mixed live, using tech developed by theatrical sound designers and engineers. A summer festival's entire season of new plays and classics relea…
Jeremy O. Harris knows exactly how big his plans are: "I think for me to call myself ambitious would be an understatement," he acknowledged on a recent call from Rome. But the playwright, pe…
When the Tony-nominated actor Arian Moayed wanted to write, direct and independently produce a new episodic drama-thriller, he turned to his friends and colleagues on Broadway. And Broadway …
After "Moulin Rouge!" on Broadway, could "Romeo + Juliet" be the next Baz Luhrmann film to get the stage treatment? Listen to this week's "Stagecraft" podcast below: Maybe, according t…
Would any time be a good time for the Tony Awards this year? With the country gripped by a pandemic, a presidential election and an overdue reckoning on racial justice " and a Broadway indus…
Broadway may be shuttered due to the pandemic, but Variety is keeping its annual tradition of celebrating the world of stage with a digital event, "Legit! The Road Back to Broadway," present…
With the shutdown throwing a shadow of uncertainty over all of Broadway, the unprecedented hiatus has the potential to be particularly destabilizing for the season's new and previewing produ…
If you've got a hit musical on your hands, there's a natural order to things: First you play the West End and Broadway, then you play everywhere else. But not "Six." By the time the new …