Welcome to the new COVID normal. About 30 minutes after Thursday night's performance of "A Christmas Carol," starring Bradley Whitford, Alex Newell and Kate Burton, at Los Angeles' Ahmanson …
On Sunday in New York City, the Broadway community gathered to honor, mourn, and celebrate the late composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who passed away at the age of 91 on Friday. On the…
The show must go on. That's what Broadway's latest production of Stephen Sondheim's "Company" did Friday night at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater, but not before director Marianne Elliott paid…
The chandelier inside the Majestic Theatre, Broadway's most beloved ghost light, rose again on Friday evening as "The Phantom of the Opera," the longest running show in Broadway history, ret…
On Wednesday evening in New York City, Anna Wintour, Huma Abiden, Joel Gray, Don Lemon, Phylicia Rashad, Kenny Leon and a host of New York theater luminaries filed into the Golden Theatre on…
It's just a few days before Uzo Aduba begins rehearsals of "Clyde's," a new Broadway production from writer Lynn Nottage and director Kate Whoriskey. In the play, Aduba stars as Clyde, the o…
Broadway took its next step toward reopening Thursday night, carefully and deliberately on the backs of two shows telling stories of fear and resilience. "Hadestown," the 2019 Tony-winning b…
The chandelier inside the Majestic Theater " the iconic gold fixture that plummets into the audience as the "The Phantom of the Opera" reaches its act one climax " is still dark, and it'll s…
Welcome to this week's "Just for Variety." Kate Beckinsale is "highly" doubtful that another "Underworld" will be made, but that doesn't mean she isn't up for playing Selene in a sixth movie…
Welcome to this week's "Just for Variety." Queer Disney fans raised a rainbow flag in 2017 when it was revealed that in the Bill Condon-directed live-action adaptation of the animated hit "B…
The Tribeca Festival screening of "In the Heights" on Wednesday was the first major movie event to take place in New York City since the COVID-19 pandemic. And what a celebration it was. The…
Daphne Rubin-Vega's face may be on an "In the Heights" billboard on 41st Street in Times Square, but her son isn't so impressed. "He is 16, so I am not the coolest person at all on the plane…
It may not have been a full Broadway production, but the Roundabout Theatre Company nonetheless knows how to welcome live theater back to New York City. The 56-year-old performing arts organ…
"It's going to be Washington Heights that is going to show the world how to get up again," declared director Jon M. Chu as he addressed the audience ahead of the special preview screening of…
Welcome to this week's "Just For Variety"… Leslie Jones didn't exactly run to get a COVID vaccine. "When it first came out I was like, 'I'm not taking that shit,'" the former "Saturday Nig…
A new survey conducted The Actors Fund sheds more light on COVID-19's impact on the entertainment industry. The organization surveyed 7,163 people who sought its assistance during the pandem…
Welcome to this week's "Just for Variety." Emma Stone may be taking on the role of Cruella de Vil in Disney's "Cruella," but that doesn't mean Glenn Close is done playing the Disney villain.…
In what Hollywood hopes is a sign that live events are finally on the rebound, FX and 20th Television launched the third and final season of "Pose" with a red carpet premiere Thursday night …
Going once. Going twice. Sold! Timotheé Chalamet's costume he wore to play Harry Styles on "Saturday Night Live" has sold for $4,725 during Christine Baranski's celebrity auction on Wednesd…
It was this week a year ago that Christine Baranski, Meryl Streep and Audra McDonald went viral with their boozy rendition of "Ladies Who Lunch" during a virtual birthday celebration for Ste…
Patrick Dempsey has left the "Grey's Anatomy" building…again! While the actor appeared on last week's episode when Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) dreams of her and Derek finally having their wedd…
The Academy is not asking Oscar attendees to wear face masks while cameras are rolling during the live ceremony on April 25. The news was announced on Monday morning during a Zoom meeting wi…
Broadway, still shuttered, finds itself at the crossroads of several economic and political crises. Just this month, an exposé on Scott Rudin re-illuminated the industry's long codependent …
Jameela Jamil is celebrating the one-year anniversary of "I Weigh," the podcast offshoot of her activist mental health organization of the same name. Guests have included Billy Porter, Demi …
 Welcome to this week's "Just for Variety"… With the West End set to reopen in May, Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cinderella" musical, with a book by freshly minted Oscar nominee Emerald Fenn…