AMC Theatres has reached a formal agreement with Warner Bros. to show the studio's 2022 slate on the big screen for an exclusive 45-day window. The news is not surprising, because Warner Bro…
Broadway's revival of "West Side Story" will not be returning to the Great White Way when theaters reopen later in the year. "It is with great regret that we are announcing today that the 20…
When Broadway returns in the fall, theater industry workers will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The Actors' Equity Association and the Broadway League on Thursday announced a…
A new book titled "When the Lights Are Bright Again" will memorialize the theater industry's devastating yearlong pandemic-related shutdown. The book will be published by Applause Theatre an…
Bill Condon, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind "Chicago," "Dreamgirls" and Disney's remake of "Beauty and the Beast," is taking on another famed movie musical. Condon has signed on to direc…
For the first time in a long time, people are actually going to the movies. After a delayed start to summer, Universal's action franchise "F9: The Fast Saga," Paramount's thriller "A Quiet P…
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick will return to Broadway next year. The upcoming revival of Neil Simon's play "Plaza Suite," which stars the real-life couple as a series of dysfunc…
Broadway's starry revival of "The Music Man" has a new boss. Veteran theater producer Kate Horton has been named executive producer of the musical, taking over day-to-day duties from Scott R…
Tribeca Festival, the first in-person film festival in the U.S. since the pandemic, closed out its 20th edition with a tribute to a small town in the midwest. Filmmakers Julia Reichert and S…
"In the Heights," the acclaimed adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway show, didn't hit all the right notes in its box office debut. The Warner Bros. movie generated a wane $11.4 millio…
In December, the Small Business Administration set up a $16.1 billion fund to provide eligible movie theaters, live venue operators and performing arts organizations with grants that could h…
Movie theater chains, including AMC, Regal and Cinemark, will no longer require fully vaccinated guests to wear face masks. In line with CDC guidelines, masks will be optional for inoculated…
Ahead of the long Memorial Day weekend, Paramount's "A Quiet Place Part II" and Disney's "Cruella" are each off to a solid start at the domestic box office. The former, a nearly silent seque…
Timothee Chalamet is playing the world's most famous chocolatier. The actor has been cast as a young Willy Wonka in the upcoming "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" prequel, "Wonka." More to…
Ben Platt is many things: a Tony-winning actor who perfected the art of snot-crying onstage and a songwriter whose talents extend to catchy Yom Kippur jingles. What Platt is not, as many on …
As Julie Andrews' character says in "The Princess Diaries" sequel: "A queen is never late. Everyone else is simply early." So it's only fitting that the American Film Institute's annual Life…
New York City is aiming to fully reopen on July 1, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio, nearly a year-and-a-half after COVID-19 restrictions on movie theaters, restaurants and most businesses …
Joseph Masher, a New York-based movie theater operator, understands that audiences may be reluctant to return to the movies. After all, it's been at least a year since most people have stepp…
A filmed version of the popular Broadway musical "Come From Away" will debut on Apple TV Plus.
A filmed version of the popular Broadway musical "Come From Away" will debut on Apple TV Plus. Apple Original Films landed rights to the live stage recording, which is being produced and fin…
"Vivo," an animated movie that boasts new music from "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, is coming to Netflix. The family friendly film was initially scheduled to release in theaters on J…
Movie theaters in New York City will soon be able to welcome a slightly larger number of customers into their venues. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has given local cinemas permission to operate…
"In the Heights," a movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical, has been tapped to open the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. The festival's opening night screening will be held on June …
Broadway star Karen Olivo says she won't return to "Moulin Rouge" once the musical reopens. She's leaving her Tony-nominated role in protest of the theater industry's silence on allegations …
"Promising Young Woman," the dark comedy starring Carey Mulligan, will be offered for free to college students. Focus Features, the film's backer, has partnered with RAINN, the country's lar…