The biggest, most trenchant laugh on the London stage is nightly cracking up the audience at the West End staging of "Giant" " and it's a moment indicative of the blissful timing in the writ…
Legendary songwriter Tim Rice, whose credits include Disney classics "The Lion King" and "Aladdin," is making his return to animated features after a 25-year absence, joining the animated fi…
President Donald Trump's plan to enforce 100% tariff on foreign-produced films was met with shock and disbelief across the European film industry. It was unclear how the levies, whi…
Shares of entertainment companies including Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global took a hit Monday as investors assessed Hollywood's potential exposure to President T…
"Jesus Christ Superstar" is getting starrier. The three-night production of the classic Broadway musical that is set for the Hollywood Bowl this summer is adding Adam Lambert to the cast, as…
Natasha Lyonne kicked off May with the Season 2 launch of "Poker Face" in Los Angeles while Kerry Washington was in New York City for the premiere of "Shadow Force." At the same time, Reese …
Broadway and Beyond, a collection of Broadway and arts programming from the WNET Group, has unveiled its 2025 lineup, including premieres from PBS' "Great Performances" series and the New Yo…
Ruth Buzzi, the effervescent Emmy-nominated comedian and voice actor who starred on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," died Thursday at her Texas home, her family announced on Facebook. She wa…
Jill Sobule, the groundbreaking singer-songwriter and activist whose 1995 song "I Kissed a Girl" is widely considered the first openly gay-themed song to crack the Billboard Top 20, died in …
Live Nation is facing a slow start to the year with its Q1 2025 earnings report, with drops in total revenue and adjusted operating income compared to the same period last year. Overall reve…
Newly-minted Tony nominee Cole Escola, Lisa Rinna and "Another Simple Favor" director Paul Feig are among the guest judges for "King of Drag." The bold-faced names were revealed in the show'…
It's been a busy season on Broadway, crowded with big stars, boffo hits " and strong contenders for awards attention. This year's Tony Awards nominations seemed particularly hard to predict,…
"Othello," starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, has recouped its entire investment after nine weeks on Broadway. Capitalized for up to $9 million, the show is now the highest-gros…
Nominees for the 78th annual Tonys were announced on Thursday. Tony Award winners Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce were on hand to unveil the nominees, with "Death Becomes Her," "Gypsy," "Su…
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Em…
'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' wants fans to do the time warp again for its 50th anniversary. The musical cult classic's half-century milestone will be celebrated with a new 4K Ultra remast…
Principal photography has begun on Walden Media and Weed Road Pictures' new thriller "Billion Dollar Spy," which is led by Oscar-winner Russell Crowe and "Industry's" Harry Lawtey, and direc…
Newly crowned Disney princess Rachel Zegler has lined her first film after "Snow White" and is set to play the daughter of Marisa Tomei's wild-living mother in comedy drama "She Gets It From…
In a sweeping transformation of Britain's most prestigious theatrical institution, Kate Varah, co-chief executive of the U.K.'s National Theatre, has unveiled ambitious plans for the organiz…
"Rolling Thunder" will make its U.S. premiere for a limited engagement this summer at off-Broadway's New World Stages. Performances of the show, which is described as "part rock concert, par…
"I probably should try to eat a little more," David Hyde Pierce tells the waiter who just tried to clear his plate of scrambled eggs. We're having breakfast in a diner on the Upper West Side…
Grammy-winning musician Joy Huerta and musical theater songwriter Benjamin Velez didn't know each other before they started working together on the score for "Real Women Have Curves." But th…
Priscilla Pointer, who played the mother of her real-life daughter Amy Irving in "Carrie" and also appeared on "Dallas," died Monday in Ridgefield, Conn. She was 100. Pointer's death was con…
Sarah Snook plays all 26 characters in the new Broadway production of "The Picture of Dorian Gray." It's not a question of can she pull it off, but how? Costume designer and scenic designer …
In the first two weeks that "Smash" has played to crowded theaters on Broadway, the behind-the-scenes process around the show about the making of "Bombshell: The Marilyn Monroe Story" " adap…