There were a whole lot of sure things heading into the 2024 Tony Awards ceremony " "Stereophonic," "Merrily We Roll Along," Daniel Radcliffe. But this year's full list of winners had room fo…
"Stereophonic" and "Merrily We Roll Along," two shows that examine the tension between art and commerce, triumphed at the 77th Tony Awards on Sunday, capturing prizes for best play and best …
A lot of bong water has passed under the bridge since "Reefer Madness: The Musical" first premiered at the Hudson Theatre on Santa Monica Blvd. in 1998. Like, legalization of the demon weed …
 "Sunday in the Park With George," "Nine," "Red": Stories about artists and the process of making art have long fascinated theater audiences. This season's Tony nominations add new tales …
Live theater always reflects the moment in which it's presented, but this season, Broadway charged head-on into the politics of today with unusual force: A play that directly addressed antis…
Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren will team up for the first-ever Broadway production of Jason Robert Brown's "The Last Five Years." The musical, a look at the flowering and dissolution of a…
Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner, the duo who have produced and directed the Tony Awards telecast since 2003, won't share too many specifics about the Tony ceremony coming up on Sunday. But di…
April 30 was a "great day" to be Jocelyn Bioh, playwright of the hit Broadway show "Jaja's African Hair Braiding." Bioh was up to watch the Tony Awards nominations " "Me, my husband and my 1…
For all its jaw-dropping spectacle, and the musical excitement of the tunes by Florence Welch (of Florence and the Machine) and Thomas Bartlett (a/k/a Doveman), the American Repertory Theate…
Australian director Martin Wilson, known for "Great White" and "Pieces," has joined forces with producers Pravesh Sahni ("Extraction"), Ozz Borges ("A Nanny's World") and John Fragomeni ("Ch…
Buzz for the new play "Invasive Species" infiltrated the downtown New York theater scene like a swarm of spotted lanternflies. Maybe you noticed one of those photos of Jennifer Lawrence wear…
For his new "Honeymind" album, singer and actor Ben Platt brought in an especially honeyed voice as a counterpart on one song, Brandy Clark. He had written "Treehouse" in a writing session w…
Actor and singer Skylar Astin will help theater lovers celebrate Broadway's biggest night. The "Pitch Perfect" star has been tapped to host the American Express "Broadway Fanfare" Tony Award…
TodayTix Group has acquired Arthouse, a full-service digital advertising agency. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the companies said that Arthouse will operate independent…
On Wednesday night, the cast and crew of "Home" welcomed the Tony-winning play back to Broadway for the first time since 1979 at the Todd Haimes Theatre. "Home" is directed by Tony-winner Ke…
It's an early Friday morning in May and comedian Alex Edelman is on a Zoom video call from a Los Angeles hotel. He has a bit of a bed head and says that he had to borrow the socks he is wear…
Erika Henningsen is re-teaming with Tina Fey on the latter's upcoming Netflix series "The Four Seasons," Variety has learned exclusively. Henningsen and Fey previously worked together on the…
Not to be confused with "Hello Dolly," there's a musical earmarked for Broadway by the name of "Hello, I'm Dolly," with country-pop superstar Dolly Parton spearheading the effort to bring a …
Tom Holland is crying. No, it's not because of the not-so-great reviews he's been getting for playing the lead in "Romeo & Juliet" on the West End " that's literally how his Romeo greets…
Emmy-winning actress Sarah Paulson is no stranger to entertainment industry awards shows " but even so, her current Tony nomination, for her lead performance in the Broadway play "Appropriat…
Making life-altering decisions is no small matter, especially for the characters in "Choice," Winnie Holzman's provocative but imperfect play, which just completed a run at Princeton's McCar…
GOAL The U.K. National Theatre's hit production of play "Dear England" will return to its Olivier theater venue from March 10 " May 24, 2025, followed by a four-week run at its Theatre Natio…
"Willy's Candy Spectacular: A Parody Musical," which will spoof this year's viral Willy Wonka Glasgow Experience, is finally taking fans to a world of pure imagination as they reveal a first…
By the end of every performance, "The Outsiders" cast is caked in grime and dust. That's a consequence of the Broadway musical's sandy stage, which finds the actors who bring the the gritty …
The U.K.'s Royal Court Theatre and LIFT (London's International Festival of Theatre) have revealed five of the 15 actors who will perform in the world premiere of "ECHO" ("Every Cold-Hearted…