It was in 2010 at the New York City Ballet when Brandon Stirling Baker, the lighting designer of Broadway's "Illinoise" met Justin Peck, the director and choreographer. One of the first thin…
Audra McDonald will portray the ultimate stage mom, Mama Rose, in the upcoming Broadway revival of "Gypsy." George C. Wolfe, a Tony winner for "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches" and …
If you think there's a lot going on onstage in "Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club," you should see what's going on backstage. Listen to this week's "Stagecraft" podcast below: Speaking on th…
The relationship is captivating. The energy flowing effortlessly between them means you instantly feel their connection, their shared affection, their give and take. It's by far the stronges…
London's glitzy theater The Old Vic is set to begin searching for a new artistic director after Matthew Warchus confirmed he plans to step down in 2026 after 11 years in the role. The search…
Adam Aron, the CEO of AMC Theatres, gives me a choice. We're supposed to have a 20-minute interview in Las Vegas at CinemaCon, a four-day gathering of movie theater owners and Hollywood stud…
John Kander may be close to 100 years old, but that didn't mean he wasn't involved with the upcoming film adaptation of the Broadway musical "Kiss of the Spider Woman." Kander and the late l…
Korean cinema technology company CJ 4DPLex has appointed longstanding CJ Entertainment & Media exec Joon Beom Sim as its new CEO, set to lead the Seoul-based producer of premium large fo…
A more-than-respectable entry in the endless parade of movies-to-musicals, this genuinely funny, effervescently performed pre-Broadway take on the 1992 Robert Zemeckis dark comedy "Death Bec…
With science denialism and theocratic politics both on the rise, it's an opportune moment to revisit the life of Galileo Galilei, whose discoveries about the cosmos four centuries ago were c…
In April 2023, Snehal Desai took on the mantle of Artistic Director for Center Theatre Group (CTG), one of the world's largest and most prestigious theater companies. Though he became active…
Judi Dench is skeptical about the need for trigger warnings in theater. In an interview with Radio Times magazine, Dench was asked about her opinion on content advisories before watching a s…
Jay Marcus has been working in film and television for more than a decade, but he also has no problem boasting that he is a "theater nerd." "I could talk about theater more than anything els…
Are we back yet? That's the question Broadway has been asking for the past three years, as the theater industry emerged from lockdown into a harsh new reality of rising costs and slow-to-ret…
Jessica Lange has starred on Broadway before " winning a Tony for her most recent appearance there in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" in 2016. But according to Lange, now back on Broadway in…
Sarah Paulson will never forget the actor who sent her six pages of unsolicited notes after watching her in a play. Paulson recently appeared on the "Smartless" podcast, where she and hosts …
Meow Wolf has unveiled the location of its upcoming exhibition to be the Cinemark complex at Howard Hughes Los Angeles. Variety previously reported that the immersive art production company …
George Clooney is making his Broadway debut in a play adaptation of his 2005 drama "Good Night, and Good Luck." Clooney will play journalist Edward R. Murrow, who was the host of CBS' "See I…
Moviegoers flocking to see "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" in theaters might leave with the same question: What does the cast exactly look like? In the tradition of James Cameron's "Avat…
This weekend, "Wicked" star Cynthia Erivo will receive the Gold Ally honor at the Gold House Gold Gala, and filmmaker Jon M. Chu will present the award to her. Ahead of the Gala, Chu spoke w…
Mathew Rhys has been an "unabashed" fan of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas for as long as he can remember. He cemented his love of the writer " best known for his poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Go…
Sony Pictures Entertainment has completed state-of-the-art upgrades to its mix stages. Among the soundstages that underwent substantial improvements are the Cary Grant, William Holden, Kim N…
Hayao Miyazaki's 2001 animated film "Spirited Away" won everything from the Oscar for Best Animated Feature to Berlin's Golden Bear. That there's an audience for a stage version was evidence…
Movie theaters can't sell tickets if they don't have a lot of new blockbusters to advertise on their marquees. And the actors and writers strikes that ground Hollywood to a standstill in 202…
"Illinoise" may be called a new musical on Broadway, but its real language is dance. Tony Award-winner Justin Peck directed and choreographed "Illinoise," a 90-minute show without any dialog…