F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel "The Great Gatsby," which captured the roaring twenties with shocking clarity, is a staple of high school curricula and has been immortalized in two famous f…
There is no handbook on motherhood, but most people try their best when it comes to childrearing. Today, amid increasingly accessible resources and freedoms that weren't afforded in the p…
Chris Pine made a splash at the Los Angeles premiere for his directorial debut "Poolman" at The Vista Theatre on Wednesday night. He arrived decked out in one of his looks in the movie in an…
Director Lila Neugebauer sets Lincoln Center Theater's starry, breathtaking new Broadway production of Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in current-day America rather than Russia around 1898, th…
AMC Theatres, the world's largest cinema chain, is leaning into distribution. The company is expanding its distribution team with a key hire and promotion, underscoring its commitment to rel…
Mary Todd Lincoln had grand ambitions of being a cabaret star, at least according to playwright Cole Escola. Now, the former first lady is getting her due on the grandest stage of all. "Oh, …
"My Neighbor Totoro," a stage adaptation of Miyazaki Hayao's beloved 1988 Studio Ghibli film, is transferring to the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London's West End in early 2025. The pr…
James Hamilton is a photographer who could and should have been far more famous " a household name, like Weegee or Arbus or Annie Liebovitz. Yet part of the fascination of "Uncropped," direc…
Parenting inspires varying schools of thought. While some relish the tasks of caretaking, others speak candidly about the hardships of child-rearing, sharing the true realities of motherhood…
When a character in the new musical "The Heart of Rock and Roll" tries to convince his ex to leave her job at a factory that makes shipping materials, he is stunned: "Oh, my god. It's cardbo…
In Peter Morgan's tantalizing but disappointing new play "Patriots," Boris Berezovsky is presented as a larger-than-life oligarch in a post-Soviet Russia who transforms Vladimir Putin from a…
When Eddie Redmayne's slithering Emcee assures the audience at "Cabaret" that "here, life is beautiful," he's telling a half-truth. The August Wilson Theater, done up like the Kit Kat Club f…
"Hell's Kitchen" opened on Broadway on April 20, 2024. The following is Aramide Tinubu's review of the show's Off Broadway premiere published on Nov. 19, 2023. The credits and copy have been…
The University of Southern California has chosen to "release our outside speakers and honorees from attending this year's [commencement] ceremony," which is set to take place May 10. This in…
There's a moment in David Adjmi's play "Stereophonic" when a discordant, mid-'70s band-on-the rise hears one of its songs played back to them in the recording studio for the first time, with…
Luca Guadagnino's "Challengers" is sweaty, sexy and full of angst. The film, which hits theaters April 26, centers on a love triangle between three tennis players with deeply competitive spi…
A musical that captures the sweep of history in all its complexities without sacrifice of character or credibility is no easy feat. Â But "Suffs," which tells the story of the final push …
"No extraneous commotion," Jordan Fein, the associate director of "Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club," beseeches the small army of construction crew members who are drilling, hammering and carryin…
"The Wiz" celebrated its return to Broadway on Wednesday night, but where was Toto? One of the most notable changes in the new revival, a re-imagining of "The Wizard of Oz" with a Black cast…
A little over 10 years ago, David Adjmi was on an airplane, listening to Led Zeppelin's "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You," and picturing Robert Plant recording the vocals. "It's communicating desir…
Composer Howard Ashman's body of work will be celebrated at ASCAP's Musical Theatre Fest. The conversation, titled "Part of Our World: Celebrating the Life & Lyrics of Howard Ashman," wi…
A flight of imagination born of the trippy 1970s, "The Wiz" can shoulder a lot of interpretation. Sidney Lumet's shadowy film, starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, sets the Black spin on…
A "Golden Axe" animated series has been greenlit at Comedy Central, Variety has learned. Based on the beloved Sega games of the same name, the show hails from co-creators Mike McMahan and Jo…
Maya Boyd will take over the title role in Broadway's "& Juliet." She joins the cast directly from the company of "Merrily We Roll Along," where she made her Broadway debut earlier th…
Break out the dumpling wrappers and mahjong sets because "Crazy Rich Asians" is coming to Broadway. The beloved romantic comedy is being developed as a Broadway musical by director Jon M. Ch…