22,990 stories from Variety
AMC Theatres has promoted Ellen Copaken to lead its marketing department. As senior VP of marketing, effective immediately, she will report to AMC's chairman and CEO Adam Aron and will join …
Fredrik Backman, the internationally bestselling author of "A Man Called Ove," "Anxious People" and more, has signed with UTA in all areas. UTA will represent Backman in his expanding publis…
News has been grim in the theater sector lately, as economic headwinds have forced organizations around the country to reduce programming, lay off staff, pause production or, in some cases, …
Broadway Across America, a touring network of shows and musicals, has set a new executive team. As part of the shakeup, Richard Jaffe, who currently serves as co-CEO, is taking over as the s…
After one major cast change and a lot of off-stage drama, "Funny Girl" has recouped its $16.5 million capitalization, the producers of the Broadway revival announced on Monday. At one point,…
Lesli Linka Glatter has been elected to a second term as president of the Directors Guild of America. The veteran helmer known for her work on "Homeland," "Mad Men" and numerous other TV ser…
"Veep" creator Armando Iannucci's first stage play "Pandemonium" is a satire on how then U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government handled the COVID-19 pandemic. The subtitle of t…
Cameron Mackintosh's much-loved production of Boublil and Schönberg's "Les Misérables" has descended upon L.A., giving Angelenos their chance to hear the people sing at the Hollywood Panta…
SPOILER ALERT: This contains spoilers from "Barbie" which is now playing in theaters. The yellow dress Margot Robbie's wears in Barbie's final scenes was designed to represent change, …
Paul Reubens, who died July 30 after a six-year battle with cancer, is a pop-culture figure so entwined with the character that catapulted him into international fame that it can be hard to …
Michael Boyd, theater director and former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has died of cancer. He was 68. His family said in a statement issued via the RSC: "Theater …
Yogi Berra said the future ain't what it used to be. We know how he feels. The Broadway arrival of the West End hit "Back to the Future" continues the march of Hollywood brand extensions to …
Lin-Manuel Miranda is adapting a stage musical version of "The Warriors," Sol Yurick's 1965 novel. That book inspired a 1979 cult action thriller directed by Walter Hill that is even more…
The musical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' "The Notebook" is officially heading to Broadway. Preview performances will begin Feb. 6, 2024, at New York's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, with the s…
Juliet Stevenson seems almost ashamed. There was a moment a few weeks ago when the boundaries between Ruth Wolff, the gifted but abrasive physician whose downfall drives the action of "The D…
The Princess Grace Foundation has awarded 29 individuals and names grant and scholarship recipients for the 2023 Princess Grace Awards. Founded in memory of actor Grace Kelly, Princess of Mo…
THEATER "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," the first Harry Potter story to be presented on stage and the eighth story in the series, celebrates its seventh anniversary at the Palace Theatr…
"And Just Like That …" actor Julie Halston is ready for her NSFW close-up. The Broadway veteran tells me it's time for her zany ladies-who-lunch character, Bitsy von Muffling, to have a se…
Award-winning scenic designer David Korins calls his work on Broadway's newest sensation "Here Lies Love" the "most ambitious piece of theater I've ever done." And that's a high bar: Korins …
Michael J. Fox came face to face with his younger self on Tuesday. Like a time-traveling scene out of "Back to the Future," the star met Casey Likes, the young actor who plays Marty McFly in…
You remember the famous Talking Heads song with the lyrical hook, "This ain't no disco…"? Part of the mission of the producers of "Here Lies Love," a stage musical created by David Byrne, …
Jason Alexander's latest theater project, the new comedy "The Cottage," opened on Broadway last night " and it's just the first of a string of theater projects that stand poised to keep the …
A posh country estate where half a dozen lovers unveil their infidelities is the setting of "The Cottage," which opened at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theater tonight. Set in 1923, this comedy of…
Zurin Villanueva was starring in the national tour of "Tina: The Tina Turner Musical" when news broke in May that the music icon had died at age 83. A week later, while performing the scene …
This article first appeared as part of Jenelle Riley's Acting Up newsletter " to subscribe for early content and weekly updates on all things acting, visit the Acting Up signup page…
