As a critic, I'm always looking for a fresh challenge, which is one reason I took up writing about theater: It still has the capacity to scare me. I've reviewed nearly 1,700 movies in my tim…
Former ID PR publicists Rachel Karten and Lindsay Krug have launched their own firm, Origin Public Relations. Their client roster already includes Kathy Bates, Hannah Einbinder, Tracee Ellis…
Sony Pictures has won global distribution rights to the hot comedy package "My Ex-Friend's Wedding," a script co-written by buzzy author Taylor Jenkins Reid starring a murderers' row of funn…
SPOILER ALERT:Â This story discusses major plot points in "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania," currently playing in theaters. The biggest issue "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" visual e…
Michael P. O'Leary, an executive who has straddled the worlds of government, lobbying and media, has been named as president and CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners. He will ta…
Life in the the-a-ter is coming to a close for the company of "Funny Girl." The Broadway revival has extended its run, but the show will play its final performance on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. …
When Ray Nutt took the reins of Fathom Events as CEO in 2017, the first thing he decided to change was the nomenclature used to describe the titles that the company distributes to hundreds o…
Casey Likes has been cast as Marty McFly in "Back to the Future: The Musical," which is coming to Broadway this spring. He joins the previously announced Tony Award winner Roger Bart, who wi…
"Stranger Things" is coming to London's West End. Netflix announced on Tuesday that "Stranger Things: The First Shadow," a stage play spinoff of the wildly popular series, will world premier…
Welcome to this week's "Just for Variety." Ever since I broke the news that Michelle Yeoh is playing Madame Morrible in Jon M. Chu's "Wicked" movies, she has been saying that the films will …
Madeleine Mantock ("Charmed") will make her Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) debut with "Hamnet," the stage adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's bestselling novel. Set in 1582, "Hamnet" follows A…
Ariana DeBose is ready to do the thing again. The Oscar-winner, who is set to play a one-off gig at the London Palladium in the U.K. next month, has said she might open her concert with her …
Angela Bassett has simply done the thing once again. After being name-dropped by Ariana DeBose in a rap that opened the BAFTA Film Awards, the "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" star tells Var…
The Jonas Brothers are burnin' up Broadway. Kevin, Nick and Joe Jonas are performing a five-night residency on Broadway from March 14-18, they announced on Friday. Each night's performance a…
JoJo, the singer of bops from the early aughts like "Leave (Get Out)" and "Too Little Too Late," is making her Broadway debut as Satine in "Moulin Rouge! The Musical." She will take the stag…
Ben Platt is speaking out against the anti-semitic protestors who gathered outside the first preview performance of Broadway's revival of "Parade," a musical about the true story of the fals…
Welcome to this week's "Just for Variety." Bette Midler had her first professional wardrobe fitting when she made her Broadway debut in 1967 playing Tzeitel in "Fiddler on the Roof." "I reme…
Currently one of the stars of "Star Trek: Discovery," Anthony Rapp has recently spent some time looking back and reliving his past. Off Broadway, he's starring in "Without You," his autobiog…
Laurie Metcalf and Tatiana Maslany will share the stage in the upcoming Broadway play "Grey House." Joe Mantello, the Tony-winning director of "Wicked," "Take Me Out" and "Assassins," …
Joseph Fiennes is set to play England soccer manager Gareth Southgate in a new play written by "Sherwood" scribe James Graham. Fiennes, known for his turns in "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Shak…
BAFTAs awards producer Nick Bullen believes Twitter criticism of Ariana DeBose's opening number at Sunday's awards show was "incredibly unfair." Speaking to Variety the morning after the tel…
Barcelona-based sales shingle Filmax has acquired international rights to Spanish thriller "Ellipsis," directed and co-written by Goya-nominated David Marqués ("The Unemployment Club," …
Raquel Welch, the actor who became an icon and sex symbol thanks to films like "One Million Years B.C." and "Three Musketeers," has died, her manager confirmed to Variety. She was 82. She ca…
American Cinematheque will celebrate Brendan Fraser with "Fraser-Thon," a marathon featuring four of his most beloved films at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, Calif. Fraser will participat…
Since 2013, Variety has been selecting its list of 10 Brits to Watch, artists across all media who have made an impact in entertainment. This year's honorees will be feted at the seventh ann…