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How Banking Partners Are Helping Usher in Broadway's Age of Recovery by Tania Merlos

Since Broadway's earliest incarnation in the mid-1700s, the theater business' dedicated workforce has earned a reputation for doing anything and everything in its power to ensure that the sh…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00pm on November 16, 2022

Jessica Chastain to Star in Broadway Play 'A Doll's House' by Rebecca Rubin

Jessica Chastain will return to Broadway to star in "A Doll's House," a modern version of Henrik Ibsen's landmark play. Jamie Lloyd ("Betrayal," "Cyrano de Bergerac") is directing the "radic…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:21am on November 16, 2022

Jane Krakowski, Christine Ebersole and Roxane Gay Welcome Museum of Broadway at Private Opening by Katie Reul

On Saturday evening in New York City, The Museum of Broadway " a first-of-its-kind museum in the theater district dedicated to showcasing the productions which have defined the Broadway stag…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:10pm on November 14, 2022

'Shucked,' Musical Comedy With Songs by Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, Heads to Broadway by Rebecca Rubin

"Shucked," a musical comedy featuring songs by Grammy winners Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, will open on Broadway in the spring. The show will play at the Nederlander Theatre with preview…

SOURCE: Variety at 3:32pm on November 14, 2022

'The Old Man and the Pool' Review: Mike Birbiglia's Solo Show Makes a Splash on Broadway by Gordon Cox

Mike Birbiglia's solo play "The Old Man and the Pool" opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on Broadway on Nov. 13, 2022. The following is Peter Debruge's review of the same production when …

SOURCE: Variety at 9:00pm on November 13, 2022

'Kimberly Akimbo' Review: An Oddball Musical That's Impossible Not to Love by Gordon Cox

The prospect of dying by age 16 hardly seems like obvious fodder for musical comedy. But "Kimberly Akimbo," transferring to Broadway after an acclaimed run at the Atlantic Theater Company, i…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:00pm on November 10, 2022

From Broadway and Beyond, November Salutes and Celebrates Veterans by Sharareh Drury

There are plenty of in-person and virtual commemorations from Broadway and beyond planned to celebrate and honor veterans. One of the highlights is Nov. 10's NYC Marine Corps Birthday Gala, …

SOURCE: Variety at 2:15pm on November 10, 2022

Aaron Sorkin and Richard Thomas Talk Bringing 'To Kill a Mockingbird' on Tour by Jenelle Riley

Even with an Academy Award and six Emmys on his mantel, Aaron Sorkin was intimidated by the idea of a bringing "To Kill a Mockingbird" to the stage. Harper Lee's 1960 novel remains a beloved…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:30am on November 10, 2022

'Good Night Oppy' Filmmaker Ryan White on Recreating Famous Mars Landing: 'It's Our Action Scene' by Jazz Tangcay

Documentary filmmaker Ryan White calls his latest project, "Good Night Oppy,"(in theaters now and streaming on Amazon Prime Video on November 23) his "COVID baby" because this was the one pr…

SOURCE: Variety at 8:26pm on November 8, 2022

'The Lion King' at 25: How the Iconic Broadway Show Makes Each Production Different Around the World by Gordon Cox

In the 25 years since "The Lion King" opened on Broadway, the show has traveled all over the world and played to more than 110 million people. But there's one thing that often doesn't transl…

SOURCE: Variety at 2:05pm on November 8, 2022

Ryan Murphy Says 'Glee' Should've Ended After Cory Monteith's Death, but Now Asks: 'Should We Do a Reboot? A Broadway Musical?' by Zack Sharf

"Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy thinks the Emmy-winning Fox musical series stayed on the air longer than it should have. During an interview on the "And That's What You REALLY Missed" podca…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:47am on November 8, 2022

AMC Theatres Announces Bizarre Partnership With Zoom by Rebecca Rubin

In a collaboration that feels very stuck in 2020, AMC Theaters and Zoom will join forces to allow audience members to video chat from the comfort of their local multiplex. Beginning sometime…

SOURCE: Variety at 4:33pm on November 7, 2022

'The Music Man' With Hugh Jackman Extends Broadway Run by Rebecca Rubin

Hugh Jackman isn't leaving River City just yet. "The Music Man" is extending its Broadway run and will now play its "positively final performance" on Jan. 15, 2023. The hit musical was set t…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:26am on November 7, 2022

Rian Johnson Receives 'Visionary' Director at Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards by Katie Reul

It's rare for sequels to make a big splash on the awards circuit; only two have ever won best picture " "The Godfather II" and "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King." But director Rian John…

SOURCE: Variety at 8:00pm on November 6, 2022

The New York Comedy Festival Returns in Full Force by Jenelle Riley

In 2021 with America barely emerging from the pandemic, Louis Faranda and his team struggled to get comedians and clubs to commit to the New York Comedy Festival. This year, however, people …

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00pm on November 6, 2022

Joni Mitchell Surprises Broadway's 'Almost Famous' Cast With Backstage Visit on Opening Night by Marc Malkin

Oscar winner Cameron Crowe made his official Broadway debut Thursday with the opening night of "Almost Famous," the musical adaptation of his 2000 film, at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. The…

SOURCE: Variety at 4:04pm on November 4, 2022

'Almost Famous' Review: Broadway Musical Adapts a Beloved Film All Too Faithfully by Gordon Cox

Writer-director Cameron Crowe's Oscar-winning screenplay about a teen rock journalist's coming-of-age in the '70s, "Almost Famous," lands pretty much intact in Broadway's latest pedestrian f…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:00pm on November 3, 2022

'Walking With Ghosts' Review: Gabriel Byrne Stars on Broadway in a Heartfelt Solo Show by Gordon Cox

Who better to tell your story than … you?  Gabriel Byrne won kudos for his intimate memoir "Walking with Ghosts," which he subsequently adapted into this heartfelt solo show now playing…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:30pm on October 27, 2022

'Tammy Faye' Review: New Elton John Score Doesn't Yet Live Up to a Terrifically Entertaining Production by Gordon Cox

You can take anything and write a song about it. Whether it needs singing about is another question entirely. On the evidence of multitudes of recent musicals, it's one too few creative team…

SOURCE: Variety at 1:18pm on October 27, 2022

Kate Berlant's One-Woman Show Returns to New York for Eight-Week 'Encore' Run by Ethan Shanfeld

Kate Berlant's critically acclaimed one-woman show, "Kate," will return to New York City's Connelly Theater for an eight-week "encore" run, from Dec. 19, 2022, to Feb. 10, 2023. "Kate" premi…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:19am on October 27, 2022

What Samuel L. Jackson Misses Most About Broadway by Gordon Cox

Samuel L. Jackson is back on Broadway for the first time in a decade in "The Piano Lesson," the new production of the August Wilson play directed by Jackson's wife, LaTanya Richardson Jackso…

SOURCE: Variety at 2:48pm on October 25, 2022

Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein Return to Broadway for 'Pictures From Home' by Rebecca Rubin

Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein and Zoë Wanamaker will return to Broadway for "Pictures From Home," a new play about manhood, fatherhood and hidden truths. "Pictures From Home" is based on th…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:17am on October 25, 2022

How 'Armageddon Time' Evoked the Dawn of the '80s With Help From Muhammad Ali by Jazz Tangcay

Making "Armageddon Time" proved both a gift and weirdly traumatizing for director James Gray, who revisited his old New York City stomping grounds for the Focus Features release arriving in …

SOURCE: Variety at 12:45pm on October 24, 2022

'Life of Pi' Play to Open on Broadway by Rebecca Rubin

"Life of Pi" is rowing to Broadway in the new year. A stage version of Yann Martel's bestselling adventure novel, which also inspired the Oscar-winning movie by director Ang Lee, is beginnin…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:59am on October 24, 2022

Carly Simon Loses Both Sisters to Cancer: Broadway Composer Lucy Simon And Opera Singer Joanna Simon Die One Day Apart by Ej Panaligan

Musician Carly Simon has lost both of her sisters, Lucy and Joanna, to cancer one day apart from each other. Lucy, known throughout her life and career as a composer on Broadway, died of met…

SOURCE: Variety at 7:00pm on October 21, 2022
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