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Timothée Chalamet Play '4000 Miles' Canceled at London's Old Vic by Manori Ravindran

We'll have to wait a while longer for Timothée Chalamet's West End debut. "4000 Miles," the play that was to be headlined by the "Dune" star, has been canceled at the Old Vic two years afte…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:55am on May 5, 2022

Ariana DeBose to Host 2022 Tony Awards by Jordan Moreau

"West Side Story" star and Oscar winner Ariana DeBose will host this year's Tony Awards, the organization announced Wednesday. The actor, singer and dancer played Anita in Steven Spielberg's…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:00am on May 4, 2022

'Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' Review: A Fearless Calista Flockhart Tears Into Zachary Quinto in 60th Anniversary Revival by Peter Debruge

The trick of stage acting comes in playing the same thing every night as if it were happening for the first time, right there in front of the audience's eyes. But once-controversial American…

SOURCE: Variety at 7:00pm on May 3, 2022

Why Debra Messing Finds Her New Broadway Role 'Far More Satisfying' Than Grace by Gordon Cox

Debra Messing has only been in the Broadway play "Birthday Candles" since March, but in some ways, she feels more deeply connected to her character Ernestine than she felt to the leading rol…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:00pm on May 3, 2022

'Cock': Title of West End Play Censored by London Underground, Producer 'Absolutely Astounded' by Rules (EXCLUSIVE) by Manori Ravindran

Patrons of London's renowned subway system, the Underground, are used to seeing ubiquitous posters for the West End as they travel, but few can make heads or tails of an untitled poster feat…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:34pm on May 3, 2022

Union Demands Compensation After Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Cinderella' Abruptly Terminates London Run by Naman Ramachandran

Several actors were in shock after the abrupt termination of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical "Cinderella" at London's West End and performing arts workers' union Equity is seeking compen…

SOURCE: Variety at 3:30am on May 3, 2022

'Macbeth' Review: Daniel Craig, Ruth Negga Star in a Broadway Production That's All Smoke by Gordon Cox

A bare set. Actors making stew on stage. An abundance of hand-held fog machines. Vague contemporary setting and costumes. A generally spooky atmosphere. Put all the ingredients together and …

SOURCE: Variety at 4:00pm on April 29, 2022

After Recovering From COVID, Daniel Craig Celebrates Broadway Opening of 'Macbeth' With Ruth Negga by Sasha Urban

Director Sam Gold's Broadway production of "Macbeth," which stars Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, was already a tall order for its cast, who had only four weeks of rehearsal before previews beg…

SOURCE: Variety at 2:26pm on April 29, 2022

Harry Lennix Set to Establish Black Cultural Center in Chicago by Wilson Chapman

For more than 20 years, Harry Lennix " an actor best known for his roles in TV shows and film such as "The Blacklist," "Dollhouse" and "Justice League" " has been an advisor for the Chicago-…

SOURCE: Variety at 2:51pm on April 28, 2022

'POTUS' Review: A Rollicking New Broadway Farce About the Women Behind the Idiot in the White House by Gordon Cox

I am woman, hear me roar " with laughter, at "POTUS: or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive," playwright Selina Fillinger's delicious feminist farce about th…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:43pm on April 28, 2022

'Mr. Saturday Night' Review: Billy Crystal Brings the Laughs in His New Broadway Musical by Gordon Cox

Sometimes being nice has its rewards. Take Buddy Young Jr., the bitter, self-centered, self-destructive comedian from the 1992 flop film "Mr. Saturday Night," which Billy Crystal starred in,…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00pm on April 27, 2022

Openly Gay 'Bridgerton' Star Golda Rosheuvel Was Told by a Lesbian Director to Stay in the Closet by Marc Malkin

When openly gay "Bridgerton" star Golda Rosheuvel "who plays the wigtastic gossip-loving Queen Charlotte on the Netflix series " was starting her acting career, she was told by a lesbian dir…

SOURCE: Variety at 8:18pm on April 27, 2022

Hayao Miyazaki's 'My Neighbor Totoro' Gets Stage Adaptation by Royal Shakespeare Company by Naman Ramachandran

Executive producer and composer Joe Hisaishi and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) are readying a stage adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki's beloved 1988 Studio Ghibli film "My Neighbor Totoro."…

SOURCE: Variety at 7:36am on April 27, 2022

'A Strange Loop' Review: Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer-Winning Broadway Musical Is an Unflinching Riot by Gordon Cox

Subjectivity is conditional. We can only understand our own points of view in relation to the differences that separate us. If art often intends to complete the circle ("look at how these ot…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00pm on April 26, 2022

'Wicked' Movie Split Into Two Films, Set for Releases in 2024 and 2025 by Zack Sharf

Something's happening in Oz. Jon M. Chu announced on social media that his upcoming adaptation of the musical "Wicked" will be split into two films. Universal Pictures will release the first…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:12pm on April 26, 2022

'The Skin of Our Teeth' Review: Thornton Wilder's Beautifully Decorated Disaster on Broadway by Gordon Cox

Thornton Wilder's allegorical play "The Skin of Our Teeth" is bizarre, abstract and convoluted; it's not to be taken seriously. Or so Sabina (Gabby Beans) tells the audience at Lincoln Cente…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00pm on April 25, 2022

Beanie Feldstein on Starring in Broadway Revival of 'Funny Girl': 'I'm in a State of Shock' by Wilson Chapman

The bar at the August Wilson Theater, a lounge the theater's owner Jordan Roth opened last year, was quiet after the curtain fell over Broadway's first revival of "Funny Girl." Save the chat…

SOURCE: Variety at 8:04pm on April 25, 2022

'For Colored Girls' Stars Talk Broadway Revival: 'One Can't Help But to Be Proud of Being a Black Woman on Stage' by Sasha Urban

On September 15, 1976, Ntozake Shange's "for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf" opened at the Booth Theatre, forever reshaping the form and feel of America…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:15am on April 25, 2022

'Funny Girl' Review: An Underpowered Revival Brings Fanny Brice Back to Broadway by Gordon Cox

"You ever feel like there's someone watching from the shadows?" asks Beanie Feldstein's Fanny Brice, as haunting apparitions from the Ziegfeld star's past waft in and out in a kind of "Fanny…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00pm on April 24, 2022

Tony Awards Push Back Nominations Date, Extend Eligibility Period by Wilson Chapman

The 75th Annual Tony Awards are extending the eligibility period of the season by several days and pushing back the nominations announcement date, the awards body announced Friday. Previousl…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:22pm on April 22, 2022

'Hangmen' Review: A Killer Broadway Production of Martin McDonagh's Lethal Black Comedy by Gordon Cox

In the theatrical annals of wild and wicked stage plays, there are black comedies, blacker comedies, and blacker-than-the-dead-of-night comedies like "Hangmen."  Prolific playwright Marti…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:54am on April 22, 2022

Left for Dead, 'Beetlejuice: The Musical' Scores a Big Broadway Resurrection by Brent Lang

After two years of delays, setbacks and an unending pandemic, Adam Lucas witnessed a resurrection. The 19-year-old New Jersey resident joined hundreds of screaming fans at the Marquis Theatr…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:39am on April 21, 2022

'For Colored Girls…' Review: Broadway Revival of Ntozake Shange's Riveting Work Reminds Black Women They Are Enough by Gordon Cox

Ntozake Shange's iridescent choreopoem "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf" is the story of Black women and their often-disregarded human experiences. Wh…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00pm on April 20, 2022

'Some Like It Hot' Musical Sets Broadway Cast, Opening Night Date by Rebecca Rubin

A musical comedy based on the classic film "Some Like It Hot" will premiere on Broadway in the fall of 2022. The show, which was originally scheduled to open in Chicago last year before tran…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:37am on April 20, 2022

A Front Row Seat as Pamela Anderson's Super Fans Swarm Broadway's 'Chicago' by Rebecca Rubin

Outside New York City's Ambassador Theatre, the name on everybody's lips isn't Roxie. It's Pamela Anderson, the former "Baywatch" star who is making her Broadway debut in "Chicago" as Roxie …

SOURCE: Variety at 10:43am on April 20, 2022
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