Some 44 million people, 78% of England's population, will be under Tier 4, the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, from Thursday, U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced in the H…
Howard Rubenstein, the PR strategist who led a boutique firm favored by media moguls and other high-profile figures, died Dec. 29 at his home in Manhattan. He was 88. Rubenstein's death was …
Hong Kong is to provide cash subsidies to cinema operators as the city buckles under the pressure of a fourth wave of the COVID-19 outbreak. Cinemas were ordered to close in December, causin…
In a message to members on Tuesday, SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris and national executive director David White said that many productions will remain on hiatus for the next few weeks…
Forget the Oscars. One of the sites where the battle for on-screen representation matters most may be in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh " the world's largest refugee camp. Two new inhabitants are s…
SPOILER ALERT:Â Do not read if you have not yet watched the second season finale of "His Dark Materials." Fans of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy, Lin-Manuel Miranda included…
Fresh from taking over family home entertainment centers for yet another holiday season with her vocal appearances in the "Frozen" films, Idina Menzel is un-animating herself with a new web …
Tom Hanks has no doubt that movie theaters will survive the COVID-19 pandemic. During an interview with Collider for his new film, "News of the World," Hanks addressed the impact this year h…
Roger Berlind, a prolific producer of more than 100 Broadway shows including such recent smashes as "The Book of Mormon," "Hello, Dolly!"Â and "Dear Evan Hansen," has died. He was 90. Ber…
This tribute to director Bob Clark and the 1983 chestnut "A Christmas Story" was originally published Dec. 20, 2007 on the Variety blog "Littleton On the Air" It's that wonderful time of yea…
Looking for something to do while you are stuck inside? Check out Variety's Must Attend calendar of (mostly virtual) events. Jan. 6 El Museo del Barrio hosts the 44th annual Three Kings Day …
Rebecca Luker, the Broadway actor who earned Tony nominations for "Mary Poppins," "The Music Man" and "Show Boat," died on Wednesday in Manhattan, her agent told The New York Times. She was …
Audiences won't see Ruben Santiago-Hudson on screen in the new Netflix adaptation of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," but theater fans can rest assured that the writer-actor-director " one of the…
Tony Award winner Ann Reinking, an actor, dancer and choreographer, died on Saturday night in Washington, her sister-in-law Dahrla King told Variety. She was 71. "The world and our family ha…
SAG-AFTRA's national leadership has waded into the bitter dispute over the looming deep cuts in the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan as the union's national board vowed to combat "misinformati…
A Hollywood director unexpectedly pops into an English regional theater to see a show. The actors get wind of his presence, thereby unleashing a chaotic, show-stealing performance of one-upm…
SAG-AFTRA's national board is requiring its 160,000 members to fully comply with COVID-19 safety protocols on set, saying that they will face disciplinary action if they fail to do so. The b…
An appeals court on Monday handed a victory to the estate of Michael Jackson in its battle over the 2019 HBO documentary "Leaving Neverland," which accused the late singer of sexually abusin…
During its Broadway run, "The Prom" was something of a fan-favorite among theater lovers " and nobody knows that better than Ariana DeBose. She was one those fans. Listen to this week's "…
One of the most prominent legacy Black theaters in America is transforming itself, and it's more than just a pandemic-era pivot. In the coming years, Penumbra Theater in St. Paul, Minn. " th…
A series of immersive audioplays performed and mixed live, using tech developed by theatrical sound designers and engineers. A summer festival's entire season of new plays and classics relea…
Jeremy O. Harris knows exactly how big his plans are: "I think for me to call myself ambitious would be an understatement," he acknowledged on a recent call from Rome. But the playwright, pe…
When the Tony-nominated actor Arian Moayed wanted to write, direct and independently produce a new episodic drama-thriller, he turned to his friends and colleagues on Broadway. And Broadway …
After "Moulin Rouge!" on Broadway, could "Romeo + Juliet" be the next Baz Luhrmann film to get the stage treatment? Listen to this week's "Stagecraft" podcast below: Maybe, according t…
Would any time be a good time for the Tony Awards this year? With the country gripped by a pandemic, a presidential election and an overdue reckoning on racial justice " and a Broadway indus…