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Mackenzie Nichols is joining Variety as a staff writer based out of New York. Nichols will be covering movies, TV, and theater. She previously worked as a freelance writer whose work has bee…
High-profile members of the Writers Guild of America, including Patton Oswalt, David Simon, Shawn Ryan, Michael Schur, John August, Amy Berg, Danny Zuker and many more have gone public with …
You are cordially invited to George and Martha's for an evening of fun and games. Laurie Metcalf and Eddie Izzard will play the battling, boozy couple at the heart of Edward Albee's masterwo…
When Victor Hugo wrote the 1900-page tome "Les Misérables" in 1862, he gave the world a transcending and sweeping tale that dissected the division of class while breathing life into complex…
Former CBS chairman-CEO Leslie Moonves forfeited $34.5 million in CBS stock awards last year as part of the settlement agreement that saw him ousted from the company he steered for more than…
Sorry, HQties: Scott Rogowsky has left the HQ Trivia app and isn't coming back. For over a year and a half, Rogowsky was the regular host of HQ Trivia's live mobile trivia games that doles o…
On April 9, FX debuts "Fosse/Verdon," about two people who may not be household names, but are certainly in the Pantheon to those who love musicals. In the Jan. 25, 1950, issue, Variety revi…
"Score: The Podcast" is perhaps the most popular of the many film-music series in the audio marketplace. Helmed by Oscar-nominated composer Robert Kraft and Emmy-winning news producer Kenny …
In today's film news roundup, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera and Aaron Eckhart get major roles, Donna Langley is a commencement speaker, and the Brittania Awards are set for Oct. 25. CASTINGS…
Disney has thrown down the content gauntlet. The company capped a three and a half hour investor presentation on its plans to move aggressively into the direct-to-consumer arena Thursday wit…
Disney+ will launch in the U.S. on Nov. 12, 2019, and will be priced at $6.99 per month, the company announced. The subscription VOD service represents Disney's next major foray into the vid…
Disney+ is planning a number of behind-the-scenes production documentary series, making the most of its investment in content for the upcoming streaming services. Disney+ is also planning a …
Jake Gyllenhaal will star in and executive produce a limited series based on the Gary Shteyngart novel "Lake Success" that is currently in development at HBO, Variety has learned. Should …
Motown has almost certainly never had more ancillary projects happening at once in the realms of TV and theater than it does in 2019. Among the offshoots keeping the catalog alive in multipl…
Walt Disney Co. chairman and CEO Bob Iger is co-hosting and event next week with Chuck Schumer and a series of Democrats seeking reelection in 2020, as the party hopes to win back the majori…
David Harbour understands if movie-goers don't realize he's the star of the new "Hellboy." "I was kind of stunned. It's quite a transformation. I didn't even recognize myself," the "Stranger…
As "Beetlejuice" gears up for its Broadway opening, the new musical's creators have spent a lot of time adjusting the dial on the show's raucous, supernatural comedy, pinpointing just the ri…
Michelle Williams is dancing her way into another hit leading role with FX's "Fosse/Verdon." At the New York premiere on Monday night, the actress told Variety it took more than dance les…
Kenny Ortega of the "High School Musical" franchise has just signed a multi-year overall deal with Netflix. The pact with the producer, director, and choreographer continues Netflix's aggres…
John Waters is set to receive the Pardo d'onore Manor lifetime achievement award at this year's Locarno Film Festival, the first under new artistic director Lili Hinstin. The cult U.S. filmm…
WASHINGTON " Taylor Swift has donated $113,000 to the Tennessee Equality Project as it tries to stop state lawmakers from passing a series of bills she and others characterize as a "slate of…
As much as we already know about Disney+, there's a lot we still don't know. That's about to change at an investor presentation on April 11, when Disney will give a demonstration of its yet-…
Musical theater legend Bob Fosse was a man known for many things: His artistic flair; the creation of jazz hands; his unique, directorial eye; his marriage to Gwen Verdon and his penchant fo…
Welcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week's TV. Each week, Variety's TV team combs through the week's schedule, selecting our picks of what to w…
In Broadway's new "Oklahoma!," the audience is just a pounding heartbeat away from Daniel Fish's revisionist treatment of this iconic American musical. There's still "a bright golden haze on…
