Songs For Screens is a Variety column sponsored by music experiential agency MAC Presents, based in NYC. It is written by Andrew Hampp, founder of music marketing consultancy 180…
John Waters has penned all his books in Provincetown, Mass., and most of his movies, too. The iconic indie filmmaker of such campy classics as "Female Trouble" and "Hairspray" was born and r…
Kelly Costello has joined Apple as a business affairs executive, Variety has learned exclusively. In her new role, Costello will report to Philip Matthys, head of business affairs for …
Matt Bomer and Andrew Rannells may be starring in a Broadway show, but they can be superfans just like everybody else. The two actors, now appearing in the new revival of “The Boys in …
When a stadium-sized artist does a "club show," they usually play an acoustic-ish set or a scaled-down (i.e. intimate but incomplete) version of their usual headlining concert. Sometimes, th…
Warner Bros. gave a sneak peek of upcoming hot movies Monday at European exhibitors' conference CineEurope in Barcelona, with the help of star guests Bradley Cooper and Andy Serkis, who show…
When it comes to award shows, the viewers at home often get the best seats in the house: Their sofas, where presumably no one is as hot or as hungry as the folks in black tie packed into the…
The Tony Awards saw ratings tick upward with a Sunday night show highlighted by a Bruce Springsteen performance and big wins for “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.” The 2018 Ton…
Barbra Streisand is getting deeper into business with Netflix, setting a licensing pact with the streaming giant for six vintage music specials and an expanded edition of 1976’s “…
Ah, how young and foolish we were. It seems like it was just two days ago that Variety " and the rest of the Broadway community " were all so very sure of Tony predictions. But nope: The cer…
Robert De Niro got a standing ovation at the Tony Awards for shouting “F— Trump” from the stage to the crowd at Radio City Music Hall. But viewers at home didn’t hear…
While introducing the first Tony nominee for best revival of a musical, “My Fair Lady,” Amy Schumer paused to throw some general shade at the state of women’s right in Amer…
Writer, actress and singer Rachel Bloom from “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” has been living her best life at the 72nd Annual Tony Awards. Wearing a t-shirt with the face of Broadway legen…
This year’s Tony Awards seemed to address the times in which we live with a certain amount of urgency, as all awards shows have done over the course of the Trump era. But give the thea…
The 2018 Tony Awards were graced with the drama students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, who sang a touching rendition of “Seasons of Love” from the Tony-winning musical…
Andrew Garfield won the Tony Award for best leading actor in a play for his work as Prior Walter, the AIDS-stricken prophet at the center of “Angels in America.” In an emotional …
Before "Big," before "Bachelor Party" "Â heck, before even "Bosom Buddies" " Tom Hanks studied theater at Chabot College and performed three seasons in the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival…
The 72nd annual Tony Awards take place Sunday June 10 at 8 p.m. EST, and will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on CBS with Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban hosting…
Here are some of the artists receiving special Tony Award honors on Sun., June 10. JOHN LEGUIZAMO Leguizamo has been a regular fixture on Broadway since his first show on the Great White Way…
Broadway is as American as apple pie " or at least as American as the Big Apple. But this year, a lot of the nominees for Broadway's biggest night have one thing in common: A British passpor…
Kerry Washington will return to Broadway to star in “American Son.” The “Scandal” star will be matched with Steven Pasquale, a stage veteran known for “Bridges …
It's a year of sure things and wild cards. As Broadway heads into the 2018 Tony Awards (airing June 10 on CBS), a lot of the night's biggest winners feel like foregone conclusions — ex…
Barrett Wilbert Weed, who is currently belting out “I’d Rather Be Me” eight shows a week as Janis Sarkisian in Broadway smash “Mean Girls,” lovingly adapted fro…
“Scandal” alum Tony Goldwyn has joined the cast of the upcoming Netflix drama “Chambers,” Variety has confirmed. The series follows a young heart attack survivor w…
Warner Bros. has set a June 26, 2020, release date for Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical "In the Heights," which won the 2008 Tony Award for best musical. Warner Bros. won a bidding war for the p…