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David Ogden Stiers, best known for his role as the arrogant surgeon Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on “MASH,” died Saturday. He was 75. His agent, Mitchell K. Stubbs, tweet…
“Bye Bye Birdie Live” won’t be taking flight on NBC until 2019 at the earliest. NBC’s planned live event production of the classic musical with Jennifer Lopez in the …
“Noelle,” a fantasy comedy with Anna Kendrick and Bill Hader, is expected to debut on Disney’s new streaming service. Disney officially pulled the title from its release ca…
Disney’s live-action “Mulan” reboot is being pushed back by more than a year. The studio shifted the release from Nov. 2, 2018, to March 27, 2020. Directed by Niki Caro, th…
Following his Tony award-winning performance in the Broadway hit “Dear Evan Hansen,” Ben Platt has found his next feature film, signing on to star in Black Label Media’s &#…
Hulu is slapping its name all over a landmark New York City venue: The subscription-streaming service has inked a multiyear marketing pact with the Madison Square Garden Co., which includes …
Variety and iHeartMedia have announced a joint venture to co-produce “Playback,” a film-focused podcast hosted by Variety Awards Editor Kristopher Tapley, and relaunch the weekly…
Geffen Playhouse has locked in a slate of nine productions for its 2018-19 season, programmed by new artistic director Matt Shakman, (“Game of Thrones,” “It’s Always …
Disney is shuttering its Disney Movies Anywhere service Wednesday, and urging users to transfer their movies to the newer Movies Anywhere locker service. However, consumers won’t actua…
There aren’t many props in the Off Broadway political drama “Kings.” Among the most significant? Two margarita glasses, size XXL, from the restaurant chain Chili’s. B…
Letters Live traveled across the pond for its first-ever U.S. celebration. Celebrities, including Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Hamill, Anjelica Huston, Isla Fisher, Catherine Keener, and James Cord…
"After Joss Whedon stepped down as the film's writer and director on Thursday, Gay tweeted saying, 'Hey [DC Comics] I can write your Batgirl movie, no prob.' The tweet quickly garnered atten…
The Oscars have an embarrassing history of snubbing female directors. Barbra Streisand was naturally verklempt but ultimately fine when the Motion Picture Academy failed to nominate her for …
Disney will launch an Indian version of globally popular stage musical "Aladdin" at Mumbai's National Centre for the Performing Arts in April. Leading Indian entertainment ticketing portal B…
You'll see a lot of Broadway at the Oscars this year. There are ties to the theater industry, of course, in nominees like Laurie Metcalf ("Lady Bird"), Denzel Washington ("Roman J. Israel, E…
On stage, she starred in High Button Shoes, Make a Wish, and Love Life (for which she won a Tony). On the big screen, she's remembered for Vincente Minnelli's MGM musical The Band Wagon (she…
“Frozen” on Broadway is one hot ticket. Disney Theatrical Productions’ new stage version of the animated smash exploded out of the gate in its first week, raking in $926,84…
Callie Hernandez has been cast as the female lead in the Fox drama pilot “Mixtape,” Variety has learned. The project is described as a romantic musical drama that looks at a d…
The Geffen Playhouse has yanked its planned production of Neil LaBute’s “Fat Pig,” which would have starred Chrissy Metz of “This Is Us,” soon after Off Broadwa…
Anna Camp and Thomas Sadoski will star in Amy Herzog’s play "Belleville” at the Pasadena Playhouse. The thriller is directed by Jenna Worsham and will run April 18-May 13. Worsha…
Baz Luhrmann is nowhere near South Korea at the moment, but you could be forgiven for thinking that he had a hand in the winter Olympics. A good part of it is playing out as a tribute to his…
In today's roundup, HBO Films announced the premiere date for "Paterno," and VH1 released the cast for the 10th season of "RuPaul's Drag Race." DATES HBO Films will debut "Paterno" starring …
In its day, now long-past, the”Jerry Springer Show” was an only-in-America phenomenon, so it's only fitting that the British-made “Jerry Springer — The Opera” h…
SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris has blasted a federal judge’s recent ruling barring California's legislation requiring that subscription entertainment database sites remove an a…
Shock and alarm may have been the emotions that first started Anna Deavere Smith's path to create "Notes From the Field," but it was love that fueled the one-woman play through the process. …
