During the course of Variety's cover-story interview with Bruce Springsteen, we asked who some of his favorite contemporary songwriters are. "Let me get my computer and get it for ya," he re…
Molly Barnett and Chelsea Nachman, two theater press agents who have worked together for years at DKC/O&M, have stepped out on their own to launch Grapevine Public Relations, a PR firm t…
Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger spoke out forcefully about the recent mass shooting in Las Vegas, calling the violence a “human tragedy of huge proportion” and noting the incident is in…
On Oct. 3, “Mean Girls” cast members set up a GoFundMe for Las Vegas shooting victims. Mean Girls Day typically honors the comedy classic’s legacy with memes and movies quo…
While they were unquestionably kindred spirits, Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen never really collaborated, apart from sharing stages at events like the 1979 “No Nukes” concert, a…
Springsteen's philanthropic efforts over many years have inspired a slew of local charities, including these five fan- and friend-launched initiatives. Bruce Funds Founded: 2012 Mission Stat…
For Variety's latest issue, we asked Leslie Odom Jr. to write a tribute to Cynthia Erivo, one of 50 people to make our New Power of New York list. Here's why Erivo represents a new generatio…
For Variety's latest issue, we asked Lin-Manuel Miranda to write a tribute to Oskar Eustis, one of 50 people to make our New Power of New York list. Here's why Eustis, the artistic director …
This is part one of Variety’s two-part cover story with Bruce Springsteen. For part two, click here. The woodsy rolling hills and vivid green pastures of central New Jerse…
This is part two of Variety’s two-part cover story with Bruce Springsteen. For part one, click here. If you ran for governor of New Jersey, you'd win " is that ever a temp…
How many blockbusters does Broadway have room for? It's a critical question, and not just because the entire theater industry believes it's got two more juggernauts " "Frozen" and "Harry Pot…
Disneyland employee Carrie Barnette has been identified as one of the 59 killed in the Las Vegas shooting on Sunday night, Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed in a statement on Monday evening. Jes…
A ticket broker used an army of bots to buy up 30,000 tickets to “Hamilton,” along with hundreds of thousands of other orders, according to a federal suit filed by Ticketmaster o…
A slow final week of September kept the Broadway box office humble last week, except at the biggest of hits like “Hamilton” and “Hello, Dolly!” In the aftermath of th…
M. Night Shyamalan has started shooting his thriller “Glass,” with Disney joining Universal as a distributor. The studios announced Monday that Universal will handle domestic dis…
In the wake of Sunday night’s shooting in Las Vegas, all Monday night shows planned for Cirque du Soleil and Blue Man Group in the city have been cancelled. Cirque du Soleil confirmed …
In the wake of Sunday night’s mass shooting that killed at least 58 people in Las Vegas and injured hundreds more during a country music concert, entertainment figures are begging the …
Ariana Grande offered her condolences Monday morning to victims of a Las Vegas shooting that left at least 58 people dead and more than 500 injured. In her response, she urged for gun con…
Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider have stepped down as co-head writers of “Saturday Night Live” after steering the show through its most successful season in more than 20 years. Ke…
Something's rotten in the state of, er, Britain. A country known for its unerring stability and sense looks, to all the world, like it's lost its marbles of late, and director Jonathan Mumby…
The prospect of TV channels going dark due to a standoff between a media conglomerate and an MVPD has become so commonplace in recent years that it barely registers anymore. And with less th…
UPDATED: Cable operator Altice USA and Disney have reached “an agreement in principle” after days of tense contract talks. Talks between Altice and Disney went down to the wire S…
Things got a little reckless at the Invictus Games in Toronto when Bruce Springsteen and Bryan Adams got together for an onstage jam Saturday night (Sept. 30). Springsteen " who performed hi…
Altice USA and Disney have extended to Sunday the deadline for averting a blackout of ESPN, Disney Channel and other cablers for about 2.6 million New York-area subscribers. The sides agreed…
Disney Channel has announced plans to remake the cult classic “Hocus Pocus” as a TV movie. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, who starred in the 1993 Disney …