In response to the racial-related violence in their hometown of Charlottesville, VA, Dave Matthews Band will host an evening of music that will be free for members of the Charlottesvil…
The 12th season of 'Live From the Artists Den' premieres this week, and Variety is exclusively premiering John Legend's performance of "Penthouse Floor" (from his most recent album, "Darknes…
“A Doll’s House, Part 2,” the buzzy play that burst onto the scene late in the awards-season run-up to the Tony Awards, has posted a closing notice for later this month, fo…
A rainy Labor Day weekend brought a minor rise to the Broadway box office, with most individual shows  upticking and “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” going dark a…
Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger weighed in on President Trump’s decision to rescind an Obama-era program to allow young undocumented immigrants to remain in the country. “The Dreame…
Broadway Across America, the presenter and producer that sends Broadway tours out to 44 markets, has amassed more than 400,000 in season subscribers — a number that muscles into the re…
Andy Snyder, the longtime theater publicist who most recently served as creative director and vice president of theatrical PR firm DKC/O&M, has struck out on his own, launching the indep…
Will Bernadette Peters be Broadway’s next Dolly? It’s looking that way, after persistent rumors in the theater industry — potentially confirmed in a recent social media pos…
VENICE, Italy — Netflix is joining forces with Damien Chazelle, the Oscar-winning director of “La La Land,” for “The Eddy,” a Paris-set musical drama series whi…
Denzel Washington will travel to the Toronto International Film Festival for the world premiere of “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” The film’s inclusion in the gathering demonstrate…
Disney-ABC Television Group is looking to reduce annual costs at the unit by 10% by the close of fiscal year and is eyeing a possible restructuring and reduction of staff levels, Variety has…
The Disney|ABC Television Group will air special programming in support of its "Day of Giving" initiative to benefit victims of Hurricane Harvey, the company announced Wednesday. The pr…
“Springsteen on Broadway,” Bruce Springsteen’s buzzmagnet concert engagement that opens on Broadway in October, has extended by a whopping 10 weeks, stretching the run to F…
Tickets for Bruce Springsteen’s eight-week run of Broadway shows went on sale at 10 a.m. ET Wednesday (Aug.30), and despite the efforts of Ticketmaster's "Verified Fan" program, the…
“Itzhak,” Alison Chernick’s documentary about famous violinist Itzhak Perlman, will get its world premiere at the 2017 Hamptons International Film Festival, which will open…
Fox is developing a comedy series that boasts “Hamilton” director Thomas Kail among its producers. Titled “Immediate Family,” the series is described as a live, inter…
Bernard Pomerance, the acclaimed playwright known best for writing “The Elephant Man,” has died. He was 76. He died on Saturday at his home in Galisteo, N.M., his long time agent…
The Walt Disney Co. has made a $1 million cash donation to the American Red Cross to support recovery efforts for Houston and other areas affected by Hurricane Harvey. ABC’s Houston O&…
Hear ye the Gospel of Luke " as written for our times by the playwright Christopher Shinn. In “Against,” Ben Whishaw's earnest Luke is a tech billionaire supposedly instructed by…
Summer is winding down, and the Broadway box office is winding down with it: Sales in one of the last weeks before Labor Day slipped by 7% as city tourism slowed. The majority of individual …
A Memphis movie theater canceled its annual screening of “Gone With the Wind” following complaints of racially insensitive content. The Orpheum Theatre has aired the classic 1939…
The 2017 New York Film Festival has lined up a roster of special events that includes world premiere screenings of documentaries about Steven Spielberg and Bob Dylan, as well as a conversati…
Kendrick Lamar lit the stage on fire (almost literally) when he opened the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. He kicked off music’s most unpredictable night with enough flare, as beams …
The AMC, Cinemark, and Regal Entertainment chains have been closing locations in south Texas as Hurricane Harvey began battering coastal and inland communities on Friday. The National Hurric…
Bill Nye is accustomed to explaining complicated concepts to children, but even he has struggled with the byzantine mess that is studio accounting. According to a lawsuit filed Thursday in L…