Confirming weeks of rumors, Bruce Springsteen has officially locked in the details of a Broadway run this fall, setting an eight-week engagement for an intimate concert at the Walter Kerr Th…
The Broadway musical “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” will close Sept. 3, following a turbulent couple of weeks that saw the show engulfed in a controversy over a la…
Disney is ready to deploy some of the company’s crown jewels — Disney- and Pixar-branded movies and ESPN — in an effort to position itself for the future by embracing the e…
The Walt Disney Company reported third-quarter earnings of $1.58 per share, topping Wall Street expectations largely on the strength of its theme parks. Analysts had expected earnings of $1.…
Lionsgate’s first quarter earnings easily beat Wall Street projections thanks to profits at its television operation and the home entertainment performance of “La La Land. Revenu…
Fox has announced its next live musical event will be “A Christmas Story,” starring Maya Rudolph, to air Sunday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. ET (and tape-delayed on the west coast). The th…
Barbara Cook, the golden-age Broadway ingenue who became a beloved cabaret and concert performer in the second act of her career, has died. She was 89. Her son, Adam LeGrant, confirmed toÂ�…
ABC’s “Black-ish” has built a reputation as one of broadcast’s most critically loved comedies in part by being unafraid to tackle social issues, particularly when it …
Last-minute business was the driver at the Broadway box office last week, where the biggest gains were reported at “Indecent,” the play that closed Sunday, and at “Kinky Bo…
The New York Comedy Festival has set the initial batch of performers for its 14th annual edition, with Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson’s “2 Dope Queens,” Chris Hardwic…
LOCARNO, Switzerland — Grounded in an only-half fantasy Sao Paulo of Pharaonic high-rises tower rearing into the sky, gigantic malls and aseptic homes, but awash with the palette of fa…
Didn't we already see "Groundhog Day" onstage this year? Or is "A Parallelogram" playwright Bruce Norris' private little joke? Just kidding. Both shows fiddle around with the concept of …
Marwan Kenzari is in negotiations to play Jafar in Disney’s live-action “Aladdin” reboot from director Guy Ritchie, sources confirmed to Variety. He joins Naomi Scott, who …
Disney Channel is bringing back the ’90s camp series “Bug Juice,” Variety has learned. “Bug Juice,” which aired for three seasons from 1998 through 2001, fol…
There's a highly non-dysfunctional family dynamic at play in the pairing.
Some things are best left in the past, and "Apologia," Alexi Kaye Campbell's ambivalent examination of baby-boomer morality and second-wave feminism is one of them. Written just after the fi…
Two of the year's most talked about performances came from actors we've been watching for years. Elisabeth Moss grew up onscreen, from "West Wing" to "Mad Men" to her now acclaimed role on H…
Former Disney chief Michael Eisner has joined the elite ranks of English soccer team owners, completing a deal for Portsmouth Football Club through his Tornante investment group. Eisner's gr…
Location-based virtual reality startup The Void has teamed up with Lucasfilm and IMLxLab to bring a “Star Wars”-themed mutiplayer virtual reality experience to Disneyland Reso…
A former Disney Channels Worldwide executive filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging she was subjected to a two-year campaign of retaliation, and was ultimately fired, after reporting her boss fo…
The Weinstein Company has chosen “The Upside” as the title for its remake of "The Intouchables," starring Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart. Nicole Kidman also stars along with Julia…
Hayley Atwell is set to co-star with Ewan McGregor in Disney’s “Christopher Robin,” sources tell Variety. “World War Z’s” Marc Forster is directing. ̶…
Carrie Coon, the “Fargo” and “The Leftovers” star who’s currently in the race at this year’s Emmy Awards, will lead the cast of “Mary Jane,” a…
Seven members of the West End company of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” will open the Broadway production in the spring, including Olivier winners Jamie Parker, Noma Dumezwe…
Ahead of the launch of Apple Music’s new show, “Carpool Karaoke: The Series,” the tech giant has released a new trailer for the show starring what feels like almost every c…