Universal’s new untitled Doctor Dolittle movie, starring Robert Downey Jr., will be opening on May 24, 2019, the studio announced on Monday night. Stephen Gaghan directs the new take o…
It's never too late to be educated, especially when it's as entertaining and personal as John Leguizamo's class in culture, comedy and parenting in his latest solo show at The Public, follow…
The Broadway box office pushed ever upward last week, in a spring break session that saw several fresh faces — particularly musicals that were previewing or had recently opened —…
Owners of the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood is planning to launch an immersive esports theater in its adjacent Chinese 6 Theatre complex. No timetable was disclosed in the announcement, m…
“Once On This Island,” the 1990 musical by the songwriting duo also behind Broadway’s “Anastasia,” will return to Broadway later this year in a new production t…
Fox is developing a movie musical inspired by Pharrell Williams’Â childhood. Broadway director Michael Mayer is attached to helm “Atlantis” with Gil Netter, Williams, and…
Adam Aron likes to hit the ground running. Within two months of taking the top job at AMC Entertainment in January 2016, he had negotiated a $1.1 billion deal to buy Carmike Cinemas, transfo…
Movie mogul Robert Evans, the legendary film producer behind “The Godfather” and “Love Story,” forged his fortune spotting great stories. His autobiography, “Th…
Following an Off Broadway run at the Public Theater last fall, “Sweat” opened on Broadway March 26. The cast was largely the same, with the exception of new addition Alison Wrigh…
Aaron Sorkin had some burning questions about the lack of diversity in writers’ rooms — an issue that he apparently didn’t know much about until he visited the Writers G…
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is eyeing a return to the director’s chair, tackling a movie musical with Channing Tatum by his side. Sources tell Variety that Gordon-Levitt is in early …
Garth Drabinsky may have to wait a while longer before redeeming himself with patrons and colleagues. The infamous producer's supposed comeback after his conviction of fraud and forgery in 2…
After having her songs performed for years on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Lady Gaga finally makes her debut on the show’s Season 9 premiere. But instead of a separate entra…
On March 21, 1990, Touchstone Pictures previewed "Pretty Woman" at the Avco Westwood near UCLA, two days before its national launch. Variety columnist Army Archerd reported that laughter dro…
It took six years for Lynn Nottage's play "Sweat" to make it to Broadway — but somehow, it feels as up-to-the-minute as the latest New York Times notification on your smartphone. Set i…
This is what people mean when they talk about “a Broadway show” — melodic songs, big, beautiful voices, a huge ensemble, full-scale pit orchestra, sumptuous production numb…
Disney is in talks with Thea Sharrock, director of “Me Before You,” to helm its movie version of the gorilla story “The One and Only Ivan.” British director Mike N…
IFC Films has acquired the independent drama “Wakefield,” starring Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner, for a May 19 theatrical release and a May 26 VOD launch. The film, which sc…
Disney CEO Bob Iger insisted that he is stepping down in 2019 in remarks at a USC tech conference on Thursday. “Succession is a complicated thing, and I felt and the board felt, we cou…
Sara Bareilles wasn’t content just to write the songs for a Broadway musical — now she’s starring in the show as well. The popular singer-songwriter will step into the lead…
Headsets, immersive computer graphics, and… flashlights? Nomadic, a Northern California-based virtual reality (VR) startup that came out of stealth mode Thursday, has been busy working …
Jerry Seinfeld will produce “Letters From a Nut by Ted L. Nancy,” a new stage show based on the series of books by Ted L. Nancy, otherwise known as comedian Barry Marder. The sho…
Disney chairman-CEO Bob Iger has extended his contract as the company’s chief executive by one year, through July 2019, a move that had been expected as Disney continues its long searc…
New York nonprofit Manhattan Theater Club has added Lucy Kirkwood’s play “The Children” to its 2017-18 Broadway season, along with an Off Broadway production of Anna Ziegle…
More than 180 art houses in North America and Europe have scheduled April 4 showings of “1984,” the dystopian drama starring John Hurt and Richard Burton. “1984” dire…