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“Strictly Ballroom” started out on stage: Baz Luhrmann's cult movie about competitive dancing was originally a student play. His own musical adaptation, revised since its Austral…
Disney has set a Jan. 6, 2017 release date in China for “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” according to a Disney representative in the country. The movie, which stars Felicity Jones…
Spanish-speaking moviegoers will have more options for listening to films en Español in cinemas, under multiyear pacts that app startup MyLingo has reached with Disney, Paramount Pictu…
“The Babylon Line” is one of those modest little gems that contains sparks of white light if you look hard enough. Richard Greenberg’s quirky new play is wholly enjoy…
“The Hamilton Mixtape” had its shot on Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight Show” Monday night. The Roots, along with Busta Rhymes and Joell Ortiz performed “My Shot,&…
The Broadway box office came down from its annual Thanksgiving spike last week — but remained plenty healthy, as last-minute business drove up the numbers at “Jersey Boys” …
“Sweat,” Lynn Nottage’s timely play about discontented working-class Americans struggling in a tight economy, has lined up a Broadway transfer, opening at Studio 54 in the …
The Broadway opening of buzzy new musical “Dear Evan Hansen” had Hollywood connections all over the place. First, of course, were the movie ties to songwriters Benj Pasek and Jus…
The very thought of a Broadway transfer of “Dear Evan Hansen” might chill the blood of theatergoers who loved this bittersweet show when it played in the intimate setting of Off …
After mastering naturalism in “Camille Claudel 1915” and tragi-comedy in “Slack Bay” which competed at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, French auteur Bruno Dum…
Marrakech, Morocco– The Walt Disney Company is set to expand its footprint across French-speaking Africa, kicking off with this week’s release of “Moana” – dubb…
“Moana” continues to work its charm for Disney during a slow post-Thanksgiving hangover weekend. The film, now in its second frame, earned $6.5 million at 3,875 locations, raisin…
Buenos Aires’ Magma Cine, a pioneering company on the pan-Latin American co-production scene, has boarded Jorge Navas’ musical action movie "Buenaventura Mon Amour," adding furth…
Welcome to Remote Controlled, Variety's podcast series featuring the best and brightest in television, both in front of and behind the camera. This week's episode features Variety exec…
Ron Clements and John Musker have just about seen it all in their 30-some years at Disney. They are largely credited " as the creative powers behind 1989's "The Little Mermaid" " with launch…
Chazz Palminteri and Robert De Niro have been living with “A Bronx Tale” for a long time now. Palminteri wrote the solo play in the late 80s, co-starred with De Niro (who also di…
To the best of our knowledge, “A Bronx Tale,” Chazz Palminteri’s love letter to the wise guys and tough street kids from his old neighborhood has not been re-imagined as a …
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the two-part play that’s an ultra-hot ticket in London, looks to have scored its Broadway home. Producers of the show are in advanced d…
“Paramour,” the Cirque du Soleil Broadway show that opened in the spring, will find itself looking for a new home next year when its current venue, the Lyric Theater, closes for …
Universal and Warner Bros. are having discussions with theater chains about possibly limiting the amount of time between a film’s theatrical release and its debut on home entertainment…
Cirque du Soleil’s “Luzia” has canceled its San Francisco shows through Friday, following an accident that killed technician Olivier Rochette on Tuesday night Rochett…
Sometimes an unexpected musical approach to a subject reaps dramatic dividends. Abel Korzeniowski’s music for “Nocturnal Animals” switches genres, scoring the psychological…
Magic, wizarding, giants, strange creatures — fantasy always needs music to help us suspend disbelief and imagine new worlds. This year, two of Hollywood’s most acclaimed compose…
It’s time to party like it’s 1776. Just in time for the holidays, a live stream for the “Hamilton Mixtape” concert will be made available globally at 10 a.m. PT. Fans…
Mahershala Ali has won the 2016 award for best supporting actor from the New York Film Critics Circle, which has also announced special honors for Thelma Schoonmaker, the editor who’s …
