A trio of regional theater veterans have launched Mainspring Arts Cooperative, a new nonprofit organization that will produce and present theater productions aimed at touring regional theate…
The shape of “Stranger Things” to come is becoming a little clearer. Season 2 of the Netflix horror thriller will include Sean Astin, Paul Reiser, and Linnea Berthelsen in the ca…
The DP for "Fences," the producer for "Jackie" and the director of "Moonlight" were all honored.
Princesses come in all shapes, sizes, and colors, though Disney's latest addition to its ever-growing gallery of empowered female heroines " Moana (voiced by Hawaiian actress Auli'i Cravalho…
When Bruce Springsteen performs at one of Hillary Clinton’s final campaign stops on Monday night, a rally on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, he’ll be among a flood of celebrit…
Director-writer Alan Parker (“Midnight Express,” “Angel Heart”) will serve as jury president of the main competition at the Camerimage film festival in Bydgoszcz, Pol…
Nielsen is standing by its latest data suggesting sizable subscriber losses at many cable networks, some of which questioned the accuracy of the findings last week. The measurement company r…
Welcome to Remote Controlled, Variety's podcast series featuring the best and brightest in television, both in front and behind the camera. This week's episode features Variety executi…
During his entire run in "Hamilton," actor-writer-composer Lin-Manuel Miranda wasn't only thinking about political leaders in 18th-century America. His mind was also on islanders in the Sout…
In “Sweat,” currently playing somewhere in the airless attic of the Public Theater, Lynn Nottage goes where few playwrights have dared to go " into the heart of working-cl…
Disney released the music video for “How Far I’ll Go” from its upcoming animated film “Moana” on Thursday, sung by Canadian singer Alessia Cara. The video…
Corey Hawkins has been cast in John Guare’s Broadway revival of “Six Degrees of Separation.” The “Straight Outta Compton” star is set to play Paul, the young co…
Don’t let the throwaway title deceive you. In “Notes from the Field,” Anna Deavere Smith has created one of her most ambitious and powerful works on how matters of race con…
“La La Land” has scored a leading three nominations for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for Justin Hurwitz’ score and two songs performed by stars Emma Stone and Ryan G…
Walt Disney Pictures has set Adam DeVine and Jeffrey Tambor to star in the family comedy “Magic Camp.” “Mean Girls” director Mark Waters is attached to direct. The st…
“Zootopia,” “Captain America: Civil War,” and “Finding Dory” has pushed Walt Disney Studios to its biggest year ever at the global box office with two mon…
Keegan-Michael Key has signed on to host the 2016 Gotham Awards, the indie-focused awards show presented annually by New York's Independent Filmmaker Project. The writer-producer-comedian wi…
Disney Channel has renewed Zendaya’s “K.C. Undercover” for a third season, Variety has learned exclusively. The spy comedy stars Zendaya as K.C. Cooper, a high school ma…
Two-time Tony Award winner Tammy Grimes, known for her gritty voice and identifiable charm, died Sunday in Englewood, N.J., reports The New York Times. She was 82. The Broadway star wa…
Disney is developing a new, live-action musical version of “Snow White,” which will expand upon the story and music from the animated classic. The studio is in negotiations with …
In "Vicuña," a diabolical real estate tycoon turned Republican presidential candidate orders a bespoke power suit for the campaign's final debate, but it's clearly the play itself that ha…
Twitter is shutting down Vine, and pioneering live-streaming app Meerkat is dead. But that doesn’t mean short-form clips and live video are dead-end businesses. Two-year-old startup Mu…
At the Broadway box office, "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812" is selling like hotcakes. But behind the scenes a dispute over playbill credits has escalated into a lawsuit —…
What did people ever do before iPhone games? In 18th century Paris, where the sophisticates in “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” lived, members of the upper classes passed the time play…
“The Color Purple,” the Broadway production that won the 2016 Tony Award for best musical revival, will close in January after 14 months on the boards. The show, which also earne…