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You could see the usual Broadway faces — Andy Karl, Laura Osnes, Rachel York — in the opening night audience of the Roundabout Theater Company's production of "Holiday Inn" Oct. …
Reed Hastings fired back at cinema chains Friday, with the Netflix chief accusing theater owners of “strangling the movie business” by refusing to budge on windows to allow strea…
“Saturday Night Live” has announced two more of hosts and performers for the month of October. Emily Blunt will host the Oct. 15 show with musical guest Bruno Mars. Blunt is p…
Laurie Metcalf, Chris Cooper, recent Tony winner Jayne Houdyshell and Condola Rashad will star this spring in "A Doll's House, Part 2," a new play by Lucas Hnath that debuts this spring in a…
“Holiday Inn,” the 1942 film that starred Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby and a calendar full of Irving Berlin tunes, has gotten a complete and first-class stage redo at Roundabout The…
The newly announced “Blade Runner 2049” will extend beyond the movie screen when it is being released in October of 2017: sci-fi fans will also step into the world of a movie wit…
Disney is in talks with “Hairspray” director Adam Shankman to helm “Disenchanted,” the sequel to the Amy Adams 2007 comedy-fantasy “Enchanted.” Disney …
The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. has tapped Jeffrey Finn, the Broadway producer behind shows including “An Act of God,” as its vice president of theater producing and progr…
Emily Mortimer has signed on to join Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda in Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns.” Mortimer will play Jane Banks, who along with her brother Michae…
Disney and Google have decided to not move forward with bids for Twitter, which is hoping to secure a deal to sell itself by the end of the month, according to reports. Both Disney and Googl…
The Denver Film Festival will open with the Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling starring musical “La La Land” on Nov. 2 and close with Natalie Portman’s drama “Jackie” …
Netflix has inched its foot further through the movie-biz door: The streaming giant has reached a deal with iPic Entertainment, a luxury-theater chain with 15 U.S. locations, to …
Walt Disney Pictures has dated its live-action “Mulan” retelling for Nov. 2, 2018. The film has been fast-tracked into production with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (“Jurass…
The Broadway box office held steady last week, with the ups and downs at individual shows contributing to a slight overall rise in cumulative sales as one new title, “Falsettos,R…
Gordon Davidson, who in many ways shaped the Los Angeles theater scene as the head of the Center Theatre Group, died Oct. 2 at 83. Under his stewardship for nearly 40 years, CTG became a maj…
“Inside Out” co-writer Meg LeFauve has been tapped to join Nathan Greno in directing Disney Animation’s “Gigantic.” “Gigantic” was first unveiled in…
“Harry Potter” is flying back to theaters. Imax and Warner Bros. are teaming up to screen all eight “Harry Potter” films for one week, starting on Oct. 13. The showin…
A big-spectacle Broadway production is, quite visibly, a collaborative effort " actors, sets, choreography, costumes, lighting, orchestra. On rare occasions, though, beneath the razzle-dazzl…
Lady Gaga fans have more new material to look forward to next week. The singer-songwriter is embarking on a three-date tour, called the Dive Bar Tour, on Wednesday. The tour, sponsored…
Variety raised a glass to “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda Saturday night in celebration of the world premiere of “Hamilton’s America,” director Alex Horwi…
Ava DuVernay’s “13th” opened the 54th New York Film Festival with a jolt of topical urgency, shaking up tradition as the first documentary to kick off the festival and addr…
A collection of awards season contenders including “Jackie,” “La La Land,” “Arrival” and “Manchester By the Sea” will screen at the Savannah F…
Three months after its launch, Live.ly, the live-streaming video app from Musical.ly, has captured nearly 4.6 million monthly active users on Apple’s iOS platform in the U.S. "Â maki…
A slew of Broadway and Hollywood names have teamed up for a one-night only Broadway performance benefiting the Hillary Victory Fund, with Julia Roberts, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hugh Jackman a…
John Legend will guest star as Frederick Douglass on the upcoming season of WGN America’s “Underground.” The singer-songwriter, who also serves as executive producer on the…
