The design for the Broadway revival of "The King and I" grew out of an impulse to subtract decoration and add a great big boat. For the play "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Tim…
Can’t wait to see Jesse Eisenberg play a stoner jerk trained in the superhuman skills of an assassin in the upcoming movie “American Ultra”? The rich jerk he plays in his s…
If the Broadway musical "Fun Home" has a signature tune, it's "Ring of Keys." It's a sweet ode sung to a butch lesbian by a 10-year-old girl on the brink of discovering her sexuality. For co…
The musical “Dames at Sea” will make it to Broadway at last, nailing down a fall opening that is the latest to join the lineup of new shows that will jostle for attention once th…
Broadway box office slowed ahead of the Tony Awards ceremony this Sunday, but that’s only to be expected the week after the tourism-powered Memorial Day frame. And even amidst th…
Looking for Robert Fairchild, the Tony-nominated lead actor of "An American in Paris"? He's probably standing in an ice bath up to his thighs. Or maybe hanging upside down. Fairchild does bo…
Jay Rasulo, the Disney chief financial officer who was passed over in February for the company’s No. 2 job, will step down at the end of the month, Disney chief executive Robert Iger a…
Off Broadway hit "Hamilton" and Tony contender "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" topped the 2015 Drama Desk Awards, with "Hamilton" taking seven awards including the title …
The Broadway revival of "Skylight," currently up for seven Tony Awards, has recouped its capitalization the week before the Tonys, according to producers. A Broadway remount of a London hit …
Oh, Bette. You just keeping getting better. 43 years after the release of her 1972 debut album, "The Divine Miss M," co-produced by Barry Manilow, her piano accompanist during her formative …
“Annie” director Will Gluck has signed on to direct Disney’s lottery movie, formerly titled “Lucky Guy,” with “The Lego Movie’s” Dan Lin attac…
With the opening of Broadway comedy “An Act of God,” Jim Parsons joins the venerable pantheon of actors who have taken on the almighty role of, well, The Almighty. “It̵…
By God, it’s a waste of time reviewing a show based on a memoir written by God and based on His personal twitter account. Swear to God, the rabid fans greeting the appearance of Jim Pa…
Annaleigh Ashford and Julie White, both currently in the running for 2015 Tony Awards, have lined up their next Broadway outing in “Sylvia,” a fall production of A.R. Gurney̵…
Bradley Cooper, Bryan Cranston, Taylor Schilling and Neil Patrick Harris are among the A-list presenters at this year’s Tony Awards. Cooper is up for best leading actor in a play for &…
“The West Wing” and “Newsroom” alum Joanna Gleason has been cast in Showtime’s critically-acclaimed drama “The Affair,” Variety has learned. She …
Abrams Artists Agency has reorganized its executive suites in its Los Angeles and New York offices with a quartet of veterans receiving promotions, Variety has learned exclusively. Nea…
Danielle Brooks, the actress who’s turned heads in her role as Taystee in Netflix series “Orange in the New Black,” will make her Broadway debut alongside Jennifer Hudso…
Broadway hit a new landmark in the 2014-15 season, attracting more than 13 million theatergoers and pulling in $1.37 billion in a record-breaking 52-week frame. That attendance tally of 13.1…
Jessica Lange will star on Broadway for the first time in more than a decade in “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” appearing alongside Gabriel Byrne and John Gallagh…
Sidle up to the bar at Broadway musical "Side Show" and you'll see more than just beer, wine, and vodka-tonics. The show offers a couple of drinks that wouldn't be out of place at one of …
There’s something sad and lonely about a summer cottage in winter, a forlorn quality that permeates helmer Daniel Sullivan’s sensitive production of David Auburn’s “L…
It took a while, but at last it's beginning to seem as if Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures is everywhere. On Oct. 31, a closed-door reading of Warners' developing musical version of "Dave" " wi…
"I resent this levity, sir." So says besuited neatnik John Simm as Gibbs, who has just been accused of plotting to murder his boss. That his line and plight are met with raucous laughter is …
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