Tuesday, May 26, 2026
“Chess” will close early on Broadway, with the buzzy revival ending its run on June 21. Although Lea Michele was scheduled to depart the production in late June, the musical had intended…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00PM[SHARE]Julia Louis-Dreyfus is heading to the Great White Way. The Emmy-winning actor is making her Broadway debut this fall in “Other Desert Cities” alongside Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Joe Kee…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:57AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 21, 2026
BBB, one of the leading publicity firms that covers Broadway, has been acquired by veteran press agents and longtime employees Heath Schwartz and Michelle Farabaugh. The company will be rebr…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 19, 2026
“Giant,” a play starring John Lithgow as author Roald Dahl, has recouped its entire production cost after 10 weeks on Broadway. The show, which is running for a limited 16-week engagemen…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Gaten Matarazzo will star as Mark Cohen in the West End revival of “Rent.” The rock musical, which is returning to the stage in honor of its 30th anniversary, will begin performances at …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 18, 2026
“Death Becomes Her,” a campy musical based on the 1992 cult favorite film, is closing after less than two years on Broadway. After 650 performances over a 20-month run, “Death Becomes …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]“Just In Time,” a biographical jukebox musical about the performer Bobby Darin, has recouped its entire production cost after just over a year on Broadway. The show, which earned a Tony …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 13, 2026
A filmed version of “Giant,” the Olivier Award-winning and Tony-nominated play starring John Lithgow as author Roald Dahl, will be released on the big screen in the fall. “Giant,” re…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Broadway’s “Fallen Angels,” a revival of the Noël Coward comedy-of-manners led by Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara, will be livestreamed on BroadwayHD, a theater-centric streaming servic…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 11, 2026
David Koepp is returning to the world of twisted amusement parks. The screenwriter, best known for adapting the hit novel “Jurassic Park” for the big screen, has been hired to pen a rebo…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:56PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 6, 2026
“Every Brilliant Thing,” a play starring Daniel Radcliffe, has recouped its entire production cost after 10 weeks on Broadway. The solo show was capitalized at $5.75 million. This produc…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:51AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 5, 2026
When the 79th Tony Awards revealed its list of contenders on Tuesday morning, there were expected nominations for the likes of John Lithgow (“Giant”), Nathan Lane (“Death of a Salesman…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:20AM[SHARE]Monday, May 4, 2026
Are movie theaters the new black? “The Devil Wears Prada 2” certainly made a compelling case that cinemas are once again en vogue after the long-anticipated sequel opened to $77 million …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:35PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 30, 2026
A few months before Alden Ehrenreich and Patrick Ball made their Broadway debuts in the hilarious dark comedy “Becky Shaw,” the two men met at a swanky Golden Globes party in Los Angeles…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 29, 2026
A revival of “Evita,” starring Rachel Zegler as the Argentinian first lady Eva Perón, is transferring to Broadway in the spring of 2027. Director Jamie Lloyd’s new take on the musical…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:07AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 23, 2026
Diana Ross will no longer appear in “Michael” due to “certain legal considerations,” according to Kat Graham, who was hired to play the legendary Supremes singer in the upcoming musi…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 16, 2026
Comedian Cat Cohen's new one-woman show "Broad Strokes" will debut Off-Broadway over the summer. The musical comedy is set to begin previews at downtown Manhattan's Lucille Lortel Theatre on…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM[SHARE]Two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody jokes that he's not good at pretending. "I always say I'm a terrible actor because you know when I don't like something. You know where I stand," the 52-ye…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Yo Adrian, the Italian Stallion is back in the ring. Amazon MGM brought a teaser of "I Play Rocky," a drama about the true story behind the tumultuous making of the 1976 boxing classic "Rock…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:28AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Billy Crystal is returning to Broadway. The beloved performer has announced a new one-man show, "860," which is opening this fall. "860" was written by Crystal and named after the address of…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:11AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 9, 2026
Fiona Dourif, best known to "The Pitt" fans as Dr. McKay, has joined the cast of the horror film "A Head Full of Ghosts." She'll star alongside the previously announced ensemble of David Har…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Tom Felton is extending his run as the platinum-blonde baddie Draco Malfoy in Broadway's "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child." He joined the show in November 2025 and was scheduled to depart …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 2, 2026
Focus Features will release a filmed version of Broadway's "Six" on the big screen over the summer. It will land in domestic cinemas on Aug. 14. "Six" imagines the wives of Henry VIII as a p…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:08PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 31, 2026
The "Heated Rivalry" phenomenon is headed to the stage. "Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody" will run Off-Broadway this spring following eight sold-out concert performances earl…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:50AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 18, 2026
"I May Destroy You" creator Michaela Coel is writing and directing a remake of Jean-Claude Van Damme's martial arts classic "Bloodsport" for A24. Van Damme starred in 1988's "Bloodsport," wh…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 12, 2026
Maya Rudolph will be the latest star to don the bratty curls and hoop skirt for Cole Escola's sensation "Oh Mary!" She is making her Broadway debut as former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln on …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:34AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Nicole Travolta's solo show "Nicole Travolta Is Doing Alright" will return to the New York Stage this spring. The play is scheduled for an encore engagement at the SoHo Playhouse from April …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 26, 2026
Megan Thee Stallion will make her Broadway debut in "Moulin Rouge! The Musical." She's stepping into the role of nightclub impresario Harold Zidler, a part originated by Tony winner Danny Bu…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:13AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 24, 2026
John Turturro's crime thriller "The Only Living Pickpocket in New York" has sold to Sony Pictures Classics a month after its Sundance Film Festival premiere. A release date hasn't been set b…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:32PM[SHARE]Monday, February 23, 2026
Broadway will remain closed on Monday amid the major winter storm that brought heavy snowfall to New York City. Venues on the Great White Way (a particularly apt nickname for the theater dis…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:03PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 22, 2026
Broadway will dim its lights early on Sunday due to the impending blizzard that's expected to take aim at New York City. After initially planning to remain open, most Broadway shows " includ…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:40PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 19, 2026
Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell will star on Broadway in this fall's revival of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." This marks a reunion for the "Avengers" actors; Hiddleston is best kn…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:43AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Black Bear has acquired rights to "Wicker," a twisted romantic drama starring Olivia Colman as an ostracized woman who commissions a local basket maker to weave her a husband. Eleanor Wilson…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:43AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 12, 2026
"Baby Reindeer" breakout Jessica Gunning will portray Cass Elliot in "My Mama Cass," a biographical drama about the singer of the 1960s folk group the Mamas & The Papas. Adapted from Ell…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PM[SHARE]Director Sam Mendes is rounding out the call sheet for "The Beatles " A Four-Film Cinematic Event," his upcoming cinematic extravaganza about the wildly popular British band. "Bhaag Milkha B…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Jennifer Hudson is telling you, she is going to produce the Broadway revival of "Dreamgirls," which will open in the fall. Hudson won the Oscar for portraying Effie White in the 2006 movie v…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, February 9, 2026
After a record-breaking "Actors on Actors" season, Variety and CNN are joining forces again, this time for a one-of-a-kind town hall conversation featuring Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McC…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 5, 2026
"Moulin Rouge! The Musical" is closing after seven years on Broadway. The upbeat jukebox musical will play its final performance on July 26 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. By then, "Moulin Rou…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Baby is making her way across the United States. "Dirty Dancing: The Musical," a stage adaptation of the beloved 1987 romantic drama, is embarking on a North American tour. It will launch th…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 29, 2026
Back in the fall of 2019, on the night of the first performance of "& Juliet" in Manchester, England, director Luke Sheppard was sweating. "Nobody had bought a ticket," he recalls.…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE] 
