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Thursday, September 18, 2025

Marc Shaiman, Composer and Lyricist Behind 'Hairspray' and 'South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut,' Publishing Memoir in January (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

Marc Shaiman, the composer and lyricist behind "Hairspray" and "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut," will look back on five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood in his new memoir "Never …

SOURCE: Variety at 09:50AM[SHARE]

'Let the Good Times Roll,' Musical About New Orleans History and Culture, Eyes Broadway Bow (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

"Let the Good Times Roll: A New Orleans Gumbo" is planning a Broadway bow after opening last month at Arizona's Phoenix Theater Company. The new musical was conceived and written by Tony Awa…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]
Monday, September 15, 2025

'44 " The Musical,' Satire About Obama Presidency, Announces Cast for New York Run (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

"44 " The Musical," a political satire that features music, lyrics and book by former Obama campaign staffer Eli Bauman, has announced the cast for its New York run. The show will feature T.…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Douglas Aibel Stepping Down as Vineyard Theatre Artistic Director (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

Douglas Aibel will step down as artistic director of Vineyard Theatre, ending a forty-year run. He will continue to work as a producer and casting director, focusing on several upco…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:58PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Inside Andrew Lloyd Webber's Comeback: From Hit Revivals of 'Evita' and 'Sunset Blvd.' to a Dramatic Overhaul to His Theater Company by Brent Lang

"We couldn't allow things to just trundle along," Andrew Lloyd Webber says. "We had to make a big change." He's drumming his fingers on the dining room table of his Upper West Side apartment…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:58AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Kid Harpoon Creating Original Music for Broadway Revival of 'Art' (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

Grammy winner Kid Harpoon will create original music for the upcoming Broadway revival of "Art." The Tony Award-winning show " about three friends who debate the merits of a ridiculously exp…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:06PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

House Republicans Push to Rename Kennedy Center Opera House After Melania Trump by Brent Lang

House Republicans are ready to do some rebranding. On Thursday, GOP members of the House Appropriations Committee voted to rename the Opera House at the John F. Kennedy Center for Perform…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:52PM[SHARE]
Monday, July 7, 2025

Scott Rudin Sets Broadway Return With Barry Diller-Backed Play 'Little Bear Ridge Road' by Brent Lang

Scott Rudin is returning to Broadway after allegations of abusive behavior derailed the producer's career. Rudin and Barry Diller will produce Samuel D. Hunter's new play "Little Bear Ridge …

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]
Sunday, July 6, 2025

Richard Greenberg, Tony-Winning 'Take Me Out' Playwright, Dies at 67 by Brent Lang

Richard Greenberg, the Tony Award-winning writer of "Take Me Out," has died. He was 67 years old. Greenberg's death was announced on social media by collaborators and colleagues such as Deni…

SOURCE: Variety at 08:34AM[SHARE]
Monday, June 23, 2025

Amber Heard, Brandon Flynn Join Jeremy O. Harris Play 'Spirit of the People'(EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

Amber Heard, Brandon Flynn and Lío Mehiel have joined the ensemble cast of the world premiere production of Jeremy O. Harris' "Spirit of the People." Directed by Katina Medina Mora, "Spir…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM[SHARE]
Sunday, June 8, 2025

Tony Awards Winners 2025 (Updating Live) by Brent Lang

Broadway's brights stars came out in force on Sunday for the 78th Tony Awards. There was plenty to celebrate for the theater business, which seems to have recaptured its stride after a long …

SOURCE: Variety at 07:11PM[SHARE]

Tony Awards Red Carpet: James Monroe Iglehart, Brooke Shields and More Broadway Stars Weigh in on Patti LuPone New Yorker Interview by Brent Lang

On the Tony Awards red carpet, James Monroe Iglehart, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson and other Broadway artists and stars weighed in on the fallout surrounding Patti LuPone's c…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:37PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

'Maybe Happy Ending' Director Michael Arden on Broadway's Most Unlikely Hit and Adapting 'Lost Boys' Into a 'Sexy' and 'Scary' Music by Brent Lang

When Michael Arden heard the pitch for "Maybe Happy Ending," a love story about two robots who bond over being discarded by their owners, he thought " pass. But after reading the script and …

SOURCE: Variety at 09:07AM[SHARE]
Saturday, May 31, 2025

Patti LuPone Apologizes for Controversial Comments About Kecia Lewis, Audra McDonald in New Yorker Interview: 'I Am Devastated That My Behavior Has by Brent Lang

Patti LuPone has apologized for comments she made about Audra McDonald and "Hell's Kitchen" star Kecia Lewis in a recent New Yorker interview. "For as long as I have worked in theatre, I …

SOURCE: Variety at 04:27PM[SHARE]
Friday, May 30, 2025

500 Broadway Performers Sign Open Letter Urging Tony Awards to Disinvite Patti LuPone for 'Degrading and Misogynistic' Comments by Brent Lang

Broadway performers and theater professionals are calling on the producers of the Tony Awards to disinvite Patti LuPone from the show after the theater legend made controversial remarks abou…

SOURCE: Variety at 08:04PM[SHARE]
Thursday, May 29, 2025

Original 'Hamilton' Cast to Reunite for Tony Awards Performance by Brent Lang

The original cast of "Hamilton" will be back in the room where it happens. That's right, Lin-Manuel Miranda and his ensemble of revolutionaries will reunite for a special performance at the …

SOURCE: Variety at 10:39AM[SHARE]
Thursday, May 8, 2025

Concord Buys Broadway Licensing Global (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

Concord has acquired Broadway Licensing Global. As part of the deal, BLG's family of imprints " Broadway Licensing, Dramatists Play Service, Playscripts and Stage Rights " will now become pa…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:00PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

'Rolling Thunder' Making U.S. Premiere at New World Stages (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

"Rolling Thunder" will make its U.S. premiere for a limited engagement this summer at off-Broadway's New World Stages. Performances of the show, which is described as "part rock concert, par…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]

David Hyde Pierce on Returning to Broadway in 'Pirates! The Penzance Musical' and Turning Down the 'Frasier' Reboot by Brent Lang

"I probably should try to eat a little more," David Hyde Pierce tells the waiter who just tried to clear his plate of scrambled eggs. We're having breakfast in a diner on the Upper West Side…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:22AM[SHARE]
Friday, April 11, 2025

Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater on How 'Ghosts' Revival Leaves Them 'Emptied Out and Ripped Open' and Its Trump Era Resonance: 'You Can Make by Brent Lang

Lily Rabe has been doing something she rarely does when she acts in a play or a film. She's reaching out to urge her friends and family to head to Lincoln Center, where she's delivering a ma…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:08PM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 3, 2025

David Mamet Releasing Shia LaBeouf Prison Drama 'Henry Johnson' This Spring (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

David Mamet will release "Henry Johnson," a prison drama that marks his first film in over a decade, this spring. Production wrapped recently on the film, which stars Shia LaBeouf and is an …

SOURCE: Variety at 10:51PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Elizabeth McGovern Starring in 'Ava: The Secret Conversations' at New York City Center (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

"Ava: The Secret Conversations" will have its New York premiere this summer at New York City Center, Stage I, following an acclaimed run at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. The show was …

SOURCE: Variety at 10:05AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

With 5,700 Movie Screens Shut Down and the Box Office in a Slump, Theaters Are Still Waiting for a Post-Pandemic Comeback by Brent Lang

For more than a century, B&B Theatres has brought movies " from "Casablanca" and "Psycho" to "The Dark Knight" and "Barbie" " to audiences across the South and the Midwest. The family-ow…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:40PM[SHARE]
Monday, March 17, 2025

James Taylor Developing Stage Musical 'Fire and Rain' With Tracy Letts and David Cromer by Brent Lang

James Taylor's hits are inspiring a new stage musical called "Fire and Rain." The singer and songwriter has lined up some major talent in the effort. Tracy Letts, the Tony Award and Pulitzer…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:00PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

As 'Moana 2' Hits Disney+, Co-Director Dana Ledoux Miller Discusses Turning a Planned Streaming Series Into an Animated Smash " and Why the Live by Brent Lang

Growing up, Dana Ledoux Miller's mother would take her and her brother to matinees of films like "The Little Mermaid," "Aladdin" and "Beauty and the Beast." After, she'd wear out her tapepla…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:34PM[SHARE]
Saturday, March 8, 2025

'Rocky Horror Picture Show' Creator on SXSW Documentary About the Musical's Legacy and Political Relevance: 'I Weep For America' by Brent Lang

It was only supposed to run for a few weeks at a small experimental space upstairs at London's Royal Court Theatre. But somehow, 50 years after "The Rocky Horror Show" first debuted, it i…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:32PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

'Wicked,' 'Moana 2' and Other Holiday Hits Lift AMC Theatres Quarterly Earnings, Losses Shrink to $135.6 Million by Brent Lang

"Wicked," "Moana 2" and holiday hits like "Mufasa: The Lion King" lifted quarterly earnings at AMC Entertainment. Revenues at the world's largest movie chain hit $1.3 billion, up more than 1…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:06PM[SHARE]

'A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical' National Tour Recoups After Five Months (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

After five months on tour, "A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical" has recouped its investment. The national tour kicked off last year in Providence, where it had the most successful t…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:20PM[SHARE]
Monday, February 24, 2025

'Heathers the Musical' Returning to New York After U.K. Run (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

"Heathers the Musical" is returning to New York after an extended run in London and throughout the United Kingdom. The show will play a limited engagement through Sept. 28 at New World Stage…

SOURCE: Variety at 08:30AM[SHARE]
Thursday, February 20, 2025

'Mufasa,' 'Gladiator 2' Lift Imax Quarterly Earnings as Company Predicts Record 2025 Box Office by Brent Lang

Holiday blockbusters like "Mufasa: The Lion King" and "Gladiator II" and a re-release of Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" helped lift profits and revenues at Imax during its fourth quarter…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:02PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Cynthia Erivo to Host the 2025 Tony Awards by Brent Lang

Cynthia Erivo, fresh off the box office success of "Wicked," will command center stage on Broadway's biggest night as host of the 78th Tony Awards. She takes over as emcee from Ariana DeBose…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM[SHARE]

All that Chat

2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off