Tuesday, August 24, 2021
“Moulin Rouge: The Musical” has appointed Chloe Beck to oversee its equity, diversity and inclusion efforts. As director of EDI, Beck will focus on the Broadway production, the upcoming …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:30AMMonday, August 9, 2021
AMC Theatres has reached a formal agreement with Warner Bros. to show the studio’s 2022 slate on the big screen for an exclusive 45-day window. The news is not surprising, because Warner B…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:54PMBroadway’s revival of “West Side Story” will not be returning to the Great White Way when theaters reopen later in the year. “It is with great regret that we are announcing today tha…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:36PMThursday, July 29, 2021
When Broadway returns in the fall, theater industry workers will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The Actors’ Equity Association and the Broadway League on Thursday announced…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:41PMWednesday, July 21, 2021
A new book titled “When the Lights Are Bright Again” will memorialize the theater industry’s devastating yearlong pandemic-related shutdown. The book will be published by Applause Thea…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:36PMFriday, July 9, 2021
Bill Condon, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind “Chicago,” “Dreamgirls” and Disney’s remake of “Beauty and the Beast,” is taking on another famed movie musical. Condon has sign…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:32AMWednesday, July 7, 2021
For the first time in a long time, people are actually going to the movies. After a delayed start to summer, Universal’s action franchise “F9: The Fast Saga,” Paramount’s thriller �…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:52AMTuesday, June 29, 2021
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick will return to Broadway next year. The upcoming revival of Neil Simon’s play “Plaza Suite,” which stars the real-life couple as a series of d…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:31AMTuesday, June 22, 2021
Broadway’s starry revival of “The Music Man” has a new boss. Veteran theater producer Kate Horton has been named executive producer of the musical, taking over day-to-day duties from S…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:14AMSunday, June 20, 2021
Tribeca Festival, the first in-person film festival in the U.S. since the pandemic, closed out its 20th edition with a tribute to a small town in the midwest. Filmmakers Julia Reichert and S…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:47PMSunday, June 13, 2021
“In the Heights,” the acclaimed adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway show, didn’t hit all the right notes in its box office debut. The Warner Bros. movie generated a wane $11.…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:30PMThursday, June 10, 2021
In December, the Small Business Administration set up a $16.1 billion fund to provide eligible movie theaters, live venue operators and performing arts organizations with grants that could h…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:38PMFriday, May 28, 2021
Movie theater chains, including AMC, Regal and Cinemark, will no longer require fully vaccinated guests to wear face masks. In line with CDC guidelines, masks will be optional for inoculated…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:13PMAhead of the long Memorial Day weekend, Paramount’s “A Quiet Place Part II” and Disney’s “Cruella” are each off to a solid start at the domestic box office. The former, a nearly …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:59PMMonday, May 24, 2021
Timothee Chalamet is playing the world’s most famous chocolatier. The actor has been cast as a young Willy Wonka in the upcoming “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” prequel, “Wonka.�…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:45PMWednesday, May 19, 2021
Ben Platt is many things: a Tony-winning actor who perfected the art of snot-crying onstage and a songwriter whose talents extend to catchy Yom Kippur jingles. What Platt is not, as many on …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:45PMTuesday, May 4, 2021
As Julie Andrews’ character says in “The Princess Diaries” sequel: “A queen is never late. Everyone else is simply early.” So it’s only fitting that the American Film Institute�…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:36PMSaturday, May 1, 2021
New York City is aiming to fully reopen on July 1, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio, nearly a year-and-a-half after COVID-19 restrictions on movie theaters, restaurants and most businesses …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:31AMJoseph Masher, a New York-based movie theater operator, understands that audiences may be reluctant to return to the movies. After all, it’s been at least a year since most people have ste…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:30AMFriday, April 30, 2021
A filmed version of the popular Broadway musical “Come From Away” will debut on Apple TV Plus.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:06PMA filmed version of the popular Broadway musical “Come From Away” will debut on Apple TV Plus. Apple Original Films landed rights to the live stage recording, which is being produced and…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMMonday, April 26, 2021
“Vivo,” an animated movie that boasts new music from “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, is coming to Netflix. The family friendly film was initially scheduled to release in theat…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:10PMMonday, April 19, 2021
Movie theaters in New York City will soon be able to welcome a slightly larger number of customers into their venues. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has given local cinemas permission to operate…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:03PMFriday, April 16, 2021
“In the Heights,” a movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical, has been tapped to open the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. The festival’s opening night screening will be held …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:33PMWednesday, April 14, 2021
Broadway star Karen Olivo says she won’t return to “Moulin Rouge” once the musical reopens. She’s leaving her Tony-nominated role in protest of the theater industry’s silence on al…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:24PMMonday, April 12, 2021
“Promising Young Woman,” the dark comedy starring Carey Mulligan, will be offered for free to college students. Focus Features, the film’s backer, has partnered with RAINN, the country…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:13PMThursday, April 8, 2021
When Lin-Manuel Miranda was pitching his musical “In the Heights” nearly two decades ago, Broadway heavyweights stumbled over what he was selling. They wanted the young female protagonis…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:44AMSunday, April 4, 2021
“Godzilla vs. Kong” muscled its way to a pandemic-era box office record, giving Hollywood studios and theater owners alike hope that people are ready to return to the movies after a year…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:04PMTuesday, March 30, 2021
The pandemic isn’t over yet, but the picture of moviegoing in Los Angeles is looking brighter. The country’s most populous county is moving into California’s orange tier, the third ste…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:27PMIn an unprecedented move, a live stage recording of “Diana” is coming to Netflix on Oct. 1, two months before preview performances are expected to resume on Dec. 1 at the Longacre Theatr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:29PM“Diana,” a musical about the people’s princess, will premiere on Netflix ahead of its Broadway debut. The show had completed only a few preview performances (and was expected to offici…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:56AM 
