Thursday, April 7, 2022
Martin McDonagh has a profound feeling of déjà vu these days. The last time he was in New York, McDonagh was in the thick of Broadway previews for “Hangmen,” his criminally funny look …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:49AMTuesday, April 5, 2022
One of the biggest hits on Broadway is down a star. Matthew Broderick will miss an unspecified number of performances of “Plaza Suite” after testing positive for COVID-19. A second test …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:39PMThursday, March 31, 2022
“Next to Normal,” the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning 2009 musical, will be reimagined as a live immersive theatrical event. The new version of the acclaimed production will have i…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMTuesday, March 29, 2022
Samuel L. Jackson will return to Broadway in a new revival of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson.” He’s joined by a cast that includes “Tenet” star John David Washington and “Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:14PMMonday, March 28, 2022
Lerner & Loewe’s “Camelot,” that oft-old story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, will return to Broadway featuring a new book by Aaron Sorkin. That creative change…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PMWednesday, March 16, 2022
RWS Entertainment Group has tapped Keith Senglaub as its next chief financial officer. A former Feld Entertainment finance executive, Senglaub joins RWS with more than 30 years of experience…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:29PMMonday, March 7, 2022
After conquering the beach, “Baywatch” luminary Pamela Anderson will now try to dominate Broadway. Anderson will portray Roxie Hart, the morally flexible antiheroine at the heart of “C…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:02PMSunday, February 27, 2022
Patti LuPone tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. The theater legend will sit out her ongoing role in the current Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” while she recove…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:19AMFriday, February 25, 2022
“Kimberly Akimbo,” one of the hottest tickets of the theatrical season will transfer to Broadway this fall following an acclaimed run at the Atlantic Theatre Company. The musical about a…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:30AMTuesday, February 1, 2022
Martin McDonagh’s “Hangmen,” an early casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic, will at long last have its Broadway premiere. The show will begin performances Friday, April 8 and open Thursda…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMThursday, January 27, 2022
Edie Brickell has penned “38 Minutes,” a new musical about her personal experience living through the 2018 false alarm nuclear missile alert that shook Hawaii. The title is a reference t…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:09PMSunday, January 23, 2022
James Snyder, the star of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” has been fired from the hit Broadway play in the wake of a cast member complaint about the actor’s conduct. The producers…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:10PMWednesday, January 19, 2022
Audible Inc. will produce a return engagement of The Public Theater’s “Coal Country,” a drama based on a real-life West Virginia mining tragedy that was forced to close its original ru…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMFriday, January 14, 2022
The holiday season was supposed to be a celebratory time for New York City’s theater and live events industries, marking a period of revival after months of setbacks and closures related t…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:37PMWednesday, January 5, 2022
TodayTix Group has acquired Goldstar, a live events ticketing platform that operates in 60 cities across the country. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it comes as TodayTix…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMSunday, January 2, 2022
The producers of “Mrs. Doubtfire” will suspend performances of the musical until March 14 as the show struggles to find a way to survive during a resurgence of COVID-19 that has imperile…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:40PMTuesday, December 28, 2021
“The Music Man” will cancel performances through Jan. 1 after Hugh Jackman tested positive for COVID-19. The revival of Meredith Wilson’s classic musical is one of the hottest tickets …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:17PMBroadway is losing another show. “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations,” the jukebox musical about the influential vocal group behind “My Girl” and “Ain’t …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:58AMFriday, December 17, 2021
On Monday, Sony Pictures Entertainment hosted a raucous premiere for “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” a superhero adventure widely expected to generate a new COVID-era record opening weekend. …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:41PMThursday, December 9, 2021
BroadwayHD, a streaming service based around live theater, will exclusively show “Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook” starting this month. The show is from Broadway and film composer, Stephe…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMTuesday, December 7, 2021
Few stars shone as brightly as Sidney Poitier. In films like “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and “In the Heat of the Night,” Poitier turned in powerful performances that electrified…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:38AMSunday, November 28, 2021
Geoffrey Johnson, the casting director for “Cats” and “Les Miserables,” died Friday in New York City at the age of 91, Variety has confirmed. The cause was respiratory failure. In …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:34PMSaturday, November 27, 2021
“Chicago,” the long-running revival of the classic musical about greed and corruption, canceled its Saturday performance on Broadway after two people who work at the Ambassador Theatre t…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:47PMWednesday, November 24, 2021
The U.S. touring production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” has suspended James D. Beeks from its ensemble after the musical theater performer was arrested on charges related to the Jan. 6 a…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:59AM“RuPaul’s Drag Race” finalist Rosé will star in “Fowl Play, a new musical comedy about the story of two queer theater writers who are commissioned to write an apology for a fried ch…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:01AMWednesday, November 10, 2021
Thirty years ago, Billy Crystal brought the story of Buddy Young Jr., a stand-up comic whose talent can’t outrun his self-destructive tendencies, to the big screen with “Mr. Saturday Nig…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMMonday, November 8, 2021
Mentalist Jason Suran will start an in-person residence this month at the Fifty Hotel & Suites by Affinia. Dubbed “One in a Million: An Evening of Extraordinary Events,” the show wil…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:40PMTuesday, November 2, 2021
“Karen Dalton,” a play with music written by Evan Enderle, will receive an industry reading on Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at The Flea’s Siggy Theater. The show centers on …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:01PMMonday, November 1, 2021
Audra McDonald, the undisputed queen of live theater, will return to Broadway in “Ohio State Murders,” a new play by Adrienne Kennedy. The show, which will look at the destructiveness an…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMFriday, October 29, 2021
James McAvoy will tread the boards in Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Academy of Music unveiled new dates on Friday for Jamie Lloyd’s Olivier-winning revival of “Cyrano de Bergerac,” which was …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:03AMMonday, October 18, 2021
Producers Isaac Robert Hurwitz and Seth A. Goldstein are teaming up to launch Hugo Six, a transmedia production company that will focus on Broadway content and talent. Co-founded by Hurwitz …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:46AM 
