Monday, 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 11:46AMFriday, October 15, 2021
Noah Reid, best known for causing David Rose to fall madly in love on “Schitt’s Creek,” has joined the cast of “The Minutes,” a new play by Tracy Letts that was in previews in Marc…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:26AMWednesday, October 6, 2021
Ever since the chandelier first crashed in thunderous fashion, “The Phantom of the Opera” has been a fixture of Broadway, becoming as iconic a symbol of theatergoing as the celebrity car…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMRamin Karimloo, Jane Lynch and Jared Grimes will join the Broadway revival of “Funny Girl.” The show is already set to star “Booksmart’s” Beanie Feldstein in the role of Fanny Bric…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMMonday, September 27, 2021
Sydney Theatre Company and Michael Cassel Group have signed a commercial first look agreement for all future works produced by the theatre company. As part of the pact, STC’s productions w…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:53PM“Slave Play,” Jeremy O. Harris’ searing look at racism and sexuality, will return to Broadway this fall. The show, which was nominated for 12 Tony Awards, a record for a non-musical, w…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:12AMSunday, September 26, 2021
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” a stage adaptation of the poplar movie, dominated an unorthodox and highly emotional 74th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, winning ten prizes, including the sta…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:39PMThursday, September 9, 2021
“Love Actually? The Unauthorized Musical Parody,” a sendup of the beloved Richard Curtis rom-com classic, will return to the stage. The Off-Broadway production, which is produced by Righ…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMTuesday, September 7, 2021
Transgender actors and advocates for greater trans inclusion on Broadway gathered in the heart of Manhattan’s theater district on Monday. Called the Trans March on Broadway, the event was …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:14AMFriday, September 3, 2021
When Namir Smallwood took the stage for the first preview of his first show on Broadway, the audience gave him and his “Pass Over” co-star Jon Michael Hill a thunderous standing ovation.…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:43PMWednesday, September 1, 2021
Curtains up on a new name for Tamsen Fadal’s nationally syndicated Broadway program. “Broadway Profiles With Tamsen Fadal” will be re-titled “The Broadway Show With Tamsen Fadal.” …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:03PMThursday, August 19, 2021
In 2010, Hank Morris, a big-time political consultant and powerbroker, pleaded guilty to involvement in a pension fraud pay-to-play scandal. Andrew Cuomo, who was then serving as New York’…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMJeff Daniels is ready to welcome audiences back to Broadway. The producing team behind “Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird,” a box office juggernaut that already ranks as the most succ…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMWednesday, August 11, 2021
No one is going to rain on Beanie Feldstein’s parade. The “Booksmart” star will play Fanny Brice in “Funny Girl,” giving the actress an opportunity to put her own spin on a role th…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMWednesday, August 4, 2021
“Pose” star Jason Rodriguez is partnering with his longtime manager Ricardo Sebastián to form a new talent agency with a mission to elevate BIPOC, queer and trans creative talent. The n…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMMonday, August 2, 2021
The Moulin Rouge has a new leading lady. Natalie Mendoza will join the Broadway company of “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” replacing Karen Olivo in the role of Satine when the Tony-nominate…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMMonday, July 12, 2021
Uzo Aduba and Ron Cephas Jones will star in Second Stage Theater’s upcoming Broadway production of Lynn Nottage’s new play, “Clyde’s.” The cast will also include Reza Salazar (“S…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM“Sleep No More,” the groundbreaking and immersive reimagining of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” will resume performances this fall, becoming the latest show to announce its return after …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM“Enemy of the People,” an interactive adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic morality tale, has cancelled all remaining performances. The Park Avenue Armory show was scheduled to continu…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:17AMTuesday, June 29, 2021
“MJ,” the upcoming musical about the life of pop singer Michael Jackson, will begin performances in December, but when it does, a new actor will be moonwalking into the role of “The Gl…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00AMThursday, June 24, 2021
In another sign that New York’s cultural life is coming back after a long COVID-era hiatus, “A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet” will premiere in September. The show will be the firs…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:58PMJamie Forshaw was recently able to do something he hasn’t been able to do for more than a year. The executive producer of Madison Wells’ live entertainment division attended a dress re…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:35AMTuesday, June 22, 2021
“David Byrne’s American Utopia” and “Freestyle Love Supreme” will receive special Tony Awards at the 2021 ceremony. The prizes come more than a year after both shows closed their d…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMThursday, June 17, 2021
In person, Ann Dowd, sweet, solicitous and ready to laugh at herself, is far removed from Gilead, the totalitarian state where Aunt Lydia, her alter ego on “The Handmaid’s Tale,” rules…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:12AMWednesday, June 16, 2021
“The Book of Mormon” is the latest long-running show to announce its return to Broadway. In another sign that the lights are flickering back on along the Great White Way, “The Book of …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:02AMTuesday, June 15, 2021
A new musical will serve as both a sequel to one of the greatest children’s stories of all time, as well as a prequel to another iconic fantasy adventure. “Alice in Neverland” brings t…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:05PMThursday, June 10, 2021
Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” will resume performances on Broadway on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, at the Shubert Theatre with Jeff Daniels reprising his role as At…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:51AMTuesday, June 8, 2021
Westbrook Studios is partnering with songwriter and producer Freddy Wexler on “Soul Superhero,” a new live action musical fantasy film. The film is the story of a young Black girl who te…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:33PMTuesday, June 1, 2021
At the height of her stardom, Marilyn Monroe took an 18-month hiatus from Hollywood. The screen icon, who would have turned 95 on June 1, was battling ill health, which was linked to her bar…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:52PMWednesday, May 26, 2021
The long-delayed Tony Awards will air primarily on Paramount Plus on Sept. 26, but certain key awards will be handed out as part of a celebration of theater that will air on the streaming se…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMThursday, May 20, 2021
“Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” the film adaptation of the popular West End musical, will debut on Amazon’s Prime Video. The film was originally set to be distributed on October 2…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:53PM 
