Monday, March 18, 2024

‘An Enemy of the People’ Review: Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli Set Off Sparks in Visceral Distillation of 1882 Ibsen Drama by David Rooney

Sam Gold directs the Broadway revival in a new adaptation by Amy Herzog, who penned last year’s scorching update of the Norwegian dramatist’s ‘A Doll’s House.’

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00PM

Ben Platt to Play Concert Residency at Refurbished Palace Theatre on Broadway by Caitlin Huston

Ben Platt will play a concert residency at the newly remodeled Palace Theatre on Broadway. The three-week residency, which runs from May 28 through June 15, will feature selections from Plat…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00AM
Friday, March 15, 2024

Broadway Play ‘An Enemy of the People,’ With Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli, Interrupted by Climate Protestors by Caitlin Huston

A group of climate change advocates interrupted a Broadway performance of An Enemy of the People, starring Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli, on Thursday night. The Henrik Ibsen revival, w…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:51PM
Thursday, March 14, 2024

A ‘Willy Wonka’ Musical Parody Inspired by Viral Disaster Is in the Works by Aaron Couch

A new musical is hoping to turn a disastrous Willy Wonka experience into a golden ticket. Willy Fest: A Musical Parody will take inspiration from a Scottish event that went viral last month …

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:49PM

Ambie Awards Host Trixie Mattel: Podcasting Is “Not a Very Hard Job” by Caitlin Huston

Why did drag superstar Trixie Mattel start a podcast with her fellow RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Katya?  In one word, “Insanity.” “ ‘Podcast’ is such a strong word,” Mattel says.…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:30PM
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Paramount Global Sells Stake in Viacom18 For $517M by Caitlin Huston

Paramount Global has agreed to sell its 13 percent stake in Indian media company Viacom18 to Reliance Industries. The sale price is approximately $517 million, according to a new securities …

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:03PM

What Julia Louis-Dreyfus Learned From Jane Fonda, Carol Burnett and Other Legends by Caitlin Huston

Fifteen minutes into the debut episode of Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s podcast, the power is knocked out by a bomb cyclone. Her guest, Jane Fonda, continues speaking, unaware the connection is lo…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AM
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Jeremy Strong Says He Was Determined to “Achieve Exit Velocity” From ‘Succession’ by Christy Pina

Jeremy Strong is opening up about how he felt following the end of Succession and then diving right into Roy Cohn in The Apprentice. Strong spoke with The New York Times Magazine ahead of th…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:16PM

Gina Carano Finds New Management Team Amid Disney Lawsuit by Caitlin Huston

Gina Carano, who is in the midst of a legal battle with Disney over her firing from The Mandalorian, has signed with a new management firm. The actress had been repped by UTA, but was droppe…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:38PM

‘The Very Worst Thing That Could Possibly Happen’ Creators Are Bullish on Fiction Podcasts by Caitlin Huston

The very best thing that could possibly happen to The Very Worst Thing That Could Possibly Happen was garnering five Ambie Award nominations, including for podcast of the year. While the pod…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:30PM

‘Sweeney Todd’ Broadway Revival to Play Final Performance in May by Caitlin Huston

The Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will conclude its run this spring. The production, which is currently starring Aaron Tveit (Moulin Rouge!, Fox’s Grea…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:16PM

‘New Heights’ Podcast, Hosted by Travis and Jason Kelce, Wins Top Prize at iHeartPodcast Awards by Caitlin Huston

New Heights, hosted by Jason and Travis Kelce, took home the prize of podcast of the year at iHeartMedia’s 2024 iHeartPodcast Awards. The awards show, held Monday night in Austin, Texas at…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:55AM

Olivier Awards: Sarah Snook, Sarah Jessica Parker, Andrew Scott Receive Noms by Caitlin Huston

Sarah Snook, Sarah Jessica Parker, Andrew Scott and David Tennant were among the nominees for the 2024 Olivier Awards, which celebrate achievements in London theater. Parker was nominated fo…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:50AM
Monday, March 11, 2024

How Choreographer Mandy Moore Harnessed the Kenergy of Ryan Gosling and 62 Kens for “I’m Just Ken” Oscars Performance by Caitlin Huston

Though she had a ticket to sit in the audience at the Oscars, choreographer Mandy Moore, who helmed Sunday’s show-stealing “I’m Just Ken” number, couldn’t help but stand in the win…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:45PM

‘Pod Save America,’ ‘Lovett or Leave It’ Podcasts Set 2024 Tour Dates by Caitlin Huston

Pod Save America and Lovett or Leave It will be going on a national tour starting this spring, stopping at cities and states that the hosts believe will play a big role in the 2024 president…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00PM
Friday, March 8, 2024

Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ Play Looks to Move to Broadway by Caitlin Huston

A Broadway transfer may be in store for the stage production of Stranger Things: The First Shadow.  A casting notice calling for video submissions from Equity actors has been posted for the…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:53PM

Sara Bareilles, Busy Philipps on ‘Girls5Eva’s’ New Life at Netflix: “We Felt So Overjoyed” by Caitlin Huston

Girls5Eva has been picked up by Netflix for season three, in a move that its stars and creator are viewing as a chance to find new audiences and continue telling the story of the revived po…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:08PM
Thursday, March 7, 2024

Max to Start Cracking Down on Password Sharing, Too by Caitlin Huston

Max will become the latest streamer to cut down on password sharing, as Warner Bros. Discovery plans to start its crackdown in late 2024 into 2025.  Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technolog…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:52PM
Wednesday, March 6, 2024

When Basquiat Painted and Partied In L.A. (and Took Madonna to the Fox Commissary) by Lexy Perez

Jean-Michel Basquiat burst onto the New York art scene in the early 1980s and has been claimed as an NYC legend ever since. “The rap on Jean-Michel was he’s a street kid from New York an…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:00PM

Warner Bros. Discovery Shuts Down Rooster Teeth After 21 Years by Caitlin Huston

Animation, comedy, and gaming studio Rooster Teeth, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, is shutting down.  “Since inheriting ownership and control of Rooster Teeth from AT&T following it…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:41PM

Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in ‘Othello’ on Broadway by Caitlin Huston

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal are slated to star in Othello on Broadway in spring 2025. The production, which will see Washington in the title role and Gyllenhaal as Iago, will be di…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:44AM

Pop Art Icon Kenny Scharf and Other Artists Reinvent the Oscar by Lexy Perez

To kick off our annual Oscars Issue, The Hollywood Reporter commissioned 11 leading artists — spanning North America, from L.A. to Guadalajara to New York City — to reinterpret the iconi…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AM
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

C-SPAN Co-CEOs to Step Down in 2024 by Caitlin Huston

C-SPAN co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain will leave the company in 2024. The two were named co-CEOs in 2012. Kennedy joined the network in 1987 and Swain began in C-SPAN’s programming de…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:24PM
Monday, March 4, 2024

Netflix Exec Says New Film Chief Is “Not a Change in Strategy, Per Se” by Caitlin Huston

Despite Dan Lin stepping in as the new head of film for Netflix, CFO Spencer Neumann says he does not expect the company to take its film vertical in another direction.  At the Morgan Stanl…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:12PM
Friday, March 1, 2024

Bethany Joy Lenz Names Cult She Was in for 10 Years by Lexy Perez

After revealing last year that she was a part of a cult for a decade, Bethany Joy Lenz is finally naming the group she joined at the time. When unveiling the cover for her upcoming memoir Di…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:21PM

‘Slave Play’ in London: U.K. Prime Minister Calls Plan for Two Black Audiences-Only Shows “Divisive” by Georg Szalai

A London production of the U.S. play Slave Play, written by actor and playwright Jeremy O. Harris (Zola, Euphoria, Gossip Girl), is making political waves after the U.K. prime minister cri…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:48AM
Thursday, February 29, 2024

Leslie Jamison on Finding Peace Among the Discourse by Seija Rankin

When Leslie Jamison began publishing non-fiction books, she entertained a certain fantasy about what would happen when she allowed her work out into the world. “There was a part of me that…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:21PM

Disney Grandchildren Back Bob Iger in Board Seat Fight With Nelson Peltz by Caitlin Huston

The grandchildren of Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney are voicing their support for Bob Iger in his board seat battle against Nelson Peltz. Two separate letters were sent to shareholders Thursd…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:34PM

Sarah van Mosel Returns to SiriusXM as Podcast Strategy Executive by Caitlin Huston

Sarah van Mosel is returning to SiriusXM in the newly-created position of senior vice president of podcast strategy.  In the role van Mosel will be charged with creating “a targeted podca…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:23PM

Podcasts Drive Revenue As iHeartMedia Looks for Broader Ad Market Recovery by Caitlin Huston

Podcast revenue at iHeartMedia continued to grow in its fourth quarter, reaching $132 million for the quarter, up 17% year-over-year. The increase, which the company attributed to continued …

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:33AM
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Taylor Swift, Beyoncé Drove “Literally All” of AMC Theatres’ Quarterly Revenue Increase by Caitlin Huston

AMC Theatres beat Wall Street expectations, reporting fourth-quarter revenue of $1.10 billion, up from $990.9 million in 2022 and a net loss of $182 million, compared to a net loss of $287.7…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:32PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards