Thursday, January 29, 2026

Kennedy Center Artistic Director Kevin Couch Quits Less Than Two Weeks After His Hiring Was Announced by Todd Spangler

Kevin Couch, a veteran live entertainment exec and musician, was announced as the head of artistic programming at the newly rechristened Trump Kennedy Center on Jan. 16. Less than two weeks …

SOURCE: Variety at 10:41AM

How ‘& Juliet’ Became an Against-the-Odds Hit on Broadway by Rebecca Rubin

Back in the fall of 2019, on the night of the first performance of “& Juliet” in Manchester, England, director Luke Sheppard was sweating. “Nobody had bought a ticket,” he reca…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM

Stephanie Hsu, Juliette Lewis, Rachel Dratch, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and More Join Broadway’s ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ by Brent Lang

Stephanie Hsu, Juliette Lewis, Rachel Dratch and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez have joined the cast of “The Rocky Horror Show.” The upcoming Broadway revival, which will be directed by Tony Aw…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM
Monday, January 26, 2026

Tony Awards Set 2026 Date by Marc Malkin

The 2026 Tony Awards will take place June 7. The 79th edition of Broadway’s biggest night of the year will return to Radio City Music Hall and will be broadcast live on both coasts on the …

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM
Friday, January 16, 2026

‘Oedipus’ Star Lesley Manville on Intimacy Coordinators, Modernizing Sophocles for the Epstein Era and Making Her Broadway Debut by Brent Lang

Lesley Manville is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut in “Oedipus,” but there are a few quirks of New York theatergoing she could do without. For starters, there’s the applause t…

SOURCE: Variety at 08:43AM
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Adrien Brody, Tessa Thompson Set Broadway Debuts With Death Row Drama ‘The Fear of 13’ by Rebecca Rubin

Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson will make their Broadway debuts in “The Fear of 13,” a searing play about a wrongly convinced death row prisoner. “The Fear of 13” tells the true stor…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM
Thursday, January 8, 2026

‘Bug’ Broadway Review: Carrie Coon’s Gutting Performance Elevates This Horror Thriller  by Aramide Tinubu

Thirty years after it initially debuted in London, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts’ “Bug” is finally getting its Broadway bow. Directed by Obie Award winner David Cormer,…

SOURCE: Variety at 08:30PM
Saturday, December 27, 2025

Kennedy Center President Threatens $1 Million Lawsuit Against Jazz Musician Who Canceled Christmas Eve Concert Over ‘Trump Kennedy Center’ Name Ch by Todd Spangler

Ambassador Richard Grenell, the Trump-appointed president of the Kennedy Center, said the organization will seek $1 million in damages from noted jazz musician Chuck Redd after Redd abruptly…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:49AM
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Imani Smith, Former ‘Lion King’ Child Star, Killed at 25; Boyfriend Charged With Murder by Jordan Moreau

Imani Smith, a former child actor who starred in “The Lion King” on Broadway, was found dead on Dec. 21, according to a press release from Middlesex County, N.J., Prosecutor Yolanda Cicc…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:47PM
Friday, December 19, 2025

Donald Trump’s Name Added to Kennedy Center D.C. Exterior and Website, After Experts Say Renaming Move Is Illegal by Todd Spangler

The Kennedy Center, which first opened its doors more than 50 years ago, on Friday got a new addition: Donald Trump’s name, which is being added above the name of John F. Kennedy on the bu…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:28PM
Thursday, December 18, 2025

Kennedy Center Will Be Renamed After Donald Trump, White House Says by Todd Spangler

The Kennedy Center is being renamed the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” after President Donald Trump ousted the previous Democratic board members and management team and installed himself as cha…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:38PM
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Simu Liu Making Broadway Debut in ‘Oh, Mary!’ by Brent Lang

Simu Liu is moving from the MCU to a very wacky White House. The on-screen superhero, best known for his starring role in Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” will mak…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:33AM
Monday, December 15, 2025

‘Titanic’ Parody ‘Titanique’ to Open on Broadway by Rebecca Rubin

“Titanique,” a campy Off Broadway hit, will open on Broadway in the spring. The show is a low-fi musical parody of James Cameron’s disaster epic “Titanic” that uses Céline Dion’…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM
Friday, December 12, 2025

Scott Rudin Broadway Comeback ‘Little Bear Ridge Road’ Closing Eight Weeks Early by Brent Lang

“Little Bear Ridge Road,” an acclaimed drama with Laurie Metcalf that marked Scott Rudin’s first Broadway production since controversy erupted over his alleged bullying behavior, will …

SOURCE: Variety at 12:36PM
Monday, December 8, 2025

Variety Wins 20 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, Including Print Journalist of the Year by Chris Willman

Variety won 20 first-place trophies Sunday night at the 18th annual National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards, up from the 14 the publication scored in last year’s competition. Var…

SOURCE: Variety at 02:26AM
Thursday, December 4, 2025

How ‘Chess’ Went From Cult Fave to Broadway Breakout—With the Help of a Winning Score by Gordon Cox

It was a heck of an opening gambit: In its first week on Broadway, the new revival of “Chess” earned more than $1.2 million from just four sold-out performances. A few weeks later, the s…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:42PM
Monday, December 1, 2025

Theater Veteran Sean Cercone Launches Licensing House to Provide Representation for Musicals and Plays by Rebecca Rubin

Theater industry veteran Sean Cercone is launching The Licensing House, a boutique theatrical licensing imprint that will provide representation for plays and musicals. Cercone is the founde…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:21PM

Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf to Star in Broadway’s ‘Death of a Salesman’ Revival by Rebecca Rubin

Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf will return to Broadway in the Arthur Miller classic “Death of a Salesman.” A revival of the acclaimed play will run for 14 weeks at the Winter Garden Thea…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:38PM
Sunday, November 30, 2025

‘Paddington’ Review: A Furry, Funny, Fantastic Musical Comedy by Gordon Cox

“Is this bear an endangered species?” asks Tarinn Callender as the hapless helper of Victoria Hamilton-Barritt’s (very) arch-villainess Millicent Price. With growling glee as insanely …

SOURCE: Variety at 06:59PM
Saturday, November 29, 2025

Tom Stoppard, Playwright and Oscar-Winning ‘Shakespeare in Love’ Screenwriter, Dies at 88 by Jack Dunn

Playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard, a four-time Tony winner for his plays “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” “Travesties,” “The Real Thing” and “The Coast of Utopia…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:32PM
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Stephen Schwartz on His Two New ‘Wicked: For Good’ Songs and What They Say About America, Plus Spinoff Prospects: ‘I Might Be Participating in O by Chris Willman

What a long, strange bubble ride it’s been. But the work of songwriter Stephen Schwartz on “Wicked” — the property he first discovered as a source novel and has led into Broadway and…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:06PM

Kristin Chenoweth Responds to ‘The Queen of Versailles’ Closing: ‘I’m So Proud of This New Art That We’ve Created’ by Jack Dunn

Kristin Chenoweth took to Instagram Wednesday night to share her thoughts on the recent cancellation of her musical “The Queen of Versailles” and to thank her fans for supporting the sho…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:28AM
Monday, November 24, 2025

Kristin Chenoweth’s ‘The Queen of Versailles’ to Close on Broadway in January by J. Kim Murphy

Kristin Chenoweth’s “The Queen of Versailles” has already set its final Broadway performance, less than two weeks after opening. The production disclosed Monday evening that its final …

SOURCE: Variety at 05:59PM
Thursday, November 20, 2025

Cult Hits ‘Gwyneth Goes Skiing’ and ‘Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story’ Announce U.S. Tour Dates (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

Awkward Productions are bringing their viral shows, “Gwyneth Goes Skiing” and “Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story,” to select U.S. cities in 2026. “Diana: The Untold and Untrue Sto…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:40PM
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

‘Paranormal Activity’ Review: Only Nominally Related to the Blumhouse Horror Franchise, Haunted-House Show Ditches Hidden Cameras for Live Scares by Peter Debruge

After seven movies, the “Paranormal Activity” franchise doesn’t frighten audiences the way it once did — that is, through the power of suggestion, using home security cameras, smartp…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:38PM
Sunday, November 16, 2025

‘Chess’ Review: Lea Michele Reigns as Queen of This Uneven Broadway Revival by Gordon Cox

How do you solve a problem like “Chess”? With music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (of ABBA) and Tim Rice, and now with a new version of Rice’s book by Danny Strong, …

SOURCE: Variety at 11:00PM

‘Working Girl’ Review: La Jolla Playhouse Invests in ’80s Nostalgia, Launching Mike Nichols Adaptation With Retro-Sounding Cyndi Lauper Songs by Peter Debruge

In “Working Girl,” an upwardly mobile Melanie Griffith embodied Tess McGill, a secretary from Staten Island with big hair and even bigger dreams. She thought her new boss (played by Sigo…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:52PM
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Alan Cumming Sets 2026 Pitlochry Festival Theatre Lineup: ‘My Fair Lady,’ ‘King Lear’ and More by Leia Mendoza

Alan Cumming has unveiled Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s programming for 2026. This will mark Cumming’s inaugural year as the theater’s artistic Ddirector for the theater and coincide wi…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:00AM
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

‘Slam Frank,’ Off-Broadway Show Reimagining Anne Frank’s Story as Genderqueer, Afro-Latin Hip-Hop Musical, Extends Through December (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

“Slam Frank,” a provocative new musical that reimagines Anne Frank’s story to satirize progressive politics and media, is extending through the end of 2025. The off-Broadway show, whic…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:25PM
Sunday, November 9, 2025

‘The Queen of Versailles’ Broadway Review: Kristin Chenoweth’s Electric Performance Can’t Save this Overly Ambitious Slog by Aramide Tinubu

In 2012, award-winning documentarian Lauren Greenfield’s film, “The Queen of Versailles,” became a Sundance darling. The documentary followed Jackie and David Siegel, billionaires and …

SOURCE: Variety at 11:59PM
Friday, November 7, 2025

How ‘30 Rock’ Helped Jane Krakowski and Cheyenne Jackson Prepare for Broadway’s ‘Oh, Mary!’ by Rebecca Rubin

Jane Krakowski felt a pang of jealousy the first time she saw “Oh, Mary!,” the hit comedy that imagines former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln as a deranged wannabe cabaret star. The Tony-w…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM

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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