The 79th Tony Awards unfolded at Radio City Music Hall with Pink as host, opening on a Broadway-sized reinvention of her hit “Lady Marmalade” that packed the stage with dozens of perform…
John Lithgow is only getting better with age. With his latest Tony Awards win for actor in a play for “Giant,” Lithgow, 80, became the oldest man ever to win a competitive acting Tony. T…
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, G…
Quinta Brunson is stepping into the world’s most famous flapper. The “Abbott Elementary” creator and Emmy winner will develop and star as Betty Boop in a feature film adaptation of the…
Broadway’s biggest night has locked in its opening act. Laura Benanti and Tituss Burgess will host “The Tony Awards: Act One,” the official live pre-show ahead of the 79th Annual Tony …
This year’s Tony nominees are answering a hypothetical Broadway call. Every nominee got the same closing question on the day of the Meet the Nominees event in New York City on May 14: With…
The best onstage production of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” in a generation is also, conveniently, the one that settles two long-running perceptions of its two Tony-nominated …
There is one day every Tony Awards season when the campaigning quiets down. No one has won anything yet, no speeches have been delivered, and for a few hours the nominees simply get to celeb…
The foul-mouthed teddy bear wants an Emmy. Peacock has submitted “Ted” across 19 categories at the Primetime Emmy Awards, Variety has learned exclusively, mounting one of the streamer’…
Nominees for the 79th annual Tony Awards are being announced. A selection of categories will be announced beginning at 8:30 A.M. ET on CBS Mornings, followed by the remaining categories anno…
The 2026 Tony Awards nominations will be revealed on Tuesday, May 5, capping off one of the most competitive Broadway seasons in years and injecting a fresh round of drama into the cycle. Li…
There’s a secret contender in the Emmy race, and it’s “Rooster.” HBO Max already has an incredibly robust television slate for the Primetime Emmys, with dramas like “The Pitt” an…
André Bishop, Jules Fisher and James Lapine — three towering figures of the theater community — are this year’s recipients of the 2026 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in t…
The Tony Awards Administration Committee has put a bow on its final eligibility deliberations for the 2025-2026 Broadway season. In its fourth and final meeting before nominations are announ…
Rocky is eligible for the Oscars. Amaze, amaze, amaze. James Ortiz, a stage performer and master puppeteer, has been central to one of the year’s most talked-about screen creations: Rocky,…
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Em…
Classic films from David Lynch, Martin Scorsese and Neil Jordan, and more are among the new titles anchoring the announced Criterion Collection's July slate. From the legendary late auteur D…
"Never tell me the odds!" What more does Harrison Ford have left to prove before the Television Academy finally calls his name on Emmy night? In "Shrinking," the 83-year-old screen legend de…
"Maybe there is a beast…maybe it's only us." More than 70 years after William Golding introduced that chilling idea in his 1954 novel, "Lord of the Flies" is being reimagined for televisio…
AMC has "The Audacity" to mount Emmy ambitions. The freshman drama series from creator Jonathan Glatzer is gearing up for a major Emmys push, Variety has learned exclusively, submitting in t…
HBO, Jean Smart and Zendaya could be headed toward Emmy history…together. With the drug addiction drama "Euphoria" and the biting comedy "Hacks" officially kicking off their third and fift…
Eligibility rulings for three Broadway productions are now set as the Tony Awards race gets underway. The administration committee clarified key category placements that could have an effect…
Erika Alexander's Emmys chances are rising with "The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins." Variety has learned that veteran comedian Tracy Morgan, who plays the title character " a former footba…
Grammy Award winner Pink is heading to Broadway to host this year's 79th Tony Awards. Tony Awards Productions announced today that the music superstar and global icon " a lifelong fan of the…
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Em…