Ahead of the Broadway opening of his new "Camelot" musical adaptation, Aaron Sorkin revealed to the New York Times that he suffered a stroke last November. The medical emergency occurred two…
At long last, "Smash," a stage musical adaptation of the NBC series, is heading to Broadway. Steven Spielberg, Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron, who produced the original series, will serve …
Celebrated playwright Tom Stoppard has a Broadway success on his hands with "Leopoldstadt," his (very) loosely autobiographical play now in the sixth month of a long run currently set to clo…
In 1972, director-writer Perry Henzell released his Jamaican crime flick "The Harder They Come" with singer-songwriter Jimmy Cliff " then, a burgeoning reggae star " as its anti-hero lead ac…
Tony, Emmy and Grammy-winner and Oscar-nominee Cynthia Erivo has joined the producing team of "Fat Ham" as the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy heads to Broadway. "Fat Ham" will begin performan…
Annie Proulx's short story "Brokeback Mountain" is set for a stage adaptation on London's West End. The story was previously adapted as a 2005 film by Ang Lee, starring Heath Ledger and Jake…
It's hard to believe, but Bob Fosse's definitive signature musical "Dancin'" has never been revived on Broadway since its Tony Award-winning debut in 1978. Huge kudos, then, to director-chor…
Traveling from the relative calm of the Clinton era to more perilous, contemporary times of mobs, mendacity and political mayhem, the much-admired but short-lived musical "Parade" has now fo…
David Burtka and Carey Cox will lead the upcoming revival of "God of Carnage," which is expected to open Off-Broadway in the spring. Theater Breaking Through Barriers, an inclusive theater c…
Stephen Sondheim's final musical "Here We Are" is hitting the stage in the fall. The legendary musical theater figure, who composed "Sunday in the Park with George," "Follies," "Sweeney Todd…
"Room," a stage version of the Oscar-winning movie, will no longer open on Broadway due to insufficient financing and the withdrawal of a lead producer. The production was scheduled to begin…
"It's clear this theater isn't used to rock concerts," Nick Jonas roared from the stage. "The spotlights can't hit us because you're all standing."Â He was right: Broadway's Marquis Theat…
Since Nicholas Hytner, former artistic director of the National Theatre, is one of the finest, most detailed Shakespeare directors in the land, you could be forgiven for forgetting that he r…
Santiago Requejo has not only turned his hit short, "All in Favor," into a theatrical play set to premiere in Buenos Aires in April, he's also working on a feature film version. The award-wi…
Dogwoof has shared with Variety the trailer of "Theatre of Violence," nominated in main competition at CPH:DOX, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, one of Europe's …
"Everything Everywhere All at Once," "Abbott Elementary" and "Yellowjackets" received top honors at the 38th annual Casting Society Artios Awards. The ceremony honors top casting spanning fi…
There are no props in director Jamie Lloyd's version of Henrik Ibsen's drama "A Doll's House" " no sets, no costumes (just plain contemporary clothing in dark blue), not even a curtain. Ther…
London's National Theatre is hosting an evening of poetry readings from Allie Esiri's bestselling poetry anthologies to raise money for the Disaster Emergency Committee's (DEC) Ukraine Human…
THEATER Birmingham Rep will co-produce "Sinatra The Musical," the first official musical based on the life and career of Frank Sinatra, with Michele Anthony, Bruce Resnikof…
The new play "Pictures From Home" is Tony Award winner Nathan Lane's 25th Broadway show " and he's threatening not to come back for a 26th. "This may be the last one," Lane said on Stagecraf…
FUND "Fleabag" star Phoebe Waller-Bridge is launching a £100,000 ($120,000) Keep it Fringe fund, a new initiative to support artists at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. Waller-Bridge serves…
Netflix and the U.K.'s National Youth Theatre have launch an awareness program after a survey revealed alarming concerns about nepotism in the creative industries. A National Youth Theatre s…
As a critic, I'm always looking for a fresh challenge, which is one reason I took up writing about theater: It still has the capacity to scare me. I've reviewed nearly 1,700 movies in my tim…
Former ID PR publicists Rachel Karten and Lindsay Krug have launched their own firm, Origin Public Relations. Their client roster already includes Kathy Bates, Hannah Einbinder, Tracee Ellis…
Sony Pictures has won global distribution rights to the hot comedy package "My Ex-Friend's Wedding," a script co-written by buzzy author Taylor Jenkins Reid starring a murderers' row of funn…