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“Widow’s Bay” could be the thing that goes bump in the Emmy race. The Television Academy knows what it likes. It’s usually the polished prestige drama, the bittersweet half-hour dram…
David Sheiner, the character actor known for his work in films like “The Odd Couple” and shows like “Murder, She Wrote,” died June 5 of renal failure in Los Angeles, his daughter Kat…
Steven Sater and James Bourne have made a concept album of their new musical “Murder At The Gates.” In advance of the album’s release on July 1, 2026, the creators are debuting a song,…
SPOILER ALERT: The following article contains plot details from “We Hope You Enjoyed Your Time!,” the Season 1 finale of “Widow’s Bay,” now streaming on Apple TV. The curse was com…
Paddington is heading to New York. A musical about the anthropomorphic, marmalade-loving bear is opening on Broadway in the spring of 2027. The show’s transfer was teased with posters of P…
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is getting into the musical theater game. The pro wrestling promotion has announced a partnership with the stage show “The Last Match: A Pro-Wrestling Rock Experi…
When she’s up for a TV role, Lesley Manville doesn’t care which platform the show in question is going out on. “My job is just to go there and deliver a character,” she says, “so w…
Broadway publicity firm Polk & Co. has promoted two longtime press agents, Colgan McNeil and Kelly Stotmeister, to partners. They will work on the leadership team alongside founder Matt …
Jinkx Monsoon will make her London West End debut this summer, stepping into the role of Mary Todd Lincoln in “Oh, Mary!” at Trafalgar Theatre for a six-week run from Aug. 17 to Sept. 26…
“Stranger Things: The First Shadow” will complete its run at the Phoenix Theatre in London’s West End on December 27, 2026, and at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway on January 3, 2027, t…
As any diehard Broadway fan knows, the most storied party of Tonys night doesn’t occur until 1 a.m at The Carlyle Hotel. But this year, the biggest stars of the night began the party early…
Donald Trump received a not-so-warm welcome at Madison Square Garden during Game 3 of the NBA Finals. As the President appeared in front of his hometown crowd, he was met with a sea of boos …
In the acclaimed revival of “Brigadoon” now playing at Pasadena Playhouse, Tyne Daly is by far the marquee name, as the “Cagney & Lacey” star appears as the Widow Lundie, a role …
Broadway shared the wealth at the 79th Tony Awards on Sunday. “Death of a Salesman,” a radical revival that restages Arthur Miller’s classic in a garage, was the big winner with six pr…
The 79th Tony Awards was filled with show-stopping numbers and heartfelt acceptance speeches as the likes of “Ragtime,” “Death of a Salesman,” “Schmigadoon!” and “Liberation”…
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…
Will a broken down salesman, vampire rockers, second-wave feminists or fierce feline ballroom dancers dominate the 79th Tony Awards? It’s Broadway’s biggest night and heading into the ce…
The first time Keith David visited Venice, he remembers finding a corner inside the cavernous grandeurof Doge’s Palace. Back in Rome, he had been starstruck by the fact that Julius Caesar …
Generally speaking, the announcement of Grammy-winning pop powerhouse Pink as the host of the 79th Tony Awards on Sunday was met with two immediate reactions: a) will she fly, and b), why he…
Jim Barne and Kit Buchan were terrified of being outed as frauds. After all, they were two very British writers creating a very New York musical. And they’d only ever been to the Big Apple…
Rosamund Pike has called out a member of the audience for texting during the climatic scene of “Inter Alia,” for which the actress won an Olivier award in April. The play follows Jessica…
Last year, Michael Arden turned a musical about two robots into a Tony Award winner for best musical. This year, he’s taking on vampires. The Tony-winning director is at the helm of “The…
Greetings from Variety Awards Headquarters! Today is June 1, 2026, which means it’s 10 days until nominations-round voting begins on June 11; 21 days until nominations-round voting…
It’s an hour before curtain at “The Lost Boys,” and Ali Louis Bourzgui is rolling out a red yoga mat in his dressing room so he can work his core before the matinee starts. As David, t…