The legendary Groudlings Improv Theater and School celebrated its 50th anniversary on Oct. 19 with a party in at the Jonathan Club in downtown Los Angeles. The guest list was a gathering of …
SPOILER ALERT:Â This article contains spoilers for "Conclave," now playing in theaters. It's no secret that the Vatican prohibits filming inside the Sistine Chapel, and the headquarters of…
From blockbusters to quirky indies, Variety's 2024 Artisans to Watch cover makeup, hair, stunts, editing, sound and music. Many artisans will spend years working their way through various po…
You'd think in a world so divided by war and pain as ours, a story about ill-fated young lovers torn apart by their families' senseless but devastating feud would be treated with more gravit…
"Back to the Future: The Musical," a pricey stage adaptation of the beloved sci-fi adventure, is packing up the DeLorean. The production will have its final Broadway performance on Sunday, J…
Louis McCartney will make his Broadway debut in "Stranger Things: The First Shadow," in which he will reprise his role as Henry Creel from the Olivier Award-winning West End production. "Lou…
As Paul Tazewell was conceiving design ideas for "Wicked," mushroom gills served as an unlikely inspiration for Elphaba's black dress. The costume designer had stumbled across a documentary …
Mimi Hines, the Canadian comedian and stage actress who succeeded Barbra Streisand in the Broadway production of "Funny Girl," has died. She was 91. Hines died of natural causes on Oct. 21 i…
"Smash," a stage adaptation of the fan-favorite NBC series, is officially opening on Broadway in 2025. The long-in-the-works musical will begin performances on March 11, 2025, at the Imperia…
Joey Fatone is returning to Broadway for the first time in two decades, joining the company of the jukebox musical "& Juliet." The revisionist take on Shakespeare's classic tale of star-…
When Nicole Scherzinger entered her dressing room at the St. James Theatre on Sunday afternoon, accompanied by an entourage befitting a Pussycat Doll-turned Broadway diva, a bouquet of roses…
As she sings the final verse of "As If We Never Said Goodbye," one of two showstopping numbers that bolster the musical "Sunset Boulevard," Nicole Scherzinger turns her face skyward. Her arc…
Family members of Zelig Williams, a missing Broadway dancer whose credits include "Hamilton" and "MJ the Musical," appeared on CNN Saturday morning to share updates on their search. Zelig Wi…
The U.K. premiere of Damien Leone's holiday slasher "Terrifier 3" was something straight out of a horror movie. Eleven audience members walked out of the theater, nine during the opening sce…
Sandra Oh, Elizabeth Banks and Eva Longoria are just a few of the names who have signed on for Constance Zimmer and Abby Epstein's "The Midlife Monologues," a docu-theater piece inspired by …
"I'm smaller in real life," Laura Donnelly tells me after I admit that I didn't recognize her, standing pensively by the entrance to the midtown bar where we're meeting, scanning the room. I…
Lionsgate wants theatergoers to have the time of their lives, so the studio is adapting "Dirty Dancing" as a Broadway musical. "Dirty Dancing: The Musical"Â will launch in late 2025 with a…
Joe Machota, head of CAA's theater department, will be recognized with the time-honored Broadway tradition of getting a caricature on the wall at Sardi's. Plenty of stars like Patti LuPone, …
Back during Nicole Scherzinger's run in the West End revival of "Sunset Boulevard""the show that won her an Olivier Award and has now brought her to Broadway to reprise her performance"she n…
Hollywood's Dolby Theatre, the home of the Academy Awards ceremony, has been sold to Jebs Hollywood Entertainment, led by Elie Samaha. The acquisition of the 3,400 seat theater was announced…
Just as "Saturday Night Live" celebrates its 50th season on the air, Jason Reitman's "Saturday Night" hits theaters Oct. 11, chronicling the humble beginnings of the legendary late-night ske…
The name Yola is not to be confused with YOLO, but if her moniker were to be an acronym, it might stand for You Only Live Awe-Inspiringly. The British-born singer has been expanding her hori…
Playwright and actor Ryan O'Connor has written a modern, unapologetically queer take on Nöel Coward's classic comedy "Hay Fever." Entitled "The Cowards: A Marvelously Queer New Comedy," the…
It takes a great deal of work to make the ordinary enticing, but that's precisely what director Kenny Leon does in his production of Thornton Wilder's 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning "Our Tow…
Brody Grant, the Tony-nominated star of "The Outsiders," is returning to the musical after a month-long hiatus. An exact date has not been finalized but representatives for the show said he …