Elisabeth Moss will star with Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish in the mob drama "The Kitchen" for New Line Cinema and DC Entertainment. "Straight Outta Compton" writer Andrea Berloff wil…
Former “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon has unveiled her candidacy for governor in her home state of New York. Nixon’s bid could create a significant primary challenge…
“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and “Dear Evan Hansen” star Ben Platt joined forces to release a song on Monday, a portion of the proceeds for which will help f…
Cirque du Soleil confirmed the death Sunday of Yann Arnaud, a performer who fell during a Tampa, Fla. show on Saturday night, writing in a statement posted to Twitter that although “em…
A disturbing video has emerged from the Chinese set of Matthew Morrison’s new movie, “Crazy Alien,” allegedly showing dog abuse. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals…
As “RuPaul’s Drag Race” enters its 10th season, the queens who compete come in with a savvy awareness not only of the larger drag culture and reality television space but o…
Parrotheads, be warned that there aren't enough parrots in this show. (Can somebody do something about that?)Â Otherwise, the hedonistic spirit of Buffett's feel-good "gulf and western" m…
A constant question hanging over “Springsteen on Broadway”'s ongoing seven-or-so-month-long run has been: How long can he do it? How long can veteran road warrior Bruce Springste…
iHeart, formerly known as Clear Channel, is the nation's largest radio company, with more than 850 stations. It also owns iHeartRadio's music streaming service, a large concert business, and…
Welcome to "Playback," a Variety / iHeartRadio podcast bringing you exclusive conversations with the talents behind many of today's hottest films. Actor David Oyelowo (“Selma”) f…
It's no secret that Disney uses lots of music in its projects, and its TV series are no exception. But new Disney Junior animated show "Vampirina" is more steeped in musical theater than mos…
In order to keep the momentum of movements like Time’s Up and Frances McDermond’s Oscar night plea for inclusion riders, the key next step is to create jobs, “Crazy Ex-Girl…
The upcoming Broadway adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” — with a buzzy creative team that includes writer Aaron Sorkin and star Jeff Daniels — has been hit with a…
Disney announced a reorganization of the company into four segments, which will include a newly created direct-to-consumer division to house the conglomerate’s portfolio of streaming s…
WASHINGTON — The National Endowment for the Arts is again threatened with a White House budget that calls for the elimination of federal funding, but the hundreds of arts advocates who…
Tony Kushner has said he doesn’t want Donald Trump to come see the new Broadway revival of “Angels in America.” But Lee Pace? He wouldn’t mind. “Oh God, I wo…
It sounds like such an easy gig: Make a Broadway musical out of "Frozen," the Disney animated smash that already had a score filled with stage-ready songs. But Broadway types know that a the…
The Metropolitan Opera has fired its well-known music director and conductor, James Levine, after an investigation found that Levine had engaged in sexual harassment and misconduct. Accordin…
Disney has long had two titles that show up regularly in the Top 10 of the Broadway box office. This week it’s got three — thanks to “Frozen,” the adaptation of the a…
Michael Caine, who won an Oscar for his role in Woody Allen’s “Hannah and Her Sisters,” has ruled out working with the director again. In an interview with the Guardian, Ca…
The showrunner shot the episode in November, and it was supposed to run in February. Instead, it will never be shown. The episode "features Anthony Anderson's patriarch Dre caring for his in…
It's a big year for Andrew Lloyd Webber. "The Phantom of the Opera," the longest-running show on Broadway, just celebrated its 30th birthday, and Lloyd Webber himself turns 70 later this mon…
Movie and TV work just outside New York City conjures the vision of outdoor shoots in leafy landscapes with plenty of elbow room, compared with the cramped metropolis " but that image is a t…
Susan Sarandon says Paul Newman gave her part of his salary when they worked together on the 1998 crime drama "Twilight." In an interview with BBC Radio 5, Sarandon recalled when Newman help…
Here's a real witches brew: a "Macbeth" so mangled it makes Hamlet look sane. For his first foray into Shakespeare's Folio in 25 years, director Rufus Norris, also the artistic director of t…