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Not to be confused with "Hello Dolly," there's a musical earmarked for Broadway by the name of "Hello, I'm Dolly," with country-pop superstar Dolly Parton spearheading the effort to bring a …
Tom Holland is crying. No, it's not because of the not-so-great reviews he's been getting for playing the lead in "Romeo & Juliet" on the West End " that's literally how his Romeo greets…
Emmy-winning actress Sarah Paulson is no stranger to entertainment industry awards shows " but even so, her current Tony nomination, for her lead performance in the Broadway play "Appropriat…
Making life-altering decisions is no small matter, especially for the characters in "Choice," Winnie Holzman's provocative but imperfect play, which just completed a run at Princeton's McCar…
GOAL The U.K. National Theatre's hit production of play "Dear England" will return to its Olivier theater venue from March 10 " May 24, 2025, followed by a four-week run at its Theatre Natio…
"Willy's Candy Spectacular: A Parody Musical," which will spoof this year's viral Willy Wonka Glasgow Experience, is finally taking fans to a world of pure imagination as they reveal a first…
By the end of every performance, "The Outsiders" cast is caked in grime and dust. That's a consequence of the Broadway musical's sandy stage, which finds the actors who bring the the gritty …
The U.K.'s Royal Court Theatre and LIFT (London's International Festival of Theatre) have revealed five of the 15 actors who will perform in the world premiere of "ECHO" ("Every Cold-Hearted…
It was in 2010 at the New York City Ballet when Brandon Stirling Baker, the lighting designer of Broadway's "Illinoise" met Justin Peck, the director and choreographer. One of the first thin…
Audra McDonald will portray the ultimate stage mom, Mama Rose, in the upcoming Broadway revival of "Gypsy." George C. Wolfe, a Tony winner for "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches" and …
If you think there's a lot going on onstage in "Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club," you should see what's going on backstage. Listen to this week's "Stagecraft" podcast below: Speaking on th…
The relationship is captivating. The energy flowing effortlessly between them means you instantly feel their connection, their shared affection, their give and take. It's by far the stronges…
London's glitzy theater The Old Vic is set to begin searching for a new artistic director after Matthew Warchus confirmed he plans to step down in 2026 after 11 years in the role. The search…
Adam Aron, the CEO of AMC Theatres, gives me a choice. We're supposed to have a 20-minute interview in Las Vegas at CinemaCon, a four-day gathering of movie theater owners and Hollywood stud…
John Kander may be close to 100 years old, but that didn't mean he wasn't involved with the upcoming film adaptation of the Broadway musical "Kiss of the Spider Woman." Kander and the late l…
Korean cinema technology company CJ 4DPLex has appointed longstanding CJ Entertainment & Media exec Joon Beom Sim as its new CEO, set to lead the Seoul-based producer of premium large fo…
A more-than-respectable entry in the endless parade of movies-to-musicals, this genuinely funny, effervescently performed pre-Broadway take on the 1992 Robert Zemeckis dark comedy "Death Bec…
With science denialism and theocratic politics both on the rise, it's an opportune moment to revisit the life of Galileo Galilei, whose discoveries about the cosmos four centuries ago were c…
In April 2023, Snehal Desai took on the mantle of Artistic Director for Center Theatre Group (CTG), one of the world's largest and most prestigious theater companies. Though he became active…
Judi Dench is skeptical about the need for trigger warnings in theater. In an interview with Radio Times magazine, Dench was asked about her opinion on content advisories before watching a s…
Jay Marcus has been working in film and television for more than a decade, but he also has no problem boasting that he is a "theater nerd." "I could talk about theater more than anything els…
Are we back yet? That's the question Broadway has been asking for the past three years, as the theater industry emerged from lockdown into a harsh new reality of rising costs and slow-to-ret…
Jessica Lange has starred on Broadway before " winning a Tony for her most recent appearance there in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" in 2016. But according to Lange, now back on Broadway in…
Sarah Paulson will never forget the actor who sent her six pages of unsolicited notes after watching her in a play. Paulson recently appeared on the "Smartless" podcast, where she and hosts …
Meow Wolf has unveiled the location of its upcoming exhibition to be the Cinemark complex at Howard Hughes Los Angeles. Variety previously reported that the immersive art production company …