Marc Shaiman, the composer and lyricist behind "Hairspray" and "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut," will look back on five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood in his new memoir "Never …
"Let the Good Times Roll: A New Orleans Gumbo" is planning a Broadway bow after opening last month at Arizona's Phoenix Theater Company. The new musical was conceived and written by Tony Awa…
The Broadway controversy over Andrew Barth Feldman's casting in "Maybe Happy Ending" has continued, and actor Constance Wu has called him out for accepting the role. Feldman has taken over t…
A release date for "Wicked: For Good " The Soundtrack" was announced Tuesday morning, and with it, intriguing news of not just one but two songs included in the forthcoming film that were wr…
I am among the many potential audience members for "Art," the new revival of Yazmina Reza's sly, knowing play, who has never thought much about James Corden. That's not to say I haven't thou…
"44 " The Musical," a political satire that features music, lyrics and book by former Obama campaign staffer Eli Bauman, has announced the cast for its New York run. The show will feature T.…
Douglas Aibel will step down as artistic director of Vineyard Theatre, ending a forty-year run. He will continue to work as a producer and casting director, focusing on several upco…
Thomas Schumacher, a leading force in growing Disney Theatrical Group into one of the most successful and influential theater producers on Broadway and around the world, will step down as DT…
For Lear deBessonet, theater has always been about community " and it's a value she's bringing with her as she steps into the role of artistic director of Manhattan's venerable Lincoln Cente…
A24 will officially re-open the Cherry Lane Theatre, a historic off-Broadway venue in New York's West Village, with a week's worth of events hosted by Spike Lee, Sofia Coppola, Jodie Foster …
Thomas Doherty is headed to Skid Row. The Scottish actor, who rose to fame in Disney's "Descendants" franchise and HBO Max's "Gossip Girl" reboot, has been cast in the off-Broadway revival o…
The 69th BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its competition lineup, featuring Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan and Tessa Thompson in a diverse slate of 10 films competing for the fest's best f…
Academy Award nominee Don Cheadle and Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe winner Ayo Edebiri will make their Broadway debuts next spring in the first New York revival of David Auburn's Tony Award- an…
If you aren't familiar with Andreas and Christian Ehrlich, a.k.a. the Ehrlich Brothers, just know that their magic show is probably unlike any you've seen before. The German duo is known for…
English-born Terence Stamp, who burned brightly as a young actor in the 1960s, with praise heaped upon him for roles in "Billy Budd," "The Collector" and "Far From the Madding Crowd," memora…
The show practically invites us to chuckle at the neatly interlocked way that a song like "Honey, Honey" or "Knowing Me, Knowing You" will dovetail with the (thin) motivation for singing it.…
Jeff Ross is constantly traveling for work, flying across the country " often hitting multiple cities in the same weekend " for comedy gigs. But the veteran stand-up had held onto his Manhat…
"We couldn't allow things to just trundle along," Andrew Lloyd Webber says. "We had to make a big change." He's drumming his fingers on the dining room table of his Upper West Side apartment…
Grammy winner Kid Harpoon will create original music for the upcoming Broadway revival of "Art." The Tony Award-winning show " about three friends who debate the merits of a ridiculously exp…
The talents on Variety's Power of Young Hollywood Impact Report rep the future of the entertainment business. They are all between the ages of 18-28 and cross all media platforms and look to…
"Hamilton" celebrates the 10th anniversary of its Broadway opening on Aug. 6. As part of the birthday festivities, a quartet of actors who have starred in the show gathered to talk about wha…
Loving "Jesus Christ Superstar" is one thing, but loving the myriad staged productions of "Jesus Christ Superstar" is another. The Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice masterpiece existed arguably i…
Helen J. Shen, the star of Broadway's "Maybe Happy Ending," is defending the show's recent decision to recast the lead male role with a white actor. Producers announced last week that Andrew…
"The Greatest Showman" director Michael Gracey is set to make a stage musical about Luciano Pavarotti. The Australian director, producer and visual effects artist " who more recently executi…
Jessica Chastain has gone back to school. A source tells me the Oscar winner is enrolled in the two-year Master in Public Administration program at The John F. Kennedy School of Government a…