128 stories by "Variety Staff"
Stephen Sondheim reinvented the American musical by creating something deeper, darker, richer and more artistically daring. In "Company,"Â "Sweeney Todd" and "Into the Woods," he pushed th…
The fact that we have an International Women's Day means we are still in trouble. There is no International Men's Day. Only less powerful people or forgotten historical events need "A Day" t…
Timed to coincide with the beginning of the Academy Awards Phase One voting, Variety is rolling out a digital Voters' Guide on March 4, called "Awards Circuit Down to the Wire." Coming out o…
Variety has been nominated for 99 National Art and Entertainment Journalism awards, a record-breaking number of nominations for the publication. "This is an amazing achievement by our stella…
Variety has launched the "Just for Variety" podcast, a companion to the weekly magazine column of the same name. The rebrand of the podcast previously titled "The Big Ticket" comes on the he…
Penske Media Corporation (PMC) announced today that after a decade of partnership and co-ownership of Hollywood Life, founder Bonnie Fuller, President and Editor-in-Chief of Hollywood Life, …
Variety salutes stars in platforms from stand-ups to podcasts and sitcoms. Though things are different this year, the 10 comics to watch will participate in a FREE virtual conversation, open…
TV’s top talent and executives celebrated this year’s Emmy nominees far after the ceremony ended. Emmy darling Sterling K. Brown was caught dashing from party to party with wife …
X Atencio, the legendary Disney animator and Imagineer who worked on “Pinocchio” and “Fantasia” and helped bring the Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion attr…
The Walt Disney Co. has made a $1 million cash donation to the American Red Cross to support recovery efforts for Houston and other areas affected by Hurricane Harvey. ABC’s Houston O&…
Everyone was swarming around Lin-Manuel Miranda at the Los Angeles opening of smash musical “Hamilton” on Wednesday at the Pantages. The star-laden audience included Jimmy Kim…
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor Sam Shepard died on Thursday at his home in Kentucky from complications from ALS. He was 73. Shepard rose to fame when he won the …
Sam Shepard, the acclaimed playwright who was also praised as an actor, screenwriter, and director, has died. He was 73. He died on Thursday at his home in Kentucky following complications f…
Marty Sklar, the pioneering Disney Imagineer who worked closely with Walt Disney to bring his bold vision of the original Disneyland theme park to life, died Thursday at his Hollywood Hills …
The 2,000-capacity theater (and 600-capacity ballroom) first opened in 1966.
UPDATED: Disney dated a new animated movie for April 12, 2019, at the D23 Expo on Friday afternoon. John Lasseter, who walked onstage with a t-shirt cannon in hand that launched Hawaiian shi…
A 1989 Grateful Dead concert at Washington D.C.’s RFK Stadium will headline the 7th annual "Gratfeful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies" at theaters nationwide on Aug. 1. The one-night-only s…
“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda on Wednesday released a video for the “Immigrants” track from the “Hamilton Mixtape” collection. The six-minute film…
Broadway’s biggest awards show officially kicks off on Sunday night. The 71st annual Tonys will see theater’s biggest stars gather for a night of performances, speeches, and of c…
The 71st annual Tony Awards are just hours away from honoring the very best of Broadway for the 2016-17 season. Tony-winner Kevin Spacey will host Sunday’s show live from Radio City Mu…
Elisabeth Moss and Riz Ahmed sat down for an interview for Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series. For more, click here. Elisabeth Moss: You've had a really big few …
Scooter Braun, Ariana Grande’s longtime manager, has posted a statement addressing the Manchester, England attacks which took place as the singer’s concert was ending on May 22. …
James Corden presented many laughs along with an award at UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation’s 22nd Annual “Taste for a Cure” event, which honored Yael and Scoo…
Online trolls can be to put down, but former Missouri secretary of state and CNN contributor Jason Kander (above right) put a particularly notorious one in his place over the weekend. It all…
At long last, the wait for west coast Hamilfans is over. Tickets to Hollywood Pantages Theater’s production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning juggernaut, “Hamilton…