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Tony Award-Winning Producers Hal Luftig, Cathy Dantchik and Kevin Connor Launch Halcyon Theatricals (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

Tony Award-winning producers Hal Luftig, Cathy Dantchik and Kevin Connor are teaming up to launch Halcyon Theatricals, a new producing and consulting theatrical company. The Halcyon team has…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:29am on February 2, 2026[SHARE]

Donald Trump Will Close the Kennedy Center for Two Years for a 'Complete Rebuilding' by Todd Spangler

President Donald Trump, after affixing his name to Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center and prompting multiple artists to cancel engagements at the famed arts center, said he has decided that t…

SOURCE: Variety at 7:00pm on February 1, 2026[SHARE]

Kennedy Center Artistic Director Kevin Couch Quits Less Than Two Weeks After His Hiring Was Announced by Todd Spangler

Kevin Couch, a veteran live entertainment exec and musician, was announced as the head of artistic programming at the newly rechristened Trump Kennedy Center on Jan. 16. Less than two weeks …

SOURCE: Variety at 10:41am on January 29, 2026[SHARE]

How '& Juliet' Became an Against-the-Odds Hit on Broadway by Rebecca Rubin

Back in the fall of 2019, on the night of the first performance of "& Juliet" in Manchester, England, director Luke Sheppard was sweating. "Nobody had bought a ticket," he recalls.…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00am on January 29, 2026[SHARE]

Stephanie Hsu, Juliette Lewis, Rachel Dratch, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and More Join Broadway's 'The Rocky Horror Show' by Brent Lang

Stephanie Hsu, Juliette Lewis, Rachel Dratch and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez have joined the cast of "The Rocky Horror Show." The upcoming Broadway revival, which will be directed by Tony Award …

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00am on January 29, 2026[SHARE]

Tony Awards Set 2026 Date by Marc Malkin

The 2026 Tony Awards will take place June 7. The 79th edition of Broadway's biggest night of the year will return to Radio City Music Hall and will be broadcast live on both coasts on the CB…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00pm on January 26, 2026[SHARE]

'Oedipus' Star Lesley Manville on Intimacy Coordinators, Modernizing Sophocles for the Epstein Era and Making Her Broadway Debut by Brent Lang

Lesley Manville is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut in "Oedipus," but there are a few quirks of New York theatergoing she could do without. For starters, there's the applause that gr…

SOURCE: Variety at 8:43am on January 16, 2026[SHARE]

Adrien Brody, Tessa Thompson Set Broadway Debuts With Death Row Drama 'The Fear of 13' by Rebecca Rubin

Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson will make their Broadway debuts in "The Fear of 13," a searing play about a wrongly convinced death row prisoner. "The Fear of 13" tells the true story of Nic…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00am on January 13, 2026[SHARE]

'Bug' Broadway Review: Carrie Coon's Gutting Performance Elevates This Horror Thriller  by Aramide Tinubu

Thirty years after it initially debuted in London, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts' "Bug" is finally getting its Broadway bow. Directed by Obie Award winner David Cormer, the d…

SOURCE: Variety at 8:30pm on January 8, 2026[SHARE]

Kennedy Center President Threatens $1 Million Lawsuit Against Jazz Musician Who Canceled Christmas Eve Concert Over 'Trump Kennedy Center' Name Ch by Todd Spangler

Ambassador Richard Grenell, the Trump-appointed president of the Kennedy Center, said the organization will seek $1 million in damages from noted jazz musician Chuck Redd after Redd abruptly…

SOURCE: Variety at 7:49am on December 27, 2025[SHARE]

Imani Smith, Former 'Lion King' Child Star, Killed at 25; Boyfriend Charged With Murder by Jordan Moreau

Imani Smith, a former child actor who starred in "The Lion King" on Broadway, was found dead on Dec. 21, according to a press release from Middlesex County, N.J., Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone …

SOURCE: Variety at 5:47pm on December 24, 2025[SHARE]

Donald Trump's Name Added to Kennedy Center D.C. Exterior and Website, After Experts Say Renaming Move Is Illegal by Todd Spangler

The Kennedy Center, which first opened its doors more than 50 years ago, on Friday got a new addition: Donald Trump's name, which is being added above the name of John F. Kennedy on the buil…

SOURCE: Variety at 1:28pm on December 19, 2025[SHARE]

Kennedy Center Will Be Renamed After Donald Trump, White House Says by Todd Spangler

The Kennedy Center is being renamed the "Trump-Kennedy Center," after President Donald Trump ousted the previous Democratic board members and management team and installed himself as chairma…

SOURCE: Variety at 1:38pm on December 18, 2025[SHARE]

Simu Liu Making Broadway Debut in 'Oh, Mary!' by Brent Lang

Simu Liu is moving from the MCU to a very wacky White House. The on-screen superhero, best known for his starring role in Marvel's "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings," will make his …

SOURCE: Variety at 9:33am on December 16, 2025[SHARE]

'Titanic' Parody 'Titanique' to Open on Broadway by Rebecca Rubin

"Titanique," a campy Off Broadway hit, will open on Broadway in the spring. The show is a low-fi musical parody of James Cameron's disaster epic "Titanic" that uses Céline Dion's music to r…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00am on December 15, 2025[SHARE]

Scott Rudin Broadway Comeback 'Little Bear Ridge Road' Closing Eight Weeks Early by Brent Lang

"Little Bear Ridge Road," an acclaimed drama with Laurie Metcalf that marked Scott Rudin's first Broadway production since controversy erupted over his alleged bullying behavior, will close …

SOURCE: Variety at 12:36pm on December 12, 2025[SHARE]

Variety Wins 20 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, Including Print Journalist of the Year by Chris Willman

Variety won 20 first-place trophies Sunday night at the 18th annual National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards, up from the 14 the publication scored in last year's competition. Varie…

SOURCE: Variety at 2:26am on December 8, 2025[SHARE]

How 'Chess' Went From Cult Fave to Broadway Breakout"With the Help of a Winning Score by Gordon Cox

It was a heck of an opening gambit: In its first week on Broadway, the new revival of "Chess" earned more than $1.2 million from just four sold-out performances. A few weeks later, the show,…

SOURCE: Variety at 1:42pm on December 4, 2025[SHARE]

Theater Veteran Sean Cercone Launches Licensing House to Provide Representation for Musicals and Plays by Rebecca Rubin

Theater industry veteran Sean Cercone is launching The Licensing House, a boutique theatrical licensing imprint that will provide representation for plays and musicals. Cercone is the founde…

SOURCE: Variety at 4:21pm on December 1, 2025[SHARE]

Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf to Star in Broadway's 'Death of a Salesman' Revival by Rebecca Rubin

Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf will return to Broadway in the Arthur Miller classic "Death of a Salesman." A revival of the acclaimed play will run for 14 weeks at the Winter Garden Theatre,…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:38pm on December 1, 2025[SHARE]

'Paddington' Review: A Furry, Funny, Fantastic Musical Comedy by Gordon Cox

"Is this bear an endangered species?" asks Tarinn Callender as the hapless helper of Victoria Hamilton-Barritt's (very) arch-villainess Millicent Price. With growling glee as insanely delici…

SOURCE: Variety at 6:59pm on November 30, 2025[SHARE]

Tom Stoppard, Playwright and Oscar-Winning 'Shakespeare in Love' Screenwriter, Dies at 88 by Jack Dunn

Playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard, a four-time Tony winner for his plays "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," "Travesties," "The Real Thing" and "The Coast of Utopia" and an Oscar…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:32pm on November 29, 2025[SHARE]

Stephen Schwartz on His Two New 'Wicked: For Good' Songs and What They Say About America, Plus Spinoff Prospects: 'I Might Be Participating in O by Chris Willman

What a long, strange bubble ride it's been. But the work of songwriter Stephen Schwartz on "Wicked" " the property he first discovered as a source novel and has led into Broadway and dual fi…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:06pm on November 27, 2025[SHARE]

Kristin Chenoweth Responds to 'The Queen of Versailles' Closing: 'I'm So Proud of This New Art That We've Created' by Jack Dunn

Kristin Chenoweth took to Instagram Wednesday night to share her thoughts on the recent cancellation of her musical "The Queen of Versailles" and to thank her fans for supporting the show. "…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:28am on November 27, 2025[SHARE]

Kristin Chenoweth's 'The Queen of Versailles' to Close on Broadway in January by J. Kim Murphy

Kristin Chenoweth's "The Queen of Versailles" has already set its final Broadway performance, less than two weeks after opening. The production disclosed Monday evening that its final bow at…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:59pm on November 24, 2025[SHARE]
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