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…
After a year away, the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival returned to Montreal with a star-studded line-up of the biggest names in laughter. On July 24, Variety presented their annual 10 Comics…
Wallis Annenberg, the prominent Los Angeles philanthropist who backed institutions including the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, died Monday in Los Angeles.…
Cleo Laine, considered by many to be the U.K.'s preeminent jazz singer, and an accomplished theater actress in her home country as well as on Broadway, died Thursday at age 97. The death was…
After meeting and working together 17 years ago on Jason Robert Brown's teen-centric Broadway musical "13," Liz Gillies and Graham Phillips have finally reunited onstage courtesy of the West…
House Republicans are ready to do some rebranding. On Thursday, GOP members of the House Appropriations Committee voted to rename the Opera House at the John F. Kennedy Center for Perform…
Less than a year after making his Broadway debut in "Cabaret," Adam Lambert is stepping into another musical next month, starring as Judas opposite Cynthia Erivo as Jesus in the Hollywood Bo…
Last year, the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival looked like a thing of the past " after being founded in 1982, the venerated Montreal fest was bankrupt and cancelled. But like a well-told jok…
Every year, Variety editors and industry insiders select a list of emerging comedy creators making waves. This year, the honorees will be celebrated at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montre…
Kumail Nanjiani and Michael Urie will join the Broadway company of "Oh, Mary" as Mary's Husband (if you know, you know) and Mary's Teacher, respectively. They'll star "Drag Race" star Jinkx …