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Evan Cabnet Named Artistic Director of Second Stage Theater
Evan Cabnet will take over as artistic director of Second Stage Theater, one of Broadway’s major nonprofit theater companies. Cabnet, currently artistic director of Lincoln Center Theater’s LCT3, will join the organization in September 2024 and will launch his first season of programming in fall 2025. He takes over from Carole Rothman, founder of Second […]
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Betty Boop Musical Set for Broadway This Spring
A musical about Betty Boop is the latest to join Broadway’s 2024-2025 season. Helmed by director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell, BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical will open on Broadway in April 2025. The show is slated to open at a Shubert Theatre, but the exact theater and dates have not yet been announced. In addition […]
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Christian Borle Takes Over Role in ‘Tammy Faye’ on Broadway After Andrew Rannells’ Exit
Christian Borle will star in the Tammy Faye musical on Broadway, replacing the previously announced Andrew Rannells. Borle, a two-time Tony Award winner for playing Shakespeare in Something Rotten and Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher, will take over the role of Jim Bakker, fellow televangelist and husband to Tammy Faye, who will be […]
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The Tiny Newsstand in West Hollywood That’s Become the Sunset Strip’s Hotspot of the Moment
Hollywood is a haven for hybrids — from film genres and cuisines to actor/singer/content creators — but what about an art space/boutique/newsstand mashup? Wait, didn’t newsstands go the way of the dodo? Not completely. A decades-old newsstand at 8224 Sunset Blvd. has been resurrected as the Kiosk-o-thèque by one Arman Naféei, very much a hybrid […]
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Hillary Clinton Plans Pre-Election Book Tour for New Memoir
Hillary Clinton has unveiled plans for a five-city book tour in September and October for her new memoir, coming just before the U.S. Presidential election. The former First Lady and U.S. Senator’s latest book, Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty, was announced on Tuesday and is set to premiere on Sept. […]
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Leslye Headland to Make Broadway Debut This Fall With ‘Cult of Love’
Leslye Headland, the creator of Star Wars: The Acolyte, will make her Broadway debut this fall. Her play, Cult of Love, follows four adult children returning to their childhood home with their partners for the holidays. The harmony is interrupted as old and new conflicts arise. The play, produced by Second Stage Theater, will run […]
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Party Animals: Stars and (Zebra) Stripes at Feathers Association’s London Animal Masquerade Ball
Taylor Swift may have played her second Eras Tour concert at Wembley Stadum on Saturday night, but she wasn’t the only game in town. British stars, from Keeley Hawes (Netflix’s Prince Andrew film Scoop), Yasmin Finney (Doctor Who), legendary broadcasters and newsreaders Moira Stuart and Angela Rippon, and Adrian Lester (Renegade Nell, The Sandman) to […]
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‘Normal People’ Actor Éanna Hardwicke to Narrate the Next Sally Rooney Novel (Exclusive)
The Sally Rooney cinematic universe is coming to her next book. The author will release Intermezzo, her fourth novel, on Sept. 24 and The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively announce that Normal People actor Éanna Hardwicke will narrate the audio version. “Her writing was a real gift to act, so it is a privilege to get […]
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Jenny Slate Announces Her ‘Lifeform’ National Book Tour (Exclusive)
Jenny Slate has had a prolific year. Last January, her film Marcel the Shell With Shoes On was nominated for the best animated feature film Oscar. In February, she premiered her second stand-up special Seasoned Professional on Amazon Prime and announced the forthcoming publication of her sophomore memoir Lifeform. And this fall, she’ll be taking […]
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The 25 Best Drama Schools in the World
“Tuition-free” is becoming the new buzzword, as several of the world’s top drama schools plan to adopt that policy starting this fall, including the graduate programs at Juilliard and USC. These join a number of existing free programs on The Hollywood Reporter‘s annual list of the best drama schools, as they look to expand accessibility […]
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Cole Escola’s Twisted History of Mary Todd Lincoln Hits Broadway
The off-Broadway comedic hit Oh, Mary! is moving to Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre starting June 26, and, while it’s gaining a bigger platform, Cole Escola, the show’s star and creator, wants to keep the zany hit show pretty much as is. “It’s going to be bigger, better, bolder …” Escola says, before dropping the act. “It’s going […]
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Ian McKellen Cancels Final ‘Player Kings’ Performances After Falling Off London Stage
Ian McKellen will not return for a final three Players Kings performances in London’s West End after falling off the theatrical stage on June 17. The Noel Coward Theatre in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, said David Semark would take the role of Sir John Falstaff for the last scheduled performances in London while […]
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Avett Brothers’ Musical ‘Swept Away’ Sets Broadway Opening Dates
Swept Away, a musical with a score by the Avett Brothers, will come to Broadway’s Longacre Theatre this fall. The musical, which follows four survivors of a shipwreck in 1888 trying to stay alive, including a young man and his older brother, the captain and the first mate, will start performances Oct. 29, with an opening […]
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‘The Heart of Rock and Roll’ to End Its Broadway Run
The Heart of Rock and Roll, a musical featuring a score by Huey Lewis, will abruptly end its run this Sunday. The musical includes pre-existing songs from Huey Lewis and the News but tells an original story about a factory worker having to choose between succeeding at his job at a cardboard box factory and […]
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Alicia Keys, Jay-Z Segment Pretaped at Tony Awards
While Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ performance of “Empire State of Mind” at the Tony Awards Sunday was one of the ceremony’s buzzy moments, it also sparked rumblings that their performance was pretaped. According to sources, and reporting by The New York Times, their segment, which was shown onstage via a video screen, was indeed prerecorded. […]
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What Paul Scheer Wishes He Knew About Publishing a Book
Paul Scheer would absolutely call himself a go-getter. After attending NYU, he forged his way through the New York improv scene, eventually ending up as a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade. Now decades into his comedy career, he acts, writes, hosts multiple podcasts and his own Twitch channel. So when he set out to […]
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