Netflix’s new limited series Black Rabbit has added 11 to its cast, led by stars and executive producers Jude Law and Jason Bateman. The additions include Academy Award-winning actor Troy Kotsur, Abbey Lee, Odessa Young and Robin De Jesus.
From Zach Baylin and Kate Susman, Black Rabbit follows the owner of a New York City hotspot (Law) who allows his turbulent brother (Bateman) back into his life, opening up the door to escalating dangers that threaten to bring down everything he’s built.
In addition to Law and Bateman, Cleopatra Coleman, Amaka Okafor, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Dagmara Dominczyk and Chris Coy also star.
Kotsur will play “Joe Mancuso,” a local bookie with ties to organized crime and the brothers’ past. Lee will play “Anna,” a formidable NYC bartender. Young will play “Gen,” an...
From Zach Baylin and Kate Susman, Black Rabbit follows the owner of a New York City hotspot (Law) who allows his turbulent brother (Bateman) back into his life, opening up the door to escalating dangers that threaten to bring down everything he’s built.
In addition to Law and Bateman, Cleopatra Coleman, Amaka Okafor, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Dagmara Dominczyk and Chris Coy also star.
Kotsur will play “Joe Mancuso,” a local bookie with ties to organized crime and the brothers’ past. Lee will play “Anna,” a formidable NYC bartender. Young will play “Gen,” an...
- 4/30/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch will be joined by Úrsula Corberó, known for her role as Tokyo in Netflix hit Money Heist, Charles Dance (Game of Thrones, The Crown) and Richard Dormer (Fortitude, Game of Thrones) in the upcoming TV adaptation of The Day of the Jackal for Sky and Peacock.
Corberó will play Nuria, “someone at the heart of The Jackal’s personal life, entirely unaware of who he truly is,” while Dance will feature as Timothy Winthrop, and Dormer will play a character called Norman.
Also joining the cast are Chukwudi Iwuji (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Split) as Osita Halcrow, Lia Williams (The Capture, The Crown) as Isabel Kirby, Khalid Abdalla (The Crown, The Kite Runner) as Ulle Dag Charles, Eleanor Matsuura (The Walking Dead, I Used To Be Famous) as Zina Jansone, Jonjo O’Neill (Andor, Bad Sisters) as Edward Carver, and Sule Rimi (Classified, Andor) as Paul Pullman.
Corberó will play Nuria, “someone at the heart of The Jackal’s personal life, entirely unaware of who he truly is,” while Dance will feature as Timothy Winthrop, and Dormer will play a character called Norman.
Also joining the cast are Chukwudi Iwuji (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Split) as Osita Halcrow, Lia Williams (The Capture, The Crown) as Isabel Kirby, Khalid Abdalla (The Crown, The Kite Runner) as Ulle Dag Charles, Eleanor Matsuura (The Walking Dead, I Used To Be Famous) as Zina Jansone, Jonjo O’Neill (Andor, Bad Sisters) as Edward Carver, and Sule Rimi (Classified, Andor) as Paul Pullman.
- 2/23/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Money Heist” star Úrsula Corberó is set to join Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch in Sky and Peacock’s reimagining of “The Day of the Jackal,” Variety has learned.
In the series, which will drop later this year, “Cabaret” actor Redmayne will play elusive assassin The Jackal while “No Time to Die” star Lynch takes on the role of tenacious MI6 agent Bianca, who goes on a relentless global pursuit to catch him.
Corberó joins as Nuria, a woman who is familiar with The Jackal in his personal life but has no idea of who he truly is.
Joining her are Charles Dance (”Game of Thrones”) as Timothy Winthrop, Richard Dormer (“Blue Lights”) as Norman and Chukwudi Iwuji (“Guardians of the Galaxy 3”) as Osita Halcrow.
Lia Williams (“The Crown”) as Isabel Kirby rounds out the cast alongside Khalid Abdalla (“The Kite Runner”) as Ulle Dag Charles, Eleanor Matsuura (“The Walking Dead”) as Zina Jansone,...
In the series, which will drop later this year, “Cabaret” actor Redmayne will play elusive assassin The Jackal while “No Time to Die” star Lynch takes on the role of tenacious MI6 agent Bianca, who goes on a relentless global pursuit to catch him.
Corberó joins as Nuria, a woman who is familiar with The Jackal in his personal life but has no idea of who he truly is.
Joining her are Charles Dance (”Game of Thrones”) as Timothy Winthrop, Richard Dormer (“Blue Lights”) as Norman and Chukwudi Iwuji (“Guardians of the Galaxy 3”) as Osita Halcrow.
Lia Williams (“The Crown”) as Isabel Kirby rounds out the cast alongside Khalid Abdalla (“The Kite Runner”) as Ulle Dag Charles, Eleanor Matsuura (“The Walking Dead”) as Zina Jansone,...
- 2/23/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Oklahoma’s State Superintendent Ryan Walters has already made headlines for sending context-free porn to his fellow lawmakers. He’s now accusing one of the school districts under his jurisdiction of supporting the exposure of children to what he describes as “pornography” in schools. What horrendous, degenerate, pornographic display of hedonism is Walters’ administration accusing teachers of hiding in libraries? Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, and Jeannette Walls’s memoir The Glass Castle.
Yesterday, Edmond Public Schools petitioned the state Supreme Court to rule on a threat from the Oklahoma Department of Education,...
Yesterday, Edmond Public Schools petitioned the state Supreme Court to rule on a threat from the Oklahoma Department of Education,...
- 2/21/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
When tackling the final season of the popular royal drama ‘The Crown’, creator Peter Morgan took extra care to handle certain stories, mainly, Princess Diana‘s tragic death. After previously revealing that the show would not be showing the car crash that killed the princess, Peteropened up more about Season 6 of the show and its handling of the late royal’s passing, saying that it was never his intention to explore how Princess Diana died or the conspiracies surrounding her death, reports Variety.
“This was never going to be a story about how did she die? The police inquiry sorted all that out. We were never interested in that. It was always about, what was the impact on the family before and after her death? What was the truth of the nature of her relationship with Dodi Fayed?” said Peter.
Elizabeth Debicki, who returns for a second season to portray the late princess,...
“This was never going to be a story about how did she die? The police inquiry sorted all that out. We were never interested in that. It was always about, what was the impact on the family before and after her death? What was the truth of the nature of her relationship with Dodi Fayed?” said Peter.
Elizabeth Debicki, who returns for a second season to portray the late princess,...
- 11/14/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
When tackling the final season of the popular royal drama ‘The Crown’, creator Peter Morgan took extra care to handle certain stories, mainly, Princess Diana‘s tragic death. After previously revealing that the show would not be showing the car crash that killed the princess, Peteropened up more about Season 6 of the show and its handling of the late royal’s passing, saying that it was never his intention to explore how Princess Diana died or the conspiracies surrounding her death, reports Variety.
“This was never going to be a story about how did she die? The police inquiry sorted all that out. We were never interested in that. It was always about, what was the impact on the family before and after her death? What was the truth of the nature of her relationship with Dodi Fayed?” said Peter.
Elizabeth Debicki, who returns for a second season to portray the late princess,...
“This was never going to be a story about how did she die? The police inquiry sorted all that out. We were never interested in that. It was always about, what was the impact on the family before and after her death? What was the truth of the nature of her relationship with Dodi Fayed?” said Peter.
Elizabeth Debicki, who returns for a second season to portray the late princess,...
- 11/14/2023
- by Agency News Desk
When tackling the final season of Netflix’s popular royal drama, creator Peter Morgan took extra care to handle certain stories — namely, Princess Diana’s tragic death — with a sensitive touch.
After previously revealing to Variety in his Oct. 25 cover story that the show would not be showing the disastrous car crash that ultimately killed the princess, Morgan opened up more about Season 6 of the show and its handling of the late royal’s passing, telling Variety at Sunday night’s premiere that it was never his intention to explore how Princess Diana died or the conspiracies surrounding her death.
“This was never going to be a story about how did she die? The police inquiry sorted all that out. We were never interested in that. It was always about, what was the impact on the family before and after her death? What was the truth of the nature of her relationship with Dodi Fayed?...
After previously revealing to Variety in his Oct. 25 cover story that the show would not be showing the disastrous car crash that ultimately killed the princess, Morgan opened up more about Season 6 of the show and its handling of the late royal’s passing, telling Variety at Sunday night’s premiere that it was never his intention to explore how Princess Diana died or the conspiracies surrounding her death.
“This was never going to be a story about how did she die? The police inquiry sorted all that out. We were never interested in that. It was always about, what was the impact on the family before and after her death? What was the truth of the nature of her relationship with Dodi Fayed?...
- 11/13/2023
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Kicking October to the curb and bringing in some November goodness is a fresh slate of new content headed to Paramount Global’s streamer Paramount+, including the sequel to the hit 1997 film “Good Burger.”
Paramount+ started off November by adding more than 30 titles to its library, some of which include “Above the Rim,” Season 15 of “Ink Master,” “Gladiator” and “The Color Purple.”
And if you’re looking for some holiday movies to watch with the family, you can deck the halls with “Happy Christmas,” “Mistletoe Ranch” or “Christmas Eve.” When the kids go to sleep, adult-friendly treats like “Bad Santa” and “Bad Santa 2” are also available.
The highly-anticipated “Good Burger 2,” which stars Kel Mitchell, Keenan Thompson, Shar Jackson, Carmen Electra, Josh Server, Alex R. Hibbert, Lori Beth Denberg and Lil Rel Howery, hits the platform on Nov. 22
Here’s everything coming to Paramount+ this November, from “The Truman Show” to “Paw Patrol.
Paramount+ started off November by adding more than 30 titles to its library, some of which include “Above the Rim,” Season 15 of “Ink Master,” “Gladiator” and “The Color Purple.”
And if you’re looking for some holiday movies to watch with the family, you can deck the halls with “Happy Christmas,” “Mistletoe Ranch” or “Christmas Eve.” When the kids go to sleep, adult-friendly treats like “Bad Santa” and “Bad Santa 2” are also available.
The highly-anticipated “Good Burger 2,” which stars Kel Mitchell, Keenan Thompson, Shar Jackson, Carmen Electra, Josh Server, Alex R. Hibbert, Lori Beth Denberg and Lil Rel Howery, hits the platform on Nov. 22
Here’s everything coming to Paramount+ this November, from “The Truman Show” to “Paw Patrol.
- 11/3/2023
- by Raquel 'Rocky' Harris
- The Wrap
U.S. producer E. Bennett Walsh, who has made films including Mortal Kombat, Meg 2: The Trench and The Kite Runner across the Apac region, says he’s got his eye on Japan and Korea as the next hot destinations for footloose Hollywood productions.
“I think the opportunity in Asia is in Korea and Japan,” said Walsh. “Tokyo Vice recently had a great experience in Japan and there are more opportunities for productions like that. Some pieces of the Marvel movies have filmed in Korea, but that was just scratching the surface.”
Japan recently introduced an official production incentive to fund up to one half of the qualifying Japanese spend of international productions, while Korea has been operating incentives for several years. In addition, Japan’s largest studio Toho recently formed a joint venture production services outfit with established Japan-based producer Georgina Pope.
“The opportunities in Japan...
“I think the opportunity in Asia is in Korea and Japan,” said Walsh. “Tokyo Vice recently had a great experience in Japan and there are more opportunities for productions like that. Some pieces of the Marvel movies have filmed in Korea, but that was just scratching the surface.”
Japan recently introduced an official production incentive to fund up to one half of the qualifying Japanese spend of international productions, while Korea has been operating incentives for several years. In addition, Japan’s largest studio Toho recently formed a joint venture production services outfit with established Japan-based producer Georgina Pope.
“The opportunities in Japan...
- 10/9/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Zhang Xin, the renowned Chinese entrepreneur who used her love of architecture and brilliant business acumen to reshape Beijing and Shanghai’s skyline, has turned her attention to a new challenge: film producer. In September 2022, the billionaire businesswoman — who spent her teenage years working in Hong Kong garment and electronics factories — resigned as CEO of Soho China, one of the world’s preeminent real estate companies she built with her husband, and took up permanent residence in New York City.
Zhang will celebrate the one-year anniversary of leaving Soho at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival, where the Manhattan-based Closer Media, the startup indie production and financing venture she runs with veteran indie producer William Horberg, has no fewer than three films screening. Horberg’s numerous credits include The Queen’s Gambit and The Kite Runner.
Their Toronto lineup includes the Tony Goldwyn-directed Ezra, a dramedy about an autistic 11-year-old who embarks...
Zhang will celebrate the one-year anniversary of leaving Soho at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival, where the Manhattan-based Closer Media, the startup indie production and financing venture she runs with veteran indie producer William Horberg, has no fewer than three films screening. Horberg’s numerous credits include The Queen’s Gambit and The Kite Runner.
Their Toronto lineup includes the Tony Goldwyn-directed Ezra, a dramedy about an autistic 11-year-old who embarks...
- 9/9/2023
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Books are being pulled from the library shelves of an Iowa school district following new legislation from Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, which purports to protect children from obscene material, The Gazette reports.
The new legislation, Senate File 496, prohibits “instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts, charter schools and innovation zone schools in kindergarten through grade six.” It requires that every book available to students be “age appropriate” and free of any “descriptions or visual depictions of a sex act.”
The district used Artificial Intelligence to make...
The new legislation, Senate File 496, prohibits “instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts, charter schools and innovation zone schools in kindergarten through grade six.” It requires that every book available to students be “age appropriate” and free of any “descriptions or visual depictions of a sex act.”
The district used Artificial Intelligence to make...
- 8/14/2023
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Marc Forster has frequently demonstrated an ability to tastefully moderate the more manipulative or saccharine aspects of popular but somewhat blunt-edged source material, in bestseller screen translations like “The Kite Runner” and “A Man Called Otto.” That knack comes in handy once more with “White Bird,” a graceful adaptation of a YA graphic novel by R.J. Palacio. A “Wonder story” tangentially related to 2012’s “Wonder,” it may get some boost from the connection to that book’s successful 2017 film version with Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson.
This less-starry affair (with brightest luminary Helen Mirren relegated to a glorified cameo) is a period piece mixing the Holocaust and teen romance, likely to appeal to a somewhat narrower audience — albeit one that will broaden in home formats. Though one can quibble over some of the more simplistic story elements here, the director’s astute craftsmanship delivers a handsome result that hits the...
This less-starry affair (with brightest luminary Helen Mirren relegated to a glorified cameo) is a period piece mixing the Holocaust and teen romance, likely to appeal to a somewhat narrower audience — albeit one that will broaden in home formats. Though one can quibble over some of the more simplistic story elements here, the director’s astute craftsmanship delivers a handsome result that hits the...
- 8/4/2023
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
New location? No script? No rehearsal? No sweat.
Welcome to the 2023 Tony Awards, a show with an extra jolt of electricity this time due to the Hollywood writers’ strike.
Unpredictability has been inserted into what is usually an upbeat, safe and chummy night. The strike has left Broadway’s biggest night without a script, in a new venue far from the theatre district.
A 1 1/2-hour pre-show on Pluto TV from 6:30-8 p.m. Eastern, hosted by Julianne Hough and Skylar Astin, will then throw to the three-hour main event led by Ariana DeBose on CBS and Paramount+ starting at 8 p.m. Eastern.
A total of 26 Tony Awards will be handed out Sunday for a season that had 40 new productions — 15 musicals, 24 plays and one special engagement during the first post-pandemic full season.
Read More: Striking Hollywood Writers Vow Not To Picket Tony Awards, Opening The Door To Some Kind Of...
Welcome to the 2023 Tony Awards, a show with an extra jolt of electricity this time due to the Hollywood writers’ strike.
Unpredictability has been inserted into what is usually an upbeat, safe and chummy night. The strike has left Broadway’s biggest night without a script, in a new venue far from the theatre district.
A 1 1/2-hour pre-show on Pluto TV from 6:30-8 p.m. Eastern, hosted by Julianne Hough and Skylar Astin, will then throw to the three-hour main event led by Ariana DeBose on CBS and Paramount+ starting at 8 p.m. Eastern.
A total of 26 Tony Awards will be handed out Sunday for a season that had 40 new productions — 15 musicals, 24 plays and one special engagement during the first post-pandemic full season.
Read More: Striking Hollywood Writers Vow Not To Picket Tony Awards, Opening The Door To Some Kind Of...
- 6/11/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Blink49 Studios has partnered with Khaled Hosseini’s literary agency Transatlantic, its second major deal with a management company of the past year.
Under the pact, Blink49 will be handed access to Transatlantic’s author and IP roster to produce original projects, while being given a first-look on international distribution rights to projects that come out of the joint venture alongside Blink49 investor Fifth Season.
Transatlantic represents the likes of The Kite Runner scribe Hosseini along with Iain Reid, Marissa Stapley, Naben Ruthnum, Katherena Vermette, Amy Stuart, Mg Vassanji, Karma Brown, Jesse Thistle, Zoe Whittall, Samra Habib and Catherine Hernandez. Run by Samantha Haywood, it reps more than 800 clients and has offices across the U.S.
Blink49 said the Transatlantic deal is a “first of its kind in Canada.”
“Transatlantic represents some of the best-selling authors and storytellers working in Canada, the U.S. and internationally,” said Blink49 CEO John Morayniss.
Under the pact, Blink49 will be handed access to Transatlantic’s author and IP roster to produce original projects, while being given a first-look on international distribution rights to projects that come out of the joint venture alongside Blink49 investor Fifth Season.
Transatlantic represents the likes of The Kite Runner scribe Hosseini along with Iain Reid, Marissa Stapley, Naben Ruthnum, Katherena Vermette, Amy Stuart, Mg Vassanji, Karma Brown, Jesse Thistle, Zoe Whittall, Samra Habib and Catherine Hernandez. Run by Samantha Haywood, it reps more than 800 clients and has offices across the U.S.
Blink49 said the Transatlantic deal is a “first of its kind in Canada.”
“Transatlantic represents some of the best-selling authors and storytellers working in Canada, the U.S. and internationally,” said Blink49 CEO John Morayniss.
- 6/8/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Publishing giant Penguin Random House, free expression organization Pen America and the authors of books banned by Florida’s Escambia County School District have filed a federal lawsuit in hopes of bringing the books back to school library shelves.
Parents of students impacted by the “unconstitutional” book ban are also the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which states that Escambia County School District has restricted and removed access to books that discuss race, racism, and LGBTQ identities.
“Ensuring that students have access to books on a wide range of topics and...
Parents of students impacted by the “unconstitutional” book ban are also the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which states that Escambia County School District has restricted and removed access to books that discuss race, racism, and LGBTQ identities.
“Ensuring that students have access to books on a wide range of topics and...
- 5/17/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
For the first time in the 76-year history of the Tony Awards, three Pulitzer Prize-winning original dramas have been nominated in the Best Play category in the same year. Only five of the 17 new plays from the 2022-2023 season made the cut in the extraordinarily competitive race, and three of the five had previously received the prestigious honor of the Pulitzer: James Ijames’ “Fat Ham,” Stephen Adly Guirgis’ “Between Riverside and Crazy,” and Martyna Majok’s “Cost of Living.”
This historic result was not a guarantee. Indeed, according to our final official odds, only two of the plays were anticipated to break through: “Fat Ham,” which ultimately nabbed five nominations, and “Between Riverside and Crazy,” which landed two. “Cost of Living,” which closed back in November, was ranked seventh, but its odds were bolstered by three of our Editors and two of our Experts correctly predicting it to break through.
This historic result was not a guarantee. Indeed, according to our final official odds, only two of the plays were anticipated to break through: “Fat Ham,” which ultimately nabbed five nominations, and “Between Riverside and Crazy,” which landed two. “Cost of Living,” which closed back in November, was ranked seventh, but its odds were bolstered by three of our Editors and two of our Experts correctly predicting it to break through.
- 5/5/2023
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
The 2023 Tony Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday, May 2. Out of all the nominees spread across the 26 categories, a number of them stand out as particularly noteworthy. Read my 31 fascinating facts, stats and trivia for this year’s contenders below.
See 2023 Tony Awards nominations: Full List
1. The following shows only received one Tony nomination: “Almost Famous,” “Ohio State Murders,” and “Summer, 1976.”
2. The following Broadway productions from this past season were completely snubbed: “1776,” “Bad Cinderella,” “A Beautiful Noise,” “Bob Fosse’s Dancin’,” “The Collaboration,” “The Kite Runner,” “Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool,” “Peter Pan Goes Wrong,” “Pictures From Home,” “The Thanksgiving Play,” and “Walking with Ghosts.”
3. Two of this year’s nominees for Best Revival of a Musical (“Into the Woods” and “Parade”) are transfers from successful runs at New York City Center.
4. Some noteworthy names who happen to be nominated for producing at least one Broadway...
See 2023 Tony Awards nominations: Full List
1. The following shows only received one Tony nomination: “Almost Famous,” “Ohio State Murders,” and “Summer, 1976.”
2. The following Broadway productions from this past season were completely snubbed: “1776,” “Bad Cinderella,” “A Beautiful Noise,” “Bob Fosse’s Dancin’,” “The Collaboration,” “The Kite Runner,” “Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool,” “Peter Pan Goes Wrong,” “Pictures From Home,” “The Thanksgiving Play,” and “Walking with Ghosts.”
3. Two of this year’s nominees for Best Revival of a Musical (“Into the Woods” and “Parade”) are transfers from successful runs at New York City Center.
4. Some noteworthy names who happen to be nominated for producing at least one Broadway...
- 5/2/2023
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
With 38 productions eligible for this year’s Tony Awards, there were plenty of names missing when nominations were announced on Tuesday morning. Among the most surprising 2023 Tony nominations snubs was “Life of Pi” for Best Play. The production earned nine Olivier Award nominations across the pond, winning Best New Play, Actor (Hiran Abeysekera), Featured Actor, Lighting Design and Set Design. But at the Tonys, it missed out on a Best Play bid and didn’t score a nomination for Abeysekera. The production did perform well in the design categories, though, earning five nominations including for director Max Webster.
See the complete list of 2023 Tony Awards nominees
A duo of play revivals also underperformed. The latest production of Arthur Miller‘s “Death of a Salesman” did earn a significant nomination for Best Actor for Wendell Pierce, but it missed out on major bids for Best Revival of a Play, Featured Actress...
See the complete list of 2023 Tony Awards nominees
A duo of play revivals also underperformed. The latest production of Arthur Miller‘s “Death of a Salesman” did earn a significant nomination for Best Actor for Wendell Pierce, but it missed out on major bids for Best Revival of a Play, Featured Actress...
- 5/2/2023
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
With the announcement of the Tony Awards nominations on May 2, we now know the shows and performers in contention for the 76th annual ceremony. The 40 members of the Tony nominating committee recognized 27 of the 38 eligible productions across 26 competitive categories.
A new stage adaptation of the 1959 film “Some Like It Hot” leads all productions with 13 nominations. That tally includes a nomination for the top honor of Best Musical and four bids for its performers, Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee, Kevin Del Aguila, and NaTasha Yvette Williams. Three other new musicals are tied for second place with nine nominations: “& Juliet,” “New York, New York,” and “Shucked,” all earning Best Musical bids. Of the six eligible Musical Revivals, the late Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” leads with eight, including Best Revival and three acting nominations for Annaleigh Ashford, Josh Groban, and Ruthie Ann Miles, who are all...
A new stage adaptation of the 1959 film “Some Like It Hot” leads all productions with 13 nominations. That tally includes a nomination for the top honor of Best Musical and four bids for its performers, Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee, Kevin Del Aguila, and NaTasha Yvette Williams. Three other new musicals are tied for second place with nine nominations: “& Juliet,” “New York, New York,” and “Shucked,” all earning Best Musical bids. Of the six eligible Musical Revivals, the late Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” leads with eight, including Best Revival and three acting nominations for Annaleigh Ashford, Josh Groban, and Ruthie Ann Miles, who are all...
- 5/2/2023
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Theatre fans around the world will be glued to their TVs, phones, and computers on Tuesday, May 2 as the 2023 Tony Award nominations will be revealed. stage and screen star Lea Michele, currently starring as Fanny Brice in Broadway’s “Funny Girl,” and last year’s winner of the Best Actor in a Musical Tony, “Mj” star Myles Frost will unveil this year’s noms. A handful of the nominees will be announced on CBS while all of the awards will be streamed on YouTube. You can check them out with a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream.
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“CBS Mornings” will air the announcements for some of the bigger categories.
- 5/2/2023
- by Matt Tamanini
- The Streamable
The 2022-2023 Broadway season that began way back last July with the opening of “The Kite Runner” featured a whopping 38 productions of new musicals, plays, and revivals. The incredibly impressive and competitive field makes predicting the nominations for the upcoming 76th annual Tony Awards difficult, so check out our racetrack odds below for the top 17 of 26 categories. The nominees will be announced tomorrow morning, May 2, and the ceremony will occur on June 11.
These official odds are derived from 2023 Tony predictions by our Experts, who cover theatre year-round, our in-house team of Editors, our Top 24 and All-Star Top 24 Users, and all of our Users who make up the largest (and often most savvy) bloc of predictors.
Below, see our 2023 Tony Awards predictions in 17 of the 26 categories. Make or edit your own predictions before the nominations are unveiled tomorrow morning.
Musicals
Best Musical
Kimberly Akimbo — 82/25
Some Like it Hot — 39/10
& Juliet — 9/2
Shucked — 9/2
New York,...
These official odds are derived from 2023 Tony predictions by our Experts, who cover theatre year-round, our in-house team of Editors, our Top 24 and All-Star Top 24 Users, and all of our Users who make up the largest (and often most savvy) bloc of predictors.
Below, see our 2023 Tony Awards predictions in 17 of the 26 categories. Make or edit your own predictions before the nominations are unveiled tomorrow morning.
Musicals
Best Musical
Kimberly Akimbo — 82/25
Some Like it Hot — 39/10
& Juliet — 9/2
Shucked — 9/2
New York,...
- 5/1/2023
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
The Tony Awards contest for the top honor of Best Play is the most crowded it has been in at least a decade. A whopping 17 new dramatic works will vie for only five slots that recognize the most stellar productions and playwrights on Broadway. This season, the plays in contention hail from renowned dramatists like Tony winners Tom Stoppard for “Leopoldstadt” and David Auburn for “Summer, 1976,” and past nominee Sharr White for “Pictures From Home.” Notably, there are also three winners of the Pulitzer Prize eligible this season: James Ijames’ “Fat Ham,” Stephen Adly Guirgis’ “Between Riverside and Crazy,” and Martyna Majok’s “Cost of Living.” If all three of these works land nominations, the Tonys will set a record for the most Pulitzer winners nominated for Best Play in one year in history.
According to our current combined odds, it is very possible that history will indeed be made this year.
According to our current combined odds, it is very possible that history will indeed be made this year.
- 3/28/2023
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Marking the World Theatre Day on 27th March this year, Aadyam Theatre has launched – Unscripted, produced by Ideabrew Productions. It is the first-ever podcast in the country that will delve into the lives of theatre artists onstage as well as offstage through candid conversations with them.
The podcast features writer-director Akarsh Khurana as the host, whose limitless talent has deeply impacted the entertainment industry. While he has gained recognition in the Ott space for web series like Tvf Tripling and Mismatched, alongside the big screen for Karwaan, Khurana has also directed and produced numerous plays through his theatre group Akvarious Productions. This includes The Verdict, an adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, Dekh Behen and many more.
With Khurana as host, Unscripted promises a free-flowing and no holds barred conversation between him and actors, directors, writers and other diverse theatre professionals, raising the curtain on the world of theatre like never before.
The podcast features writer-director Akarsh Khurana as the host, whose limitless talent has deeply impacted the entertainment industry. While he has gained recognition in the Ott space for web series like Tvf Tripling and Mismatched, alongside the big screen for Karwaan, Khurana has also directed and produced numerous plays through his theatre group Akvarious Productions. This includes The Verdict, an adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, Dekh Behen and many more.
With Khurana as host, Unscripted promises a free-flowing and no holds barred conversation between him and actors, directors, writers and other diverse theatre professionals, raising the curtain on the world of theatre like never before.
- 3/27/2023
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Friends, Romans, theater lovers, lend me your ears! The 2023 Tony Awards nominations prediction center is now open, with 23 plays competing for Broadway’s top honors. Be sure to log your early predictions now to see if you can pick which dramas will win over the Tony voters.
Best Play is always a crowded field thanks to a slew of limited engagements that pepper the Broadway calendar, and this season is no different. 18 new works will attempt to be singled out as one of the five nominees.
“Leopoldstat” opened in October to a rapturous response from critics and audiences. It’s the latest drama from Tom Stoppard, who has won this category more than any other playwright. Featuring a vast ensemble cast which includes David Krumholtz, Brandon Uranowitz, and Faye Castelow, the gut wrenching story follows a Jewish family over multiple generations. It’s one of the rare straight plays that...
Best Play is always a crowded field thanks to a slew of limited engagements that pepper the Broadway calendar, and this season is no different. 18 new works will attempt to be singled out as one of the five nominees.
“Leopoldstat” opened in October to a rapturous response from critics and audiences. It’s the latest drama from Tom Stoppard, who has won this category more than any other playwright. Featuring a vast ensemble cast which includes David Krumholtz, Brandon Uranowitz, and Faye Castelow, the gut wrenching story follows a Jewish family over multiple generations. It’s one of the rare straight plays that...
- 3/4/2023
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Leading boutique firm, the Daniel Hoff Agency, is celebrating an impressive 30-year track record in entertainment via an expansion into Atlanta with a new office to be led by senior agents Renee Banks and Marta Parrillo.
Banks and Parrillo are both longtime veterans of the Daniel Hoff Agency who had previously been based in Los Angeles. The agency, with an established presence in both L.A. and New York, now looks to capitalize on the burgeoning hotbed of production in the South, with local agents to bring the personal touch that has been key to the firm’s growth over the decades.
Daniel Hoff Agency founder, Daniel Hoff, told Deadline: “Ten years ago, we seized the opportunity to open a Manhattan office with Dave Secor leading the charge, and in 2020, we expanded that New York presence as we brought on power Broadway and musical theater agents Dustin Flores and Marc Anthony Ferre.
Banks and Parrillo are both longtime veterans of the Daniel Hoff Agency who had previously been based in Los Angeles. The agency, with an established presence in both L.A. and New York, now looks to capitalize on the burgeoning hotbed of production in the South, with local agents to bring the personal touch that has been key to the firm’s growth over the decades.
Daniel Hoff Agency founder, Daniel Hoff, told Deadline: “Ten years ago, we seized the opportunity to open a Manhattan office with Dave Secor leading the charge, and in 2020, we expanded that New York presence as we brought on power Broadway and musical theater agents Dustin Flores and Marc Anthony Ferre.
- 2/3/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the first time during the 2022-2023 Broadway season on January 31 to discuss eligibility of 20 productions for the 76th Annual Tony Awards in 2023. The productions discussed were: “The Kite Runner,” “Into the Woods,” “Leopoldstadt,” “Cost of Living,” “1776,” “Death of a Salesman,” “The Piano Lesson,” “Topdog/Underdog,” “Walking With Ghosts,” “Almost Famous,” “Kimberly Akimbo,” “Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and The Pool,” “& Juliet,” “A Christmas Carol,” “Kpop,” “Ain’t No Mo’,” “A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical,” “Ohio State Murders,” “Some Like it Hot,” and “The Collaboration.”
See 2023 Tony Awards: Get your MetroCard ready, new venue is 6 miles from Broadway
The following determinations were made:
Gavin Creel, Joshua Henry and Phillipa Soo will be considered eligible in the Featured Actor/Actress in a Musical categories for their respective performances in “Into the Woods.”
Amir Arison will be considered eligible in the Lead Actor...
See 2023 Tony Awards: Get your MetroCard ready, new venue is 6 miles from Broadway
The following determinations were made:
Gavin Creel, Joshua Henry and Phillipa Soo will be considered eligible in the Featured Actor/Actress in a Musical categories for their respective performances in “Into the Woods.”
Amir Arison will be considered eligible in the Lead Actor...
- 2/1/2023
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced its first round of eligibility rulings for this Broadway season, determining some of the trickier potential nominees and their respective categories.
Both co-stars of The Collaboration – Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope – will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play, rather than split up into leading and featured slots. Ohio State Murders, written by Adrienne Kennedy in 1991 and performed regionally but never on Broadway until this season, will be considered a revival in keeping with similar rulings in recent years about Broadway debuts of older shows such as The Boys in The Band.
Perhaps among the more surprising rulings is for Sharon D Clarke, who played Linda Loman opposite Wendell Pierce’s Willy Loman in Miranda Cromwell’s Death of a Salesman revival. Clarke will be eligible as a Featured Actress rather than Leading.
Both co-stars of The Collaboration – Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope – will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play, rather than split up into leading and featured slots. Ohio State Murders, written by Adrienne Kennedy in 1991 and performed regionally but never on Broadway until this season, will be considered a revival in keeping with similar rulings in recent years about Broadway debuts of older shows such as The Boys in The Band.
Perhaps among the more surprising rulings is for Sharon D Clarke, who played Linda Loman opposite Wendell Pierce’s Willy Loman in Miranda Cromwell’s Death of a Salesman revival. Clarke will be eligible as a Featured Actress rather than Leading.
- 2/1/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
James Norton has been set to lead the West End stage adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s bestselling novel A Little Life. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2015, the emotional story follows four college friends in New York City. Ivo van Hove is directing the 12-week run at the Harold Pinter Theatre which begins on March 25.
Also starring are Bridgerton’s Luke Thompson, Omari Douglas (It’s A Sin), Zach Wyatt (The Witcher), Elliot Cowan (The Crown), Zubin Varla (Tammy Faye), Nathalie Armin (Force Majeure) and Emilio Doorgasingh (The Kite Runner).
London, England – October 12: Hanya Yanagihara author of A Little Life, at a Photocall for the Man Booker Prize 2015 Shortlisted Authors, at the Royal Festival Hall on October 12, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)
The quartet of friends is made up of aspiring actor Willem (Thompson), successful architect Malcolm (Wyatt), struggling artist Jb (Douglas) and...
Also starring are Bridgerton’s Luke Thompson, Omari Douglas (It’s A Sin), Zach Wyatt (The Witcher), Elliot Cowan (The Crown), Zubin Varla (Tammy Faye), Nathalie Armin (Force Majeure) and Emilio Doorgasingh (The Kite Runner).
London, England – October 12: Hanya Yanagihara author of A Little Life, at a Photocall for the Man Booker Prize 2015 Shortlisted Authors, at the Royal Festival Hall on October 12, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)
The quartet of friends is made up of aspiring actor Willem (Thompson), successful architect Malcolm (Wyatt), struggling artist Jb (Douglas) and...
- 11/23/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Saïd Taghmaoui (Wonder Woman) will appear alongside Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Monaghan in the action-comedy The Family Plan from Apple Original Films and Skydance.
The film written by David Coggeshall (Prey) tells the story of a suburban dad who must take his family on the run when his past catches up to him. Simon Cellan Jones (Arthur the King) is directing, with Municipal Pictures’ Stephen Levinson and Wahlberg producing alongside Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger.
Taghmaoui recently wrapped Brad Furman’s action-thriller Tin Soldier opposite Jamie Foxx, Robert De Niro and Scott Eastwood, most recently appearing opposite Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain in Vertical Entertainment and Roadside Attractions’ drama The Forgiven. Past credits for the actor on the film side include both Wonder Woman titles with Gal Gadot, as well as John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, American Hustle, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and The Kite Runner.
The film written by David Coggeshall (Prey) tells the story of a suburban dad who must take his family on the run when his past catches up to him. Simon Cellan Jones (Arthur the King) is directing, with Municipal Pictures’ Stephen Levinson and Wahlberg producing alongside Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger.
Taghmaoui recently wrapped Brad Furman’s action-thriller Tin Soldier opposite Jamie Foxx, Robert De Niro and Scott Eastwood, most recently appearing opposite Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain in Vertical Entertainment and Roadside Attractions’ drama The Forgiven. Past credits for the actor on the film side include both Wonder Woman titles with Gal Gadot, as well as John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, American Hustle, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and The Kite Runner.
- 10/31/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Waves Goodbye To Broadway With Sell-Out Week; Broadway’s 24 Productions Gross 25M
A slate of four new productions and renewed interest in a couple of old ones pushed Broadway box office up by 20 last week, with total receipts for the 24 shows reaching 24,954,517 and attendance climbing 14 to 201,321 for the week ending September 18.
Among the newcomers: Death of a Salesman, 1776, Cost of Living and Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt. Waving goodbye was Dear Evan Hansen and announcing its upcoming departure was The Phantom of the Opera.
First, Hansen. The musical closed September 18, selling out for its final week and grossing a big 1,251,593. A run that began November 14, 2016, ended after having played 1,678 performances. It won the Tony for Best Musical.
And while it was too soon to see much of the Phantom hubbub on the week’s chart — the musical announced its February 18 closing on Friday, bringing an imminent end to 35 years of music of the night — the production saw a noticeable uptick in receipts: 964,172, up 96,175 from the previous week.
Among the newcomers: Death of a Salesman, 1776, Cost of Living and Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt. Waving goodbye was Dear Evan Hansen and announcing its upcoming departure was The Phantom of the Opera.
First, Hansen. The musical closed September 18, selling out for its final week and grossing a big 1,251,593. A run that began November 14, 2016, ended after having played 1,678 performances. It won the Tony for Best Musical.
And while it was too soon to see much of the Phantom hubbub on the week’s chart — the musical announced its February 18 closing on Friday, bringing an imminent end to 35 years of music of the night — the production saw a noticeable uptick in receipts: 964,172, up 96,175 from the previous week.
- 9/20/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Even with a Covid-shortened performance schedule, Lea Michele’s star turn in Funny Girl was serious business last week, with box office for the musical revival more than doubling from the previous week.
For the week ending September 11 — Michele’s first week as Fanny Brice — Funny Girl grossed 1,639,212, a dramatic upturn from the previous week’s 659,874 and a significant improvement over even the 1.3 million high averages of original star Beanie Feldstein’s early weeks last spring.
‘Funny Girl’: Lea Michele Gets Four Standing Ovations – By Intermission; Jonathan Groff, Ryan Murphy Among The Gleeful Crowd
Next week’s grosses report should provide yet another facet to Michele’s box office impact: She’s out of the production this week due to a positive Covid test. Deadline hears there were a significant number of ticket exchange requests last weekend.
Still, even with Michele’s curtailed performance schedule, Funny Girl filled 96 of its seats for the week, compared to the 70-80ish percentages of recent weeks.
In fact, Funny Girl was one of few Broadway shows that didn’t take a big, post-Labor Day Holiday hit last week. Total grosses for the 19 shows on the boards totaled 20,638,554, a 19 drop from the previous tourist-heavy week. The drop in receipts also reflects a slightly slimmer roster: 19 shows compared with the previous week’s 21 – and one of the missing was the mega-bucks earner The Music Man, on a scheduled hiatus while star Hugh Jackman makes the film festival rounds with Florian Zeller’s The Son. (The other now-gone show was Billy Crystal’s Mr. Saturday Night.)
Producers for The Music Man announced today that the show will close this January 1 with Jackman’s departure.
Other shows that did well last week were a couple of about-to-close productions: Come From Away, which closes October 2, filled 99 of its seats for a 781,173 take, while Dear Evan Hansen, closing September 18, was a sellout, grossing 1,050,167.
Other top earners in the 1M+ range were Aladdin, Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Mj, Moulin Rouge, Six, The Lion King and Wicked. Into the Woods, now with a stellar replacement cast, grossed 1,044,801, a noticeable drop from the previous week’s 1.8M.
Coming weeks will see significant activity on the roster: September alone will see previews begin for Cost of Living, Leopoldstadt, 1776, Death of a Salesman, The Piano Lesson and Topdog/Underdog, with more to come later this fall.
Season to date, Broadway has grossed 449,823,161, with total attendance of 3,501,670 at about 86 of capacity.
The 19 productions reporting figures on Broadway last week were Aladdin, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Chicago, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Funny Girl, Hadestown, Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Into the Woods, The Kite Runner, The Lion King, Mj, Moulin Rouge!, The Phantom of the Opera, Six, A Strange Loop and Wicked.
All figures courtesy of the Broadway League.
For the week ending September 11 — Michele’s first week as Fanny Brice — Funny Girl grossed 1,639,212, a dramatic upturn from the previous week’s 659,874 and a significant improvement over even the 1.3 million high averages of original star Beanie Feldstein’s early weeks last spring.
‘Funny Girl’: Lea Michele Gets Four Standing Ovations – By Intermission; Jonathan Groff, Ryan Murphy Among The Gleeful Crowd
Next week’s grosses report should provide yet another facet to Michele’s box office impact: She’s out of the production this week due to a positive Covid test. Deadline hears there were a significant number of ticket exchange requests last weekend.
Still, even with Michele’s curtailed performance schedule, Funny Girl filled 96 of its seats for the week, compared to the 70-80ish percentages of recent weeks.
In fact, Funny Girl was one of few Broadway shows that didn’t take a big, post-Labor Day Holiday hit last week. Total grosses for the 19 shows on the boards totaled 20,638,554, a 19 drop from the previous tourist-heavy week. The drop in receipts also reflects a slightly slimmer roster: 19 shows compared with the previous week’s 21 – and one of the missing was the mega-bucks earner The Music Man, on a scheduled hiatus while star Hugh Jackman makes the film festival rounds with Florian Zeller’s The Son. (The other now-gone show was Billy Crystal’s Mr. Saturday Night.)
Producers for The Music Man announced today that the show will close this January 1 with Jackman’s departure.
Other shows that did well last week were a couple of about-to-close productions: Come From Away, which closes October 2, filled 99 of its seats for a 781,173 take, while Dear Evan Hansen, closing September 18, was a sellout, grossing 1,050,167.
Other top earners in the 1M+ range were Aladdin, Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Mj, Moulin Rouge, Six, The Lion King and Wicked. Into the Woods, now with a stellar replacement cast, grossed 1,044,801, a noticeable drop from the previous week’s 1.8M.
Coming weeks will see significant activity on the roster: September alone will see previews begin for Cost of Living, Leopoldstadt, 1776, Death of a Salesman, The Piano Lesson and Topdog/Underdog, with more to come later this fall.
Season to date, Broadway has grossed 449,823,161, with total attendance of 3,501,670 at about 86 of capacity.
The 19 productions reporting figures on Broadway last week were Aladdin, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Chicago, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Funny Girl, Hadestown, Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Into the Woods, The Kite Runner, The Lion King, Mj, Moulin Rouge!, The Phantom of the Opera, Six, A Strange Loop and Wicked.
All figures courtesy of the Broadway League.
- 9/13/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Atlas Artists has upped talent manager Nicholas Todisco to Partner.
Todisco has been a rising star at Atlas Artists where he has been since its inception in 2014. He moved to the management company from Mosaic after beginning his career at Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
His roster includes 2021 Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham, who is nominated again for her starring role in Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso, Harriet Dyer (American Auto), Joivan Wade (Doom Patrol), MaameYaa Boafo (Ramy), Michael James Shaw (The Walking Dead), Charlie Carver (The Batman), Natalie Martinez (Bad Monkey), Percelle Ascott (I Came By), Azita Ghanizada (The Kite Runner), Aimee Garcia (Lucifer), Brandon Quinn (Sweet Magnolias) and Francesca Reale among others.
“Nick’s contributions to the formation of Atlas Artists and its continued growth and success make him incredibly deserving of his promotion to partner,” said Atlas Artists President Dave Fleming, who first worked with Todisco at...
Todisco has been a rising star at Atlas Artists where he has been since its inception in 2014. He moved to the management company from Mosaic after beginning his career at Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
His roster includes 2021 Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham, who is nominated again for her starring role in Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso, Harriet Dyer (American Auto), Joivan Wade (Doom Patrol), MaameYaa Boafo (Ramy), Michael James Shaw (The Walking Dead), Charlie Carver (The Batman), Natalie Martinez (Bad Monkey), Percelle Ascott (I Came By), Azita Ghanizada (The Kite Runner), Aimee Garcia (Lucifer), Brandon Quinn (Sweet Magnolias) and Francesca Reale among others.
“Nick’s contributions to the formation of Atlas Artists and its continued growth and success make him incredibly deserving of his promotion to partner,” said Atlas Artists President Dave Fleming, who first worked with Todisco at...
- 9/8/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway gave Billy Crystal a fine send-off last week, with the star’s Mr. Saturday Night musical grossing more than 1 million during its final week of performances. That number – 1,014,614, to be precise – is a big jump over the show’s weekly box office takes in recent months. About 98 of seats at the Nederlander Theatre were filled for Crystal’s goodbye week.
Overall, Broadway box office for 21 shows was up about 8 for the week ending Sept. 4, likely due to Labor Day Holiday tourists and some last-chancers hoping to see shows like Mr. Saturday Night before the onslaught of new fall arrivals.
In all, the 21 productions grossed a total of 25,329,740, with attendance of 194,473 reflecting a 5 bump over the previous week.
Another especially impressive performer was Mj, with the Michael Jackson musical breaking its own house record (for the fifth time) at the Neil Simon Theatre by grossing 1,762,559. The musical filled all of its seats.
Overall, Broadway box office for 21 shows was up about 8 for the week ending Sept. 4, likely due to Labor Day Holiday tourists and some last-chancers hoping to see shows like Mr. Saturday Night before the onslaught of new fall arrivals.
In all, the 21 productions grossed a total of 25,329,740, with attendance of 194,473 reflecting a 5 bump over the previous week.
Another especially impressive performer was Mj, with the Michael Jackson musical breaking its own house record (for the fifth time) at the Neil Simon Theatre by grossing 1,762,559. The musical filled all of its seats.
- 9/6/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The makers of the hit Netflix series ‘The Crown’ have revealed who is set to play Prince William and Kate Middleton in Season 6, reports ‘Variety’.
Two actors have been cast as the young prince: 16-year-old Rufus Kampa and 21-year-old Ed McVey. Meg Bellamy will play Kate Middleton.
Season 5 of ‘The Crown’ is scheduled to hit screens this November. It features an all-new cast, including Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret, Dominic West as Prince Charles, Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, and Olivia Williams as Camilla Parker Bowles. Jonny Lee Miller will also appear as Prime Minister John Major.
It will also feature West’s son, Senan West, as a young Prince William (aged around 11). Teddy Hawley and Will Powell will both play a young Prince Harry at different ages.
The producers, according to ‘Variety’, remain as tight-lipped as ever regarding which...
Two actors have been cast as the young prince: 16-year-old Rufus Kampa and 21-year-old Ed McVey. Meg Bellamy will play Kate Middleton.
Season 5 of ‘The Crown’ is scheduled to hit screens this November. It features an all-new cast, including Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret, Dominic West as Prince Charles, Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, and Olivia Williams as Camilla Parker Bowles. Jonny Lee Miller will also appear as Prime Minister John Major.
It will also feature West’s son, Senan West, as a young Prince William (aged around 11). Teddy Hawley and Will Powell will both play a young Prince Harry at different ages.
The producers, according to ‘Variety’, remain as tight-lipped as ever regarding which...
- 9/2/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
The makers of hit Netflix series “The Crown” have revealed who is set to play Prince William and Kate Middleton in season six.
Two actors have been cast as the young prince: 16-year-old Rufus Kampa and 21-year-old Ed McVey.
Meanwhile Meg Bellamy will play Kate Middleton.
Left to right: Ed McVey, Prince William in 2001 aged 19
“The Crown” will mark the trio’s professional screen debut.
Season five of “The Crown” is scheduled to hit screens this November. It will feature an all-new cast including Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret, Dominic West as Prince Charles, Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, and Olivia Williams as Camilla Parker Bowles. Jonny Lee Miller will also appear as Prime Minister John Major.
It will also feature West’s son Senan West as a young Prince William (aged around 11). Teddy Hawley and Will Powell will both...
Two actors have been cast as the young prince: 16-year-old Rufus Kampa and 21-year-old Ed McVey.
Meanwhile Meg Bellamy will play Kate Middleton.
Left to right: Ed McVey, Prince William in 2001 aged 19
“The Crown” will mark the trio’s professional screen debut.
Season five of “The Crown” is scheduled to hit screens this November. It will feature an all-new cast including Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret, Dominic West as Prince Charles, Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, and Olivia Williams as Camilla Parker Bowles. Jonny Lee Miller will also appear as Prime Minister John Major.
It will also feature West’s son Senan West as a young Prince William (aged around 11). Teddy Hawley and Will Powell will both...
- 9/2/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Most of the 21 Broadway productions on the boards last week showed some signs of summer doldrums, with 17 shows reporting drops in box office over the previous week. Still, with The Music Man back on the roster after a week’s hiatus, the overall total box office take of 23,513,592 was up about 6.
Total attendance for the week ending Aug. 28 was 186,077, about 2 more than the previous week.
Returning from its scheduled, weeklong hiatus, The Music Man, starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, grossed a big 2,716,507, filling 94 of its seats.
Other top earners for the week – each scoring at least 1 million in box office receipts – were Hamilton, The Lion King, Mj, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Wicked, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Aladdin, Dear Evan Hansen and Six. Into The Woods pulled in 1,616,557, a drop of about 22 from the previous week due to it being the first week of the production’s extension...
Total attendance for the week ending Aug. 28 was 186,077, about 2 more than the previous week.
Returning from its scheduled, weeklong hiatus, The Music Man, starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, grossed a big 2,716,507, filling 94 of its seats.
Other top earners for the week – each scoring at least 1 million in box office receipts – were Hamilton, The Lion King, Mj, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Wicked, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Aladdin, Dear Evan Hansen and Six. Into The Woods pulled in 1,616,557, a drop of about 22 from the previous week due to it being the first week of the production’s extension...
- 8/30/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway box office drooped in the final, sun-baked weeks before the Fall arrivals of new shows, with the roster of productions down to 20 last week and total box office slipping 19 from the previous week to 22,232,527.
Attendance was down about 15 to 181,785, roughly commensurate with the lesser number of productions (down from 23 the week prior). Also contributing to the drop: The Music Man was on a scheduled hiatus and played no performances during the week ending Aug. 21. (Potus and Tina – The Tina Turner Musical had closed on Aug. 14).
Still, the sturdiest of the shows remained at peak performance, with Hamilton, Into The Woods, Mj, The Lion King and Dear Evan Hansen filling all their seats.
Coming close to sell-out, with 90 or more seats filled, were Aladdin, Hadestown, Moulin Rouge!
Attendance was down about 15 to 181,785, roughly commensurate with the lesser number of productions (down from 23 the week prior). Also contributing to the drop: The Music Man was on a scheduled hiatus and played no performances during the week ending Aug. 21. (Potus and Tina – The Tina Turner Musical had closed on Aug. 14).
Still, the sturdiest of the shows remained at peak performance, with Hamilton, Into The Woods, Mj, The Lion King and Dear Evan Hansen filling all their seats.
Coming close to sell-out, with 90 or more seats filled, were Aladdin, Hadestown, Moulin Rouge!
- 8/23/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Update Broadway’s The Kite Runner will add a second weekly performance requiring audiences to wear masks, producers announced today. Beginning Sept. 7, Wednesday matinees, as with the previously announced Friday evenings, will be masked.
“We have received feedback from some theatregoers who remain cautious about being in an audience with non-masked patrons,” said producer Victoria Lang in a statement, “as well as others who are still immunocompromised. We want to give everyone the opportunity to see The Kite Runner and are offering this option to accommodate them.”
The more pervasive mask-optional policy, which remains in effect for other Broadway shows, will be followed for non-Friday Kite Runner performances.
The masks-on-Friday plan will remain in effect through The Kite Runner‘s limited engagement at the Hayes Theater, ending October 30.
The Broadway League announced last month that a mask-optional policy would remain in effect at Broadway venues until further notice, although each...
“We have received feedback from some theatregoers who remain cautious about being in an audience with non-masked patrons,” said producer Victoria Lang in a statement, “as well as others who are still immunocompromised. We want to give everyone the opportunity to see The Kite Runner and are offering this option to accommodate them.”
The more pervasive mask-optional policy, which remains in effect for other Broadway shows, will be followed for non-Friday Kite Runner performances.
The masks-on-Friday plan will remain in effect through The Kite Runner‘s limited engagement at the Hayes Theater, ending October 30.
The Broadway League announced last month that a mask-optional policy would remain in effect at Broadway venues until further notice, although each...
- 8/22/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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The Broadway production of The Kite Runner announced a policy Tuesday requiring masks for audience members at Friday evening performance only.
The new hybrid policy marks the first of its kind on Broadway, after theater owners removed the industrywide mask mandate on July 1. Since then, masks have been optional in Broadway theaters, and individual productions have also been allowed to set their own policies for audience members.
The decision at The Kite Runner, an adaptation of the 2003 novel which opened on Broadway on July 21, is meant to allow immunocompromised patrons, or those who are otherwise uncomfortable sitting in a mask-optional audience, to attend the show. The policy will start with the Aug. 19 performance.
“There were a number of people, including friends, colleagues, even a doctor who had expressed some trepidation about attending our show, or any show, without a masked audience,” said lead producer Victoria Lang.
The Broadway production of The Kite Runner announced a policy Tuesday requiring masks for audience members at Friday evening performance only.
The new hybrid policy marks the first of its kind on Broadway, after theater owners removed the industrywide mask mandate on July 1. Since then, masks have been optional in Broadway theaters, and individual productions have also been allowed to set their own policies for audience members.
The decision at The Kite Runner, an adaptation of the 2003 novel which opened on Broadway on July 21, is meant to allow immunocompromised patrons, or those who are otherwise uncomfortable sitting in a mask-optional audience, to attend the show. The policy will start with the Aug. 19 performance.
“There were a number of people, including friends, colleagues, even a doctor who had expressed some trepidation about attending our show, or any show, without a masked audience,” said lead producer Victoria Lang.
- 8/9/2022
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Broadway’s heavy hitters withstood New York’s heatwave last week, with Mj, Dear Evan Hansen and Hamilton selling out and Hadestown, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Into The Woods, Moulin Rouge!, Six, The Book of Mormon, The Lion King and The Music Man coming very close.
In all, the 23 Broadway productions took in 27,682,655 during the week ending August 7, down about 6 from the previous week’s 24-show roster. Attendance of 212,341 was down about 5 from the previous week.
Among the sell-outs, Mj set another house record at the Neil Simon Theatre – the show’s fourth – with a gross of 1,746,901. Dear Evan Hansen took in 915,655, and Hamilton grossed 2,219,057.
Filling at least 90 of their seats were Aladdin, Hadestown, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Into The Woods (at 99 of capacity), Moulin Rouge!, Six (also at 99), The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, The Music Man and Wicked.
In all, the 23 Broadway productions took in 27,682,655 during the week ending August 7, down about 6 from the previous week’s 24-show roster. Attendance of 212,341 was down about 5 from the previous week.
Among the sell-outs, Mj set another house record at the Neil Simon Theatre – the show’s fourth – with a gross of 1,746,901. Dear Evan Hansen took in 915,655, and Hamilton grossed 2,219,057.
Filling at least 90 of their seats were Aladdin, Hadestown, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Into The Woods (at 99 of capacity), Moulin Rouge!, Six (also at 99), The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, The Music Man and Wicked.
- 8/9/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Nearly a decade into its run, The Blacklist is going all the way back to the beginning.
TVLine has learned exclusively that Season 10 of the NBC drama will introduce a character named Siya Malik, an MI6 intelligence officer… who is also the daughter of late Season 1 character Meera Malik, played by Parminder Nagra.
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TVLine has learned exclusively that Season 10 of the NBC drama will introduce a character named Siya Malik, an MI6 intelligence officer… who is also the daughter of late Season 1 character Meera Malik, played by Parminder Nagra.
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- 8/9/2022
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
A new Broadway season has officially begun Two Broadway shows Into the Woods and The Kite Runner have already kicked off the 202223 theatre season this summer and a whole lot more are on the way. As the weather starts to cool, get ready for 15 and counting new productions, which will take their first Broadway bows this autumn.What are the bestshows on Broadwaythis fall...
- 8/6/2022
- by Team BWW
- BroadwayWorld.com
Exclusive: Rita Ora (Fifty Shades franchise), Nora Arnezeder (The Offer), Saïd Taghmaoui (John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum) and Joey Bicicchi (Black Bird) have signed on for roles in the action pic Tin Soldier, which is in production in Greece.
They join an ensemble that also includes Jamie Foxx, Scott Eastwood, Robert De Niro, John Leguizamo and Shamier Anderson.
The film from director Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) tells the story of The Bokushi (Foxx), who preaches to hundreds of veterans who have been drawn to the promise of protection and purpose under him. Surrounded by his devout, military-trained followers, he has built an impenetrable fortress and amassed an arsenal of weapons. After several failed infiltration attempts, the government — in the form of military operative Emmanuel Ashburn (De Niro) — recruits Nash Cavanaugh (Eastwood), an ex-Special Forces asset, who was once a disciple of The Bokushi. Nash agrees to use his vulnerable past...
They join an ensemble that also includes Jamie Foxx, Scott Eastwood, Robert De Niro, John Leguizamo and Shamier Anderson.
The film from director Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) tells the story of The Bokushi (Foxx), who preaches to hundreds of veterans who have been drawn to the promise of protection and purpose under him. Surrounded by his devout, military-trained followers, he has built an impenetrable fortress and amassed an arsenal of weapons. After several failed infiltration attempts, the government — in the form of military operative Emmanuel Ashburn (De Niro) — recruits Nash Cavanaugh (Eastwood), an ex-Special Forces asset, who was once a disciple of The Bokushi. Nash agrees to use his vulnerable past...
- 6/7/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Hey, "The Blacklist" fans. We are back in your faces with some more very important news about your favorite show and its new season 10. It turns out that the new season 10 is going to be missing two important characters when it starts back during the 2022/2023 season. According to the folks over at Deadline.com , The Blacklist will be missing character Aram Mojtabi played by actor Amir Arison and character Alina Park played by actress Laura Sohn. Amir is leaving the show to make his Broadway debut in a starring role for a production called, "Amir in The Kite Runner." They reported that Laura is leaving the show to pursue other projects. The door is actually still open for Amir Arison to return to The Blacklist as a guest character in the new season 10. Amir did give the Deadline.com people a statement about his Blacklist exit. Apparently, it's been a...
- 6/3/2022
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
The Blacklist has wrapped its ninth season and the season finale saw the exit of two series regulars. Amir Arison and Laura Sohn will not return for season 10 of the NBC drama. Arison has been on the series since the first season, and Sohn joined the series during season seven.
Arison, who played Aram Mojtabi, is preparing to star in The Kite Runner in his Broadway debut. John Eisendrath, showrunner of the drama, said the following about Arison's exit, per Deadline: “Amir has been a huge part of The Blacklist family. He’s a great actor and an even better person. We wish him well and hope he can return to reprise the role for some very special episodes next year.” Sohn, who portrayed FBI agent Alina Park, is reportedly leaving the series to pursue...
Arison, who played Aram Mojtabi, is preparing to star in The Kite Runner in his Broadway debut. John Eisendrath, showrunner of the drama, said the following about Arison's exit, per Deadline: “Amir has been a huge part of The Blacklist family. He’s a great actor and an even better person. We wish him well and hope he can return to reprise the role for some very special episodes next year.” Sohn, who portrayed FBI agent Alina Park, is reportedly leaving the series to pursue...
- 5/30/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The Blacklist is going through a shake-up.
The NBC drama is saying goodbye to two stars ahead of The Blacklist Season 10.
Amir Arison, who has played Agent Aram Motjabai, is departing after nine seasons.
The Blacklist Season 9 Episode 22 said goodbye to Aram when he told his team members of his intention.
“After a lot of careful reflection, I have decided to take some time away.”
Arison revealed the departure to be permanent in an interview with Deadline.
“I have been so honored to play Aram Mojtabai for 9 years on The Blacklist. It is not lost on me how lucky I am to have been able to work and evolve with a role for 9 years with this extraordinary cast, crew, writers and producers.”
The actor shared that he will be starring role on Broadway in The Kite Runner.
“The producers, studio and network have been so supportive of my decision, and...
The NBC drama is saying goodbye to two stars ahead of The Blacklist Season 10.
Amir Arison, who has played Agent Aram Motjabai, is departing after nine seasons.
The Blacklist Season 9 Episode 22 said goodbye to Aram when he told his team members of his intention.
“After a lot of careful reflection, I have decided to take some time away.”
Arison revealed the departure to be permanent in an interview with Deadline.
“I have been so honored to play Aram Mojtabai for 9 years on The Blacklist. It is not lost on me how lucky I am to have been able to work and evolve with a role for 9 years with this extraordinary cast, crew, writers and producers.”
The actor shared that he will be starring role on Broadway in The Kite Runner.
“The producers, studio and network have been so supportive of my decision, and...
- 5/30/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
This The Blacklist review contains spoilers.
The Blacklist Season 9 Episode 22
The hardest loss of The Blacklist season 9 finale was not Marvin Gerard’s death, but the graveside announcements of Agents Aram Mojtabai and Alina Park that their characters’ journeys are leading them away from the Task Force. Aram plans to bike around Brooklyn, take a needed break and see some Broadway shows while Alina manages her ongoing migraines, grows a new life and builds a family. These bombshell departures are tough to process! The characters, and certainly the actors who brought them to life, Amir Arison and Laura Sohn, will be deeply missed. Fans can anticipate guest appearances in Season 10, which all reports suggest are a real possibility.
Aram’s interest in the theater is our first “full circle” of this episode. Of course, it is Amir Arison who will be playing the lead in The Kite Runner, which opens this summer on Broadway.
The Blacklist Season 9 Episode 22
The hardest loss of The Blacklist season 9 finale was not Marvin Gerard’s death, but the graveside announcements of Agents Aram Mojtabai and Alina Park that their characters’ journeys are leading them away from the Task Force. Aram plans to bike around Brooklyn, take a needed break and see some Broadway shows while Alina manages her ongoing migraines, grows a new life and builds a family. These bombshell departures are tough to process! The characters, and certainly the actors who brought them to life, Amir Arison and Laura Sohn, will be deeply missed. Fans can anticipate guest appearances in Season 10, which all reports suggest are a real possibility.
Aram’s interest in the theater is our first “full circle” of this episode. Of course, it is Amir Arison who will be playing the lead in The Kite Runner, which opens this summer on Broadway.
- 5/28/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
A year after The Blacklist lost one of its leads, Megan Boone (who played Liz Keen), the NBC drama will once again be facing a new season with a major change, as Amir Arison (who played Aram Mojtabi) and Laura Sohn (who played Alina Park) have left as series regulars, according to Deadline. “I have been so honored to play Aram Mojtabai for 9 years on The Blacklist,” Arison said in a statement to the outlet. “It is not lost on me how lucky I am to have been able to work and evolve with a role for 9 years with this extraordinary cast, crew, writers and producers. I could not pass up the opportunity, however, to fulfill a childhood dream of being on Broadway playing ‘Amir’ in The Kite Runner with a stage adaptation that is both breathtaking and timely.” Arison, who recurred in Season 1 and has been a series regular...
- 5/28/2022
- TV Insider
Note: Minor spoilers for the Season 9 finale of “The Blacklist” below.
“The Blacklist” stars Amir Arison and Laura Sohn are departing the NBC series following Friday’s Season 9 finale, TheWrap has learned. The former will soon star as Amir in a Broadway adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s acclaimed novel “The Kite Runner,” while the latter is leaving to pursue other projects.
Arison has portrayed FBI Special Agent Aram Mojtabai since the thriller-drama’s inception and was promoted to a series regular role in Season 2 after playing a recurring character in the first season. He was one of the few actors to remain with the series throughout all nine seasons, alongside star James Spader, Diego Klattenhoff, Harry Lennix and Hisham Tawfiq.
In a lengthy statement posted to Twitter, the actor outlined his dreams of being on Broadway and how “that aspiration evolved into television.”
“9 years ago I auditioned for The Blacklist,...
“The Blacklist” stars Amir Arison and Laura Sohn are departing the NBC series following Friday’s Season 9 finale, TheWrap has learned. The former will soon star as Amir in a Broadway adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s acclaimed novel “The Kite Runner,” while the latter is leaving to pursue other projects.
Arison has portrayed FBI Special Agent Aram Mojtabai since the thriller-drama’s inception and was promoted to a series regular role in Season 2 after playing a recurring character in the first season. He was one of the few actors to remain with the series throughout all nine seasons, alongside star James Spader, Diego Klattenhoff, Harry Lennix and Hisham Tawfiq.
In a lengthy statement posted to Twitter, the actor outlined his dreams of being on Broadway and how “that aspiration evolved into television.”
“9 years ago I auditioned for The Blacklist,...
- 5/28/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
The Blacklist‘s cast list is getting shorter.
Friday’s Season 9 finale saw two series regulars leave the NBC drama: Amir Arison — who has played Agent Aram Mojtabai, the tech whiz of the FBI task force, for all nine seasons — said goodbye, along with Laura Sohn, who plays Agent Alina Park. (Sohn joined the cast in Season 7 and was upped to series regular for Season 8.)
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Friday’s Season 9 finale saw two series regulars leave the NBC drama: Amir Arison — who has played Agent Aram Mojtabai, the tech whiz of the FBI task force, for all nine seasons — said goodbye, along with Laura Sohn, who plays Agent Alina Park. (Sohn joined the cast in Season 7 and was upped to series regular for Season 8.)
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- 5/28/2022
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
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