EXCLUSIVE: “Fury” over the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has boosted the Democratic Party’s chances heading into the mid-term elections this fall, according to a New York Times-Siena College poll published today. Into that political and social vortex enters the new documentary Battleground, a film that explores the decades-long movement to overturn
EXCLUSIVE: Deadline can reveal before Sunday’s world premiere of the David O. Russell-directed Amsterdam that the film’s final musical number “Time” was done with help from Drake and platinum recording artist Giveon. Daniel Pemberton wrote the original score for the film, and he was also inspired to create a song based on his score’s melodic
Davy Chou came to Deadline’s TIFF studio with his star Ji-min Park, a first-time actor who made waves in Cannes when their Discovery presentation Return to Seoul debuted there in May to great acclaim in May. “It’s the story of a 25-year-old French girl named Freddie,” explained Chou. “She was born in South Korea but
EXCLUSIVE: The Francis Lawrence directed feature adaptation of the highly anticipated Suzanne Collins prequel, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, has added eleven actors in its final casting round. This includes Tony Award nominee Fionnula Flanagan who’ll play Grandma’am, young Coriolanus Snow’s (Tom Blyth) strict grandmother. Years before he would become the tyrannical President
UPDATE, with addition Elton John comment The Elton John-Shaina Taub stage musical adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada, which recently ended a five-week engagement in Chicago, is “not ready” for subsequent stagings, John said today, seeming to end speculation that a Broadway or West End production was in the immediate offing. “Devil Wears Prada was in
The upcoming Broadway production of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play Between Riverside And Crazy, directed by Austin Pendleton, will reunite much of the acclaimed 2015 Off Broadway cast when it begins previews Wednesday, November 30, at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater. The production, which officially opens Monday, December 19, will reunite most of the Off
The producers of Broadway’s hit musical revival The Music Man will end the show’s successful run on Jan. 1, 2023, when star Hugh Jackman exits after a year a Professor Harold Hill. “I am thrilled that Hugh and Sutton [Foster] will continue to create their unique magic to the stage right through to the end
Broadway officially welcomed The James Earl Jones Theatre to its ranks yesterday, as the 110-year-old and much-renovated former Cort Theatre was renamed in a dedication ceremony attended by Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Norm Lewis and New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Broadway director Kenny Leon told The Associated Press, “It
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
EXCLUSIVE: Suzan-Lori Parks, the playwright who won a 2002 Pulitzer Prize for her Topdog/Underdog, will make her on-stage debut this fall in the world premiere Public Theater Off Broadway staging of her Plays For the Plague Year. Parks’ performance in the production – the complete cast was announced today – will be yet another big
The starry Off Broadway revival of Merrily We Roll Along featuring Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez doesn’t begin previews for another two months, and already it’s gotten a two-week extension due to ticket demand. The Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical will now run from November 21, 2022, to January 21, 2023, at New York
Actor Bill Heck (Broadway’s Cabaret, Hulu’s The Old Man) will join the return Broadway engagement of Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out co-starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jesse Williams. Heck will take the role of Kippy, played in the revival’s original staging last spring by Patrick J. Adams, who announced in August that he would not
Common, the actor, rapper and songwriter who has won Oscar, Emmy and Grammy Awards, will make his Broadway debut in the coveted role of “Junior” in Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play Between Riverside and Crazy. Today’s announcement by the Second Stage Theater completes casting for the play, which begins performances Nov. 30 at Second
UPDATE Black Theatre United will postpone its inaugural gala to 2023, due to unspecified scheduling conflicts, the organization announced today. A new date will be announced shortly for the event. Ahead of the Gala, BTU has partnered with Charitybuzz for an exclusive fundraising auction, now live. PREVIOUS, Sept. 7 Black Theatre United has announced the
News Whitney Houston Biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody Gets First Trailer: Watch Naomi Ackie stars as the singer, with Stanley Tucci appearing as Clive Davis By Allison Hussey September 15, 2022 Facebook Twitter Naomi Ackie as Whitney Houston in I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Emily Aragones © 2021 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved.) Facebook
News jaimie branch Tribute Show Announced in NYC Wendy Eisenberg, Sandy Ewen, Luke Stewart, and more will honor the late trumpeter at Trans Pecos in Queens By Allison Hussey September 15, 2022 Facebook Twitter jaimie branch, January 2018 (Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Friends of the late trumpeter jaimie branch have announced a forthcoming tribute
News Bladee Announces New Album Spiderr, Shares Video for New Song “Drain Story”: Watch Ecco2k directed the visual for the Swedish artist’s latest track By Allison Hussey September 15, 2022 Facebook Twitter Bladee, photo by Hendrik Schneider Facebook Twitter Bladee is back with a new solo album, following last year’s The Fool. It’s called Spiderr
News Ab-Soul Shares New Song “Moonshooter”: Listen The Top Dawg Entertainment rapper returns with his second new track of the year By Evan Minsker September 16, 2022 Facebook Twitter Ab-Soul, photo by Spencer Sease Facebook Twitter Ab-Soul has returned with a new single. The Top Dawg Entertainment rapper’s latest is called “Moonshooter.” Check out the
News Carly Rae Jepsen Shares New Song “Talking to Yourself”: Listen The latest single from The Loneliest Time was produced by Captain Cuts By Evan Minsker September 16, 2022 Facebook Twitter Carly Rae Jepsen, photo by Meredith Jenks Facebook Twitter Carly Rae Jepsen has shared her latest single from her forthcoming album The Loneliest Time.
News Paramore Announce “This Is Why,” First New Song in 5 Years The band’s comeback single arrives September 28 By Quinn Moreland September 16, 2022 Facebook Twitter Paramore, photo by Zachary Gray and courtesy of Atlantic Records Facebook Twitter Paramore have announced their first new music since 2017’s After Laughter. The pop-punk band will release