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Lempicka, the Carson Kreitzer-Matt Gould musical about the Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka, will begin performances at Broadway‘s Longacre Theatre on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, ahead of an official opening night on Sunday, April 14, producers Seaview and Jenny Niederhoffer announced today.

Frank Rizzo To the list of larger-than-life, survivalist women in musical theater, add Tamara de Lempicka — but with an asterisk. The name of the Polish-born portraitist who died in 1980 might not be familiar to many, but you might recognize her paintings. Lempicka’s Art Deco-era images depict lustrous women with self-assured gazes, endowing “the new woman” with a mixture of luminosity and strength that’s at the heart of “Lempicka,” a long-in-development but still uneven musical which finally made it to Broadway following runs at Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2018 and La Jolla Playhouse last year.

The new Broadway musical Lempicka is one of the most-anticipated shows of the season and we’re catching up with Andrew Samonsky, one of the lead actors.

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Moore Agency today announced the hire of Ben Izzo and Lucy Powis, both former A3 Artists Agency theatrical literary agents, along with Rose Quealy, former Vice President of Productions for the Paramount Theatre, in Aurora, Illinois.

Instagram to pay tribute to the late Matthew Perry.The actor, best known for his portrayal of Chandler Bing in Friends, was found dead on Saturday, aged 54. The cause of death has been “deferred” as his initial post-mortem results were found to be “inconclusive”.Yesterday (October 29), Paltrow posted a photo of Perry and shared details of their past friendship and one particular romantic summer together before his rise to fame.

“Friends” actor Matthew Perry at the age of 54, whose body was found in the jacuzzi of his home in Los Angeles, California, this past Saturday night. This tragic and sad news prompted many of his friends and colleagues from the entertainment world to post their condolences and beautiful messages, bidding a final farewell to the beloved actor.Matthew Perry’s Family: Devastated by the loss - he adored his father and was the eldest of six siblingsThe connection between Matthew Perry and Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of CanadaPrincess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice’s mother remembers ‘Friends’ star Matthew PerryFollowing his sudden passing, his friends and fans have taken to social media with heartfelt messages and tributes in memory of the beloved actor. These messages honor Perry’s life and reveal how he impacted people on the screens and in his personal life.One of the most emotional messages came from Gwyneth Paltrow, who had a brief romance with the actor before they both became famous.“I met Matthew Perry in 1993 at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts. We were both there for most of the summer doing plays.

has left fans and former lovers alike in a . Gwyneth Paltrow, for instance, briefly dated Perry in 1993 prior to his big break on Friends. In a tribute to the late actor, shared via Instagram on Sunday, spoke movingly of Perry and their summer romance, which began when they met at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts.

about Matthew Perry following the “Friends” alum’s death at age 54 on Saturday.The Oscar winner shared an emotional tribute for the late star via Instagram on Sunday.“I met Matthew Perry in 1993 at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts. We were both there for most of the summer doing plays. He was so funny and so sweet and so much fun to be with,” Paltrow, 51, began.“We drove out to swim in creeks, had beers in the local college bar, kissed in a field of long grass.

Gwyneth Paltrow is the latest Hollywood star to share anecdotes about Matthew Perry. The Oscar-winner took to social media to recall the time she met the late Friends actor and all the fun times they had together.

Gwyneth Paltrow is opening up about her time with Matthew Perry.

Jaden Thompson Nathan Louis Jackson, a writer-producer on Netflix’s “Luke Cage” and the playwright behind “Broke-ology,” died on Aug. 22 at his home in Lenexa, Ks. He was 44.

Nathan Louis Jackson, the award-winning playwright who made a splash with the debut of Broke-ology in 2008 and who went on to write and produce TV shows such as Luke Cage, S.W.A.T., 13 Reasons Why and Shameless, died on August 22, according to multiple reports. While no cause of death was given, his wife told the New York Times that Jackson had had recent cardiac problems, including an aortic dissection and an aortic aneurysm. He was 44.

Colleagues, friends and fans are remembering Treat Williams, the versatile and prolific actor who died in a motorcycle crash today at 71. Have a look at a sampling of reaction posted on social media below.

REFRESH FOR UDPATES: The nominations for the 76th Annual Tony Awards will be announced on CBS Mornings today by Funny Girl star Lea Michele and MJ‘s Tony Award winner Myles Frost. The complete list of nominations will be posted here at 9:10 a.m. ET./6 a.m. PT.

actor. “To me, it was just extraordinary.” Sullivan begged her parents to let her audition for a play, too.

EXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners has signed acclaimed writer and playwright Stacy Osei-Kuffour, who recently became the first Black woman to pen a feature screenplay for Marvel Studios with the upcoming Blade, starring Mahershala Ali as the titular vampire hunter first brought to life on the big screen in 1998 by Wesley Snipes.

Tonya Pinkins and Francois Battiste are among the cast announced today for the Public Theater’s upcoming production of A Raisin In The Sun, Lorraine Hansberry’s classic drama to be directed by Robert O’Hara (Tony nominated for his direction of Slave Play).

High, which was directed by her father, Bruce Paltrow. She made her professional stage debut a year later at the Williamstown Theatre Festival after watching her mother, actress Blythe Danner, perform there several times.

EXCLUSIVE: A3 Artists Agency has promoted three to agent — Nick Beldoch, in the Motion Picture Literary Division; Jillian Holch in the TV Literary Division and Lucy Powis in the Theatrical Literary Division.

Succession star in 2004 at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, recalled how Strong moved into her home after Heath Ledger, Williams’ partner and Matilda’s father, died.“Jeremy was serious enough to hold the weight of a child’s broken heart and sensitive enough to understand how to approach her through play and games and silliness,” Williams told Variety.She added: “[Matilda] didn’t grow up with her father, but she grew up with her Jeremy and we were changed by his ability to play as though his life depended upon it, because hers did.”Williams also commented on the 2021 New Yorker profile of Strong in which he discussed method acting, saying it differs from the person she knows.“We’ve all been in awe of his talent,” Williams said. “We’ve watched him work harder than anyone and wait a long time for other people to recognise it.

Heath Ledger. The 41-year-old actress, who shares 16-year-old daughter Matilda with the late actor, reflected on how friend Jeremy Strong stepped up after Ledger died. “Jeremy was serious enough to hold the weight of a child’s broken heart and sensitive enough to understand how to approach her through play and games and silliness,” Williams told about the star moving into her home with her sister, and another friend, after Ledger died in 2008. Williams shared that Strong would let Matilda ride on his back while he pretended to be a pony.“[Matilda] didn’t grow up with her father,” the actress said.

Succession star Jeremy Strong really stepped up for the family.It seems Strong, whose intensity provoked a bit of teasing earlier this year after a profile painted him as uber-serious, is just as committed to his role as a playmate as he is to his film and TV work. In a recent interview with , Williams revealed, “Jeremy was serious enough to hold the weight of a child’s broken heart and sensitive enough to understand how to approach her through play and games and silliness,” adding that after Ledger died in 2008, Strong let Matilda ride on his back as he pretended to be a pony.Four years after meeting at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Strong, Williams' sister, and another friend moved into Williams' home to support her adjustment to single parenthood.

Michelle Williams is speaking out in defense of Succession actor Jeremy Strong, who she first met in 2004 when they were both performing at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Cost of Living, Martyna Majok’s play that won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, will be get its Broadway premiere this fall, the Manhattan Theatre Club announced today.

Amyl And The Sniffers have announced an expanded reissue of their second album, last year’s ‘Comfort To Me’, featuring a live redux of the entire 13-track effort.The live version of ‘Comfort To Me’ – which also sports the unreleased stinger track ‘Crave’ – was recorded on the docks in Williamstown, on the outskirts of the band’s stomping grounds of Naarm/Melbourne. It marked the first time they’d performed the record live from cover to cover, and was initially premiered last October as a livestreamed concert film.Since its premiere, the film has remained unreleased.

NEW YORK -- Huge waves couldn't stop Tori Murden McClure from becoming the first American to row across the Atlantic Ocean solo in 1999.

Gordon Cox Theater EditorIn the Williamstown Theatre Festival’s new audio version of “Paradise Blue,” Blair Underwood gets the chance to revisit to a role he’s been wanting to get back to since he first played it in 2015.Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below:“I’ve been trying to return to that character since I left it!” the actor said on “Stagecraft,” Variety’s theater podcast.

Lee Wallace, the Ed Koch look-alike who coincidentally or not played mayors in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and Tim Burton's Batman, died Sunday in New York after a long illness, his family announced. He was 90.

Peter H. Hunt, who won a Tony Award for his direction in 1969 of the now-classic musical “1776,” helmed the 1972 film version and numerous episodes of CBS’ “Touched By An Angel,” died Sunday at home in Los Angeles from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 81.

By Greg Evans