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Tony-nominated The Inheritance playwright Matthew López is writing the remake of Warner Bros’ 1992 blockbuster The Bodyguard. That pic starred Kevin Costner and the late Whitney Houston grossing $411M WW.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterMatthew López, the Tony-nominated playwright of “The Inheritance,” has been hired to write a reimagining of the iconic Whitney Houston film “The Bodyguard” at Warner Bros.The new project will be inspired the 1992 romantic drama, which starred Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner.

Amber Ruffin has joined the Broadway-bound team of Some Like It Hot as a co-writer of the film-to-stage adaptation. The host of Peacock’s The Amber Ruffin Show will partner with Tony nominee Matthew López on the new musical’s book.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAmber Ruffin is partnering with Matthew López to adapt film classic “Some Like It Hot” for the stage. The new stage adaptation will also feature music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman, the team behind “Hairspray,” as well as direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw, who previously guided “The Book of Mormon” to box office riches.

Angelique Jackson Matthew López, the acclaimed playwright behind “The Inheritance,” will bring the story of legendary dramatist Tennessee Williams to the big screen for Searchlight Pictures.López will pen a feature film adaptation of the novel “Leading Men,” which centers on the “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” scribe and his longtime partner Frank Merlo.

Slave Play, about race, sex and trauma, score 12 nominations, including for best play where it will compete with The Inheritance, Matthew Lopez’s two-part saga about gay life which scored 11 nominations. The category also features The Sound Inside, Sea Wall/A Life and Grand Horizons.A truncated year on stage saw theatres shutter in March as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and as a result, many categories featured fewer nominees than usual.

“The Inheritance” by Matthew López “Sea Wall/A Life” by Simon Stephens & Nick Payne “Slave Play” by Jeremy O.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Matthew López, the playwright behind the hit Broadway play The Inheritance, has signed an overall television deal with Amazon Studios.The streamer has signed up the writer, who also wrote on Aaron Sorkin’s HBO drama The Newsroom, to develop and create new projects.It is the latest overall deal for Amazon Studios, which in the last twelve months have signed up Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Steve McQueen, Gloria Calderon Kellett and Lena Waithe.López’s play The

Gordon Cox Theater EditorA while back, someone sent Katori Hall a link to her Wikipedia page, and Hall — the book writer of Broadway’s “Tina” and the creator and showrunner of Starz’ acclaimed series “P-Valley” — was surprised to see herself described as an activist.Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: But really, she recalled during Variety’s “New Voices of Broadway” panel with fellow playwrights Jeremy O.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” was a celebration of the life and legacy of a rock icon who shattered race and gender barriers to rise to the top of the charts. Even as it showcased Turner’s catalog of hits such as “What’s Love Got to Do With It” and “Proud Mary,” the show explored issues such as prejudice and domestic abuse, topics that don’t often grace Broadway stages.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMatthew López will host two upcoming events geared at galvanizing the LGBTQIA+ community to participate in the 2020 election in support of Joe Biden. “The Inheritance” playwright is partnering with Broadway for Biden on the initiatives — one will be a virtual phone bank and the other will be a town hall to discuss queer issues.

John Benjamin Hickey.Not only had he wrapped up a long run playing a pivotal supporting role in Matthew Lopez’s two-part AIDS epic “The Inheritance,” but Hickey was also making his Broadway directing debut with “Plaza Suite,” a romantic comedy starring real-life couple Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker. The Neil Simon revival had finished a smash tryout in Boston and was shaping up to be one of the season’s hottest tickets when it opened in April.

Some Like It Hot is headed straight to Broadway in 2021!

A new musical based on the classic film “Some Like It Hot” will premiere on Broadway in the fall of 2021.

By Brent Lang

By Greg Evans

Let me preface this by saying the story I’m about to tell is not the smartest thing I’ve ever done.

By Greg Evans

One of the anticipated frontrunners for best play honors at this year's Tony Awards, The Inheritance, will not be hanging around until nominations are announced on April 28.Lead producers Tom Kirdahy, Sonia Friedman Productions and Hunter Arnold confirmed Thursday that Matthew Lopez's two-part drama, which was inspired by the classic E.M.

New York Fashion Week is back!

The 22nd annual amFAR Gala New York, benefitting AIDS research, is heading to Cipriani Wall Street during New York Fashion Week. To support the good cause, Charlie Puth and Sofi Tukker will take the stage to perform at the event.In addition, Iman, Marc Glimcher and Matthew Lopez will be honored with amfAR's Award of Courage, recognizing their longstanding commitment to the fight against AIDS.

By Greg Evans