Off Broadway Obie Awards To Ditch Annual Ceremony In Favor Of Winner Grants, Ending 68-Year Tradition

There is more renewal and cancellation news over at Netflix.

Broadway show this year.And, as luck may have it, many of the biggest shows are running all Valentine’s Day week including Wednesday, Feb. 14.A few of our favorites include old Tony-winning standbys like “Wicked” and “Chicago” as well as an exciting new musical production of “The Notebook.”So, if you want to surprise the special person in your life with a show, here are 11 of our favorite options — plus a surprise comedy show thrown in for good measure — that just might do the trick.In the Roaring 20s, two women stand trial for murder and compete for a shady lawyer’s services.Starring Ariana Madix (Vanderpump Rules)Ambassador TheatreTwo intertwined mythic tales take audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back.Starring Jordan Fisher (To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before), Ani DiFranco (Grammy-winning singer)Walter Kerr TheatreA Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a nightclub star coveted by a jealous duke.Starring Derek Klena (Pretty Little Liars), Boy George (Grammy-winning singer)Al Hirschfeld TheatreWhat if Juliet didn’t die at the end of Romeo and Juliet?Starring Lorna Courtney (The Equalizer), Austin Scott (Mr. Monk’s Last Case)Stephen Sondheim TheatreA musical about a couple falling in love in 1950’s New York and struggling to rebuild a family.Starring Kelli O’Hara (The Gilded Age), Brian d’Arcy James (Evil)Studio 54Green-skinned, ostracized Elphaba and blonde, popular Galinda go from enemies to friends.Starring Alyssa Fox, McKenzie KurtzGershwin TheatreAllie and Noah share a lifetime of love despite the forces that threaten to pull them apart.Starring Ryan Vasquez (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Joy Woods (SIX The Musical)Gerald Schoenfeld TheatreHarry, Ron, and Hermione are joined by Hogwarts’ new

Selome Hailu In a report analyzing TV viewership in the U.S. throughout 2023, Nielsen found that “Suits” beat a record previously held by “The Office” for number of minutes watched in a single year. The USA network legal drama racked up 57.7 billion total minutes watched in 2023, putting it just ahead of the 57.1 billion minutes of viewership accumulated by “The Office” in 2020.

The iconic Gladiators is back, and the revival has introduced a new generation of contenders to a formidable team of powerhouses. Among them is Matt Morsia, known for his success as a fitness influencer on YouTube. Matt, who started as a PE teacher in 2017, made a bold decision to drop a day of teaching to focus on his YouTube channel, a move that ultimately paid off.

Parmount+ just confirmed their first TV show cancellation of 2024.

EXCLUSIVE: The Ford Foundation is coming through for documentary filmmakers in a big way.  

There is already a lot of renewal and cancellation news over at HBO/Max, especially as we’re only 23 days in 2024!

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There’s more TV cancellation news at HBO.

HBO‘s The Last Of Us adaptation has ruled out the return of Bill and Frank in season two – see what he had to say below.Speaking to Deadline Hollywood at HBO’s post-Emmys party earlier this week, Mazin laid to rest actor Nick Offerman’s previous teasing that a spin-off series focusing on Bill and Frank’s relationship, which was condensed into a singular but critically acclaimed episode in season one.“It certainly has been pitched,” Offerman said after winning a Creative Arts Emmy last week. “I think we pitched a whole mini-series of a prequel of their lives before they met each other.

Martin McCallum, a British theatrical producer whose work on more than 500 Broadway and West End shows saw his participation in some of the most successful stage productions in modern theater history, died January 14 in Sydney, Australia. He was 73.

Prince William, the heir apparent to the British throne, could potentially break away from the Church of England when he takes over the monarchy from his father, King Charles III. “In royal circles, it is no secret that he does not share the king’s sense of the spiritual, let alone the late queen’s unshakeable devotion to the Anglican church,” Hardman, 59, writes of William in “The Making of a King: King Charles III and the Modern Monarchy.” In his book, which is set to hit stores Thursday, one senior staff member claims that the Prince of Wales, 41, is not quite as religious as some might think.

EXCLUSIVE: Straight off her second Primetime Emmy win for HBO’s The White Lotus, Jennifer Coolidge is boarding Warner Bros/Vertigo/Legendary’s feature take of videogame Minecraft which is shooting in New Zealand.

Beef and The Bear, the shows that joined Succession in a three-way domination of Monday night’s Emmy Awards, have a surprising amount of shared DNA.

Jordan Moreau Charlotte St. Martin, president of The Broadway League since 2006, has announced her retirement, effective Feb. 16.

Charlotte St. Martin, whose 18-year leadership of the Broadway League has included both good times – record-setting revenue – and bad – the historic 18-month Covid shutdown – will step down from her role as President effective February 16.

Elton John just became an EGOT winner!

Suki Waterhouse is giving fans a glimpse at her bare baby bump!

Taylor Tomlinson is gearing up for the premiere of her new, late-night show After Midnight on CBS on Tuesday night.

Unfortunately, HBO and Max have announced their second TV show cancellation of the year.