The Manhattan District Attorney has indicted a former theater agent, Roland Scahill, for stealing $165,000 from investors in a phony Broadway play that would have starred Lupita N’yongo. According to…
Clint Ramos is nominated for a Tony Award for the costumes for “Eclipsed,” the Broadway play starring Lupita Nyong’o, and designed the play’s sets as well. Ramos joined Variety‘s Jenelle Riley to…
Tony Awards nominees “The Humans” and “Eclipsed” both scored trophies at the Off Broadway-centric Obie Awards, which gave its top playwriting prize to Rajiv Joseph’s “Guards at the Taj.” “Guards”…
In a Broadway season that’s seen a notable explosion of diversity onstage, the union that represents theater directors and choreographers — the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) — is…
“The Humans,” the Stephen Karam play that had a well-received Off Broadway run before its current Broadway transfer, leads the pack of 2016 nominations for the Lucille Lortel Awards, the annual…
Opening nighters at “Eclipsed” might have been surprised by how much they laughed. The Broadway play, starring Lupita Nyong’o and written by “The Walking Dead” star Danai Gurira, is an intense story…
The following is an edited version of Marilyn Stasio’s Off Broadway review of “Eclipsed,” including new additions addressing the Broadway transfer that opened March 6. When experienced in the…
It’s rare for an instant A-lister like Lupita Nyong’o to return to the stage just as her movie career is kicking into high gear. But that’s what Nyong’o did, starring in “Eclipsed,” the drama by…
Broadway got a few intimations of its annual spring crush last week, as two notable titles — “Eclipsed,” starring Lupita Nyong’o, and the Steve Martin-Edie Brickell musical “Bright Star” — joined the…
Danai Gurira doesn't need a sword to be formidable. Take away the dreadlocks and the katana of Michonne, the fan-favorite character she plays on "The Walking Dead," and Gurira proves brainy…
Lupita Nyong’o hopes to use the heat of her career to expand the kinds of stories Hollywood tells on the big screen, the actress told Variety in an interview that addressed the controversy…
