Well, that's a wrap. As I look back on my two-decade tenure at Variety, I'm incredibly proud of the 2,000-plus reviews that the publication (and you, my readers) have entrusted me with. It's the ...

There are many things that drew me to re-imagining Noel Coward's The Rat Trap, an early play from the author of such enduring classics as Private Lives and Hay Fever.

Capital Stage is now accepting submissions for its 2026 Playwrights’ Revolution new play festival. The program supports the development of full-length, unproduced plays through staged readings in ...

Capital Stage will begin accepting script submissions for its annual new play festival, PLAYWRIGHTS’ REVOLUTION, from January 6 through March 6, 2026. The program focuses on identifying and developing ...

I used Mac, not Windows. Although you can do the same on Windows and Linux of course. Assumed that Node.js is installed and operational. Moved into the directory, run ...

For a spec screenwriter looking for a way into the studio system, few things are better than landing on The Black List. “Twenty-one years into this experiment, it still feels a little miraculous that ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Tom Stoppard, acclaimed Czech-born British playwright and Oscar-winning screenwriter, dies at 88 in his Dorset ...

Playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard, a four-time Tony winner for his plays “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” “Travesties,” “The Real Thing” and “The Coast of Utopia” and an Oscar winner ...

Microsoft has announced plans to improve the security of Entra ID authentication by blocking unauthorized script injection attacks starting a year from now. The update to its Content Security Policy ...

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