Christopher Briney News

Check out photos from the red carpet premiere of Hacks Season 5 in Los Angeles, featuring Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Megan Stalter, Robby Hoffman, and more.

Hacks, the hit comedy series featuring Jean Smart in her Emmy-winning role as Deborah Vance, is returning for a fifth and final season on Thursday, April 9. Check out the trailer for the new season. 

In this interview, Margolin and Randall, who did not know each other previously, discussed what drew them to write about the bond between women, how important it was to work with female directors, what they think it took to get their work to the stage, and more.

Dilaria by Julia Randall has extended its run at the DR2 Theatre. Dilaria currently stars Ella Stiller (Driver’s Ed, And Just Like That), Chiara Aurelia (Cruel Summer, Hysteria!), and Christopher Briney (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Dalíland).

Tessa Albertson will join the cast in the role of Georgia following Chiara Aurelia. Learn more about Dilaria Off-Broadway and see how to purchase tickets here!

What's happening off-Broadway? BroadwayWorld is here to guide you through the top picks for theatre for the month of July! Learn more about upcoming Off-Broadway shows.

On June 18, 2025 at the DR2 Theatre, a star-studded audience gathered at opening night of the world premiere of Julia Randall’s Dilaria. See photos from opening night here!

You can now get a first look at production photos of the off-Broadway premiere of Dilaria. See who is starring, and learn more about the production here!

You can now get a first look behind the scenes at rehearsals for the world premiere production of Julia Randall’s Dilaria, opening in New York this summer.

The world premiere production of Julia Randall’s play, Dilaria, will open in New York this summer. Directed by Alex Keegan, Dilaria will star Ella Stiller and Chiara Aurelia. Learn more!

Reneé Rapp is back as Regina George, but this time with a twist. In a new ad spot for Paramount+, the Mean Girls star reprises her role- now billed as 'Reginius Georgius'- in a crossover with Gladiator.  Check it out here!

Winners have been announced for the Casting Society 39th Artios Awards!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is February 22, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

'Meet the Plastics' of Mean Girls by watching eight minutes of the new movie musical! After the film was released on digital platforms yesterday, Paramount has dropped a video of Reneé Rapp singing 'Meet the Plastics,' as well as other footage from the film. Also watch the lead-in to 'Stupid With Love,' featuring Tina Fey and Christopher Briney.

Tina Fey sat down with Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers on their 'Las Culturistas' podcast this week to discuss the Mean Girls movie musical, her tour with Amy Poehler, and more. The 30 Rock star praised Reneé Rapp's performance in the new movie and joked about TikTok criticism. Watch the video!

According to Variety, Mean Girls is projected to remain at the top box office spot for the third week in a row and bring in $6.7 million over the next three days.

Mean Girls is holding the top spot at the box office, despite weak numbers during the second weekend.

Since the release of the Mean Girls movie musical, the original Broadway cast recording has seen a streaming increase on Spotify. The film verison cuts nine of the songs that were performed in the Broadway production, leading fans to re-visit the cast recording after seeing the new film. Find out how Spotify streams increased on the cast recording!

After two trailers not featuring music from the film, the new film adaptation of Mean Girls was not explicitly sold to general audiences as a musical. After its triumphant opening at the box office, Variety reports that Paramount elected not to market the film as a musical, in an effort to not 'turn off audiences.'

Mean Girls led the long weekend box office with a 'grool' $32 million opening. The film seemingly over-performed at cinemas, surpassing its originally predicted opening gross of $30 million. It cost $36 million to make. The movie musical also surpassed the original 2004 film's opening weekend gross. In 2004.