Gus Van Sant News

The McCoy Center for the Arts will host “An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes,” featuring a screening of The Princess Bride and an onstage discussion with the film’s star.

Tony and Obie Award-winning actor, writer, and director John Cameron Mitchell will return to Broadway in the hit play Oh, Mary! for a limited 12-week engagement this winter. Learn more here!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is December 9, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

We still don’t know what Kurt Cobain did in the days before his suicide in 1994. Gus Van Sant offered one hallucinatory guess in Last Days, refashioned into opera by Oliver Leith and now revived at the Royal Ballet And Opera.

DEATH OF A DRAG QUEEN is a hilarious glitter-streaked Southern gothic about love, loss, and the personas we build to survive. Set in a small Louisiana apartment doubling as a backstage dressing room, the play follows Cram Brulée—a fading drag legend—as she prepares for what might be her final performance. Haunted by memories and betrayals, Cram struts, spirals, and sews her soul back together in a one-drag queen showdown soaked in sequins and secrets. Equal parts camp and confession, it’s a lipstick-stained elegy for those of us who love too much, give too much, and believe in everyone but ourselves. Breaking new ground as a one actor/one drag queen live performance. 'Tuck after tuck, somethin's gotta give!'

Last Days, composer Oliver Leith and librettist Matt Copson’s cult opera that sold out in minutes on its premiere, returns to the Linbury Theatre 5 December 2025 – 3 January 2026. Check out photos of the company in rehearsal below.

British actor Jake Dunn will make his West End debut in the lead role of Blake in The Royal Opera's Last Days. Learn more about Dunn and the production here!

The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame will host a screening of a short comedy, drama, and thriller film block by West Babylon director Joe Pomarico. Learn more!

Broadway alum Colman Domingo and Demi Moore will star in the new film, Strange Arrivals, based on the true story of a couple who claimed they were abducted by aliens in 1961.

Oscar-nominated actors Colman Domingo and Jeremy Strong are in early discussions to make their debuts at London’s National Theatre. The news comes as new Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham unveils her inaugural season, featuring a starry lineup that includes Paul Mescal, Nicola Coughlan and more.

Watch a video of Tony nominee Shoshana Bean join Pink Martini for a performance of “Don’t Rain on My Parade” as part of the ensemble’s 30th anniversary celebration concert at Carnegie Hall in November 2024.

Colman Domingo has revealed that he is in talks with the National Theatre's incoming Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham for a possible project in the fall of 2026.

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra has received a $2 million gift from Joan and Jeff Beal to establish the Joan and Jeff Beal Fund for Living Composers, designated to commission new works from composers working in the entertainment industry.

Alex Edelman, Billy Crudup, Jean Smart, and more took home Emmy Awards tonight. The 76th Emmy Awards ceremony was broadcast live from the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles Sunday, Sept. 15. Check out the full list of winners here!

Portland’s Pink Martini is celebrating their 30th Anniversary this year. The festivities include a massive North American tour and the release of new music this Summer and Fall. Now, they share the first of the new music, their take on the 1947 single “I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out.”

Pink Martini - the renowned musical group from Portland, known for its eclectic blend of classical, jazz, and Latin music - is celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year. The celebration features a massive North American tour which includes a 2-night stand at Hollywood Bowl on August 23 and 24 with Andrew Bird Trio opening.

MIX NYC, the New York Queer Experimental Film Festival, is set to return in 2024, showcasing innovative and diverse queer cinema.

Danny Elfman, known the world over for his scores to over 115 movies, adds two major orchestral works to his recorded catalog. The dynamic American conductor JoAnn Falletta directs the forces of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in this new studio recording, out now on Sony Classical. The Percussion Concerto was written for the Scottish virtuoso Colin Currie and was co-commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Listen to the new music now!

The 2024 Tribeca Festival has unveiled its lineup of talks with iconic artists, critically acclaimed directors, and multi-hyphenate entertainers, as well as reunions and retrospectives of venerable and lauded films and TV series. See the full lineup here!

Ella Beatty is making her Broadway debut as “River” in Appropriate, taking over for Elle Fanning. Beatty officially began performances earlier this week. Stopping by to show her support was Beatty's mother, actress Annette Bening. Check out photos here!