Corey Feldman has softened his position on the Michael Jackson HBO documentary Leaving Neverland. After calling the film “one sided” in a Monday interview – before Part II aired – and experiencing a firestorm of online criticism, Feldman came back two days later to say it’s very important to consider all sides of the…

An episode of The Simpsons featuring the voice of pop singer Michael Jackson is being pulled from circulation amid the fallout from HBO’s shocking Leaving Neverland documentary.

"I'm against book burning of any kind," producer Jim Brooks told the The Wall Street Journal. "But this is our book, and we're allowed to…

As the writer of Mary Poppins Returns, David Magee embraced the major opportunity he saw before him, putting his stamp on an iconic character that meant so much to him. A sequel to Disney's 1964 musical classic—based on a series of children's books by P.L. Travers—Mary Poppins Returns circles back to the titular…

UPDATE Wednesday: A spokesperson for Harvey Weinstein today provided this response to earlier stories in Deadline and Vanity Fair:

"Mr. Weinstein has dedicated his life to helping raise funding to find a cure for AIDS…Over the years he has raised over $50 million  personally in donations…

Finding Neverland, whose well-chronicled journey from 2004 Miramax meller to Harvey Weinstein-produced Broadway musical provided as much entertainment off-stage as on, closed up shop on Sunday after 598 performances (including previews) at the Nederlander Organization’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.

The send-off came with a $…

Finding Neverland, the passion project that marked Harvey Weinstein’s debut as the lead producer of a Broadway musical, will close on August 21. Weinstein and executive producer Victoria Parker informed the cast Thursday night at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, where the musical opened April 15, 2015 after a month of…

Tick tock, tick tock: After late September’s 6 percent tock in Week 18 of the Broadway season, sales ticked back 3.5 percent to ring in October, with most shows listing modest gains. One exception worth keeping an eye on: Finding Neverland, Harvey Weinstein’s major wager on a big musical built on a title from…

Whether it was out-of-town crowds avoiding Manhattan traffic with the double whammy of Pope Francis’ visit and the UN General Assembly, the Jewish High Holy Days, or all three, Broadway had a lousy Week 18. Unless, that is, your name is Alexander, Carole or Elder — in which case, some religious leader who’s a fan put…

It’s not exactly a collapse worthy of prompting mass defenestrations, but Broadway business echoed the financial malaise sending shivers through the equities markets this week. Of course, there also was competition from a great show going on in Times Square for free as news organizations sent cameras and crews to docum…

As producers ramp up efforts to grow the international audience (the latest effort is aimed at Brazilians who prefer Bergdorf’s, Bendel’s and Bloomingdale’s to Broadway), shows aimed at families are showing growth at the early summer box office. Six of seven G-rated shows currently running posted B.O. improvement last…

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Reacting to the snub this morning by the Tony nominating committee, which declined to give Finding Neverland any love at all, producer Harvey Weinstein took the high road:

"With 27 nominations today for Fun Home, The Elephant Man, The Audience and Wolf Hall, shows that we either co-invested or co-produced, we couldn't…