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Oliver Queen actor Stephen Amell has kept busy since he left The CW's Arrow. The CW's Arrowverse comes to an end in 2023 with The Flash season 9 after more than a decade's worth of superhero content on the small screen. Although Grant Gustin's Barry Allen became the face of the Arrowverse thanks to the popularity of The Flash, it was Stephen Amell who started it all, giving the franchise its name once Arrow proved that a vast and interconnected DC universe was possible on TV.

Throughout Arrow's eight seasons and multiple appearances across Batwoman, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Vixen, and Supergirl, Stephen Amell not only cemented Oliver Queen as an iconic live-action Green Arrow but also portrayed his evil counterpart Dark Arrow, a body-swapped version of The Flash, and a future version of Oliver Queen. Arrow ends Oliver Queen's journey with his death and subsequent transformation into The Spectre,...

Atx Television Festival revealed the first handful of titles set to take center stage for its virtual season 10 event. Showtime’s Ziwe, Steve McQueen’s Small Axe and Fox’s HouseBroken will be among the featured titles for the annual television event, which will run from June 11 to 20.

The 2021 edition will be the second virtual event in the fest’s history amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Like its in-person iteration, this year’s Atx Television Festival will feature industry-focused panels with a number of showrunners, executives, teasing what’s the to come in the television scene.

Additionally this year’s festival will honor five-time Emmy winner Michael J. Fox with the Award in Television Excellence. The annual honor seeks to recognize individuals whose career reflects the best of television, through work that is thought-provoking, genuine, expansive, and ultimately, entertaining. Fox will join this year’s Atx Television fest for an...

An “Oz” reunion and panels for Amazon Prime Video’s “Small Axe,” as well as Showtime’s variety sketch show “Ziwe” are some of the first programs being scheduled at the 2021 Atx Television Festival, Variety has learned exclusively.

Additional panels include a “Faking It” reunion, a look at Fox’s new animated comedy “Housebroken,” the independent short-form comedy “Speech & Debate” and a number of themed panels. This year’s Award in Television eXcellence will be presented to Michael J. Fox, and Tubi has joined the festival as a supporting partner.

As this year’s honoree, the Emmy-winning Fox will join the festival for an intimate, retrospective conversation that spans his iconic performances on everything from “Family Ties” to “Spin City,” as well as features his guest roles on “The Good Wife” and “Rescue Me,” and dives into his memoir, “No Time Like The Future.”

The Atx/Showtime marquee conversation...

Michael J. Fox will receive the Atx Television Festival’s annual Award in Television Excellence.

The honor is part of the first wave of programming for the festival’s 10th “season” — which also includes a retrospective of HBO’s Oz (initially planned for last year) and panels featuring Small Axe creator and director Steve McQueen, comedian and soon to be Showtime host Ziwe and a screening of Fox’s animated comedy Housebroken.

Additionally, the ten-day virtual festival will feature a look back at MTV’s 2013-16 series Faking It; a premiere of the third installment of short-form comedy Speech & Debate; and topical panels ...

Michael J. Fox will receive the Atx Television Festival’s annual Award in Television Excellence.

The honor is part of the first wave of programming for the festival’s 10th “season” — which also includes a retrospective of HBO’s Oz (initially planned for last year) and panels featuring Small Axe creator and director Steve McQueen, comedian and soon to be Showtime host Ziwe and a screening of Fox’s animated comedy Housebroken.

Additionally, the ten-day virtual festival will feature a look back at MTV’s 2013-16 series Faking It; a premiere of the third installment of short-form comedy Speech & Debate; and topical panels ...

Exclusive: Tony Award nominee Gideon Glick has been cast in Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider’s Comedy Central series The Other Two.

Glick, who originated the role of Dill Harris in Aaron Sorkin’s Broadway adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, will appear as The Other Two‘s Jess, the new boyfriend of Cary (Drew Tarver). Jess is described as a laid back guy who seems very into Cary and very able to roll with the punches.

Gideon recently concluded his Tony nominated performance in To Kill A Mockingbird, and can currently be seen starring as Seymour in the critically-acclaimed Off Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors.

Glick’s previous film and television credits include Marriage Story, Ocean’s 8, Speech & Debate and Song One as well as The Detour, Devious Maids, Elementary and The Good Wife, among others. Glick’s previous stage credits include productions of Spring Awakening,...

Chicago – “Speech & Debate,” the latest production from the mighty Brown Paper Box Company, continues their tradition of thinking outside that “box” in presenting storefront theater that makes a statement and a difference. “Speech” goes inside America by showcasing the outsiders… those who create art because they can’t get it right in real life. This non-equity Chicago stage play premiere is finely tuned and wonderfully acted, and runs through March 4th, 2018. Click here for more details, including ticket information.

Play Rating: 5.0/5.0

The beauty of the piece is the dynamo of the three lead actors. Two are tentative and emerging adolescent gay men, the other is a overwrought theater nerd gal who cannot get cast. Together they create their own kind of music, and in that interim discover more about themselves than they expected. The play is sensitive, contemporary and performance strong, and becomes an absorbing piece of theater craft, with...