By: Sandi Durell It may have been snowing outside on Tuesday evening April 15th when Lucie Arnaz debuted at Café Carlyle. But inside, it was warm, romantic... The post Lucie Arnaz Brings Sprin…

It seems as if Soul Train is set to be Broadway’s newest jukebox musical joining the likes of Motown the Musical and Jersey Boys. The announcement was made Tuesday that Rock of Ages producer Matthew Weav…

When Depression-era migrant workers George Milton (Franco) and Lennie Small (O’Dowd) roll into a California ranch, the hands say it’s “funny” that the guys travel together. There’s a faint suggestion …

This week Marginal Revolution blog linked to a study addressing the claim of many donors that they are motivated to give by the effectiveness of the charity. The researchers worked with the charity, Freedom fro…

Now that AMERICAN IDOL has pared down its finalists to a manageable seven, the producers decided to bust out the most original theme in the show's 13 seasons, Competitor's Picks. How it basically works is, Rand…

Variety writes that Broadway, film and television actor Mitchell Jason passed away on March 11, 2014. He was 92.

James Franco and Chris O'Dowd bring John Steinbeck's drama back to Broadway.

Variety writes that stage and small screen actor Walter Roy Beery passed away on April 6 due to complications from lymphoma. He was 75.

Movie star casting proves to be a double-edged sword in Anna D. Shapiro’s production of John Steinbeck’s 1937 drama “Of Mice and Men.”

Plucking the dialogue pretty much verbatim from his best-selling book, Steinbeck handily transferred his tale to the stage. Again George and Lennie -- traveling together like the scores of other bindlestiffs sc…

"Spring Is Here" with Lucie Arnaz at Cafe Carlyle

Anna D. Shapiro delivers a flawless, beautifully acted revival of John Steinbeck's 1937 play.

Rhys Nicholson’s latest comedy show Eurgh is appropriately named. If you’re not sure what eurgh means, Google is your friend.‬ ‪Since quitting his lowly-paid office job to embark on a lowly-paid…

“When it rains in the winter, we’ll just say to hell with goin’ to work,” observes migrant worker George, played by James Franco in John Steinbeck’s 1937 stage adaptation of his classic novella Of Mic…

James Franco and Chris O’Dowd both make Broadway debuts in the respectable, respectful and generally inert revival of John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men.”

With his recent frat-boy antics and Renaissance-man boasts, James Franco earns eye rolls. But he deserves an appreciative nod for his Broadway debut in “Of Mice and Men.”

The Hollywood Reporter writes that Fox 2000 is developing a sequel to MRS. DOUBTFIRE, which hit theaters in 1993 starring Robin Williams. Original director Chris Columbus and Williams would both return for part…

CINDERELLA's Todd Buonopane performed 'Everybody's Girl' at Broadway Sessions on April 3rd, 2014. Click below to watch him sing

“We found a better way of doing things. Found? We forged a better way, we scratched it out, hacked it, ripped it, tore it, yanked it, clawed it out of the resisting, unyielding nose-thumbing environment.�…

Mitchell Jason, who appeared onstage, in films and on TV, died in Doylestown, Penn., on March 11. He was 92. Jason studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, acted in numerous Broadway and Off Broad…

Jeffrey Herrmann, managing director of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., has been hired by Seattle Repertory Theatre as its new managing director. He replaces Ben Moore, who announced his …

Walter Roy Beery, an actor who appeared in numerous television shows but whose first love was the theater, died at his home in Sherman Oaks, Calif., on April 6 from complications of lymphoma. He was 75. Beery s…

On Saturday, May 10th, 2014 the Louis Armstrong House Museum and the Museum of the Moving Image will host a dessert reception and special screening of the beloved film musical Hello, Dolly in honor of Ambassado…

NEW YORK—The migrant-worker tragedy “Of Mice and Men” may be compulsory reading in freshman English, but should it feel like homework for Broadway audiences, too? A revival of the play based on John Stein…

James Franco, Chris O'Dowd, Leighton Meester and Jim Norton star in the Broadway revival of John Steinbeck's classic tale of ill-fated dreamers in Depression-era California.read more

The President has the potential to be both funny and insightful, and the main players work with as much as they can. However, Max Truax’s direction lacks clarity of vision and active tone, squandering the pot…

It's probably safe to say that every boy with an interest in musical theater dreams of playing Gavroche in "Les Misérables." Gaten Matarazzo and Josh Colley currently alternate the role in the new Broadway rev…

Sutton Foster knows how to play outsize personalities who fill up the stage. Now in 'Violet.' she's taking on a character who's the exact opposite—and it's her most challenging role yet.

Directed by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro, the new Broadway production of Of Mice and Men officially opens tonight, April 16, 2014 at the Longacre Theatre. Let's see what the critics had to say...

The Broadway revival of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, which marks the Main Stem debuts of co-stars James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, officially opened on Broadway April 16 at the Longacre Theatre.

The Broadway revival of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, which marks the Main Stem debuts of co-stars James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, officially opened on Broadway April 16 at the Longacre Theatre.

A distracted James Franco and a scattershot cast only serve to magnify Anna D. Shapiro's glossy yet empty 'Of Mice and Men' revival.A distracted James Franco and a scattershot cast only serve to magnify Anna D.…

A distracted James Franco and a scattershot cast only serve to magnify Anna D. Shapiro's glossy yet empty 'Of Mice and Men' revival.NEW YORK — Why is James Franco, the world's most famous perpetual studen…

Founder Donna Northcott will direct 'Hamlet' once more.

Marin Theatre Company goes back to the August Wilson well with Fences.

A new grant has pumped $25,000 into the Stage Directors and Choreographers Workshop Foundation to help fund artist stipends and educational programs. The SDCF, which announced Wednesday it received the cash, wa…

NEW YORK (AP) -- There are hordes of teenage girls waiting outside the Longacre Theatre each night hoping to squeal over uber-muffin James Franco. But true theater fans should be waiting for his co-star to …

Glen Street Theatre has announced an exciting opportunity for young people to share their voice and celebrate cultural diversity in association with the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). Voices of Warr…

About a week after my modern adaptation of The Seagull closed in 2012 at Southwark Playhouse the director Rusell Bolam texted me, "Same again?" So it’s now in 2014 that at (the new) Southwark Playhouse we’v…

DeLisa White directed Greg Oliver Bodine’s multiple IT award nominee Poe Times Two for Cape May Stage and the Workshop Theatre Company. She directed Mac Rogers in Ed Malin's Judge, Yuri an…

As an indirect homage to this year’s Merritt Awards, I’ve chosen to highlight the sets for four shows currently running on Chicago stages.

National Endowment for the Arts NEA Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that the NEA plans to award 74.85 million in 971 grants to nonprofit organizations nationwide as part of the second half of its…

You may have seen your share of makeovers, but nothing like the one Sheila Callaghan inflicts on her heroine in “Everything You Touch,” her lushly written dark comedy world-premiering at Boston Cour…

Based on Paul Stickland's best-selling dinosaur picture book, which sold over 5 million copies worldwide, the pre-historic characters are set to start roaming stages around the UK next year

Wong will reprise his role as FBI forensic psychiatrist Dr. George Huang on this season's penultimate episode, titled 'Thought Criminal.' The episode is slated to air on May 14.

NEW YORK (AP) — Phillip Hayes Dean, a playwright, director and theater actor who wrote the one-man play "Paul Robeson" starring James Earl Jones on Broadway in 1978, died Monday in Los Angeles from a hear…

Phillip Hayes Dean, who was a playwright, director and actor in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and various regional theaters died on Monday, April 14, 2014 from a heart condition, a family spokesperson announce…

Broadway favorite Valerie Harper has some wonderful news to share with her adoring fans.

When Ray Shepardson called, and he called those in a position to influence the fate of old theaters frequently, he would announce himself with a tagline: "It's Ray Shepardson, formerly of almost every theater i…

Broadway veteran Rachel Potter has just announced that a solo country album is in the works, and supporters can help to make the project a reality through PledgeMuisc. She writes 'I have partnered with PledgeMu…

BROADWAY REVIEW: 'Of Mice and Men' at the Longacre Theatre ... Many in the audience for "Of Mice and Men" are coming to see James Franco. But given director Anna D. Shapiro's long history with Chicago's Steppen…

Including "A View from the Bridge" by Teatro Vista. Arthur Miller's play is directed by Ricardo Gutierrez at the Biograph.

Chuckling merrily at Natalie West's sardonic turn as a washed-up flight attendant in Marisa Wegrzyn's hilarious "Mud Blue Sky" at A Red Orchid Theatre on Monday night, I found myself wondering when there last w…

THEATER REVIEWS: 'Pinkolandia' at 16th Street Theater ★★★ and 'The Deer' by Ruckus ★★½ THEATER REVIEWS: 'Pinkolandia' at 16th Street Theater ★★★ and 'The Deer' …

The New York Times reports that experimental performance company Incubator Arts Project will not be renewing its lease at St. Mark's Church in the East Village and will officially close this July.

As a special Easter treat, AussieTheatre are giving away a DOUBLE PASS to see The Rocky Horror Show in Melbourne on Friday 25 April! Australian theatre and television star Craig McLachlan stars as Frank n Furte…

Veteran fashion stylist Arianne Phillips, makes her Broadway debut in costume design for “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”

Studio Tenn's season finale production of the operatic epic 'Les Miserables' will celebrate Claude-Michel Schonburg's stirring, masterful score the core of this sweeping contemporary phenomenon. Made into a maj…

Dreams can be magical, uplifting, portentous, or oppressive — or, sometimes, all four at once.

“theatreWeek Theatre!" In honor of theatreWeek, we're spotlighting ALL of the shows currently on stage. From comedies, to dramas, to everything in between. Theatre is for everyone, and out o…

Chris O'Dowd and James Franco share lovely, unforced chemistry in this adaptation of Steinbeck's classic novella, says Tom Wicker

Directed by Tony Award-winner Anna D. Shapiro, the new Broadway production of Of Mice and Men officially opens tonight, Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street). The strictly lim…

A songwriter and a theater’s artistic director join hands to bring Gertrude Stein’s rhymes and repetitions to the stage in “The World is Round.”

Busy with work and family, a trio of friends recently enjoyed the rare treat of spending a girls’ day out together in New York. Follow Debra, Dawn and Lillie as they raise a glass to their friendship over…

An old-school fairy godmother might float serenely to a protégée’s rescue, waving a magic wand. Not so for the supernatural fixer of “Cinderella: The Remix,” the clever children’s musical now at Imagi…

Are you Bloody Mary or Nellie Forbush Are you more a Emile de Becque or Luther Billis Are you star-crossed lovers like Cable or Liat Find out now by taking Paper Mill Playhouse's 'Which SOUTH PACIFIC character …

MJ Kaufman's new developmental play highlights issues surrounding transgender youth.

Liz Callaway, Christina Bianco, and Ann Harada are also scheduled to perform.

Roslyn Kind, the younger half-sister of Barbra Streisand, recorded her first album in 1968, a mere two months after graduating high school. Although she has tours as a cabaret performer, she has taken the stage…

NEW YORK (AP) -- Phillip Hayes Dean, a playwright, director and theater actor who wrote the play "Paul Robeson" that starred James Earl Jones on Broadway in 1978, has died in Los Angeles. He was 83....

Virginia's Tony-Award winning Signature Theatre presents The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's cutting and enduring critique of capitalism and corruption. Directed by Signature Theatre's Associa…

Virginia's Tony-Award winning Signature Theatre announces the cast for The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's cutting and enduring critique of capitalism and corruption. Directed by Signature The…

Laura Osnes takes us backstage at The Threepenny Opera and introduces us to her fellow cast members, including Romeo the Dog and a certain Oscar winner.

“Moth” is “Glee” for the Emo crowd, a look at high school life from the point of view of the disaffected and disenfranchised, the bullied and the brooding. Australian playwright Declan Greene gives two …

This week's episode has the Bullets cast trash-talking bad actors, a traffic jam caused by the Prez needing a Broadway fix, a revealing tweet from a Les Miz star and a whole lotta love for Bridges, Mormon a…

The event featured a performance by iLUMINATE, dancers who perform in the dark to create illuminated characters -- including 737s. A United Airlines airplane formed the stage's backdrop, as Ron Baur, vice presi…