Friday, May 4, 2018
Chicago's famed improv comedy theater Second City is teaming up with DePaul University to offer degrees in comedy filmmaking. The comedy troupe already has its own film school but is collabo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:36AMTuesday, May 1, 2018
‘Mean Girls’ and ‘SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical’ lead Tony Awards nominations with 12 nods each.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:33AMChicagoans Jessie Mueller, Laurie Metcalf and David Cromer are among this year's list of nominees.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 09:24AMNEW YORK — Whichever show garners the most Tony Award nominations on Tuesday will very likely sound familiar. That’s because most of the leading candidates on Broadway stages these d…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:30AMMonday, April 30, 2018
SALT LAKE CITY — The lead actor in a production of the Tony Award-winning musical Hamilton has called out Salt Lake City theater-goers who pulled out their cell phones during performances …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:44PMFriday, April 27, 2018
On a recent weekend morning, a cavernous basement studio in Harlem was chock full, throbbing with music, and hopping with energy — literally. It was alumni day at the National Dance Instit…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:06PMMonday, April 23, 2018
A new documentary by Susan Stroman called "Bathtubs Over Broadway" allows audiences into this secret world.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 01:15PMFriday, April 20, 2018
A theater in southern Germany is proceeding with plans to open a satirical play about Adolf Hitler’s youth in which some patrons will be wearing swastika armbands.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:42AMWednesday, April 18, 2018
LONDON — British theater critics are praising a new stage musical about the life of Tina Turner — and it also has the approval of the star herself.Turner was in the audience for the ope…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:42PMThe show charts Turner's small-town roots, her musical apprenticeship alongside abusive husband Ike Turner and her solo breakthrough in the 1980s.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 01:50PMThe Tony Awards ceremony will be held June 10 at Radio City Music Hall.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 01:10PMPop singers-turned-Broadway-stars Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban will co-host the Tony Awards, the theater industry's biggest ceremony. They take over hosting duties from Kevin Spacey, the d…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:09PMTuesday, April 17, 2018
British man claims he suffered brain injury when he fell while participating in Las Vegas showJurors got a rare behind-the-scenes look at a David Copperfield disappearing act during testimon…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24PMSaturday, April 14, 2018
Czech filmmaker Milos Forman, whose American movies “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Amadeus” won a deluge of Academy Awards, including best director Oscars, died Saturday. H…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:51AMWednesday, April 11, 2018
Virtually every major comic from Richard Pryor to Robin Williams to Jerry Seinfeld used the club as a stepping-stone to successful careers.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 01:59PMTuesday, April 10, 2018
McKayle choreographed works that focused on black life and socially conscious themes such as poverty, homelessness and discrimination.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 08:55AMSunday, April 8, 2018
“Hamilton” took seven trophies including best new musical at British theater's Olivier Awards, where women's rights activists joined stage stars on the red carpet to support the Time's U…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:55PMThe winners of the 2018 Olivier Awards, honoring achievement in London theater, opera and dance:
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:06PMThe Latest on British theater’s Olivier Awards (all times local):
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:48PMWomen’s rights activists are due to join stage stars on the red carpet at British theater’s Olivier Awards, where “Hamilton” leads the race for trophies with 13 nominations.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:12AMLONDON — Women's rights activists are due to join stage stars on the red carpet Sunday at British theater's Olivier Awards, where "Hamilton" leads the race for trophies with 13 nomination…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 01:00AMFriday, March 23, 2018
The actor who plays Captain America may be ready to hang up his shield.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:18AMSunday, March 18, 2018
PHILADELPHIA — In October 1979, Leonard Bernstein received a fan letter from a high school humanities teacher. Helen Morgan wrote to the celebrity composer-conductor-pianist in hopes he co…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 01:00AMWednesday, March 14, 2018
The estate of "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee has filed suit over an upcoming Broadway adaptation of the novel.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 08:50PMMonday, March 12, 2018
The Metropolitan Opera fired music director emeritus James Levine after an investigation found evidence of sexual abuse and harassment. Levine was suspended by the Met in December pending th…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:16PMOleg Tabakov, a Russian actor and theater director who for decades was one of the most revered figures in Russia’s theater and film communities, has died. He was 82.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:42PMWednesday, March 7, 2018
Lift: Slobodan Show, directed by Kosovan Serb Nenad Todorović, aims to treat the “last Serbian taboo”A musical about the late Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević was staged in Kosovo on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:56AMTuesday, March 6, 2018
The West End production of “Hamilton” leads the field for Britain’s biggest theater awards, the Oliviers.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:18PMAuthorities say the 4-year-old daughter of a Tony-award winning actress was killed along with a 1-year-old friend when a driver slammed into them on a Brooklyn street.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:12PMThursday, March 1, 2018
New York City Ballet dancer Sean Lavery, whose career was cut short when he was diagnosed with a spinal tumor, has died at age 61.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:04PMHis death on Wednesday was confirmed by Dan Demello, a publicist for the Off-Broadway show.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 02:05PM 
