Sunday, March 13, 2016
NEW YORK — Before you can get to Michelle Williams' dressing room at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway, you pass one with a sofa upholstered in bright colors, a flat-screen TV and a disco ba…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 06:36PMNEW YORK — Audiences going to New York Theatre Workshop will see something unusual when they enter — a swimming pool. Not a little wading pool or artful images of water. A real pool.Tony…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 06:36PMMOSCOW — Among the dozen 15-year-old girls in lavender leotards in Tatyana Galtseva's class at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, one is different. And it's not just because of her long, swan-li…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 06:12PMNEW YORK — A young actor from Atlanta is making his Broadway debut this season. He's only 13 and he's never acted professionally before. But don't worry — he's got it in his DNA."Disaste…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 06:07PMMonday, February 22, 2016
NEW YORK — Lin-Manuel Miranda's revolutionary stage musical "Hamilton" has won a Grammy, a "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation and now another honor — one of the largest prizes…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:38PMLONDON — Nicole Kidman has won best actress in a play honors at London's WhatsOnStage Awards for her depiction of a real-life scientific heroine in "Photograph 51."Kidman played Rosalind F…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:38PMSaturday, February 20, 2016
NEW YORK — Most speakers at large conferences hope they have something topical to add when it's their turn to talk. Derrick Wang has nothing to worry about.The composer, lyricist and libre…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:28PMThursday, February 18, 2016
NEW YORK — Sandy Duncan's return to Broadway — and in a musical about Peter Pan — will be short-lived.The actress, who played the boy who won't grow up on Broadway from 1979-81, has l…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 07:36AMSaturday, February 13, 2016
NEW YORK — Disney has announced that Denver will be the place where it tests its upcoming "Frozen" musical.Disney Theatrical Productions said it will mount the show at the Buell Theatre i…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:49AMWednesday, February 10, 2016
Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Social Network working on stage version of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer-winning novel about racial prejudice Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:14AMTuesday, February 2, 2016
NEW YORK — A-list stars like Helen Mirren, Audra McDonald, Neil Patrick Harris and Jake Gyllenhaal will help honor the Roundabout Theatre Company in a short film to air on NBC in New York …
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:10PMTuesday, January 26, 2016
NEW YORK — The mega-hit Broadway show "Hamilton" will hit the road, with stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles planned for 2017.Producers said Tuesday that performances will begin in Mar…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:44AMTuesday, January 19, 2016
NEW YORK — It's a match made in musical theater heaven — Bette Midler will star in a Broadway revival of "Hello, Dolly!"Movie and theatrical producer Scott Rudin said Tuesday that the D…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 06:30PMThursday, January 14, 2016
NEW YORK — Sylvan Barnet, a longtime professor of literature at Tufts University who edited the budget-priced Signet Classic editions of Shakespeare's plays and poems used by countless s…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:40PMTuesday, January 12, 2016
NEW YORK — Nick Cordero has been picked to star opposite Tony Award-winner Jessie Mueller in "Waitress" on Broadway.Cordero, the Tony-nominated star of "Bullets Over Broadway" and "Rock o…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:30PMMonday, January 11, 2016
NEW YORK — David Bowie, the other-worldly musician who broke pop and rock boundaries with his creative musicianship, nonconformity, striking visuals and a genre-spanning persona he christe…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 11:27AMFriday, January 1, 2016
LOS ANGELES — Natalie Cole, the daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, who carved out her own success with R&B hits like “Our Love” and “This Will Be” before &…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:43PMTuesday, December 22, 2015
Three-day BroadwayCon to be held in New York and will feature seminars, panels and masterclasses led by theatre veteransThere will be meet-ups for fans of Andrew Lloyd Webber or Stephen Sond…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PMNEW YORK — Another milestone has fallen thanks to the Broadway musical "Hamilton" — this time on Twitter.The microblogging website said Tuesday there have been over 1 million tweets abo…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 02:41PMTuesday, December 15, 2015
NEW YORK — Edith Piaf would have turned 100 this month and never has she been more vital.The cabaret singer who once sang on the streets for spare change was celebrated and channeled by t…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:14PMMonday, December 7, 2015
NEW YORK — Tony Award-winning choreographer and mentor Bill T. Jones will be honored by the Human Rights Campaign with its Visibility Award, which recognizes those who shine a light on th…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 07:27PMFriday, December 4, 2015
MEDINA, Minn. — Scott Weiland, the former frontman for the Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died. He was 48. The singer’s manager, Tom Vitorino, confirmed the death to &#…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 02:04AMTuesday, December 1, 2015
NEW YORK — The musical "Waitress" hasn't yet begun serving its specials on Broadway, but it's already made some history.Lorin Latarro has been hired to choreograph the show, joining a fem…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:16PMNew show will be first Broadway production to feature female director, choreographer, writer and composerThe musical Waitress has not yet begun serving its specials onstage yet, but it will …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03PMSunday, November 29, 2015
BERLIN — Luc Bondy, a Swiss opera, theater and film director who staged productions on renowned stages across Europe and the United States, has died. He was 67.The Odeon Theatre in Paris, …
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 01:39PMWednesday, November 25, 2015
NEW YORK — Two Broadway shows will close just as your New Year's Eve hangover is subsiding.The play "Sylvia" starring Matthew Broderick, and the musical "Dames at Sea" both have announced …
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 07:37PMTuesday, November 17, 2015
NEW YORK — A musical celebrating the most decorated Tony Award-winner in history is currently not playing on Broadway. Or off-Broadway. Or, for that matter, off-off-Broadway. It's not even…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 04:32PMWednesday, November 11, 2015
NEW YORK — Few performers making their Broadway debuts get a street on Broadway renamed in their honor. Michael Flatley is an exception.The trailblazing former "Riverdance" star was on han…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:33AMMonday, October 26, 2015
NEW YORK — A new online streaming service launches on Monday that hopes to one day become the Netflix of Broadway, offering high-definition broadcasts of top theatrical events to computer…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:49AMSunday, October 25, 2015
BOSTON — Amateur musicians from across Massachusetts are joining the Boston Symphony Orchestra onstage this week.For a second year, the BSO is bringing accomplished adult amateurs aboard. …
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 04:07PMWednesday, October 21, 2015
NEW YORK — Misty Copeland has already achieved a crossover pop culture fame that few dancers could ever hope to have. She's a best-selling author, a celebrity spokesperson, and a role mod…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:10AM 
