Tuesday, April 12, 2016
On the heels of “The Force Awakens,” the original “Star Wars” trilogy is coming back to theaters this summer.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:20PMFriday, April 8, 2016
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Bruce Springsteen has canceled his concert in North Carolina, citing the state’s new law blocking anti-discrimination rules covering the LGBT community. In a state…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:28PMThursday, April 7, 2016
NEW YORK — Details about the next BroadwayCon have been unveiled — and there's a lot more razzle dazzle.The event slated for Jan. 27-29 is moving to the cavernous Javits Center on Mahat…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:01PMA high school musical in New Zealand got a little too real when a prop razor used in a throat-slitting scene ended up cutting two boy’s necks and sending them to a local hospital overnight.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:16AMWednesday, April 6, 2016
NEW YORK — The Stratford Festival in Canada is commemorating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death by making his plays accessible to a generation raised on the Internet.The…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 03:21PMNEW YORK — Diane Lane will be going back to something familiar on Broadway — "The Cherry Orchard."The Roundabout Theatre Company said Tuesday that the "Unfaithful" and "Man of Steel" st…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 03:21PMMonday, April 4, 2016
NEW YORK — Kathleen Battle is returning to the Metropolitan Opera, 22 years after the company fired her and publicly accused her of "unprofessional actions."Battle, who will be 68 in Augu…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 07:08PMSunday, April 3, 2016
LONDON — Academy Award-winner Mark Rylance is a best-actor favorite at Sunday's Olivier Awards, a celebration of the London stage whose nominees include Benedict Cumberbatch, Judi Dench a…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:42PMAcademy Award-winner Mark Rylance is a best-actor favorite at London’s Olivier Awards, a celebration of the London stage whose nominees include Benedict Cumberbatch, Judi Dench and Nicole …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:33AMFriday, April 1, 2016
NEW YORK — Most nights just before he hits a Broadway stage, you can find Jeff Daniels pacing furiously backstage and muttering to himself.He's busy getting his heart rate up and getting …
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 12:02PMWednesday, March 30, 2016
NEW YORK — Former "Will & Grace" star Sean Hayes is coming back to Broadway as a guy with plenty of will and grace.Hayes will play God in a stage adaptation of the humor book "The Las…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:18PMTuesday, March 29, 2016
NEW YORK — Tony Award-nominee Rory O'Malley, whose bid to return to Broadway this season in "Nerds" failed, has found another way — in the mega-success "Hamilton."O'Malley, who was last…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:59PMNEW YORK — Barbara Cook's return to a New York stage in a show about her life has been postponed.Producers said Monday that "Barbara Cook: Then and Now," conceived by James Lapine and dir…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:59PMSunday, March 27, 2016
NEW YORK — Broadway fans were treated to a surprise performance by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell at the end of their new musical, "Bright Star."
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:07AMThursday, March 17, 2016
NEW YORK — Producers of the musical "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" will be hoping they've won the golden ticket when they transfer the show from London to Broadway in the spring of 2…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:35PMNEW YORK — Actors like to think their show is different every night, but the folks at "Shear Madness" really aren't exaggerating.Heavy audience participation means this beauty-parlor murde…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:35PMTuesday, March 15, 2016
WASHINGTON — Eying the multiethnic troupe of 20-somethings rocking out in the East Room to tales of the American Revolution, President Barack Obama wagered a safe guess: The Founding Fath…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 04:18PMSunday, March 13, 2016
NEW YORK — Celebrities including Whoopi Goldberg and Brian Dennehy have agreed to perform for one time only a thoughtful, 70-minute monologue. But there's a catch: They get no script ahead…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 06:36PMNEW 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 06:30PM 
