Sunday, June 7, 2015
Hosted by Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming, the three-hour show will feature appearances by Jennifer Lopez, Sting, Jim Parsons and a stunt: Josh Groban will try to lead the most performers…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:32PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 6, 2015
In addition to a hefty 11 performances and the handing out of 24 competitive Tonys, the three-hour telecast will feature appearances by a motley group of stars like Jennifer Lopez, Sting, Ji…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 03:27PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 3, 2015
NEW YORK " When Larry David was showing his old "Seinfeld" pal Jason Alexander the quirks of his Broadway dressing room, the discussion naturally went to the toilet."You know what he said? …
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 02:43PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 28, 2015
NEW YORK " Like so many other aspiring actresses, Olivia Washington is paying her dues at a small, off-Broadway theater. Unlike so many other aspiring actresses, she's not relying on her fa…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:34AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 27, 2015
NEW YORK " If the Tony Award for best director was handed out on quantity alone, Jeremy Herrin would easily be the winner.He has helmed the double bill stage adaptation of Hilary Mantel's T…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 03:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Portable theatre presents new three-minute pieces by playwrights including Will Eno and Lynn Nottage, performed by single actor for solitary audience memberMany theatre owners like to say th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:46AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 13, 2015
LOS ANGELES " Rachel Rosenthal, the performance and theater artist who embraced environmentalism during a half-century career devoted to the avant-garde, has died in Southern California. She…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 02:10PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 12, 2015
NEW YORK " Before hitting a Broadway stage, she has to remember not to let her butt stick out. Her co-star, meanwhile, can't forget to swivel his shoulders back.Darren Criss and Rebecca Nao…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:42AM[SHARE]Monday, May 4, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO " Scholars at the University of California, Berkeley have pieced together a collection of letters written by Mark Twain when the author was a young newsman in San Francisco.In…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 05:36PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 29, 2015
NEW YORK " Kristin Chenoweth is being very tightlipped about her upcoming assignment to co-host the Tony Awards. Literally.The Tony-winning star of "On the Twentieth Century" was on vocal r…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 03:38PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 28, 2015
NEW YORK " The musicals "An American in Paris" and "Fun Home" each received a leading 12 Tony Award nominations on Tuesday, showing two very different sides of this Broadway season.One side…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 01:29PM[SHARE]The musicals "An American in Paris" and "Fun Home" each received a leading 12 Tony Award nominations on Tuesday, showing two very different sides of this Broadway season. One side...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:37AM[SHARE]Monday, April 27, 2015
NEW YORK " John Cameron Mitchell, who co-created the Broadway hit "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and then played the lead character this spring, will receive the 2015 Special Tony Award.The sh…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 01:25PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 23, 2015
NEW YORK " As Shakespeare would say, "We have seen better days."The American Council of Trustees and Alumni has found that less than 8 percent of the nation's top universities require Engli…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 02:43PM[SHARE]Monday, April 20, 2015
NEW YORK " Playwright Tom Stoppard said he will accept PEN's highest award next month in New York to help put a spotlight on a "frightening time" for free expression.Stoppard is to accept t…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 01:12PM[SHARE]NEW YORK " Kelli Barrett wanted to be an actress at a young age. How young? "From birth," she says. "It was always what I wanted."The Virginia-raised Barrett, who has been on Broadway in "W…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:28AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Former ABBA member Bjorn Ulvaeus said he hopes to transfer the show's party atmosphere to a Greek taverna set to open in January.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:58PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 14, 2015
NEW YORK " It's taken six years for Matthew Morrison to get back on Broadway so it's no surprise he knows a thing or two about where he ended up.The former "Glee" star happily offered a pee…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 8, 2015
NEW YORK " Ken Watanabe's face lights up when breakfast arrives, a nice big stack of fluffy pancakes."They're my favorite," he says, lifting the lid off an aluminum foil container and inhal…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:56AM[SHARE]Monday, March 23, 2015
NEW YORK " It began with an intriguing premise for a musical: What would it have been like to be a fledgling playwright making a living at the same time as William Shakespeare?The result is…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:35AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Erivo will reprise the role of Celie and make her Broadway debut in the musical based on Alice Walker's novel Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:13AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 15, 2015
'Let It Go' may be Walt Disney's anthem these days, but 'Everything's Coming Up Roses' might be the more accurate theme song for the Disney juggernaut.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 03:27PM[SHARE]Friday, March 6, 2015
NEW YORK " Albert Maysles, an acclaimed documentary filmmaker who helped pioneer feature-length nonfiction movies that used lightweight, hand-held cameras to spontaneously record the lives o…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:07PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 5, 2015
Die Hard actor will play the part of captive author Paul Sheldon in adaptation by William Goldman Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:26AM[SHARE]Monday, March 2, 2015
Breaking Bad star joins team for Harvey Weinstein's Broadway show about the Peter Pan authorThe upcoming Broadway musical Finding Neverland has found a new producer to join its ranks: Bryan …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:08AM[SHARE]Monday, February 23, 2015
NEW YORK " Suzan-Lori Parks' historical trilogy set during the Civil War has won a theater award honoring the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, one of the largest prizes given for dramatic wri…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:07AM[SHARE]Monday, February 16, 2015
NEW YORK " Trust Helen Mirren to look regal while surrounded by rats, seat hogs and grime.The 69-year-old Oscar winner has been spotted riding the city's squalid subway system and offering a…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:28AM[SHARE]Monday, December 22, 2014
LONDON " British actress Billie Whitelaw, who collaborated closely with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett and appeared on stage and screen for decades, has died in a London nursing home at ag…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:41AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 7, 2014
NEW YORK " Rita Wilson is on the hook for comedian Larry David's Broadway writing and acting stage debut "Fish in the Dark."Producers said Sunday that Wilson will follow her husband Tom Han…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:10PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 26, 2014
PARIS " The accidental discovery in a small library in northern France of an original first folio of Shakespeare's plays has sent a jolt of excitement around the world of Shakespeare schola…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:52AM[SHARE]Monday, November 24, 2014
NEW YORK " Sting is hoping his star power can plug up a leaky ship.The singer-songwriter will play the role of an inspirational foreman onstage in "The Last Ship" starting Dec. 9 at the Nei…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:17AM[SHARE] 
