Tuesday, June 17, 2014
NEW YORK " One of Tupac Shakur's old friends celebrated his birthday by seeing a new play inspired by his music.Madonna attended a preview of "Holler If Ya Hear Me" in New York City on Mond…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:01AM[SHARE]Monday, June 16, 2014
NEW YORK " James Franco is adding another notch to his expansive resume " stage director.Rattlestick Playwrights Theater said Monday that Franco will direct Robert Boswell's world premiere …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 01:02PM[SHARE]Monday, June 9, 2014
NEW YORK " Hugh Jackman hopping his way into the theater, Neil Patrick Harris licking the eyeglasses of Samuel L. Jackson. A little history, and a slew of genuinely heartfelt speeches. The …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 06:12AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 8, 2014
Breaking Bad star wins for his portrayal of Lyndon Johnson as Audra McDonald sets record with her sixth acting awardBreaking Bad star Bryan Cranston continued his stellar streak by winning a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:01PM[SHARE]NEW YORK " Robert Schenkkan's "All The Way" has won the Tony Award for best play.Starring Bryan Cranston, the play focuses on President Lyndon B. Johnson's first year in office and explores …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 7, 2014
NEW YORK " The competition at the Tony Awards is fierce every year, but this time promises to be positively brutal: A fight will actually break out onstage.Sunday's telecast will feature th…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 5, 2014
The pair known for their hugely popular double act in The Producers are to return to the stage with It's Only A PlayNathan Lane and Matthew Broderick will be back together again on Broadway …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:11AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 3, 2014
NEW YORK " Julia Stiles is returning to the New York stage in a quirky little comedy about a one-night-stand that has long-term implications.The Cherry Lane Theatre said Tuesday the star of…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 02:25PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 31, 2014
NEW YORK " A new arena version of "Jesus Christ Superstar" starring punk legend John "Johnny Rotten" Lydon and Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child has abruptly cancelled its 54-city tour j…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 11:14AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 27, 2014
NEW YORK " Broadway and Hollywood stars will help add some glamour to this year's Tony Awards, with appearances expected by Bradley Cooper, Kevin Bacon, Clint Eastwood, Maggie Gyllenhaal, W…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:29PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 20, 2014
WASHINGTON " Count on singing and dancing, maybe even a few magic tricks, when the curtain goes up Tuesday on the very first White House talent show.Michelle Obama and the President's Commi…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:05AM[SHARE]Monday, May 12, 2014
NEW YORK " Twenty-five years ago while doing "Gypsy," Tyne Daly met a special group of people backstage.One was Valerie Gladstone, her dresser. Another was Geordie Sheffer, who did her makeu…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:47AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 6, 2014
DAMASCUS, Syria " Just as Leen Arbid entered the front gate of the Damascus Opera House, a potent symbol of the Assad family's decades-long authoritarian rule over Syria, she heard a deafen…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:15PM[SHARE]Monday, May 5, 2014
NEW YORK " Michelle Obama, one of the most fashion-conscious first ladies in decades, joined a who's who of designers Monday as she cut the ribbon at the Metropolitan Museum's new costume c…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 11:56AM[SHARE]NEW YORK " First lady Michelle Obama is expected at the Metropolitan Museum Monday for the opening of the museum's newly renovated costume center.The first lady is scheduled to cut the ribbo…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 09:17AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 30, 2014
NEW YORK " The lineup of pop stars keeps coming for new Tony Award-nominated "After Midnight."Producers of the show that celebrates Duke Ellington's years at the Cotton Club say Patti LaBel…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 09:20AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 29, 2014
NEW YORK " The musical "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder," a comedic romp in which a poor man eliminates the eight heirs ahead of him for a title, nabbed a leading 10 Tony Award nomin…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:05PM[SHARE]The musical “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” a comedic romp in which a poor man eliminates the eight heirs ahead of him for a title, nabbed a leading...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:33AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 26, 2014
NEW YORK " Javier Camarena received a rare honor at the Metropolitan Opera, becoming only the third singer in 70 years to perform an aria encore.
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 23, 2014
NEW YORK " Someone pretty critic-proof is coming to Broadway: The Almighty.Producer Jeffrey Finn on Wednesday said he hopes to mount a stage adaptation of the humor book "The Last Testament…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 02:18PM[SHARE]LONDON " Four centuries after his death, William Shakespeare is probably Britain's best-known export, his words and characters famous around the world.Shakespeare's Globe theater is setting…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 11:37AM[SHARE]Monday, April 14, 2014
NEW YORK " Annie Baker's "The Flick" has won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for drama, a play set in a rundown movie theater that was hailed by the judges as a "thoughtful drama with well-crafted …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 05:59PM[SHARE]The 2014 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists, and the judges' comments:___JOURNALISM
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 03:33PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 12, 2014
NEW YORK " Tickets to watch Denzel Washington on Broadway in "A Raisin in the Sun" are hard to come by, but one man managed it " President Barack Obama.The president and first lady caught t…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:38AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 1, 2014
NEW YORK " Rosie O'Donnell is getting a Tony Award.The award's administration committee said Tuesday that the former talk-show host will receive the 2014 Isabelle Stevenson Award, an honora…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 03:24PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 30, 2014
NEW YORK " The Denzel Washington you meet backstage at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre is not exactly living a glamorous Hollywood life. He's more like a college kid during finals.He wears a bla…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 02:45PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 26, 2014
London's Barbican Centre says the Sherlock star will play Shakespeare's melancholy Danish prince in Hamlet at the venue.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:26AM[SHARE]Friday, March 21, 2014
The sheer gravitational pull of Broadway’s “The Book of Mormon” has attracted a new huge fan " StubHub. The ticket-selling website said Friday it will provide direct access…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:22PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 19, 2014
LONDON " Angela Lansbury has British critics spellbound with her performance as a dotty mystic in "Blithe Spirit" on the London stage.The 88-year-old actress is appearing in the West End fo…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:43AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 11, 2014
LONDON " We Will Rock You" won't be rocking in London much longer.The long-running musical set to the songs of rock band Queen will close May 31, after 12 years and 4,600 performances in Lon…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:22AM[SHARE]Monday, March 10, 2014
LONDON " Screen stars Jude Law, Tom Hiddleston and Judi Dench saw their stage work rewarded Monday with nominations for Britain's Laurence Olivier theater awards.Law is a best-actor contend…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 09:45AM[SHARE] 
