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 …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 02:25PMSaturday, 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…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 11:14AMTuesday, 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,…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:29PMTuesday, 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 Com…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:05AMMonday, 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 mak…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:47AMTuesday, 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 deaf…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:15PMMonday, 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…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 11:56AMNEW 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 rib…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 09:17AMWednesday, 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 LaB…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 09:20AMTuesday, 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 nom…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:05PMThe 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 10:33AMSaturday, 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 12:00PMWednesday, 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 Testame…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 02:18PMLONDON — 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 setti…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 11:37AMMonday, 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-crafte…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 05:59PMThe 2014 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists, and the judges' comments:___JOURNALISM
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 03:33PMSaturday, 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 caug…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:38AMTuesday, 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 hono…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 03:24PMSunday, 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 b…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 02:45PMWednesday, 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 10:26AMFriday, 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 acce…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:22PMWednesday, 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 …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:43AMTuesday, 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 L…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:22AMMonday, 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 conte…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 09:45AMWednesday, March 5, 2014
Randi Zuckerberg, a sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is turning to an old medium — the stage
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 02:40PMWednesday, February 26, 2014
NEW YORK — A close friend of Philip Seymour Hoffman has settled a libel lawsuit against The National Enquirer by creating a playwriting foundation to be initially funded by the tabloid.In …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:02AMTuesday, February 25, 2014
LONDON — It's curtains for Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical in London's West End.Producers say "Stephen Ward," a tale of sex and scandal based on a real Cold War episode, will close Ma…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 03:04PMWednesday, February 12, 2014
NEW YORK — Singer-songwriter Sting's new musical "The Last Ship" has found a nice berth on Broadway.Producer Jeffrey Seller said Wednesday that the show — inspired by Sting's memories o…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 01:48PMTuesday, February 11, 2014
NEW YORK — Neil Patrick Harris has given way to Hugh Jackman at the Tony Awards.Producers of the annual telecast celebrating the best of Broadway said Tuesday that Jackman will once again…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 02:48PMNEW YORK — Maggie Gyllenhaal will make her Broadway debut this fall opposite Ewan McGregor in "The Real Thing."Roundabout Theatre Company said Tuesday that Gyllenhaal and McGregor will pl…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:30PMMonday, February 3, 2014
Super Bowl week turned into mostly a super bust for Broadway. Box-office grosses declined $2.4 million and ticket buyers fell by more than 15,000 for the week ending Sunday, according...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:22PM 
