Sunday, April 28, 2013
LONDON — Helen Mirren is a favorite to reign at London's Olivier theater awards Sunday for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Audience."Mirren is a best-actress nominee for the…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 07:35AMThursday, April 18, 2013
NEW YORK — Playwright Richard Greenberg has edited parts of his new play "The Assembled Parties" following the bombings at the Boston Marathon to cut an unflattering reference to the city…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 04:24PMTuesday, April 16, 2013
LONDON — Ai Weiwei appears to be standing in front of a London theater, which would be some trick, even for the provocative and unpredictable Chinese artist.The sculptor, photographer and…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 05:54AMWednesday, April 10, 2013
Taymor filed a lawsuit in November 2011, saying her copyrighted written works were violated when she was fired last year
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 05:17PMNEW YORK — A settlement has been reached between the producers of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" and its fired director, Julie Taymor, ending a bitter legal fight over what has become Bro…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:51PMLONDON — The widely praised chief of Britain's National Theatre says he will leave his post in two years.Nicholas Hytner plans to step down from one of the biggest jobs in the theater wor…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 08:10AMTuesday, April 9, 2013
WASHINGTON — Former Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum joined cellist Yo-Yo Ma on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to urge lawmakers to increase funding for the arts in a year of deep federal budget…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 03:40PMMonday, April 8, 2013
NEW YORK — The new Broadway musical about a group of people hoping to win a truck is driving into the sunset following disastrous box office sales.Producers said Monday that "Hands on a H…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 08:40PMMonday, April 1, 2013
NEW YORK — Stephen Sondheim has won one of the top honors in the arts world, the Edward MacDowell Medal for lifetime achievement.The MacDowell Colony, the New Hampshire-based artist reside…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 08:14AMSunday, March 31, 2013
LONDON — Hoarder, moneylender, tax dodger — it's not how we usually think of William Shakespeare.But we should, according to a group of academics who say the Bard was a ruthless busines…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 11:55AMTuesday, March 26, 2013
NEW YORK — Former "American Idol" contestant Crystal Bowersox will officially be taking a walk after midnight on Broadway.Producers of the Patsy Cline musical "Always... Patsy Cline" said…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:49AMNEW YORK — A tenor from New Orleans has won the prestigious Beverly Sills Award that signals a star in the works.Bryan Hymel (EE'-mehl) accepted the $50,000 prize Monday at the Metropolita…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:15AMSaturday, March 23, 2013
NEW YORK — The seemingly unstoppable hit "The Book of Mormon" has broken another record — this time on the other side of the Atlantic.The quirky, profane musical opened Thursday night t…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 03:08PMMonday, March 18, 2013
NEW YORK — The Tony Awards are going back to the place where the Rockettes high-kick it.The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, joint producers of the show that honors the best…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:04AMWednesday, March 13, 2013
NEW YORK — The upcoming season at the Signature Theatre will be a fertile one — with new works by David Henry Hwang, Will Eno, Martha Clarke and the much-anticipated world premiere of E…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:57AMNEW YORK — The Juilliard School in New York City has received a $10 million gift that will endow its new four-year graduate program in drama.The donation will support instructional costs a…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:22AMMonday, March 11, 2013
LONDON — The time is coming — maybe sooner than you expect — when you look at Daniel Radcliffe and don't think "Harry Potter."The 23-year-old actor has gone from boy wizard to Broadwa…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 06:04AMThursday, March 7, 2013
Even with the best of intentions, sometimes offering advice to help a friend can backfire. Badly.
SOURCE: bigstory.ap.org at 10:43AMTuesday, March 5, 2013
PARIS — Jerome Savary, a director who broadened the appeal of theater to French audiences and helped popularize musicals, has died at age 70.Known for joyous, entertaining productions, the…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:26AMMonday, March 4, 2013
NEW YORK — Two celebrated stage works about marriages in crisis by Tom Stoppard and Donald Margulies are heading to Broadway.The Roundabout Theatre Company said Monday that Margulies' Pul…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 06:59AMSaturday, February 23, 2013
PARIS — A vow to keep his private life out of the public eye helped sweep Francois Hollande to power last year as France's president, attracting voters tired of his flashy predecessor's a…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:34AMSunday, February 17, 2013
NEW YORK — It took a little while before Barry Manilow felt comfortable on Broadway.The Man Who Makes the Whole World Sing is used to far bigger venues than the 1,710-seat St. James Theatr…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:59AMTuesday, December 11, 2012
NEW YORK - Scheduling conflicts have led to Holly Hunter bowing out of the world premiere of Hamish Linklater's...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 01:47PMNEW YORK — Scheduling conflicts have led to Holly Hunter bowing out of the world premiere of Hamish Linklater’s play "The Vandal."
The Flea Theater said Tuesday that Drama Desk Award w…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:00AMMonday, December 3, 2012
LONDON - Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones are reuniting onstage to play sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:28AMLONDON — Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones are reuniting onstage to play sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick in Shakespeare’s "Much Ado About Nothing," London’s Old Vic Theatre a…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:00AMFriday, November 30, 2012
LONDON - It's no joking matter.
A producer of the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" is suing the British...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:37AMLONDON — It’s no joking matter.
A producer of the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" is suing the British comedy troupe over royalties from the hit stage musical "Spamalot."
Produc…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:00AMTuesday, November 27, 2012
Richards’ shows won 36 Tonys during his five decades producing plays and musicals
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 03:37PMNEW YORK - Martin Richards, the Tony Award-winning producer behind such Broadway hits as "On the Twentieth Century,"...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 12:33PMLONDON- Shakespeare's Globe, the open-air London playhouse that helped win modern audiences over to all-weather...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:21AM 
