Friday, May 28, 2021
As “Genius: Aretha” star Cynthia Erivo explained during a recent American Cinematheque Zoom conversation, she gained great insight into Aretha Franklin by watching a wide range of interv…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:00PMSunday, March 28, 2021
Leslie Odom Jr. was more than a bit uncomfortable during a recent Zoom conversation with the Wrap’s Sharon Waxman as she ticked off all of his accomplishments including a Tony for his perf…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:02PMSaturday, March 20, 2021
The Duke was top! The legendary jazz composer/musician/orchestra leader Duke Ellington made Oscar history 49 years ago when he became the first Black nominee for composing. He contended for …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:30PMWednesday, March 10, 2021
Aaron Sorkin, the writer/director of the red-hot Oscar contender “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” felt the film was “pretty relevant” during production in the winter of 2019. His acclai…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:31PMSaturday, March 6, 2021
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” based on August Wilson’s 1982 play, is set in Chicago the summer of 1927 during a particularly contentious recording session between Ma Rainey and her ban…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:39AMSunday, December 10, 2017
Earlier this year, August Wilson earned an Oscar nomination for his screenplay to his Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning 1983 Broadway play, “Fences.” Wilson had written the script long bef…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:06PMTuesday, December 20, 2016
The 2003 movie “Elf” starring Will Ferrell as Buddy, the North Pole helper who learns he’s human and heads off for New York City to find his biological father while spreading the joy …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMFriday, August 26, 2016
Hal Linden, 85, acknowledges he’s not the most disciplined human being — and that turned out to be a good thing for his career. “If I had discipline, I would have been a professional…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMThursday, January 7, 2016
Frank Ferrante describes himself as a new vaudevillian: Just like the performers of the past, he's on the road every year, performing his one-man show, "An Evening With Groucho," in which he…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:44AMSaturday, January 2, 2016
Since making her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim's 1981 musical "Merrily We Roll Along," Tonya Pinkins has won a Tony in 1992 for "Jelly's Last Jam" and was nominated for 1997's "Play On!…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:07PMWednesday, October 21, 2015
Misty Copeland seems to be everywhere these days. After 15 years with the American Ballet Theatre, the 33-year-old San Pedro-raised Copeland was promoted from soloist to principal dancer in …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:10PMSaturday, May 30, 2015
The Broadway version of the Academy Award-winning musical "An American in Paris" is the toast of the Great White Way with 12 Tony nominations. And on May 31 at the Egyptian Theatre, the Amer…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:15PMMonday, May 25, 2015
The late director's personal papers and other materials have been released by the Swedish Film Institute for a new L.A. exhibition at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:58PMShe's recording a new album and getting ready to star in a remake of the musical "Gypsy," but Barbra Streisand isn't too busy to be honored this week by MusiCares, the National Academy of ..…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:58PMWednesday, May 20, 2015
A few things you should not expect from the cabaret show by Erich Bergen, longtime "Jersey Boy":
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:00AMFriday, May 1, 2015
Poet Vivian Ayers once told her daughter Phylicia Rashad that being an actress made her one of the "magic" people.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:00PMSunday, January 25, 2015
In a surprise, the producers of "Birdman" won the top prize Saturday night at the 26th Producers Guild of America Awards -- and in doing so, made the upcoming Oscar race much more interestin…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:49AMWednesday, January 21, 2015
"Scandal" star Jeff Perry was "gushing and crying" when he saw his actress daughter Zoe Perry on Broadway in 2013.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:15AMWednesday, October 8, 2014
Even after six decades, Lois Smith still feels a thrill whenever she steps out on stage.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMMonday, October 6, 2014
Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell, who began touring 10 years ago after the birth of his son, loves the intimacy of concerts. L.A. fans can expect showstoppers that show off his baritone v…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMFriday, October 3, 2014
The American Film Institute announced Friday that comedian-actor-musician-writer-banjo player Steve Martin is the recipient of the 43rd AFI Life Achievement Award.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:30PMWednesday, September 10, 2014
Larry Storch kept his classmates at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx in stitches with his impressions of such famed actors as Claude Rains and Basil Rathbone and "The Wizard of Oz" hi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:30AMWednesday, September 3, 2014
Patricia Clarkson is holding court in a suite at the Chateau Marmont, her favorite haunt when the New Yorker is staying in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:40PMSaturday, May 3, 2014
Even guys who have starred on Broadway, been a regular on a TV series and have a few films under their belt hit that moment in their career where Jeremy Jordan was recently.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:00PMEven guys who have starred on Broadway, been a regular on a TV series and have a few films under their belt hit that moment in their career where Jeremy Jordan was recently. "Honestly, I did…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:00PMFriday, December 27, 2013
The composer-conductor is subject of 'Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love.' He and his songs for theater ('A Chorus Line') and film ('The Way We Were') are recalled by the likes of Barbra …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:36PMThursday, December 19, 2013
The Santa Monica-based actor who won a Tony 43 years ago has opened his 'Cuttlefish Hotel' musical review above the Mariasol restaurant overlooking the ocean.The Santa Monica Pier is a secon…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMTuesday, September 10, 2013
Before its world premiere Monday night at the Toronto Film Festival, the all-star adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer- and Tony-winning drama “August: Osage County” was considere…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:23AMMonday, June 10, 2013
The legendary Cicely Tyson stole the Tony Awards on Sunday evening with her moving acceptance speech after being named best actress in a drama for the revival of Horton Foote's "A Trip to Bo…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:28PMFriday, March 8, 2013
The 'Cosby' star and Tony-winning stage actress will be directing August Wilson's play 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone' at the Mark Taper Forum.Phylicia Rashad, who became a TV star 30 years ago…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00PMWednesday, October 24, 2012
Feinstein's favorites include 'I've Got You Under My Skin' and 'Fools Rush In.' He'll be dipping into his 'Sinatra Project' on Saturday in Costa Mesa.Michael Feinstein was, he says, just a "…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00AM 
