411 stories by "Ashley Lee"
The 'Modern Family' actor will play 40 characters in the one-man comedy about a restaurant reservations clerk coping with demanding bosses, megalomaniacal chefs and a constant stream of cele…
The landmark venue will be revamped as part of a multimillion-dollar project with Ambassador Theatre Group, who also reopened the Lyric Theatre.read more
"With everything going on in society right now "- war, all the police brutality," the 'OITNB' actress lamented. "The beauty of it is you see someone that was so strong, get beat up and then …
"Kids today have so much pressure. ... They're not allowed to be kids because their parents are so focused on their adulthoods when they're in elementary school."read more
'The King and I,' 'An American in Paris' and 'Something Rotten!' also nabbed nods in the musical theater album category.read more
Tyler Perry thanked NBC "for the courage to put this on the air," and Anna Kendrick said, "I don't even know how to be snarky about this."read more
The stage adaptation of the 2007 indie includes director Diane Paulus and composer Sara Bareilles behind the scenes.read more
The comedian will perform once a month through 2016.read more
Game-changing backstories are revealed for Shanice Williams and Queen Latifah's characters. Says director Kenny Leon: "Men are not speaking for them, and that's the way it should be anyway."…
The leading ladies of 'Hamilton' and 'Allegiance' weigh in on the current breakthrough season for diversity onstage and discuss what it means for Asian-American actors and stories: "Stop see…
The 'Allegiance' star noted the parallels between the George Takei musical and today's headlines, telling THR: "It's happening again."read more
The new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's 1989 musical will briefly jump to Broadway after its hit London run.read more
The Tony winner stars as a pregnant, unhappily married diner server who bakes extraordinary pies in the new musical adapted from the 2007 indie film with Keri Russell.read more
In a new staging of the 1990 Rob Reiner film, Willis is injured author Paul Sheldon, who is imprisoned by his unhinged "number one fan," played by Laurie Metcalf.read more
"Resilience isn't just teeth-gritting, bullet-biting strength; it's also the strength to be able to find joy and love under harsh circumstances," said Takei of the Broadway show.read more
Familiarizing potential audience members with a new score before the show opens could provide a useful leg-up at the box office.read more
"The vice president shot him! Dick Cheney was not the first VP to shoot his friend!" he joked of Aaron Burr.read more
"How did [Alex Dinerlaris] write words that are more relevant today than they were then, with demagogues spewing racism and bigotry?" said producer Bernie Yuman, referencing Donald Trump.rea…
"We need to be telling stories about women and for women," said Knightley's co-star Gabriel Ebert. "This is an important time to educate girls and give them heroines they can believe in."rea…
Alex Timbers will direct the bluegrass musical comedy 40 years after it opened on Broadway, where it originally starred Kevin Kline and Patti LuPone.read more
The 2016 program will make the American history-based production accessible to 11th-grade students with $10 tickets to exclusive Wednesday matinees, complete with a cast Q&A.read more
Danai Gurira of 'The Walking Dead' penned the acclaimed new play, which will open at the Golden Theatre in March.read more
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and 'Downton Abbey' creator Julian Fellowes are behind the Broadway adaptation of the 2003 Jack Black film.read more
The Tony-nominated 'Book of Mormon' alum will play King George while Jonathan Groff shoots HBO's 'Looking' film.read more
Directed by Bob Balaban and penned by The New Yorker's Lawrence Wright, 'Cleo' peeks behind the scenes of the expensive epic when the two stars began their scandalous love affair.read more