811 stories by "Associated Press"
A producer on the upcoming live-action adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast" has invited his social media followers to be his guest to a first look at several characters from the film.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. " It was another record-breaking night for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band with a few surprises thrown in at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. The Springsteen…
NEW YORK " Andrea Martin has jumped aboard the cast of NBC's "Hairspray Live!" to play the mother of pop star Ariana Grande.The Tony- and Emmy-winning comedian will join a lineup that also …
NEW YORK " J.K. Rowling has so much more to say about Hogwarts.The "Harry Potter" author has completed a series of short digital works, Pottermore Presents, centered on the school where Pot…
LONDON " "Groundhog Day" is back, this time on stage. Is it deja vu, or something new?A musical based on the much-loved 1993 movie about a jaded weatherman forced to live the same day over …
"Groundhog Day" is back, this time on stage. Is it deja vu, or something new?
NEW YORK " This fall, the famous Coney Island boardwalk will host some special hot dogs with a Broadway flavor.The second annual Elsie Fest, a one-day outdoor music festival celebrating thea…
CELORON, N.Y. ' A new statue of Lucille Ball was unveiled in the late actress' hometown on Saturday to replace one that was so hated it was dubbed "Scary Lucy."
Not even “Hamilton” can keep up with these numbers. The script to the London stage production “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two” sold more than 2 m…
NEW YORK " One of the best moments in the carefully crafted Broadway show "Motown: The Musical" is when the unpredictable happens.That's when actress Allison Semmes, who plays Diana Ross, go…
LONDON " The David Bowie musical "Lazarus" is headed to London, with star Michael C. Hall on board.Producers said Monday that the show will run at the King's Cross Theatre from Oct. 25 unti…
Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and star of the Broadway smash "Hamilton," made a subdued final bow Saturday alongside two other departing stars in the show that has become a cultural phenom…
NEW YORK " Tony Award-nominee Brandon Victor Dixon will replace Tony Award-winner Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr on Broadway in the smash hit "Hamilton," and Lexi Lawson will take over from …
NEW YORK " She was spending a sweltering afternoon on the streets of New York but Caitlin Goddard was nearing her prize, inch by inch.She'd been in line for three nights and two days and th…
NEW YORK " Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and star of the Broadway smash "Hamilton," made a subdued final bow Saturday alongside two other departing stars in the show that has become a cul…
NEW YORK " Many Broadway stars have joined together to sing and raise money to help the survivors of the gay nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. Now, one Broadway show is going further …
NEW YORK " Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and 11 Tony Awards, "Hamilton" is a cultural phenomenon that stands as the most celebrated work of art ever inspired by the American Revolution.The co…
Spain's National Court judge has shelved an investigation into two puppeteers for allegedly praising terrorism in a theater show.
NEW YORK " "In Transit," a long-gestating, a cappella romantic comedy set in the New York City subway, has found the express train to Broadway.Producer Janet B. Rosen said Monday that the n…
BOSTON " The bar where everybody knows your name is coming to the stage."Cheers Live on Stage" is a comedy based on some of the most memorable moments of the celebrated TV show's first seas…
NEW YORK " The news that no die-hard "Hamilton" fan " or anyone who hasn't seen the Broadway smash yet " wants to hear has arrived: Lin-Manuel Miranda, its creator and star, is leaving the …
NEW YORK " Josh Radnor of "How I Met Your Mother" and F. Murray Abraham of "Homeland" are the latest actors to volunteer putting themselves in an unfamiliar place onstage with "White Rabbit …
The creator and star of the musical "Hamilton" will appear alongside two other creative forces of the Broadway smash at the National Archives Foundation's upcoming annual gala.
Israel's polarizing culture minister has dispatched a contested questionnaire to theaters and dance troupes to find out whether they are performing in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
Jayne Houdyshell, a mainstay of the New York stage, won her first Tony Award at 62 for playing a gossipy, gently needling mom in "The Humans." That play has a strong St. Louis connection.
