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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.
A kiss between two male actors has been removed from a production of the musical "Les Miserables" in Singapore following complaints from the public.
“Hamilton,” the hip-hop stage biography of Alexander Hamilton, won the 2016 Tony Award for best new musical, capping an emotional night in which many in the Broadway community ra…
New York theatre community mourns loss of Kyle Jean-Baptiste, 21, the youngest person to play the role of Valjean in Les MisérablesKyle Jean-Baptiste, the first African American and younges…
Partial list of select winners for the 2016 Tony Awards, announced Sunday.
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They were supposed to be a secret, but when word leaked that the new "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" in London was using real owls during performances, fans of the saga went wild on soci…
NEW YORK " The one thing that fuels most awards shows won't really be present at the Tony Awards on Sunday " suspense.The night's top award for best musical is a virtual lock for "Hamilton."…
NEW YORK " Going from a harrowing stage play about sex slaves in a hut in a war-torn African country to the icy, lyrical Disney world of "Frozen" would be far too much of a stretch for most …
LONDON " The curtain has risen on Harry Potter's latest adventure " and J.K. Rowling is urging fans not to ruin the magic by letting its secrets out."Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" has …
NEW YORK " Emmy- and Oscar-winner Sally Field will return to Broadway this spring in a revival of "The Glass Menagerie," playing a part she has tackled before but never managed to shake.Fie…
The Emmy and Oscar-winning actor says the Tennessee Williams role is one of just 'a handful of great female roles' in theatreSally Field will return to Broadway next spring in a revival of T…
LONDON " Playwright Peter Shaffer, whose durable, award-winning hits included "Equus" and "Amadeus," has died at the age of 90.Shaffer's agent, Rupert Lord, says Shaffer died Monday while o…
He was 90
Playwright Peter Shaffer, whose durable, award-winning hits included "Equus" and "Amadeus," has died at the age of 90.
Agent: Peter Shaffer, playwright of hits 'Equus' and 'Amadeus,' dies at 90.
A Bolshoi dancer who was convicted in 2013 for his role in an acid attack on the ballet's artistic director has been paroled, his lawyer said Wednesday.
Giorgio Albertazzi, a theater and film actor and director famed especially for playing, well into old age, the emperor's role based on "Memories of Hadrian," has died in his native Tuscany, …
NEW YORK " In another sign that the Broadway smash "Hamilton" has become a cultural phenomenon, you will soon be able to buy branded T-shirts, caps, water bottles and hoodies far from New Y…
LONDON " A set of the first four editions of William Shakespeare's plays " dubbed the "Holy Grail of publishing" by Christie's auction house " sold Wednesday for almost 2.5 million pounds (…
London's small but powerful Donmar Warehouse is branching out " across town and across the Atlantic.
Ballerina Lucila Munaretto refused to accept what her doctors told her after a rollerblading accident left her with serious brain and spine injuries " that she might never dance again.
Lily-Rose Depp and Stephanie "Soko" Sokolinski have a turbulent relationship in their new film "The Dancer," but off camera, the two actresses are friends enjoying the Cannes Film Festival. …
LONDON " London's relentless building boom has dug up another chunk of the city's history " one with a surprise for scholars of Shakespearean theater.Archaeologists are excavating the remain…
NEW YORK " Jaime Camil will be channeling his sleazy lawyer side on Broadway.The "Jane the Virgin" star will play Billy Flynn in the record-breaking "Chicago" starting May 31.Set in the 1920…
