811 stories by "Associated Press"
NEW YORK " Kelli Barrett wanted to be an actress at a young age. How young? "From birth," she says. "It was always what I wanted."The Virginia-raised Barrett, who has been on Broadway in "W…
Former ABBA member Bjorn Ulvaeus said he hopes to transfer the show's party atmosphere to a Greek taverna set to open in January.
NEW YORK " It's taken six years for Matthew Morrison to get back on Broadway so it's no surprise he knows a thing or two about where he ended up.The former "Glee" star happily offered a pee…
NEW YORK " Ken Watanabe's face lights up when breakfast arrives, a nice big stack of fluffy pancakes."They're my favorite," he says, lifting the lid off an aluminum foil container and inhal…
NEW YORK " It began with an intriguing premise for a musical: What would it have been like to be a fledgling playwright making a living at the same time as William Shakespeare?The result is…
Erivo will reprise the role of Celie and make her Broadway debut in the musical based on Alice Walker's novel Continue reading...
'Let It Go' may be Walt Disney's anthem these days, but 'Everything's Coming Up Roses' might be the more accurate theme song for the Disney juggernaut.
NEW YORK " Albert Maysles, an acclaimed documentary filmmaker who helped pioneer feature-length nonfiction movies that used lightweight, hand-held cameras to spontaneously record the lives o…
Die Hard actor will play the part of captive author Paul Sheldon in adaptation by William Goldman Continue reading...
Breaking Bad star joins team for Harvey Weinstein's Broadway show about the Peter Pan authorThe upcoming Broadway musical Finding Neverland has found a new producer to join its ranks: Bryan …
NEW YORK " Suzan-Lori Parks' historical trilogy set during the Civil War has won a theater award honoring the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, one of the largest prizes given for dramatic wri…
NEW YORK " Trust Helen Mirren to look regal while surrounded by rats, seat hogs and grime.The 69-year-old Oscar winner has been spotted riding the city's squalid subway system and offering a…
LONDON " British actress Billie Whitelaw, who collaborated closely with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett and appeared on stage and screen for decades, has died in a London nursing home at ag…
NEW YORK " Rita Wilson is on the hook for comedian Larry David's Broadway writing and acting stage debut "Fish in the Dark."Producers said Sunday that Wilson will follow her husband Tom Han…
PARIS " The accidental discovery in a small library in northern France of an original first folio of Shakespeare's plays has sent a jolt of excitement around the world of Shakespeare schola…
NEW YORK " Sting is hoping his star power can plug up a leaky ship.The singer-songwriter will play the role of an inspirational foreman onstage in "The Last Ship" starting Dec. 9 at the Nei…
Co-writer and original star of Tony-winning musical to return to the role on Broadway, 15 years after he last performed it Continue reading...
NEW YORK " It is hard to describe the hysteria that was whipped up by the new NBC drama "Dr. Kildare" and its 27-year-old leading man, Richard Chamberlain.Adding to the excitement was the ha…
Lionsgate film studio to team up with other entertainment firms to put story from bestselling books on stage in London Continue reading...
LONDON " Theater fans can now stream some Shakespeare, if they have the bandwidth for the Bard.Shakespeare's Globe, London's reconstructed Elizabethan playhouse, is making its productions a…
NEW YORK " Bradley Cooper will contort his limbs into uncomfortable positions for eight shows a week when he begins his run in the Broadway revival of "The Elephant Man." That means he'll n…
Actors including Melanie Griffiths will write and perform in The 24 Hours Plays, a Broadway benefit taking place in November Continue reading...
NEW YORK " Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani joined demonstrators outside the Metropolitan Opera on Monday for an emotional protest against a musical work about the death of a Jewish man they s…
NEW YORK " Actors often complain about short rehearsal times, but some of entertainment's biggest names " including Melanie Griffith, Amanda Seyfried, Uzo Aduba, Peter Dinklage, Nina Dobrev…
NEW YORK " A prominent New York rabbi led a prayer vigil Monday before the Metropolitan Opera's premiere of "The Death of Klinghoffer," which opponents say glorifies Palestinian terrorists.…
