811 stories by "Associated Press"
LONDON " Screen stars Jude Law, Tom Hiddleston and Judi Dench saw their stage work rewarded Monday with nominations for Britain's Laurence Olivier theater awards.Law is a best-actor contend…
Randi Zuckerberg, a sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is turning to an old medium " the stage
NEW YORK " A close friend of Philip Seymour Hoffman has settled a libel lawsuit against The National Enquirer by creating a playwriting foundation to be initially funded by the tabloid.In a …
LONDON " It's curtains for Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical in London's West End.Producers say "Stephen Ward," a tale of sex and scandal based on a real Cold War episode, will close Marc…
NEW YORK " Singer-songwriter Sting's new musical "The Last Ship" has found a nice berth on Broadway.Producer Jeffrey Seller said Wednesday that the show " inspired by Sting's memories of gr…
NEW YORK " Neil Patrick Harris has given way to Hugh Jackman at the Tony Awards.Producers of the annual telecast celebrating the best of Broadway said Tuesday that Jackman will once again t…
NEW YORK " Maggie Gyllenhaal will make her Broadway debut this fall opposite Ewan McGregor in "The Real Thing."Roundabout Theatre Company said Tuesday that Gyllenhaal and McGregor will play…
Super Bowl week turned into mostly a super bust for Broadway. Box-office grosses declined $2.4 million and ticket buyers fell by more than 15,000 for the week ending Sunday, according...
NEW YORK " Broadway theaters will dim their marquee lights Wednesday night in memory of Philip Seymour Hoffman, the movie and theater star who earned three Tony Award nominations.The Broadw…
NEW YORK " Fran Drescher recently turned a corner in her life. She's gotten a new pet, a new man and a new job " on Broadway.The Emmy Award-nominated former star of "The Nanny" is making her…
The new musical for children features the legendary Caribbean reggae artist's songs and tells the story of Ziggy, a shy Jamaican child who finally learns to face his fears and enjoy life.A s…
MADRID " It was a short story, then a Hollywood movie, and now the tragic tale of two cowboys in love is being reinvented as “Brokeback Mountain” " the opera....
MADRID " It was a short story, then a Hollywood movie. Now the tragic tale of two cowboys in love is being reinvented again as "Brokeback Mountain" " the opera.Ahead of its world premiere T…
NEW YORK " The Holocaust play "The Soap Myth" was last seen in New York two years ago in a small off-Broadway theater. But its director decided it had to have another life and filmed it.Now …
NEW YORK " The musical of legendary blues and soul singer Janis Joplin is leaving Broadway but promises to hang around the city.Producers said Wednesday that "A Night With Janis Joplin" with…
NEW YORK " "Call Me Maybe" singer Carly Rae Jepsen has had her calls returned by Broadway.Producers of "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella" said Sunday that the Canadian singer-songwriter w…
NEW YORK " It's not yet Christmas, but Debbie Allen has already gotten a nice present " the Goldstar National Nutcracker Award.The ticket discounter has declared the director and choreograph…
Harry Potter has travelled from page to screen " and now to stage
LONDON " Harry Potter has traveled from page to screen " and now to stage. J.K. Rowling said Friday she is working on a play about the boy wizard’s life...
NEW YORK " Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy will star in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh" in Brooklyn in 2015.The Brooklyn Academy of Music said Tuesday the pair of stars, who…
NEW YORK " Before there was "Mean Girls," there was "Heathers." Now that dark comedy is ready to bully its way into New York as a musical.The 1988 film starring Winona Ryder, Shannen Dohert…
NEW YORK " A few years ago, Kyle Riabko found himself in the most intimidating of places on Earth for a young singer-songwriter.First, he was in the home of Burt Bacharach, a songwriter who …
NEW YORK " The daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy will be making her New York stage debut next month in the Greek tragedy "Antigone."Kick Kennedy will …
NEW YORK " U2 frontman Bono feels optimistic that his musical, "Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark" will continue to thrive after the show turns the lights out on Broadway early next year."When …
NEW YORK " James Franco and Chris O'Dowd will make their Broadway debuts next year as unlikely friends in a stage adaptation of "Of Mice and Men."Producer David Binder said Tuesday that "Mi…
