811 stories by "Associated Press"
Producers are turning the lights off forever on the Spider-Man musical on Broadway early next year, the final chapter in the story of most expensive theatrical show ever that shook...
LONDON " Another much-loved film is getting the screen-to-stage treatment. Producers say a theatrical adaptation of "Shakespeare in Love" is coming to London's West End next year.The script …
If Alanis Morissette gets her wish, Broadway will swallow a jagged little pill. The singer-songwriter said Friday she hopes to adapt her 1995 breakthrough album “Jagged Little PillR…
NEW YORK " If you're overwhelmed by the laundry piling up and the sheer amount of stuff that needs sewing, consider what faces Alyce Gilbert every week.Dozens of her dresses need checking or…
“The Lion King” has more reason to roar " it’s on pace to end the week as the first Broadway show to earn $1 billion. According to The Broadway League,...
LONDON " Britain's National Theatre on Tuesday named stage director and former actor Rufus Norris as its next chief. He is the first actor since Laurence Olivier to lead Britain's biggest an…
PARIS " Patrice Chereau, a celebrated French actor and director in film, theater and opera who was renowned for cutting-edge productions, has died, officials said Tuesday. He was 68.Chereau…
New York City Opera could be sounding its final note this weekend " at least for a while.
The company says it likely will fail in its goal to raise $7 million by Monday, the deadline it set …
NEW YORK " Don't be fooled by how mild-mannered Ben West seems. He's the musical theater world's Sherlock Holmes and Victor Frankenstein rolled into one.As artistic director of the nonprofit…
NEW YORK " Few people get to meet a U.S. president. Dule Hill has met four " one fake and three real ones. And now he's gotten to strut his stuff in front of a sitting one.The actor and dan…
NEW YORK " Reeve Carney, the actor who played the hero in "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" for three years on Broadway, returned to his dressing room to clean it out Monday, a day after bidd…
WASHINGTON " Phylicia Rashad is best known for starring roles on stage and television, but as a director she decided to commemorate a historic moment that helped spur the civil rights movem…
PITTSBURGH " Franco Harris is going from Super Bowl champ to "Champion of Champions."The Pittsburgh Opera says the Steelers' Hall of Famer will be featured in its season-opening production …
NEW YORK " Fresh off his success with "Kinky Boots," Harvey Fierstein will be offering his first play in almost 30 years " and there's plenty of kink.The Manhattan Theatre Club said Monday …
WASHINGTON " Julie Andrews, Tony Bennett, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will honor Carol Burnett as she receives the nation's top humor prize in Washington.The Kennedy Center for the Performing …
NEW YORK " There's Denzel Washington and Billy Crystal, plenty of Shakespeare and a nice dash of Harold Pinter. There's even a musical of the boxing classic "Rocky" and the much anticipated…
The actor, who was taken to Bellevue Hospital with a serious leg injury, was not identified
NEW YORK " One of the actors playing the comic book hero in the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" was badly injured during a performance, a fresh reminder of the dangers facin…
SALT LAKE CITY " The University of Utah has announced its first-ever course examining the Book of Mormon as a work of literature.Instructor David Bokovoy says the class scheduled this fall w…
The intimate show, called "Pacino One Night Only," will feature an interview with the acclaimed actor that will allow audience members to ask him questions
NEW YORK " Denzel Washington is returning to Broadway " but he won't be singing.Standing with his wife, Pauletta Pearson, on the red carpet Monday at the premiere his new movie, "2 Guns," t…
The hit Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is holding open casting calls for anyone who wants to don the red and blue suit
NEW YORK " LaChanze plans to return to Broadway for the first time since winning a Tony in 2006 for "The Color Purple."Producers of "If/Then" said Monday that the singer and actress will st…
LAS VEGAS " The Cirque du Soleil show "Ka" has reopened on the Las Vegas Strip 17 days after an acrobat fell to her death in its closing scene.The Tuesday evening show was marked by a memor…
CHICAGO " Patrick Poulin alternates between sitting and standing in the lobby of Chicago's Briar Street Theatre, nervously flipping back and forth through the pages of his application to jo…
