811 stories by "Associated Press"
NEW YORK " An all-star line-up including Matt Damon, Alan Alda and Vanessa Redgrave will feature in a night of readings and a town hall discussion hosted by The Public Theater.The June 17 e…
NEW YORK " When "Les Miserables" arrives on Broadway next March, it will find a familiar home.Mega-producer Cameron Mackintosh said Thursday that the current U.S. tour of "Les Miserables" "…
NEW YORK " Rebecca Hall, who plays a brilliant biologist in "Iron Man 3," will soon get to play a murderer onstage.The Roundabout Theatre Company said Tuesday that Hall will star on Broadwa…
NEW YORK " The singer known as the Gentleman of Salsa is temporarily turning to tango: Gilberto Santa Rosa will make his Broadway debut in the musical "Forever Tango," which returns to New …
NEW YORK " Britain's biggest theater group has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought Broadway's biggest theater from Live Nation Entertainment for about $60 million.Ambassador Theatr…
NEW YORK " A couple of stars from TV's "Chuck" and "Smash" will soon be dating on Broadway.Producers said Monday that Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez will headline the new romantic musica…
NEW YORK " The thrilling Broadway revival of "Pippin" will be taking its magic on the road.Producers of the Tony Award-nominated show said Wednesday that a national tour will kick off in Sep…
NEW YORK " Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has tapped as its new leader a Broadway producer who has helped mount such hits as the Tony Award-winning revival of "Hair" and "Equus" wit…
NEW YORK " A revival of Terence Rattigan's play "The Winslow Boy" starring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Roger Rees is heading to Broadway next season.The Roundabout Theatre Company said …
CHESTER, Mass. " Stage actor Vincent G. Dowling, who had a long-time association with Ireland's national theater company and performed several times in the Reagan White House, has died in M…
NEW YORK " There are apparently a few more Sundays left in Billy Crystal.The star of "City Slickers" and "When Harry Met Sally" said Tuesday he will reprise his funny and poignant one-man a…
NEW YORK " Years ago, when her roommate came home one day sobbing, Laura Benanti comforted her the only way she knew how " with a song.Benanti, who would go on to win a Tony Award, still rec…
NEW YORK " For three actors, the Tony Award nomination announcement last week was somewhat bittersweet.Sweet, because they'd each gotten a prestigious nod. Bitter, because their shows were …
NEW YORK " The Beatles are coming back to Broadway.Two years after a Fab Four cover band arrived on the Great White Way, the London hit "Let It Be" plans to arrive this summer with new guys …
NEW YORK " The cast members of the Tony Award-nominated "Matilda" are arguably all stars. This week, they chatted with a man closer to the actual cosmic ones.About three dozen cast members …
NEW YORK " A 17-year-old from Pittsburgh has won the fifth annual August Wilson Monologue Competition, performing a section of the playwright's "King Hedley II" with powerful skill.Tambi Gx…
 FRAMINGHAM - In addition to his degree in theater studies and bass singing voice, Patrick Curran lists his 18-inch neck on his resume when applying for acting jobs.After all, the casting…
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. " In addition to his degree in theater studies and bass singing voice, Patrick Curran lists his 18-inch neck on his resume when applying for acting jobs.After all, the cast…
NEW YORK " The New York Drama Critics' Circle has voted "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" as best play and "Matilda: The Musical" as best musical.The circle on Friday also handed out sp…
LONDON " "Viva Forever"? Not as it turns out.Producers announced Thursday that the Spice Girls musical will close at London's Piccadilly Theater June 29 after a disappointing six-month run.…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Select nominations for the 2013 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards, announced Tuesday....
NEW YORK " Two leading contenders for Tony Award nominations may make the race a drag this year."Kinky Boots" and "Matilda" " each of which is led by a man dressed as a woman " are virtual …
LONDON " Helen Mirren is a favorite to reign at London's Olivier theater awards Sunday for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Audience."Mirren is a best-actress nominee for the a…
NEW YORK " Playwright Richard Greenberg has edited parts of his new play "The Assembled Parties" following the bombings at the Boston Marathon to cut an unflattering reference to the city o…
LONDON " Ai Weiwei appears to be standing in front of a London theater, which would be some trick, even for the provocative and unpredictable Chinese artist.The sculptor, photographer and i…
