When Jeremy O. Harris was tapped to help reinvigorate the Williamstown Theatre Festival, he didn't just think about traditional showcases for plays and musicals. "The American festivals that…
Tituss Burgess is about to don Mary Todd Lincoln's bouncy curls and voluminous gowns. The "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" star will take over the lead role in Broadway's "Oh, Mary!" after Betty …
"44," a humorous musical about Barack Obama's presidency, has announced its complete casting ahead of its production at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. The show, which is produced by Monica Saunde…
Tommy Dorfman will star in New York Theatre Workshop's upcoming production of "Becoming Eve." The show was written by Emil Weinstein ("A League of Their Own") and is based on the memoir by A…
From thrillers like "Babygirl" and "Love Lies Bleeding" to genre-bending horror flicks like "The Substance" to inspirational sports dramas like "The Fire Inside," women directed some of last…
Jennifer Lopez keeps having to remind Judy Robles that she deserves all the attention she's been getting as the pair promote "Unstoppable." The inspirational sports drama has been earning aw…
Disney's "Mufasa: The Lion King" is reigning over the holiday box office. The family film, which is a prequel to "The Lion King" (both the 1994 animated classic and the less canonical 2019 p…
Mark O'Meara, a Virginia-based movie theater owner, wonders and worries constantly about what exactly his customers will buy tickets to see on any given weekend. It's not that people have fa…
The Southampton Playhouse, a historic cinema that is being revitalized into a state-of-the-art movie theater, announced its leadership team on Tuesday. Maria A. Ruiz Botsacos, a top executiv…
"Swept Away," a musical that mixed together a shipwreck, cannibalism and the music of the Avett Brothers, hoped to defy conventional wisdom about what constitutes a Broadway hit. Instead …
Gavin Creel, the Tony Award-winning star of "Hello Dolly!" and "Hair" who died in September at the age of 48, was celebrated Monday as a passionate artist and activist in an emotional memori…
"Swept Away," a musical about four men stranded at sea, had a landlocked genesis. John Logan, the show's Oscar-nominated and Tony-winning writer, started teasing out the idea for the musical…
"Slumdog Millionaire," the Oscar-winning film about a young man from an impoverished background who competes on India's version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?," could be headed for the s…
"Sleep No More,"  the immersive experience that revolutionized the theater scene, has announced its  final performance. The influential, site-specific show will close follo…
"Back to the Future: The Musical," a pricey stage adaptation of the beloved sci-fi adventure, is packing up the DeLorean. The production will have its final Broadway performance on Sunday, J…
"I'm smaller in real life," Laura Donnelly tells me after I admit that I didn't recognize her, standing pensively by the entrance to the midtown bar where we're meeting, scanning the room. I…
Playwright and actor Ryan O'Connor has written a modern, unapologetically queer take on Nöel Coward's classic comedy "Hay Fever." Entitled "The Cowards: A Marvelously Queer New Comedy," the…
The Tony Awards will return to Radio City Music Hall for the show's 78th edition. It's the first time that the annual celebration of the best of Broadway has been held at the Midtown Manhatt…
Nicole Scherzinger sounds like a kid desperately clinging to those last fleeting moments of summer break before school starts. She's calling from an airport in Portugal, having recently wrap…
A frosty start to the summer movie season was devastating for AMC Theatres, the world's biggest exhibitor. The theater chain's quarterly earnings were severely impacted by a lack of blockbus…
Elizabeth Lail, Zane Phillips and Nic Ashe are set to star in the off Broadway premiere of "Pretty Perfect Lives," a look at sexual exploration, internet addiction and the danger…
Jen Namoff, a prominent talent manager and Tony Award-winning producer, will join the New York office of Artists First. She is known for managing a deep roster of entertainment talent at her…
Peter Friedman, the star of "Job," takes his time getting to the theater each day. Sometimes he'll board a local train from his home on the Upper West Side instead of the express that gets h…
Betty Buckley, the Tony-winning and Grammy-nominated actor and singer, has signed with Sugar23. Best known for her performances in on stage, particularly for her soaring rendition of "Memory…
Willkommen, bienvenue Adam Lambert and Auli'i Cravalho. There's a new act at the Kit Kat Club. Lambert, a Grammy nominee and "American Idol" breakout, and Cravalho, the star of the movie ada…