31 stories by "Chris Barton"
John Cameron Mitchell's rock musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" is making a comeback.
It probably goes without saying that Pat Metheny is a one-of-a-kind sort of guitarist.
The NBC series "Smash" keeps growing.
Boldly going where many have gone before, William Shatner is bringing his one-man Broadway show "Shatner's World" to Orange County in early 2013.
Best recognized for her ability to match wits with Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones, Karen Allen is returning to the stage in an off-Broadway production of Jon Fosse's 1999 play, "A Summer Day."
Opera fans who haven't yet had the opportunity to weigh in on the Metropolitan Opera's new -- and divisive -- production of Wagner's "Ring" cycle, take note: PBS will air the four operas on …
This just in: The Tony Award-winning musical "Once" is a hit.
Well, you can't blame NBC for trying.
Given the march of time, there's most likely an entire generation that responded to the news of Marvin Hamlisch's death on Monday with a curious "Who?" While Hamlisch's compositions forged a…
If the phrase "coffee is for closers" means anything to you, then you'll be interested to learn that the cast of the latest Broadway revival of David Mamet's exploration of the cutthroat wor…
Citing a "scheduling conflict," Center Theatre Group has announced that Joe Mantello will no longer direct its upcoming production of "Other Desert Cities," which was nominated for fiv…
Joining the recent cavalcade of shows that hope to ride a lucrative wave of nostalgia, a musical adaptation of "A Christmas Story" will be coming to Broadway this holiday season.
It's a tip that bears repeating at a time when it's practically more of a subversive act to not have some kind of body art: If you must get a tattoo, take the long view when it comes to your…
What move befits an actress looking to make a fresh start after a high-profile divorce? If you're Katie Holmes, you turn to the comforting, high-wattage embrace of Broadway.
At a time when economic hand-wringing for the arts seems at an all-time high, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts is riding high with a new sales record for the 2011-12 season.
L.A. Theatre Works, the radio play series recorded in UCLA's James Bridges Theater, announced a 2012-13 season Tuesday that offers recent Broadway offerings, classics with distinctive castin…
This just in: The Irish really know their way around telling a story.
Though best remembered for his small-screen starring roles on "The Andy Griffith Show"and "Matlock," the late Andy Griffith also enjoyed some stage time early in his career.
Continuing to mine a vein of musical nostalgia found in "Baby, It's You!" and "Million Dollar Quartet" (now playing at the Pantages through Sunday), Floyd Mutrux's American Pop Anthology pro…
Proving that some musical phenomena can stay dormant for only so long, the Spice Girls are set to make a comeback of sorts with a new musical that's set to open on London's West End on Dec. …
With rock jukebox productions such as "Million Dollar Quartet" proving that there's money to be made translating pop music to the Broadway stage, maybe it's no surprise that Cher is working …
Debra Winger will take the place of Laurie Metcalf in the Broadway cast of David Mamet's upcoming play "The Anarchist," alongside Patti LuPone.
Continuing an improbable career arc that somehow progressed from most feared man to ever step into a boxing ring to Funny or Die political satirist , former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson is …
Always a man of few (if any) words, the latter half of the enduring comedy-magic duo Penn & Teller will help give a visual voice to the Geffen Playhouse's upcoming stage adaptation of "The E…
When the Mel Brooks movie-turned-blockbuster-musical "The Producers" takes the Hollywood Bowl stage this summer, "Modern Family's" Jesse Tyler Ferguson will play Leo Bloom and Richard Kind w…
