Turner has made a massive commitment to harness the power of the Force. The Time Warner division has struck a nine-figure deal with Disney for basic cable rights to 10 "Star Wars" movies, an…
Before he achieved movie superstardom in the 1970s, Gene Wilder did Brecht on Broadway, Shaw in Louisville, and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" with Kirk Douglas on the Great White Way. Wi…
Show the magic — that was a guiding principle for the "Grease Live" team as they tackled the challenge of mounting Fox's live staging of the beloved musical. The end result of the Jan.…
“Grease Live” and “Hamilton” director Thomas Kail is setting up shop at 20th Century Fox TV with a pod deal for his newly launched Old 320 Sycamore production banner.…
HBO’s epic fantasy drama “Game of Thrones” once again leads the pack of contenders for the Primetime Emmy Awards, grabbing 23 nominations for its sixth season. “Thron…
CBS Interactive CEO Jim Lanzone has been promoted to the newly created post of chief digital officer for CBS Corp. The boost for Lanzone, who will remain CEO of CBS Interactive, recognizes t…
On the heels of a national tragedy, the crowd inside the Beacon Theater on Sunday night was pulsating with pride and passion for the achievements of the Broadway community in the season of "…
The show must go on " that was the emphatic sentiment shared Sunday night on the Tony Awards red carpet outside the Beacon Theater. On the same day the nation was jolted by the death toll fr…
The biggest beneficiary of Tony Awards attention this year could well turn out to be "Bright Star," the original musical penned by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. The show that opened March …
Just call Scott Rudin the Iron Man of Broadway. The veteran producer is nommed for six productions this year — a step up in activity even after Rudin nabbed two big wins at last year&#…
Tina Fey took time out from the opening of her husband’s latest Broadway effort on Monday night to shower praise on NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt as he received the Actors …
Ashley DeSimone spent more than a dozen years on Wall Street, working as an equities analyst and in investor relations. But her heart always belonged to Broadway. After 11 years as a partner…
Producers of “Grease Live” are scrambling to fix a sound snafu that crept up during Julianne Hough’s performance of “Hopelessly Devoted to You” during the live …
Before there was Tessio, before there was Fish, Abe Vigoda made his name on the stage. In the 1950s and '60s, the actor who died Tuesday at 94 did everything from Shakespeare to musical c…
Joy is the word for the producer and cast of Fox’s “Grease Live.” Cast members and producer Marc Platt were bubbly and as they discussed the ambitious live staging of the b…
Bryan Cranston spent six months on stage in 2014 giving a tour-de-force performance as President Lyndon B. Johnson in “All the Way.” But adapting the play by Robert Schenkkan for…
WASHINGTON — Unveiling a variety of touches that broke from longstanding tradition, the Kennedy Center toasted five titans of the performing arts on Sunday in the 38th annual presentat…
NBC’s “The Wiz Live!” delivered strong ratings in the major markets and with adults 18-49. Preliminary Nielsen ratings have the three-hour live telecast averaging a 4.4 rat…
Even as the rave reviews were flowing in via social media, "The Wiz Live" producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron were still sweating out the key moment they felt would make or break the produc…
David Alan Grier loosened up by joking around in a faux Shakespearean actor voice. Limber dancers in creature costumes, ranging from furry winged warriors to sexy poppies to sassy crows mill…
John Benjamin Hickey, Christopher Denham and Mamie Gummer have gone from "Manhattan" to Manhattan. The trio of actors from the WGN America period drama are on stage in New York this fall in …
Call it grassroots marketing in the Motor City. TCM is lending its feed this weekend to a Halloween-themed fundraiser for the last independent theater left in the heart of Detroit. Cinema De…
NBCUniversal's plan to launch a streaming channel next year to better mine the value of "Saturday Night Live" and all of its late-night comedy programming has been no secret in TV and digita…
Big challenges, big changes, happy accidents and getting there on diversity — these were among the topics tackled by top producers, showrunners, directors and execs on Saturday at the …
The Broadway smash "Hamilton" has been the talk of the town since it opened in August. But the rap-based musical about one of the nation's founding fathers would not exist in its current …