Cate Blanchett and her husband, Andrew Upton, will end their tenure with the Australian theater company for which she starred in an acclaimed production of "A Streetcar Named Desire."
For the third year in a row the Poe Toaster has failed to make an annual birthday visit to the Baltimore grave of Edgar Allan Poe and the organizers of a vigil say they will no longer stake …
The "Star Trek" actor's one-man show, called "Shatner's World: We Just Live in It," will begin performances next month and will be his first Broadway production in more than 50 years.
Paramount said it had acquired the distribution rights to "Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away," a 3D movie written and directed by Andrew Adamson (of the "Shrek" and "Narnia" franchises) and whose…
The coming Broadway transfer of that Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical will retain many of the performers from its widely praised runs at the La Jolla Playhouse and the Straford Shakespea…
In an interview with Jimmy Fallon, Louis C. K. said that from the money he has made from his online comedy special "Live at the Beacon Theater," he would give $250,000 in bonuses to people w…
Ms. Ricci will play the diminutive but excitable Hermia in the production, which previously announced Ms. Neuwirth to star as the fairy queen, Titania. Think of it as the coming together of …
The Brooklyn theater said that it had signed a three-year lease on a new 19,000-square-foot home at 29 Jay Street in Brooklyn, near its current base of operations at 38 Water Street.
Mr. Cumming, the "Good Wife" and "Cabaret" star, will play every single role in a new production of the Shakespeare tragedy, including the regicidal schemer of its title and his devious, spo…
The concept of a stage production based on Mr. Bowie's songs is unlikely to be realized unless the singer ch-ch-ch-ch-changes his mind.
The West End production of the Agatha Christie mystery was first performed on Nov. 25, 1952, and a new British tour and other events were announced to mark the anniversary.
The first-ever theatrical production of "The Sound of Music" in the city where the von Trapp family lived - and fled from - has made audiences come alive with approval, even as it invokes un…
Three decades after they made their names in "Evita," Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin are returning to Broadway together.
Ms. Silverman, the coarse, candid comedian, surprises with her performances from "Man of La Mancha," "Annie," "Company" and "Les Miserables" on Seth Rudetsky's SiriusXM radio show.
The Broadway-bound revival which was to be directed by Bartlett Sher and would have starred Lauren Ambrose and Bobby Cannavale has been put off; its producers said they "determined that this…
Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman, who separated after five weeks of marriage in 1964, make the 72-day union of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries seem as old as the cosmos itself.
Mr. Bridges, whose credits include the films "Norma Rae" and "The Fabulous Baker Boys," will take over the role of J. B. Biggley, for which Mr. Larroquette won a Tony Award earlier this year.
Instead, here are some famous Broadway composers depicted as "South Park" cartoon characters.
A British charity organization that promotes the study and life of Shakespeare, is protesting the release of "Anonymous," a movie by Roland Emmerich that questions the authorship of his work…
Joss Whedon, the "Avengers" director and producer of fantasy television shows like "Buffy," "Firefly" and "Dollhouse," has once again thrown audiences for a loop by announcing that he has fi…
Robert Lopez will help his "Book of Mormon" collaborators Trey Parker and Matt Stone write an episode of their animated series "South Park" that is planned for next week.
Mr. Baldwin's podcast, called "Here's the Thing," will make its debut on Oct. 24 with an interview with Michael Douglas.
The Bridge Project's production of "Richard III," starring Mr. Spacey and directed by Sam Mendes, will be followed by "Being Shakespeare," a one-man drama about the playwright starring Simon…
Harry Shearer, who provides the voices of dozens of "Simpsons" characters including Montgomery Burns, Ned Flanders and Kent Brockman, said he would accept a pay cut of 70 percent or more if …
Ms. Keys, the pop-R&B singer, is a producer of Lydia R. Diamond's play about a well-to-do black family on Martha's Vineyard.