805 stories by "Dave Itzkoff"
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.
Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk talk about a creative partnership that has taken them from "Nip/Tuck" to "Glee" to their new FX series, "American Horror Story," and why they're equally drawn to…
The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theater, one of three theaters that is planned for the Frank Gehry-designed Signature Center, is named for the playwright who was the company's first playwright-…
Kathleen Marshall ("Anything Goes") will direct and choreograph the musical adaptation of Barry Levinson's 1982 coming-of-age film, for which Mr. Levinson will write the book and Ms. Crow wi…
Merlin Holland, Wilde's only grandson, said it was "dishonest" for a London theater to present a new work as the final play of his illustrious grandfather.
The series, about a television staff "on a patriotic and quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles and their own personal entanglements," will st…
The "South Park" co-creators and "Book of Mormon" collaborators shared their storytelling strategies with freshmen at the Tisch School of the Arts for the mtvU series "Stand In."
The festival, which will run from April through November of next year, will include 70 productions and exhibitions taking place primarily in London and involving more than 50 arts groups fro…
Mr. Yorkey, the "Next to Normal" book writer and lyricist, said that Sting had written about two dozen new songs for the project, which centers on man who grew up around the shipyards of New…
Gary Wilmes, who played Tom Buchanan in the Elevator Repair Service production of "Gatz," will star as an American businessman who deals with linguistic and cultural difficulties on a trip t…
Chris Colfer, Aziz Ansari, Amy Poehler, Nancy Pelosi and Richard Dawkins will be among the actors, performers, comedians, politicians, bigwigs, authors and atheist contrarians appearing at t…
The musical, adapted from the creepy, kooky clan depicted in Charles Addams's New Yorker cartoons (with a nod to the 1960s television comedy), is closing on Dec. 31.
Daphne Rubin-Vega ("Rent") will play Stella and Wood Harris ("The Wire") will play Mitch in a coming Broadway production that will star Blair Underwood as Stanley and Nicole Ari Parker as Bl…
The musical, which features a book by Bruce Joel Rubin adapted from his screenplay, and a score by Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard, will open in April at a Nederlander Theater to be determined.
Cheyenne Jackson, Christine Lahti, Rob Reiner, Yeardley Smith and Marisa Tomei will also appear in a one-time staged reading of "8," Dustin Lance Black's play about a trial to overturn Calif…
The news comes just weeks after it was announced that the "Gossip Girl" star Penn Badgley would play Buckley in a separate movie about that singer-songwriter.
Is preparing for war more or less demanding than preparing to take on the formidable Nina Arianda? "I'll have to go for option C," Mr. Dancy said.
Ms. Rabe and Mr. Linklater will play aspiring novelists with shared history, and who each pay $5,000 for the privilege of working with the revered literary figure played by Mr. Rickman.
A vintage "Star Search" clip suggests that life could have turned out very differently, or perhaps not so differently at all, for the "Six Feet Under" cast member turned "Funny Girl" star.
The jukebox musical about the Scepter Records founder Florence Greenberg and her discovery of the girl group the Shirelles will play its final performance on Sept. 4.
The new owner of the trophy is Mickey Lay, a 71-year-old builder whom Mr. Rylance consulted in creating the character of Johnny "Rooster" Byron, the caravan-dwelling ex-daredevil at the hear…
The song, originally made popular by by Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66, is from Ms. Streisand's coming album, "What Matters Most: Barbra Streisand Sings the Lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Berg…
Brad Falchuk, a creator and producer of "Glee," said that Lea Michele, Chris Colfer and Cory Monteith will remain with the series in Season 4, following remarks by Ryan Murphy, a fellow crea…
"Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles on Broadway" will play its final performance on July 31. It was previously scheduled to run through Sept. 4.
The documentary will chronicle Mr. McCartney's experiences in New York after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, including his preparation and performance at the "Concert for New York City."
