Mr. Whedon, a creator of the online musical, discusses the making of the project, a possible sequel and his future Internet ambitions. (O.K., we asked about "The Avengers," too.)
Amy Poehler helped bid farewell to the "Hot Chicks Room" sign that hung outside a new Upright Citizens Brigade theater in the East Village, and was given to a compost learning center on Gove…
Samuel L. Jackson will play the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Katori Hall's Olivier Award-winning play, but Halle Berry will not appear in the production, producers said, "due to child-…
"Carnage," with a script by Roman Polanski and the "God of Carnage" playwright Yasmina Reza, will star Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly as the Brooklyn parents …
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The Broadway revival of the Cole Porter musical, starring Sutton Foster as Reno Sweeney and Joel Grey as Moonface Martin, will play at the Stephen Sondheim Theater through January 8.
The April 28 episode of "The Office," on which Mr. Carell bids farewell to the series, will run about 50 minutes.
The festival, which has previously given honorary awards to Woody Allen and Clint Eastwood, said it planned to make the distinction an annual tradition starting this year with Mr. Bertolucci.
Bob Dylan played to about 4,000 people in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday, his first concert in Vietnam, following concerts in China where his set lists were approved by those Communist countries…
Mr. Shannon, who is known for the unearthly menace he brings to his characters on television's "Boardwalk Empire" and off Broadway's "Mistakes Were Made," will play an evil tyrant from Super…
A new book containing the correspondence that John Lennon sent "to his friends, family, strangers, newspapers, organizations, lawyers and the laundry," will be released by Little, Brown in O…
The rapper Lil Wayne, who was released from Rikers Island jail in November, had been scheduled to perform a concert in Ireland and was expected to appear at other major European festivals th…
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Mr. Cheadle will star in "House of Lies," a comedy about a ruthless management consultant, and Ms. Danes will star in "Homeland," a psychological thriller about a C.I.A. officer.
The F.B.I. spent nearly two years investigating whether Los Angeles police were involved with the shooting death of Notorious B.I.G. and conducted surveillance of a suspected gunman, but pro…
Alec Baldwin, the "30 Rock" co-star, said he hoped the show "goes on forever" or "at least as long as everyone involved desires," after he was quoted as saying it would end next year.
The production, a Tony winner for best musical revival, will play its final performance on May 1.
The publisher of a new novel created by J.J. Abrams, the "Star Trek" director and "Lost" co-creator, offered few details on the project except to say that it will be written by Doug Dorst, t…
Bob Dylan's performance in Beijing avoided songs that might overtly offend China's Communist rulers, though it sounds like he was still able to slip in a few of his cryptically critical song…
Mr. Ferrell, who is about to begin a four-episode run on "The Office," talks about joining the ranks of Dunder Mifflin as he contemplates his own career and whether he wants to be known as m…
Organizers of the Tony Awards also announced special honors for Eve Ensler, Bill Berloni, the Drama Book Shop and Sharon Jensen and Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts.
A new production of "Company" has resorted to a grab bag of strategies, shortcuts and cheats to get its far-flung cast of A-list performers quickly up to speed.
Mr. Sahl's comedy album "At Sunset," Ms. Wynette's song "Stand by Your Man" and the album "Trout Mask Replica," by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, are among the 25 recordings that the …
Mr. Hayes, the star of "Will and Grace" and "Promises, Promises," joins Will Sasso in a film about the slapstick trio that will be directed by Peter and Bobby Farrelly.
The crime drama, adapted from the Danish series "Forbrydelsen," was the network's second-most-watched premiere for an original series.