'On the Town': Theater Review by David Rooney

The 1944 hit that put Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Betty Comden and Adolph Green on the Broadway map gets a spirited revival courtesy of director John Rando and a fine castread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on October 16, 2014☆⚑

Al Pacino Heads Back to Broadway in David Mamet's 'China Doll' by David Rooney

The playwright describes his new work, written for the Oscar-, Tony- and Emmy-winning actor, as "better than oral sex"read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:56pm on October 16, 2014☆⚑

Disney's Top Theater Exec on 'Frozen' Musical Plans: "I'm Talking to Directors" by David Rooney

Thomas Schumacher, president and producer at Disney Theatrical Group, opens up about the huge expectations involved in adapting the hit film, the massive success of 'Lion King,' and what wen…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 2:00pm on October 16, 2014☆⚑

Stars Line Up for Elaine Stritch Tribute by David Rooney

Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, Betty Buckley and Hal Prince will be among those celebrating the Broadway legendread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 1:00pm on October 16, 2014☆⚑

Critic's Notebook: Why the Film 'Once' Became a Hit Broadway Musical But 'Rocky' Did Not by David Rooney

Still, upcoming productions of 'Honeymoon in Vegas,' 'Finding Neverland,' 'An American in Paris,' 'Doctor Zhivago' and 'Gigi' suggest the movie-to-musical trend is alive and kickingread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 1:30pm on October 15, 2014☆⚑

How to Cast Conjoined Twins on Broadway by David Rooney

Oscar winner and 'Dreamgirls' director Bill Condon makes a risky Broadway directing debut with a revamp of a 1997 cult musical " a critical darling that lasted only three months in its origi…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 5:16pm on October 10, 2014☆⚑

'It's Only a Play': Theater Review by David Rooney

Broadway buddies Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane head an all-star cast in Terrence McNally's irreverent backstage comedyread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on October 9, 2014☆⚑

Beloved Broadway Star Marian Seldes Dies at 86 by David Rooney

In addition to acting, the Tony winner was also a dedicated teacher, whose students included Kevin Kline, Laura Linney, Kevin Spacey and Robin Williamsread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:59pm on October 6, 2014☆⚑

'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time': Theater Review by David Rooney

The smash Brit hit that swept London's Olivier Awards arrives on Broadway in a dazzling production from the director of "War Horse"read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on October 5, 2014☆⚑

'The Country House': Theater Review by David Rooney

Blythe Danner plays a veteran actress whose family gathers in the Berkshires in Donald Margulies' contemporary homage to Anton Chekhovread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on October 2, 2014☆⚑

'Indian Ink': Theater Review by David Rooney

Rosemary Harris stars as an Englishwoman journeying back into the past of her late sister, played by Romola Garai, in Tom Stoppard's 1995 drama read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on September 30, 2014☆⚑

'Children of a Lesser God' Returning to Broadway by David Rooney

Tony winner Kenny Leon will stage the 1980 play revival, scheduled for the 2015-16 seasonread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:19pm on September 29, 2014☆⚑

'You Can't Take It With You': Theater Review by David Rooney

Rose Byrne makes her Broadway debut alongside James Earl Jones in the 1936 screwball comedy about a family of New York eccentricsread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on September 28, 2014☆⚑

'Wolf Hall' Bound for Broadway by David Rooney

The Royal Shakespeare Company's smash stage adaptation of Hilary Mantel's historical saga will play the Winter Garden Theatreread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:35pm on September 25, 2014☆⚑

'The Money Shot': Theater Review by David Rooney

Elizabeth Reaser and Fred Weller play Hollywood stars negotiating the terms of a hardcore sex scene in Neil LaBute's latestread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on September 22, 2014☆⚑

Disney's 'The Lion King' Becomes History's Top-Grossing Entertainment Title by David Rooney

The Julie Taymor-directed production has earned $6.2 billion in worldwide box office to dateread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:03am on September 22, 2014☆⚑

'Love Letters': Theater Review by David Rooney

Brian Dennehy and Mia Farrow are up first in A.R. Gurney's intimate two-hander, with Carol Burnett, Alan Alda, Candice Bergen, Anjelica Huston and Martin Sheen to followread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on September 18, 2014☆⚑

Angela Lansbury Hits the Road in 'Blithe Spirit' by David Rooney

The actress won her fifth Tony Award for the classic Noel Coward comedyread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 1:18pm on September 16, 2014☆⚑

Carole King Bio-Musical 'Beautiful' Becomes an Official Broadway Hit by David Rooney

Bucking the trend of a season in which one major show after another closed at a loss, the musical has recouped its $13 million capitalization in ten monthsread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:24am on September 15, 2014☆⚑

'A Midsummer Night's Dream': Toronto Review by David Rooney

Julie Taymor's lauded recent New York production of William Shakespeare's joyous comedy of love and enchantment is given deluxe filmed treatmentread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 7:25pm on September 8, 2014☆⚑

'The Last 5 Years': Toronto Review by David Rooney

Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan fall in and out of love in Richard LaGravanese's screen version of the stage musicalread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00pm on September 7, 2014☆⚑

'Miss Julie': Toronto Review by David Rooney

Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton star in Liv Ullmann's film of the classic Strindberg drama, relocated to Irelandread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:24pm on September 7, 2014☆⚑

'Cymbeline': Venice Review by David Rooney

Penn Badgley and upcoming 'Fifty Shades of Grey' star Dakota Johnson play Shakespeare's lovers torn apart by unfolding violence in this modern-day retellingread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 4:51am on September 3, 2014☆⚑

It's Official: Emma Stone Comes to the 'Cabaret' by David Rooney

The actress will make her Broadway debut as Sally Bowles, starring opposite Alan Cumming in the hit revival of the classic Kander & Ebb musicalread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00pm on August 20, 2014☆⚑

Peter Dinklage and Taylor Schilling to Spend 'A Month in the Country' by David Rooney

The Emmy-nominated stars of 'Game of Thrones' and 'Orange is the New Black' will team in an Off-Broadway staging of the Ivan Turgenev playread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 5:22pm on August 19, 2014☆⚑