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It's nothing if not timely: Francis Turnly's epic international mystery "The Great Wave" takes us into the soul of North Korea. A tale of two sisters " best of times, worst of times " this N…
Superfans and hate-watchers, take note: You may not have seen the last of “Smash.” So says Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment, on the latest episode of Stagecraft, …
Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano will star next winter in a new Broadway production of “True West,” with the two actors playing the volatile brothers at the center of Sam Shepard’…
“Mean Girls” is looking pretty nice for Broadway: The new musical — powered by the involvement of the film’s screenwriter Tina Fey — raked in well over $1 milli…
Parrotheads, be warned that there aren't enough parrots in this show. (Can somebody do something about that?)Â Otherwise, the hedonistic spirit of Buffett's feel-good "gulf and western" m…
The upcoming Broadway adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” — with a buzzy creative team that includes writer Aaron Sorkin and star Jeff Daniels — has been hit with a…
Tony Kushner has said he doesn’t want Donald Trump to come see the new Broadway revival of “Angels in America.” But Lee Pace? He wouldn’t mind. “Oh God, I wo…
The Metropolitan Opera has fired its well-known music director and conductor, James Levine, after an investigation found that Levine had engaged in sexual harassment and misconduct. Accordin…
Disney has long had two titles that show up regularly in the Top 10 of the Broadway box office. This week it’s got three — thanks to “Frozen,” the adaptation of the a…
Here's a real witches brew: a "Macbeth" so mangled it makes Hamlet look sane. For his first foray into Shakespeare's Folio in 25 years, director Rufus Norris, also the artistic director of t…
A GoFundMe page in support of Tony winner Ruthie Ann Miles has raised close to $375,000 for the actress and her family in the wake of a car accident that critically injured Miles and killed …
Harold Wolpert, a longtime exec in the not-for-profit theater sector, has been appointed the new executive director of Signature Theater, one of Off Broadway’s most prominent companies…
When adapting a movie into a Broadway musical comedy, you have to kill some darlings. But it can be tough. “I get a little bit like: Please put ‘Boo, you whore’ back in it!…
Wintry weather — including a storm that caused power outages in the New York City environs over the weekend — helped push down the Broadway box office for a lot of big titles on …
There aren’t many props in the Off Broadway political drama “Kings.” Among the most significant? Two margarita glasses, size XXL, from the restaurant chain Chili’s. B…
“Frozen” on Broadway is one hot ticket. Disney Theatrical Productions’ new stage version of the animated smash exploded out of the gate in its first week, raking in $926,84…
The Geffen Playhouse has yanked its planned production of Neil LaBute’s “Fat Pig,” which would have starred Chrissy Metz of “This Is Us,” soon after Off Broadwa…
In its day, now long-past, the”Jerry Springer Show” was an only-in-America phenomenon, so it's only fitting that the British-made “Jerry Springer — The Opera” h…
David Mamet said he has written a play about Harvey Weinstein. Mamet mentioned the new script in an interview in the Chicago Tribune. The new work is called “Bitter Wheat,” and t…
Bernadette Peters' return to Broadway puts the "doll" back in "Hello, Dolly!" Tiny, trim, and in terrific voice, the Tony Award-winning diva tops off previous triumphs like "Mack and Mabel" …
Representative Sydney Millsap is the kind of politician we all want to be, if we absolutely must be politicians. A Gold Star widow with the high ethical standards of an old school Texas Demo…
Former employees have accused Thomas Schumacher, the president and producer of Disney Theatrical Productions and the president of the Broadway League, of sexual harassment and misconduct. Sc…
How do you know expectations are high for a Broadway musical? When audience members arrive in costume. That’s what the stars and creators of “Frozen” faced in Denver, where…
It's been 30 years since the musical "Chess," noted for its engaging score and inscrutable book, survived on Broadway for a scant two months. Could a high-profile revival finally be in the o…
Carey Mulligan started her career on the main stage of London’s Royal Court — playing a narcoleptic schoolgirl in Kevin Elyot's family drama "Forty Winks." Fourteen years on, a s…
