41 stories by "Kelly Scott"
ould "Smash," the upcoming NBC series about making a musical on Broadway, actually spawn a musical for Broadway? CBS will air on Tuesday night the recent Kennedy Center Honors that recognize…
The complications of class and race"and the gradations of such among African Americans"are among the themes in Lydia R. Diamond's domestic comedy, "Stick Fly," directed by Kenny Leon with po…
Standing O's: Troubadour Theater Company and Rogue Machine were among the big winners at Monday's Ovation Awards ceremony, presented by LA Stage Alliance for excellence during the 2010-11 se…
Alan Rickman had a special visitor to his dressing room at the Golden Theatre Monday night: Daniel Radcliffe. The actors from the Harry Potter movies " Rickman played Severus Snape and Radcl…
Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris issued a statement Tuesday afternoon responding to Julie Taymor's suit over her role in the troubled but popular Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off th…
The Tony-winning talent behind "In the Heights," "Next to Normal" and "Avenue Q," among other recent musical hits, is converging at the Ahmanson Theatre, where "Bring It On: The Musical" beg…
Gil Cates, who founded the Geffen Playhouse in 1994 and remained its producing director, has died at age 77. Cates also was the former dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television…
Lou Spisto, the head of the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, will be stepping down from his post in December following nine years with the venerated theater company. Spisto said he is leaving…
In the theater, comedies tend to end with a marriage"not a civil union. Monday night at the world premiere of "8," the new theater piece by Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning screenwriter…
The musical 'Bring it On' will feature a newcomer and an actress from a touring company of "Dreamgirls" in the lead roles of the head cheerleaders.
An impressive line-up of talent, including Kristen Bell, John Stamos, Rita Wilson, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Drew Carey and others, provided a tuneful ending Saturday to the 4th annual Festival…
Nthan Lane and Brian Dennehy will star in a production of Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh" at Chicago's Goodman Theater.
The hit musical "The Book of Mormon" offered a free, extra performance Friday afternoon.
High culture collides head-on with low in "Bakersfield Mist," in which ex-bartender Maude Gutman tries everything " and we mean everything " to persuade a snooty art expert that a painting s…
"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" was canceled Wednesday night after a backstage worker was found dead from a possible drug overdose minutes before showtime. Heroin was foun…
A stagehand was found dead backstage before Wednesday's performance of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" starring Daniel Radcliffe, in what authorities are saying was a drug…
