2,163 stories by "MARK KENNEDY"
NEW YORK (AP) " "Hadestown," singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell's Broadway debut, earned a leading 14 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, followed by the jukebox musical "Ain't Too Proud," buil…
John Leguizamo is taking his irreverent one-man comedy show about Latin history on the road for a 12-state tour
Hugh Jackman is coming back to Broadway as a classic roguish traveling salesman in a revival of 'The Music Man'
Dozens of community and nonprofit theaters across the U.S. have been forced to abandon productions of "To Kill a Mockingbird" under legal threat
Many academics argue the portrait of Alexander Hamilton, the star of U.S. $10 bills, is a counterfeit. Now they're escalating their fight against the musical.
Ever since the historical musical "Hamilton" began its march to near-universal infatuation, one group has noticeably withheld its applause " historians. Many academics argue the portrait of …
Historians argue that Lin-Manuel Miranda got Alexander Hamilton all wrong " the Founding Father was a slave owner and an anti-immigration elitist who made war on Native Americans. Now, a new…
Six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald is heading back to Broadway to be a waitress " but not in "Waitress."
The labor union representing theatrical performers is demanding that its members no longer participate in any developmental stage work with commercial producers
Broadway producers had plenty of reasons to pop the bubbly as 2018 wound down, with many shows recorded their most profitable weeks despite some eye-popping ticket prices
Actress and soprano Marin Mazzie, a three-time Tony Award nominee known for powerhouse Broadway performances in "Ragtime," ''Passion" and "Kiss Me, Kate," has died following a three-year bat…
When master playwright Neil Simon accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2006, he was visibly nervous. But his gentle humor was evident.
Playwright Neil Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits such as "The Odd Couple," ''Barefoot in the Park" and his "Brighton Beach" trilogy dominated Broadway for decades, has died.…
Gary Beach, a Broadway and TV veteran whose portrayal of a truly terrible theater director in Mel Brooks' monster hit "The Producers" won him a Tony Award in 2001, has died, according to his…
Put away your wallet " you won't have to pay hundreds of dollars to see Bruce Springsteen's Broadway show. Netflix announced Wednesday that it will broadcast The Boss' one-man show on Dec. 1…
The American, grown-up musical "The Band's Visit" outmuscled the acclaimed and sprawling British import "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" for the most Tony Awards on Sunday, capturing 10 s…
The cast of the Carole King musical on Broadway is getting a super addition.
Mean Girls is an adaptation of Tina Fey's much-beloved 2004 high school comedy movie and SpongeBob SquarePants is the goofy undersea adaptation from the cartoon.
NEW YORK (AP) -- For Earth Day, Julian Lennon hopes to lay the foundation for a whole new crop of environmentalists. He just has to wait a decade or two before they bloom....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Bette Midler is not quite ready to say goodbye to her Dolly....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The decision to award rapper Kendrick Lamar the Pulitzer Prize for music represents a historic moment for hip-hop and American music, according to two of the music ju…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Newscaster Carl Kasell, a signature voice of NPR who brought his gravitas to "Morning Edition" and later his wit to "Wait, Wait ... Don&…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Most Easter Sundays, you can find John Legend at home, helping cook a big dinner for family and friends. Except this Easter. He'll be a little busy - being J…
NEW YORK (AP) -- His nose was round and bright red, his face as white as a sheet. His mouth was surrounded by an exaggerated smear of red makeup and his arched eyebrows hung ridiculou…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sammy Williams, who won a Tony Award in the original Broadway production of "A Chorus Line," has died. He was 69....
