The 2012 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) presents staged readings of Reporting Live, a new musical by Michael Finke, as part of NYMF's Developmental Reading Series, July 25 and …
Tony Award nominee Howard McGillin, who will appear in the upcoming Broadway production of Rebecca, will offer solo concerts next month at the new Manhattan nightspot 54 Below.
Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson, who will be seen in a multi-episode arc on the upcoming season of NBC's "Smash," will appear in three of the first four episodes of the se…
The Alloy Theater Company's production of William Luce's Brontë: A Portrait of Charlotte, which was recently seen in a limited Off-Broadway engagement, has returned for an open-…
English actor Simon Ward, noted for his performance as Winston Churchill in the 1972 film "Young Winston," died July 20 in London following a long illness. He was 70.
Jolie Garrett, David M. Pincus, Cat Parker, Derek Shore, Tari Stratton and Kristen Vaughan announced the nominees for the 2012 Innovative Theatre Awards, which celebrate the best of Off Off-…
Tony Award winner Jeffrey Wright and Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson are among the cast of the upcoming film "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister And Pete," according to Deadline.…
Kennedy, a remake of the 1983 musical One Shining Moment, is aiming for a Broadway bow in November 2013. The production commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Presidency of John F. Kennedy.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), LC Productions and Julie Miller present the world premiere of Zapata! The Musical July 24-29 at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at the Persh…
Jenifer Lewis, who was last seen on Broadway in Hairspray, teams up with Tony-winning Hairspray composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman — who also create the original music on NBC'…
Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell will be among the recipients of the 2012 National Arts Awards. Mitchell will receive the Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award Oct. 15 in Manhat…
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Mariah Carey has signed on to judge the upcoming 12th season of the Fox reality-singing competition "American Idol."
The Baryshnikov Arts Center has announced the lineup for its upcoming fall season. The U.S. premiere of La Douleur (The War: A Memoir), the memoir of Marguerite Duras; and Mo(or)town Redux, …
Academy Award nominee Kenneth Branagh will direct and star in the upcoming untitled "Jack Ryan" film, according to Deadline.com.
The cast of the Tony Award-winning musical Once, based on the Oscar-winning film about an Irish singer-songwriter named Guy who meets a muse in the person of a Czech immigrant named Girl, wi…
Dean Geyer and Jacob Artist will join the cast of the Fox hit musical series "Glee" for the show's fourth season, which will begin Sept. 13 on Fox.
The box office for the new Broadway musical Chaplin, depicting the life of screen legend Charlie Chaplin, opens for business July 23.
Tickets for the new Broadway musical Chaplin, depicting the life of screen legend Charlie Chaplin, are now on sale.
A fresh adaptation of the 1978 Broadway musical Working, which features new material by Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, will be given its New York premiere Dec. 1-30 at 59E59 Theaters …
"American Idol" runner up and stage actor Justin Guarini plays the title role in the St. Louis Muny's production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which runs Jul…
The fourth annual Broadway Meows, a concert benefiting the Humane Society of New York, is offered July 23 at Don't Tell Mama in Manhattan. The evening features the songs of composer-lyri…
Le Cabaret Grimm, described as "a punk cabaret fairy tale (sans fairies) adapted from 'Tales of the Brothers Grimm'," is presented as part of the 2012 New York Musical Thea…
Lea DeLaria, jazz musician, Broadway actress and stand-up comic, plays the new Manhattan nightspot 54 Below July 23 and July 30.
Singer-actor Tony Vincent, who was most recently seen on the NBC reality singing competition "The Voice," offers a solo concert July 23 at New York City's Rockwood Music Hall.
The 2012 Teen Choice Awards air July 22 on Fox. "Glee" star Lea Michele and Zooey Deschanel, who will star in a Broadway stage adaptation of "Coal Miner’s Daughter,…