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Diane Paulus, director of the re-envisioned version of Porgy and Bess, recently sat down with her leading lady, Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, for a Playbill Video "Director's Cu…
Idina Menzel, who took home the Tony Award for her performance as Elphaba in the Broadway musical Wicked, recently visited "Windy City Live!" to chat about her concert "Barefo…
The 92nd Street Y, the nonprofit community and cultural center focusing on the arts and education, has announced its 2012 winter and spring lineup.
Tony Award nominee Martin Sheen (The Subject Was Roses) and Blair Underwood, who will make his Broadway debut in the upcoming revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, are among the celebrit…
Theater J presents The Religion Thing, a new play by Helen Hayes Award-winning playwright Renee Calarco, which officially opens Jan. 9, following previews that began Jan. 4, at the Aaron &am…
John Osborne's Look Back in Anger, directed by Sam Gold, will begin Off-Broadway previews Jan. 13, prior to an official opening Feb. 2, at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam…
The North American tour of Green Day's American Idiot is currently playing the Toronto Centre for the Arts in Ontario, Canada. While in Canada, Idiot stars Van Hughes, Jake Epstein and S…
“Broadway to Main Street,” created and hosted by Broadway historian Laurence Maslon, kicks off Jan. 8, broadcasting weekly on WPPB (Peconic Public Broadcasting) 88.3 FM.
Alabama Shakespeare Festival presents the world premiere of John Walch’s In the Book Of…, in which immigration has a political and personal impact on an army veteran and an Afgh…
Stage and screen actor Taye Diggs recently visited the ladies of "The Talk" to chat about his new children's book, "Chocolate Me!," which was released in September 20…
Tony Award winner Glenn Close receives the Career Achievement Award at the 23rd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival's Awards Gala Jan. 7 at the Palm Springs Convention C…
Elvin Roytman and Bein' It Productions will present Gina Kim and Ryan Tofil's Miss Kim, a new play about a young Korean-American woman at war with her abusers, her family and herself…
Darren Criss, who recently made his Broadway debut in the revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, talked with E! about balancing Broadway and "Glee."
Tony Award winner Alice Ripley, who was last seen Off-Broadway in the MCC Theater production of Wild Animals You Should Know, will play a series of concerts in New York City beginning Jan. 9…
Tony Award nominee Frances Conroy has signed on to the upcoming NBC pilot "Beautiful People," according to Deadline.com.
Mario Lopez and Courtney Mazza, who shared the Broadway stage in the 2006 revival of A Chorus Line, became engaged over the New Year's weekend, according to Extra.
Queens Theatre in association with Theatre 167 will present Jackson Heights 3 AM, a new play conceived and directed by Ari Laura Kreith, beginning Jan. 13 at PS 69 in Jackson Heights.
The Storm Theatre Company, under the artistic direction of Peter Dobbins, presents the New York and North American premiere of George Lillo's The London Merchant beginning Jan.…
Ghost Light, a co-production of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre, begins performances Jan. 6, prior to an official opening Jan. 11, on Be…
Singer-songwriter Drew Gasparini will offer a concert featuring material from his award-wining musical Crazy, Just Like Me Jan. 22 at Joe's Pub.
"Private Romeo," a new take on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet that stars War Horse actors Seth Numrich and Matt Doyle as the ill-fated lovers, will premiere in NYC beginning Fe…
Darren Criss, who recently made his Broadway debut in the revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, visited "Live! With Kelly" Jan. 5 to talk about "Glee&qu…
Patti LaBelle, who was last seen on Broadway in Fela!, will be among the performers at the fifth annual BET Honors, held Jan. 14 at the Warner Theater in Washington, DC.
Stage and screen actor Benedict Cumberbatch has been cast in the upcoming sequel to J.J. Abrams' 2009 "Star Trek" reboot, according to Deadline.com.
Jeremy Jordan, who recently finished his run as Clyde Barrow in Broadway's Bonnie & Clyde, will soon be seen in the gospel movie musical "Joyful Noise," which hits theatres…