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Imelda Staunton, who has avoided musicals for most of her career, now finds herself, at 56, a leading interpreter of Sondheim women.
Danny DeVito is starring in a revival of "The Sunshine Boys," Neil Simon's 1972 comedy, in London, perhaps on the way to Broadway.
A play by the Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek that dissects the life and legend of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis will have its North American premiere this winter at the new Off Broadway home o…
Ms. Holmes will play a woman who moves back home to take care of her aging parents in Theresa Rebeck's family comedy.
The production, which originated at the 5th Avenue Theater in Seattle, has a book and lyrics by Kathie Lee Gifford, and music by David Pomeranz and David Friedman.
Lawyers for the 1970s sitcom "Three's Company" have attacked the Off Broadway play "3C" on copyright grounds.
On Sunday afternoon Mrs. Obama and her daughters saw "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."
The revival of the Stephen Schwartz show is scheduled to play at the American Repertory Theater in December, with a move to Broadway possible.
With Ricky Martin on vacation "Evita" grossed only a little more than half of what it did the week before.
The Off Broadway hit by Mark St. Germain will have played eight previews and 775 regular performances when it closes on July 22.
The Handspring Puppet Company, which created the title character in "War Horse," has new creations in a darker play, "Crow," in London.
The World Shakespeare Festival, running alongside the London Olympics and beyond, includes scores of productions by "the world's playwright."
Greg Pierce's "Slowgirl" is the third New York production in eight months for which the actress Sarah Steele has drawn critical acclaim playing adolescents.
The play, "Lucky Guy," is about the journalist Mike McAlary, who covered police corruption.
The intimate downtown production of "Uncle Vanya" will now overlap with the entire run of the Sydney Theater Company production starring Cate Blanchett, which will be part of the Lincoln Cen…
Mr. Baldwin will return to Broadway in spring 2013 to play Harold, a mobster who is kidnapped and held by two troubled brothers in Lyle Kessler's 1983 drama "Orphans."
The play, about growing up female in disparate cultures, will open at the Signature Center's Linney Theater in November.
Closings are the latest in what is shaping up to be a summer of house cleaning at New York theaters.
Lincoln Center Theater is expected to produce Douglas Carter Beane's burlesque-set play in 2013.
The actress was acclaimed for her performance in the play in an Off Broadway production in 2011.
Company's 30th season will also include plays by Rajiv Joseph and Jenny Schwartz.
The producers hope to eventually turn a profit on the show from its North American tour that begins in Toronto on Oct. 2.
Jill Paice and Ryan Silverman will star in the musical, an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel set to open in the fall.
The musicals "Fela!" and "Bring It On" have distinct pedigrees and histories, but are taking similar financial risks in making limited summer runs on Broadway.
Barry and Fran Weissler, veteran Broadway producers, are considering signing on as backers of Ms. Paulus's revival of the 1972 musical "Pippin" that is scheduled to run this winter at the Am…
