49 stories by "Sherry Stern"
Call it luck or coincidence -- some of Broadway's top performers happen to be hitting Los Angeles and Orange County stages in the coming weeks. That's four performers with 10 Tony Awards amo…
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Cyndi Lauper's post Tony Awards tweet was to the point: "I won!" she said succinctly Sunday night. And she underscored the victory with a fierce photo of herself with her freshly won Tony …
Within minutes after they were nominated for Tony awards Tuesday morning, Cyndi Lauper, Harvey Fierstein and Lin-Manuel Miranda were among the nominees tweeting their reactions.
Tuesday is a big day for Broadway with the Tony nominations set for a live webcast starting at 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
Alas, ABC Family ’s “Bunheads” finished its second season this week. That’s the fast-talking series starring Broadway triple threat Sutton Foster.
Mix two actors with reputations for passion and stormy personalities and it's not surprising things did not turn out as planned for an upcoming Broadway production of "Orphans" that was to h…
Marvin Hamlisch, who died Monday in Los Angeles at 68, was an indelible composer across the entertainment universe, with memorable contributions in theater, movies and television.
Mash-ups of Broadway titles are popular among the theater Twitterverse. Since today is considered " Star Wars" Day (who knew?), the hashtag #Broadwaystarwars got the creative juices flowi…
James Cromwell is treading the boards once again in the Mark Taper Forum's well-received production of Samuel Beckett's masterwork "Waiting for Godot." Cromwell plays Pozzo.
A report on the scene of the Broad Stage concert by Brian Stokes Mitchell.
Musical "Carrie" revival goes off-Broadway for premiere: An updated revival of the musical "Carrie," the legendary 1988 Broadway flop based on the 1974 Stephen King novel, opened Thursday ni…
Now that the Oscars are over we can move on to Broadway's big night, the 2012 Tony Awards. They will take place on June 10 in a three-hour ceremony at New York's Beacon Theatre.
Talk show host Stephen Colbert showed off his singing skills on Thursday's episode of "The Colbert Report" as he teamed with tenor Plácido Domingo for a rendition of one of the most famil…
One had the sense on Sunday that the audience for "La Traviata" was hoping for something special to happen at this re-birth of City Opera
The first question for "The Book of Mormon" co-creator Trey Parker wasn't how he felt to take home a Grammy for best musical theater album on Sunday. Instead, the "South Park" mastermind wa…
Swift lost the role to British actress Samantha Barks. Others who were reportedly considered for the part included Lea Michele and Scarlett Johansson.Swift lost the role to British actress S…
Taylor Swift has lost out on the role of the tragic Eponine in the all-star movie version of "Les Miserables."
When L.A. Opera music director James Conlon conducts two one-act operas at the Colburn School this weekend, the occasion will mark the first time that his company's Domingo Thornton Young Ar…
Faces to Watch in the arts in 2012 in theater, dance, architecture, art, classical music and jazz.
Peters wishes to honor her obligations for concert performances that conflict with the Ahmanson dates.Peters wishes to honor her obligations for concert performances that conflict with the A…
When the revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Follies" comes to the Ahamanson Theatre in the spring it reportedly will be without one of its leading ladies, Bernadette Peters. Playbill.com is repo…
Theater critic Charles McNulty names the best plays he saw in 2011.
Blogger Paul Winkler snapped this photo of the marquee at "Funny Girl's" would-be New York home, the Imperial Theatre.
