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Even if "American Sniper" missed out on Golden Globe nominations, it still emerged as one of the big winners of the holiday season.
JAMES CORDEN, the future host of CBS' "Late Late Show" (he starts March 23, replacing Craig Ferguson), sounded a little fatigued, which made sense under the circumstances. The 36-y…
New This Week The Body of an American (Wilma Theater) In this docudrama, the playwright Dan O'Brien bonds with a Pulitzer-winning war photographer. Previews Wednesday-Jan. 13, opens Jan. 14.
When Berry Gordy talks about the legendary record company he started in Detroit back in 1959 (originally Tamla Records, it became the Motown Record Corp. in 1960), he describes an entity tra…
NEW YORK - Perhaps no American composer has faced such an operatic challenge with such outward calm. Opera Philadelphia composer-in-residence David T. Little is devising a way to make John F…
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Edward Herrmann, an actor best known for playing Richard Gilmore on "Gilmore Girls," has died, his manager confirmed to Buzzfeed News. He was 71.
Actor Neil Patrick Harris had a somber Christmas Day (25Dec14) after his grandmother passed away on the holiday.
In 1961, the a cappella group the Dovells made the Bristol Stomp popular when they covered the song by that name here in Philly. At dance halls like St. Alice's and Wagner's Ballroom, teens …
Continuing Reviewed by Peter Dobrin (P.D.), Wendy Rosenfield (W.R.), Jim Rutter (J.R.), and Toby Zinman (T.Z.).
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Quintessence Theatre Group) A colorful exerc…
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Angela Lansbury has moved yet again.
Onstage and off, 2014 was a pretty good year for the local theater community.
'Foolishness can happen in the woods," Chris Pine, as the handsome Prince, sings to Emily Blunt, as the Baker's Wife who has just planted an adulterous kiss on said preening royal in In…
Stars like Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp and Anna Kendrick aren't enough to make the screen version of "Into the Woods" a success.
If you have children, or know someone who does, or just listened to one recently, the choice of Associated Press Entertainer of the Year won't come as much of a shock: It's "Frozen," and in …
NEW YORK (AP) - Sony may have scrapped the release of the movie "The Interview," but it will be in at least at one theater in New York City - onstage, that is.
This is one Disney film that's definitely not a light fairy tale.
Continuing Reviewed by Peter Dobrin (P.D.), Wendy Rosenfield (W.R.), Jim Rutter (J.R.), and Toby Zinman (T.Z.).
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Quintessence Theatre Group) A colorful exerc…
It seems sadly apt that the Daddy Warbucks figure played by Jamie Foxx in the new Annie is a cellphone mogul. Because Foxx is pretty much phoning in his performance.
First hitting Broadway in 1977 (and honored with multiple Tonys), "Annie" has enjoyed almost as many comebacks as Cher.
Our "Little Orphan" gets an update, some of which works and some of which doesn't.
Several major musicals and a play about Frank Rizzo are on the bill next year.
Gary Thompson chats with versatile actor Martin Freeman, who has played Bilbo, Dr. Watson and Richard III.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, produced by Quintessence Theatre Group in conjunction with Archedream for Humankind, directed by Alexander Burns, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield.
In the wake of leadership changes and the loss of funding from a major supporter, the Philadelphia Singers has decided to cease operations.
