LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Theodore Bikel, best known for his starring role as Tevye, the poor Jewish milkman, in the Broadway hit musical "Fiddler on the Roof," died on Tuesday at age 91…
(Reuters) - "There's no place like home," said Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" and one fan clearly agrees after offering a $1 million reward for information about a pair of the ruby slipp…
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian tenor Jon Vickers, a celebrated opera singer once called 'God's tenor' for his voice and deep faith, has died, London's Royal Opera House said, citing a statemen…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Rees, the Tony Award-winning British stage actor who had roles in U.S. television hits including "Cheers" and "The West Wing", died on Friday aged 71, his represen…
LONDON (Reuters) - The financially troubled English National Opera announced on Friday that its artistic director, John Berry, is stepping down after eight years in the job and 20 years with…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Misty Copeland on Tuesday became the first African-American female principal ballerina with the American Ballet Theatre in the dance company's 75-year history.
LONDON (Reuters) - Gioachino Rossini's opera "Guillaume Tell" (William Tell) about the Swiss patriot who shoots an arrow that splits an apple atop his son's head is famed for its overture wi…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Aerialists descend in a giant chandelier and lift a guest back up with them, a showgirl leads an audience member back in time to a 1920s Parisian nightclub and actors si…
LONDON (Reuters) - Harry Potter, the world's most famous boy wizard, is set to make his debut on the London stage next year in a new play called the Cursed Child which has been created in co…
LONDON (Reuters) - As every theater-lover knows, "Othello", "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet" all end with bodies littering the stage, so it's a rare thrill for audiences to watch a work by Sh…
FAMAGUSTA, Cyprus (Reuters) - The 14th-century Cypriot tower that is the fictional setting of Shakespeare's play "Othello" reopens next month after undergoing renovation following decades of…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel froze state funding on Tuesday for an Arab theater whose play about jailed Palestinians angered the right, fuelling accusations that the government aims to suppr…
LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Ron Moody, who played Fagin in the movie version of "Oliver!" and on stage, died on Thursday at the age of 91, his agent said.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The stars strutted down the Tony Awards' red carpet on Sunday, including nominees who got an able assist from Vogue editor Anna Wintour, who a year ago proclaimed the an…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Helen Mirren won her first Tony on Sunday for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Audience," and her co-star Richard McCabe picked up the best featured actor …
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Broadway is preparing for its biggest night on Sunday with the 2015 Tony Awards, U.S. theater's highest honors, following a record-breaking season with a commercial hit …
NEW YORK (Reuters) - With two winged angels at his side, actor Jim Parsons assumes a divine role as he reveals another story of the six days of creation and issues a revised version of the T…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two-time Oscar winner Jessica Lange will return to Broadway next year in a revival of American playwright Eugene O'Neill's masterpiece "Long Day's Journey Into Night," t…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Broadway enjoyed its highest-grossing season in history with $1.36 billion in 2014-2015 and audience attendance topping 13.1 million, the Broadway League said on Tuesday.
The beautiful Patricia Morison will be feted at a big party in Los Angeles hosted by her longtime friend, John Bowab, with champagne flowing.
Tony winner Audra McDonald will play a professor in the WB's untitled college drama pilot, an ensemble piece set at a small Manhattan college.
Rarely has Mamet roared into farce at such full throttle and with such pleasurable results as in "Romance."
But in drama as in life, facades eventually wear thin. We want to know how McReele's mind works. There, Mackie's performance falters, and he receives little help from director Doug Hughes or…
Brooke Shields is returning to series television.