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NEW YORK " As Shakespeare would say, "We have seen better days."The American Council of Trustees and Alumni has found that less than 8 percent of the nation's top universities require Engli…
If you had the time of your life, you owe it to Eleanor Bergstein. The woman who wrote "Dirty Dancing" created a piece of mythology as rich and beloved as any sci-fi epic " "Nobody puts Baby…
Bradley Cooper, Helen Mirren, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ewan McGregor, Elisabeth Moss and Bill Nighy are all in competition -- in the same category -- for the 2015 Drama League Awards.Â
NEW YORK " Playwright Tom Stoppard said he will accept PEN's highest award next month in New York to help put a spotlight on a "frightening time" for free expression.Stoppard is to accept t…
NEW YORK " Kelli Barrett wanted to be an actress at a young age. How young? "From birth," she says. "It was always what I wanted."The Virginia-raised Barrett, who has been on Broadway in "W…
In its heart of hearts, the extraordinarily deep and often underutilized thrust stage of Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater has probably always yearned to host an opera. That's pretty …
NEW YORK " It's taken six years for Matthew Morrison to get back on Broadway so it's no surprise he knows a thing or two about where he ended up.The former "Glee" star happily offered a pee…
Now that legendary New York restaurant Tavern on the Green is open again, it's back in the business of Broadway opening night parties. "Gigi," which opened April 8, made the most of the laby…
NEW YORK " Ken Watanabe's face lights up when breakfast arrives, a nice big stack of fluffy pancakes."They're my favorite," he says, lifting the lid off an aluminum foil container and inhal…
God may have created the heavens and the earth and all living things -- but the Devil surely created Tyrone, the filthy-minded, foul-mouthed sock puppet that has audiences howling at "Hand t…
Alicia Silverstone, "True Detective" actress Kelly Reilly and Eve Best ("Nurse Jackie") have joined the casts of upcoming plays in New York, with Silverstone set to appear in Manhattan Theat…
The fierce pas de deux of love and loss and anguish executed by Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy in "Skylight" leaves you breathless -- and wondering how they can sustain this level of emotiona…
Groundhog Day," the hit 1993 Columbia Pictures comedy, will poke its head up on Broadway in spring 2017, bowing in a new musical version from the creators of current Broadway draw "Matilda."
Disney is developing a live-action version of its 1998 animated movie "Mulan."The project is based on a script by Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek focused on the Chinese warrior character H…
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"BASETRACK Live" might make people uncomfortable, but star Tyler La Marr said that's OK.The multimedia theater production, at the Carling-ÂSorenson Theater at Babson College tonight, show…
NEW YORK " It began with an intriguing premise for a musical: What would it have been like to be a fledgling playwright making a living at the same time as William Shakespeare?The result is…
If Wendy Wasserstein had lived beyond her 56 years, would she have written a sequel to "The Heidi Chronicles," a revival of which opened Thursday at the Music Box on Broadway? The lasting po…
Vincent Pastore and fellow "Sopranos" alumnus David Proval will rejoin the mob next month in "A Queen for Day," the mafia-themed play that's making its world premiere Off Broadway in April.�…
"On the Twentieth Century" isn't a great musical, but it does offer great opportunities for actors to prove why they're stars " or not stars.The 1976 Broadway musical by Cy Coleman, Betty Co…
Disney and "Alice in Wonderland" director Tim Burton are getting back in business, this time with "Dumbo." The Oscar-nominated filmmaker is attached to direct a live-action version of the an…
Long live the Queen! Long live Queen Helen!
"The Audience" marks Helen Mirren's return to Broadway after almost 15 years, and on the play's opening night March 8, the audience at "The Audience" was chuffed indeed to have her back.
In the matter of "Fish In the Dark," the people have spoken. This outlandish comedy penned by Larry David, who also plays the lead role, opened with a stratospheric advance of $13.5 million …
Dorchester native Catherine O'Neill proves that indeed, there are second acts in American lives.The 56-year-old was a mayoral liaison during Thomas M. Menino's administration, hosted her own…
