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"Mad Men" actor Vincent Kartheiser will play legendary Hollywood writer-director Billy Wilder in "Billy and Ray," the Off Broadway play directed by Garry Marshall.
Broadway's "Motown" is taking a breather.Producers of the musical have made the unusual decision to close the tuner in New York -- but only temporarily, planning to bring the show back to th…
Emma Stone has finalized plans to make her Broadway debut in "Cabaret," stepping into the show when Michelle Williams exits in November.The deal -- reached following earlier reports of negot…
NEW YORK " New York City's Metropolitan Opera reached a deal early Wednesday with its stagehands and said it expects to avert a lockout by reaching agreements with the remaining unions.The …
The Arts Factor 2014 Report, a new research initiative by ArtsBoston and sponsored by Bank of America, assesses the economic and cultural impact of the arts in the Greater Boston re…
Richard Chamberlain has signed on to the New Group's upcoming revival of David Rabe's "Sticks and Stones," the Vietnam-era tale already set to star Holly Hunter and Bill Pullman.He'll play t…
The 1978 musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" will get its first Broadway revival next year in a new staging directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford (pictured above).Few details h…
Larry David will make his Broadway debut this winter in "Fish in the Dark," a new play that he also wrote.Produced by Scott Rudin, the play is a comedy about a clan dealing with a death in t…
John Lithgow has a great gift for playing comedy high ("Dirty Rotten Scoundrels") and low ("3rd Rock from the Sun"). So who would think he'd give us such a piteous Lear?
Disney's Broadway staging of "Newsies" seems to be reaping the rewards of its rabid fanbase, with its imminent Aug. 24 closing adding sales momentum to weekly box office figures that had beg…
NEW YORK " A two-year global tour of William Shakespeare's powerful "Hamlet" has landed in a building known for hosting its own drama " the United Nations.A Shakespeare's Globe production wi…
"Sex With Strangers" sounds like fun. Scribe Laura Eason certainly tries hard to make it so, with a cunning plot about a callow young author of bestselling dreck who seduces a gifted older n…
Ever notice how many Hollywood actors have a special affection for stage work? Either they're like Neil Patrick Harris or Daniel Radcliffe -- who got their starts on screen but like to chall…
Everybody loves the new West End adaptation of "Shakespeare in Love." Everybody, that is, except the New York Times.
"Bullets Over Broadway," the musical based on Woody Allen's 1994 comedy, will call it quits in August after a disappointing five-month run.
If you're a lumberjack (wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more) with a silly walk and a dead parrot, who never expects the Spanish Inquisition, you may want to see "Monty Python Live (Mostly),"…
Underdog contender "Rocky" couldn't triumph over Broadway, where soft sales have led producers to post an Aug. 17 closing notice for the big-budget musical based on the Oscar-winning film.
NEW YORK " The Broadway musical "Rocky" is hanging up its gloves after being battered at the box office.Producers said Tuesday that the show will play its final performance at the Winter Gar…
Joely Richardson, the English actress best known to U.S. audiences for her role in FX series "Nip/Tuck," will take on Emily Dickinson in an Off Broadway production of "The Belle of Amherst,"…
Broadway's Tupac Shakur musical "Holler if Ya Hear Me" won't be heard after July 20, when the sales-challenged new show will close following several weeks of dire box office.Just last week p…
NEW YORK " Tupac Shakur fans, keep ya head up: The Broadway musical "Holler If Ya Hear Me" that uses songs from one of hip-hop's greatest artists is closing after less than two months.Produ…
"American Psycho," the murderous musical that had its world premiere in London last year, has lined up a Stateside debut at Off Broadway's Second Stage Theater, where the tuner will have a s…
Here's the big question that should be on the minds of the producers of "Holler If Ya Hear Me": Now that we've built it, will they come? The quick answer: Maybe. Maybe not. Depends on the ma…
Reviews were mixed and sales are downright dire. Which is why all of Broadway is wondering: When will "Holler If Ya Hear Me" throw in the towel?Not yet, according to Eric L. Gold, the Hollyw…
NEW YORK " Kyle Taylor Parker is going from backup dancer to leading man " but staying in 6-inch heels.The performer who has been in "Kinky Boots" since it made its debut in Chicago in 2012 …
