Marie Jones, who had a hit with her two-man comedy "Stones in his Pockets," and Tim Loane, who lampooned Bible-thumping unionism in "Caught Red Handed," use comedy to make a hate-scarred soc…
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Sarah Brightman is out to shatter the public's perception of her music with her new Angel Records release, Harem.
NEW YORK (Billboard) - They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway.
Just ask Elton John, Toni Braxton, or former teen queen Deborah Gibson. These days, they're basking in the electric glow.
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Go-Go's principals Charlotte Caffey and Jane Wiedlin are putting the finishing touches on an off-Broadway musical based on the life of late porn star actress Linda …
"Hairspray" won the most Tony nominations and has had sell-out audiences for 10 months, but star Harvey Fierstein insisted on Wednesday the off-beat musical is the underdog in the race for B…
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Much like his movies of recent years, Woody Allen's stage directing debut features an outstanding ensemble cast wading through distinctly thin material.
LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - It isn't really an opera -- more a mixture of "The Rocky Horror Show" and the most offensive bad-taste idea Mel Brooks might come up with.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Hoping "Grease" lightning can strike a third time, Paramount Pictures is drawing up plans for "Grease 3," a continuation of the hit musical franchise.
Nina Simone, who died on Monday aged 70, defied categorization -- she was at once a jazz singer, a blues singer, a pop singer, a gospel singer and a folk singer, as well as a brilliant pianist.
Among her many great accomplishments: She was the mother of AIDA star Simone.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Getting on the musical feature bandwagon, the Walt Disney Co. is developing an untitled project about a cynical teenage girl.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Catherine Zeta-Jones' Milkwood Films banner will develop and produce a feature film based on the stage play "Getting and Spending," production partner Path…
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - HBO is planning a theatrical release in the fall for documentarian D.A. Pennebaker's "Elaine Stritch at Large," a backstage look at the actress' one-woman …
NEW YORK (Backstage) - Actor George Morfogen cites a well-known bit of theater lore as a way to suggest how he handles a daunting task -- hitting the right comic note -- in playing the eccen…
NEW YORK (Variety) - You might have thought there was enough mechanical bull on Broadway already. Apparently you'd be wrong.
Actress Linda Hart said she and other cast members from the Broadway show "Hairspray" were concerned last week about how the war in Iraq might affect their hit musical.
NEW YORK (Variety) - "Chicago" executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are set to turn loose a new "Footloose."
Paramount has made a deal with the duo to reinvent the 1984 hit as a full-scale musical.
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Leads Scott Waara and Rebecca Luker don't click as a romantic duo; the production should be more properly named "She Likes Me."