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Independence Day didn't set off any fireworks at the Broadway box office last week -- but at least the Rialto held steadier than the cineplex.Compared to a dreadful weekend at the movies tha…
NEW YORK " With all eyes on Brazil and the World Cup, Broadway is getting into the act with plans to adapt the Oscar-winning film "Black Orpheus" for the stage.Producers said Monday that Pu…
NEW YORK " One of the darkest views of a marriage is coming to Broadway from a producing couple who are enjoying a long, sunny marriage.Producers Jay and Cindy Gutterman said Monday they pla…
Over the years our Pops on the Lawn concerts at Sennott Park in Cambridge have evolved into a perfect way to end our season. In the early years, our audience sat in one area of the park eith…
LONDON " Lindsay Lohan is heading for the London stage " in a play about the hysteria of Hollywood.Producers announced Thursday that Lohan will make her professional stage debut in Septembe…
NEW YORK " Max Crumm, who played Danny Zuko in the latest edition of "Grease" on Broadway, will next tackle the longest-running musical in the world.Crumm will play the lead male role in "Th…
NEW YORK " James Earl Jones is getting some help with his revival of "You Can't Take It With You" " Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Rose Byrne and Tony Award nominee Annaleigh Ashford have ju…
"Entwined" looks like "Tempest." That's how our brains read a game like this " we're looking down a tunnel, we see objects charging toward the screen, and we think "Tempest." Or, if you're y…
NEW YORK " The Metropolitan Opera has canceled plans for a global simulcast to cinemas of John Adams' "The Death of Klinghoffer" amid objections it could stir anti-Semitic sentiments.The Li…
NEW YORK " For "Jersey Boys" star John Lloyd Young, Frankie Valli is the role of a lifetime. An unknown when he starred in Broadway's Tony-winning best musical hit, Young reprises Valli for …
NEW YORK " Producers of Terrence McNally's Broadway-bound revival of "It's Only a Play" have added a little "Harry Potter" magic " Rupert Grint.Grint, who played Ron Weasley in the Potter f…
NEW YORK " One of Tupac Shakur's old friends celebrated his birthday by seeing a new play inspired by his music.Madonna attended a preview of "Holler If Ya Hear Me" in New York City on Mond…
NEW YORK " James Franco is adding another notch to his expansive resume " stage director.Rattlestick Playwrights Theater said Monday that Franco will direct Robert Boswell's world premiere …
After years of dance lessons, Cirque du Soleil performers had their hardest lesson ever: how to speak like a Bostonian.Seven of the "Amaluna" performers toured Boston on a duck boat yesterda…
NEW YORK " Hugh Jackman hopping his way into the theater, Neil Patrick Harris licking the eyeglasses of Samuel L. Jackson. A little history, and a slew of genuinely heartfelt speeches. The …
NEW YORK " Robert Schenkkan's "All The Way" has won the Tony Award for best play.Starring Bryan Cranston, the play focuses on President Lyndon B. Johnson's first year in office and explores …
NEW YORK " The competition at the Tony Awards is fierce every year, but this time promises to be positively brutal: A fight will actually break out onstage.Sunday's telecast will feature th…
NEW YORK " Julia Stiles is returning to the New York stage in a quirky little comedy about a one-night-stand that has long-term implications.The Cherry Lane Theatre said Tuesday the star of…
Popcorn and champagne.Walking into the big top set up for Cirque du Soleil's "Amaluna" " now to July 6 at Marine Industrial Park " the smell of circus popcorn hits you hard. Then, as your ey…
Cirque du Soleil is known for its eye-popping acrobatics and creativity, but the Canadian export makes sure the glamorous gear used in its touring show, "Amaluna," now at the Marine Industri…
NEW YORK " A new arena version of "Jesus Christ Superstar" starring punk legend John "Johnny Rotten" Lydon and Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child has abruptly cancelled its 54-city tour j…
Anything goes in this summer's theater lineup.There are a few brainy, emotionally raw offerings to keep your mind and soul challenged. But they're outnumbered by witty Shakespeare comedies, …
NEW YORK " Broadway and Hollywood stars will help add some glamour to this year's Tony Awards, with appearances expected by Bradley Cooper, Kevin Bacon, Clint Eastwood, Maggie Gyllenhaal, W…
Diane Paulus likes story and spectacle. And the artistic director of Harvard's American Repertory Theater has had a lot of luck combining the two " Paulus' revivals "Pippin" and "Hair" won T…
WASHINGTON " Count on singing and dancing, maybe even a few magic tricks, when the curtain goes up Tuesday on the very first White House talent show.Michelle Obama and the President's Commi…
