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"Bachelorette" writer-director Leslye Headland says her play about long-suffering executive assistants is not a tell-all, but the notoriously irascible personality of her former boss, Harvey…
"Bachelorette" writer-director Leslye Headland says her play about long-suffering executive assistants is not a tell-all, but the notoriously irascible personality of her former boss, Harvey…
The two will star in stage comedy "Lonely, I'm Not," premiering Off Broadway as a Second Stage Theatre production.
In the age of the blogosphere, in which everyone's a critic and in which informed, impartial analysis often takes a backseat to gleeful off-the-cuff savagery or unrestrained gush, the death …
Myron Meisel Ed Harris, Amy Madigan and Bill Pullman star in the bold play set in the titular hotel on the outskirts of Jackson, Miss. by playwright Beth Henley.read more
The Oscar-winning 1994 crime caper will become the first of Woody Allen's films to get a screen-to-stage musical makeover.
Lauper joins forces with writer Harvey Fierstein and director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell for a Chicago test run of their stage adaptation of the 2005 Miramax release.
Frank Scheck William Shatner takes audiences on a witty journey through his acting career in his one-man Broadway performance.read more
Myron Meisel This provocative winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama made news when lead producer Scott Rudin abruptly walked away from the upcoming Broadway transfer over a dispute wit…
Myron Meisel Director Damaso Rodriguez's film follows ordinary men who are transformed into superheroes.read more
Call it "Glee" for grown-ups if you must. But this behind-the-scenes look at casting and launching a broadway musical has more gravitas, excellent acting and an insider's knowledge of the co…
Cynthia Nixon's unsparing performance makes Margaret Edson's celebrated play a powerfully moving experience.
Playwright Leslye Headland makes her debut as writer-director with this screen adaptation of her 2010 Off Broadway hit, starring Kirsten Dunst
Myron Meisel Helen Hunt stars in David Cromer's revival of Thornton Wilder's award-winning production.read more
Following successful tryout runs, Disney Theatrical Productions will add the two new shows to its Broadway roster this season.
David Rooney The director and star of "American Beauty" team up for the Shakespeare play, the closing entry in the ambitious international classical theater undertaking, The Bridge Project.r…
David Rooney Rosemary Harris, Carla Gugino and Jim Dale star in the first Broadway production of Athol Fugard's 1984 play, which kicks off the South African dramatist's 80th birthday celebra…
Despite dynamic subject matter, prime archive material and insightful interviewees including Liza Minnelli, Whitney Sudler-Smith's intrusive presence onscreen somewhat trivializes his tribut…
Following "Bonnie & Clyde" and "Lysistrata Jones" as the third of the season's new musical productions to close swiftly, the departing show creates a vacancy for "Leap of Faith."
David Rooney Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier head a superlative ensemble in this streamlined reinterpretation for Broadway of the 1935 Gershwin folk opera.read more
'Woods' furthers Marshall's relationship with Disney, where he made his last film, 2011's Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which has earned just over $1 billion globally.
The U2 members crow about the history-making single-week performance of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," which grossed a staggering $2.9 million last week.
Nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in "The Help" and an Independent Spirit Award for "Take Shelter," the Juilliard-trained actress will star in a major revival of the Henry James adap…
Nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in "The Help" and an Independent Spirit Award for "Take Shelter," the Juilliard-trained actress will star in a major revival of the Henry James adap…
The superhero musical grossed more than $2.9 million in a busy holiday session, placing it ahead of perennial top-earners "Wicked" and "The Lion King."
Discerning theatergoers had plenty to chew on in 2011, even if the year's biggest news event also turned out to be its biggest critical non-event.