The newly re-imagined 21st century version of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Jesus Christ Superstar" is set to tour North American as an arena rock spectacular.The resurrected rock musi…
The organizers of the Tony Awards have tapped Rosie O'Donnell to receive the Isabelle Stevenson Award, handed out annually to a legiter who's made a significant contribution to humanitarian …
NEW YORK " Rosie O'Donnell is getting a Tony Award.The award's administration committee said Tuesday that the former talk-show host will receive the 2014 Isabelle Stevenson Award, an honora…
Like the cult movie to which it pays homage, "Heathers" the musical should score with all those teen misfits who fantasized about getting even with the popular kids who humiliated them in hi…
NEW YORK " The Denzel Washington you meet backstage at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre is not exactly living a glamorous Hollywood life. He's more like a college kid during finals.He wears a bla…
Benedict Cumberbatch will swap Sherlock for Shakespeare when he takes the stage as the titular tragic hero in the London Barbican Theatre production of "Hamlet."The 37-year-old British actor…
For director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw, Broadway's go-to guy for musical comedy ("The Book of Mormon," "Elf," "The Drowsy Chaperone"), Broadway's "Aladdin" marked the first work with Disn…
LONDON " Angela Lansbury has British critics spellbound with her performance as a dotty mystic in "Blithe Spirit" on the London stage.The 88-year-old actress is appearing in the West End fo…
LONDON " We Will Rock You" won't be rocking in London much longer.The long-running musical set to the songs of rock band Queen will close May 31, after 12 years and 4,600 performances in Lon…
LONDON " Screen stars Jude Law, Tom Hiddleston and Judi Dench saw their stage work rewarded Monday with nominations for Britain's Laurence Olivier theater awards.Law is a best-actor contend…
"The Donkey Show" is more disco than Shakespeare. Luckily for the American Repertory Theater, the Saturday night institution has the staying power of the Bard and not Studio 54 " this weeken…
NEW YORK " A close friend of Philip Seymour Hoffman has settled a libel lawsuit against The National Enquirer by creating a playwriting foundation to be initially funded by the tabloid.In a …
LONDON " It's curtains for Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical in London's West End.Producers say "Stephen Ward," a tale of sex and scandal based on a real Cold War episode, will close Marc…
NEW YORK " Singer-songwriter Sting's new musical "The Last Ship" has found a nice berth on Broadway.Producer Jeffrey Seller said Wednesday that the show " inspired by Sting's memories of gr…
NEW YORK " Neil Patrick Harris has given way to Hugh Jackman at the Tony Awards.Producers of the annual telecast celebrating the best of Broadway said Tuesday that Jackman will once again t…
NEW YORK " Maggie Gyllenhaal will make her Broadway debut this fall opposite Ewan McGregor in "The Real Thing."Roundabout Theatre Company said Tuesday that Gyllenhaal and McGregor will play…
By any metric, Diane Paulus' tenure as the artistic director of Harvard's American Repertory Theater has been awesome.Originated at the A.R.T., Paulus' revivals of "Pippin" and "Porgy and Be…
NEW YORK " Broadway theaters will dim their marquee lights Wednesday night in memory of Philip Seymour Hoffman, the movie and theater star who earned three Tony Award nominations.The Broadw…
NEW YORK " Fran Drescher recently turned a corner in her life. She's gotten a new pet, a new man and a new job " on Broadway.The Emmy Award-nominated former star of "The Nanny" is making her…
MADRID " It was a short story, then a Hollywood movie. Now the tragic tale of two cowboys in love is being reinvented again as "Brokeback Mountain" " the opera.Ahead of its world premiere T…
NEW YORK " The Holocaust play "The Soap Myth" was last seen in New York two years ago in a small off-Broadway theater. But its director decided it had to have another life and filmed it.Now …
NEW YORK " The musical of legendary blues and soul singer Janis Joplin is leaving Broadway but promises to hang around the city.Producers said Wednesday that "A Night With Janis Joplin" with…
by Catherine GambardellaBroadway comes to Boston on Thursday, January 23, with baritone Brian Stokes Mitchell's 8pm performance at Sanders Theatre. Mitchell, a Broadway veteran, will show…
In "Million Dollar Quartet," legendary music producer Sam Phillips says, "I've never heard a rich man make a record worth a damn." This sage observation resonates through "Once."The trend in…
Famous for corny song-and-dance shows like "Guys and Dolls" and big-budget blockbusters such as "Les Miserables," Broadway has recently embraced smaller, more intimate productions."Once" typ…