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With a resumé that includes "How to Get Away With Murder," "Fire Island" and the upcoming comedy "How to Die Alone," Conrad Ricamora has gotten some of his best screen work playing queer ch…
U.K. culture secretary Lucy Frazer has revealed ambitions to shift the balance of power in the theater world from Broadway in New York to London's West End. Delivering the keynote addres…
Alex Edelman wants to know that you're having a good time. The 34-year-old comedian, whose nimbly clever solo show "Just For Us" is now on Broadway, describes himself as "solicitous" and "pr…
Britney Spears has blessed us with countless hit songs, and so far you've been able to listen to them on CD players, streaming services and on screen, but you can now hear her music in a bra…
Sheldon Harnick, lyricist for "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Fiorello!," and creative partner to composer Jerry Block, died on Friday morning at his home in Manhattan, The New York Times confirm…
While it is debatable that the life of the newly emancipated Britney Spears is a fairy tale at present, the singer's catalog of hits surely has the feel of a fable with feminist-forward empo…
"Succession" star Sarah Snook is returning to London's West End in a theater adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic 1890 novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Snook, who won a Golden Globe and Cr…
A comprehensive report published by Freelancers Make Theatre Work (FMTW) sheds light on critical challenges faced by the freelance theater workforce in the U.K. The survey, conducted between…
The performance show "Tarantino Live" has officially been updated based on Quentin Tarantino's last film, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," for its London run. For The Record, the production …
"Indie sci-fi thriller" aren't words we get to say often enough, even if the reason why is obvious: Making aliens, rocket ships, and the cold vacuum of space look real is expensive. Tribeca …
"What was I thinking when I made this deal?" So sings Holly Martins (Sam Underwood) towards the end of the new musical adaptation of "The Third Man." Indeed. As it turns out, the mystery at …
While unveiling its slate of new French originals and acquisitions on Monday, Prime Video announced that it would skip a French theatrical release for "Challengers," Luca Guadagnino's antici…
With TV series like "Citadel," "Hunters" and "Solos" under her belt, Tori Sampson is one of TV's busiest young writers " and right now, that means she's busy striking in solidarity with the …
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for Warner Bros. and DC Studios' "The Flash," now playing in theaters. Ezra Miller's speedy superhero tears apart the DC Universe in the m…
When you're good to mama, mama's good to you. And life is certainly being good to Jinkx Monsoon. Cementing their place in the "RuPaul's Drag Race" Hall of Fame by winning "All Stars 7," Mons…
Pete Docter, Pixar's creative chief officer, is hoping the animation studio's 27th release, "Elemental," will draw families to movie theaters this weekend. Peter Sohn's film is a story about…
Buzz is building for "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny," the fifth and final movie in the Indiana Jones franchise. The Harrison Ford-starring film hits theaters June 30, with tickets no…
In a move certain to shock Los Angeles theatergoers, the Center Theatre Group (CTG) announced Thursday that it is canceling plans for a 2023-34 season at the Mark Taper Forum, one of the mos…
Having the audacity to harness stabs and slashes of Prokofiev's celebrated ballet score for "Romeo and Juliet" for a production of Shakespeare's play suggests remarkable confidence on the pa…
Director of the National Theatre Rufus Norris has unveiled 12 new productions and has also confirmed that he will step down after 10 years as director in mid-2025 when his current term comes…
Glenda Jackson, who segued from a successful actress " Oscars for "Women in Love" and "A Touch of Class" and two Emmys for "Elizabeth R" " into a 23-year career as member of the U.K.'s House…
I'm on the phone with J. Harrison Ghee when they walk into their dressing room at the Shubert Theatre before Tuesday night's performance of "Some Like It Hot." It's their first show since wi…
Cormac McCarthy, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who endured decades of obscurity and poverty before film versions of "All the Pretty Horses," "No Country for Old Men" and "The Road" broug…
Hey, Mr. Arnstein! There was no rain on the Tony Awards' parade. The Tonys were watched by 4.3 million people on Sunday, earning the celebration of theater its most watched telecast since 20…
Washington Heights, a neighborhood in northern Manhattan that's best known to theater lovers as the setting of Lin-Manuel Miranda's first hit show, played host to thousands in the Broadway c…