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NEW YORK " Britain's biggest theater group has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought Broadway's biggest theater from Live Nation Entertainment for about $60 million.Ambassador Theatr…
NEW YORK " A couple of stars from TV's "Chuck" and "Smash" will soon be dating on Broadway.Producers said Monday that Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez will headline the new romantic musica…
 The Celebrity Series of Boston will conclude the 74th season with one of the greatest dance companies in the world, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, whose annual trips to Boston a…
NEW YORK " The thrilling Broadway revival of "Pippin" will be taking its magic on the road.Producers of the Tony Award-nominated show said Wednesday that a national tour will kick off in Sep…
NEW YORK " Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has tapped as its new leader a Broadway producer who has helped mount such hits as the Tony Award-winning revival of "Hair" and "Equus" wit…
NEW YORK " A revival of Terence Rattigan's play "The Winslow Boy" starring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Roger Rees is heading to Broadway next season.The Roundabout Theatre Company said …
CHESTER, Mass. " Stage actor Vincent G. Dowling, who had a long-time association with Ireland's national theater company and performed several times in the Reagan White House, has died in M…
NEW YORK " There are apparently a few more Sundays left in Billy Crystal.The star of "City Slickers" and "When Harry Met Sally" said Tuesday he will reprise his funny and poignant one-man a…
NEW YORK " Years ago, when her roommate came home one day sobbing, Laura Benanti comforted her the only way she knew how " with a song.Benanti, who would go on to win a Tony Award, still rec…
NEW YORK " For three actors, the Tony Award nomination announcement last week was somewhat bittersweet.Sweet, because they'd each gotten a prestigious nod. Bitter, because their shows were …
NEW YORK " The Beatles are coming back to Broadway.Two years after a Fab Four cover band arrived on the Great White Way, the London hit "Let It Be" plans to arrive this summer with new guys …
NEW YORK " The cast members of the Tony Award-nominated "Matilda" are arguably all stars. This week, they chatted with a man closer to the actual cosmic ones.About three dozen cast members …
NEW YORK " A 17-year-old from Pittsburgh has won the fifth annual August Wilson Monologue Competition, performing a section of the playwright's "King Hedley II" with powerful skill.Tambi Gx…
 FRAMINGHAM - In addition to his degree in theater studies and bass singing voice, Patrick Curran lists his 18-inch neck on his resume when applying for acting jobs.After all, the casting…
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. " In addition to his degree in theater studies and bass singing voice, Patrick Curran lists his 18-inch neck on his resume when applying for acting jobs.After all, the cast…
NEW YORK " The New York Drama Critics' Circle has voted "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" as best play and "Matilda: The Musical" as best musical.The circle on Friday also handed out sp…
LONDON " "Viva Forever"? Not as it turns out.Producers announced Thursday that the Spice Girls musical will close at London's Piccadilly Theater June 29 after a disappointing six-month run.…
Friends, Bostonians, countrymen, lend Mike Tyson your ears.Um, well, not literally.Tyson was one of the greatest boxers in history, but his bizarre behavior overshadowed his pugilistic skill…
NEW YORK " Two leading contenders for Tony Award nominations may make the race a drag this year."Kinky Boots" and "Matilda" " each of which is led by a man dressed as a woman " are virtual …
A HUGE congratulations to Boston University's Huntington Theatre Company (they also happen to be State of the Arts bloggers!) on their Tony win for Regional Theatre. The Tony Awards, on the …
LONDON " Helen Mirren is a favorite to reign at London's Olivier theater awards Sunday for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Audience."Mirren is a best-actress nominee for the a…
NEW YORK " Playwright Richard Greenberg has edited parts of his new play "The Assembled Parties" following the bombings at the Boston Marathon to cut an unflattering reference to the city o…
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LONDON " Ai Weiwei appears to be standing in front of a London theater, which would be some trick, even for the provocative and unpredictable Chinese artist.The sculptor, photographer and i…
If you liked "Oklahoma!" you'll love "The Book of Mormon." Wait, what about "Oklahoma!" did you dig?If it was Rodgers & Hammerstein's jaunty melodies and big dance routines, you're in lu…
