New Play Turns Spotlight on South Africa
LONDON (Reuters) - Greig Coetzee is a playwright on a mission -- to stop foreigners being politically correct about his native South Africa and get them to know it warts and all.
LONDON (Reuters) - Greig Coetzee is a playwright on a mission -- to stop foreigners being politically correct about his native South Africa and get them to know it warts and all.
"In a way, we have to treat it as any other day, as far as going out there and performing," said Brad Oscar, star of "The Producers," the laugh-filled Mel Brooks musical. "We can't bring on …
And twice a Tony nominee for Best Actress.
One year later, after a healthy dose of the theater world's "The Show Must Go On" spirit, Broadway is back in big business, holding its figurative head high with the help of the first hit sh…
BOCA RATON, Fla. (Reuters) - Online entertainment firm Hollywood Media Corp. said on Wednesday it is transferring $49 million in advertising time back to Viacom Inc., in exchange for the 30.8 percent stake that Viacom holds in the company.
Hmmmm... might we have to restate some earnings? (Hollywood Media is the parent company of Broadway.com)
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - Actress Patty Duke remained hospitalized Friday after suffering a concussion and skull fracture earlier in the week when she tried to apply fly spray to a horse in her…
As a serious actor, Fatone shows promise but is still clearly feeling his way around the stage — and light years from stardom.
LONDON (Reuters) - For hopefuls ranging from a funeral director to a stockbroker, it was the ultimate prize -- the chance to appear live on the London stage in a musical.
Rachel Weisz will replace Natasha Richardson in the Roundabout's "Miss Julie," due in 2003.
Plus news on Hilary Swank in "The Miracle Worker."
LONDON (Reuters) - Gerry Francis once loved the roar of the crowd. Now it is the smell of the greasepaint.
NEW YORK (AP) - Calling the arts "a highway into the soul of the people," playwright Arthur Miller accepted an international prize, an honor deferred once by Sept. 11 and a second time by th…
NEW YORK (AP) - In the soon-to-close Broadway hit "Noises Off," Jane Curtin plays one of the bewildered actors constantly veering toward catastrophe because of what's happening behind the sc…
NEW YORK (AP) - Jennifer Ehle is young, pretty and talented, so most of the film parts she is offered are either period heroines or modern girlfriends.
"They are extremely particular about getting exactly the right person for each role," reports Patrick Quinn. "After I had auditioned a few times and hadn't gotten a part, I started worrying …
They've been called the Hispanic Marx Brothers, but they're the Marx Brothers with a message.
An Iranian court has convicted a theater director for promoting immoral conduct because a scene in one of his plays showed a man forcing his sick wife to drink wine to hasten her death.
Tony nominee John C. Reilly has been tapped to star in Broadway's musical version of "Marty," the 1955 Oscar winner for best picture.