What would the world be like if everyone, every now and then, just broke into song? Trapped in bumper-to-bumper traffic? Climb out of the car, kick up your heels, belt out a tune.
Philadelphia theatergoers loved "Take a Chance." En route to Broadway in November 1932, the frothy musical starring Ethel Merman and Jack Haley had opened at the Garrick Theater on Chestnut …
This winter, Philadelphia will play host to funnymen Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, David Space, and Nick Swardson for one extensive night of comedy.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Disney's decision to remake the popular "Twilight Zone Tower of Terror" ride at Disneyland's California Adventure into a "Guardians of the Galaxy" themed attraction is…
Two things become abundantly clear during McCarter Theatre's production of Ayad Akhtar's living-room drama Disgraced. First, its conceit, four ethnically diverse Manhattan sophisticates airi…
You have to congratulate the nerve of The Bridges of Madison County. Robert James Waller's 1992 novel sold more than 50 million copies by persuading America to sentimentalize and celebrate a…
You have to congratulate the nerve of The Bridges of Madison County. Robert James Waller's 1992 novel sold over 50 milion copies by persuading America to sentimentalize and celebrate a 1960s…
The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is buying the Merriam Theater from the University of the Arts for $11 million, leaders from the two arts groups say. The deal, on track to close nex…
NEW YORK (AP) - Christopher Jackson, who earned a Tony Award nomination for originating the role of George Washington in "Hamilton," is leaving the Broadway show on Nov. 13.
The smash Broadway musical Hamilton owes some of its success to Americans' respect for the Founding Fathers, honored in a recent outpouring of biographies.
Emma Stone had no trouble relating to Mia Dolan, the character she plays in La La Land: a struggling young actress who moves to Hollywood from the Southwest, goes up for a hundred auditions,…
NEW YORK (AP) - It didn't take more than an hour for the annual New Yorker Festival to get down to the elephant in the room: Donald Trump.
No matter how harrowing someone's situation becomes, "Everything will be fine" and "It's all going to be OK" emerge as the most common choruses fromamong that person's ac…
* SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. 11:29 p.m. Saturday, NBC. Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda hosts the second SNL of the season. Musical guest: Twenty One Pilots.
Triumph and disaster walked a fine line last week when the Metropolitan Opera's production of Tristan und Isolde was unveiled.
Bryan Cranston is arguably one of the greatest actors of this era. He will forever be known for his electrifying performance as Walter White, the mild-mannered high school chemistry teacher …
that groundbreaking drama had its debut at the Booth Theatre on Broadway, and it has not been out of production since. Theatrical publisher Samuel French lists it among its most-performed dr…
Chazz Palminteri will perform his popular and award-winning one-man show, A Bronx Tale, on Saturday at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The entire Harry Potter series is set to return to the big screen later this month.