Musical of Charlie Chaplin heading to Broadway by Associated Press

NEW YORK - A funny guy with a cane, a hat and an unforgettable mustache is heading to Broadway. Producers announced...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 5:42pm on May 10, 2012☆⚑

Stage still calls for Chita Rivera by Jim Sullivan

Go to YouTube, and you'll find a clip of Chita Rivera from 1982 at the Kennedy Center, where she was an honoree....

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 9:18pm on May 3, 2012☆⚑

Alvin Ailey troupe wants to bring everyone to their feet by Jed Gottlieb

So you think you can't dance? The Alvin Ailey company says you can. The iconic African-American dance theater...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:53am on April 26, 2012☆⚑

Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline play 'Romeo and Juliet' by Associated Press

NEW YORK - Kevin Kline will play Romeo opposite Meryl Streep's Juliet for a one-night-only staged reading of Shakespeare's...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 1:15pm on April 17, 2012☆⚑

Pulitzer winners span old, new media by James Rainey and Jessica Garrison

NEW YORK -- The Pulitzer Prizes for journalism awarded here Monday demonstrated the resilience of old media and...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:22am on April 17, 2012☆⚑

Larry Bird and 'Magic' Johnson end up on Broadway by Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Tug Coker grew up in suburban Virginia with an impossible dream: One day he'd love to play pro...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 9:43am on April 10, 2012☆⚑

Play-by-play by Jed Gottlieb

If all that warm weather had you thinking Shakespeare in the park, back up. It's cold again, and jumping straight...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:04pm on March 31, 2012☆⚑

Dame Edna Everage bids 57-year stage career adieu by Associated Press

CANBERRA, Australia - Dame Edna Everage, the Tony Award-winning drag act known for her purple hair and oversized...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 6:28pm on March 20, 2012☆⚑

Jack Kerouac play to make its world premiere by Associated Press

NEW YORK - Jack Kerouac's only full-length play will be staged for the first time this fall. Merrimack Repertory...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 3:06pm on March 12, 2012☆⚑

Capt. Kirk takes a curtain call by Neal Justin

MINNEAPOLIS - It was easy to forgive William Shatner for his tired voice during a late-morning phone interview,...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 1:28pm on March 12, 2012☆⚑

Sing it, Flounder: 'Animal House' musical in the works by Associated Press

NEW YORK - Toga, toga! Universal Pictures Stage Productions said Monday that it's developing a stage musical...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 1:59pm on March 5, 2012☆⚑

Julie Taymor claims there was a 'Spider-Man' plot by Associated Press

NEW YORK - Director Julie Taymor has hit back at her former creative partners in "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark,"...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 9:03am on March 3, 2012☆⚑

Theater producer and director Theodore Mann dies by Associated Press

NEW YORK - Theodore Mann, a Tony Award-winning director and producer who championed Eugene O'Neill and was a driving...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 7:24pm on February 27, 2012☆⚑

'Riverdance' saying goodbye to North America by Associated Press

NEW YORK - When Julian Erskine last saw the American touring company of "Riverdance," he had to smile. He was...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:51am on February 19, 2012☆⚑

'Addams Family' values lost in musical adaptation by Jenna Scherer

If any previous incarnation of "The Addams Family" met their Broadway musical selves, they would throw those wimps...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 9:52pm on February 17, 2012☆⚑

'Spider-Man' producers, Julie Taymor's union reach deal by Associated Press

NEW YORK - Producers of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" have agreed to pay the hit Broadway musical's former director...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 1:38pm on February 16, 2012☆⚑

Zina Bethune, dancer, choreographer and actress, dies at 66 by Dennis McLellan and Victoria Kim

LOS ANGELES - It would not be out of character for actress, dancer and choreographer Zina Bethune to stop her car...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 8:52am on February 14, 2012☆⚑

Actor finds Larry Bird to be quite a character by Mark Murphy

There was a telephone conversation. In his quest to learn everything possible about Larry Bird, Tug Coker has...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 3:33pm on February 9, 2012☆⚑

Set in hotel room, 'Green Eyes' takes intimate look at relationship by Jenna Scherer

It's all close quarters once you step into the Ames Hotel on Court Street. A tiny lobby gives way to a tinier elevator....

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:10pm on February 4, 2012☆⚑

See 'Carnage' at BU by Jenna Scherer

There are plenty of plays out there about civilized people descending into -chaos and destroying their own living...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 9:34pm on January 28, 2012☆⚑

'Sugar' mixes bitter with sweet by Jenna Scherer

Robbie McCauley is the kind of storyteller whose kitchen you could pass an -afternoon in, a quarter of your attention...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 9:57pm on January 27, 2012☆⚑

'American Idiot' rocks out at Opera House by Jenna Scherer

There's a little grenade of irony at the heart of "American Idiot," Green Day's rock opera currently onstage at...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 5:28pm on January 27, 2012☆⚑

Theater loses longtime Wellfleet venue by Mary Ann Bragg

WELLFLEET - The owner of an aging waterfront building that has housed Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater since its...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:36am on January 23, 2012☆⚑

Poe fans say tradition of mystery tribute appears over by Associated Press

BALTIMORE - Edgar Allan Poe fans waited long past a midnight dreary, but it appears annual visits to the writer's...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:35am on January 19, 2012☆⚑

Work of art: See Rothko play 'Red' by Jenna Scherer

Of the mid-20th century's prominent painters, Mark Rothko's work may leave the most gallerygoers scratching their...

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 9:28pm on January 17, 2012☆⚑