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Ariana Grande worked overtime Monday during her appearance on CBS’ “The Late Late Show,” performing an elaborate “Titanic”-themed musical number with host James…
Producer Ken Davenport has racked up an impressive collection of Tony Award nominations (and a couple of wins) for shows like "Once on This Island," "Kinky Boots," and "Spring Awakening."Â�…
No Emmy category demonstrates the wealth of material on TV these days better than lead actress in a drama. The nominees run the gamut and voters have a near-impossible choice of parsing stan…
Technology plays a major role onstage in “Be More Chill,” the high school-set musical that uses a brain altering super-computer — masquerading as a popularity drug ̵…
Bryan Cranston will return to Broadway in his Olivier Award-winning role of Howard Beale in “Network.” Lee Hall and Ivo van Hove are adapting the play, which is based on the 1976…
Ariana Grande is joining James Corden for another round of “The Late Late Show’s” famous segment, “Carpool Karaoke.” Corden tweeted on Monday night an image of …
Since starting his tenure on “So You Think You Can Dance” 10 seasons ago, Spencer Liff has choreographed Broadway productions from “Falsettos” to “Hedwig and th…
Lady Gaga has announced dates and details for her residency at Park Theater at the new Park MGM resort in Las Vegas, which launches on Friday, Dec. 28. The residency will f…
WASHINGTON — Rosie O’Donnell and cast members from Broadway shows sang show tunes just outside the White House fence on Monday, joining what have been nightly protests against Pr…
When The CW’s “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” returns for its fourth and final season this fall, it will do so with a “reimagining” of the character of Greg. Played origi…
Yes they can-can — they can transform Baz Luhrmann's 2001 absinthe-tinged fantasia "Moulin Rouge!" into a socko stage spectacular. The story's been strengthened in this splashy product…
“Waitress” isn’t the only pie Sara Bareilles has baking in the oven. The California native told Variety at the opening night of “Waitress” at the Pantages in…
LOCARNO, Switzerland — Originally announced as a movie re-teaming, post "Southpaw," Antoine Fuqua and Jake Gyllenhaal’s "The Man Who Made It Snow" is now set up at Epix as a limi…
From his unhinged Hamlet to a sympathetic Richard III, Mark Rylance has always been a great re-inventor of Shakespeare's key roles. Now, returning to the Globe in "Othello" after a few years…
Performers for the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards will include Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes and Logic with Ryan Tedder, the network announced today. They join Jennifer Lopez, who wil…
Nicki Minaj has pushed back the release date of her upcoming album, “Queen,” to Aug. 17 — the same date that Ariana Grande’s “Sweetener” is set to drop. T…
Green witches, flying carpets, and singing cats are heading from the stage to the screen, as Hollywood appears to have fallen back in love with movie adaptations of its favorite musicals. It…
Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub's musicalized "Twelfth Night" is the kind of outdoor summer theater that transcends bad weather. Even if the skies crackle with lightning and showers s…
This might sound familiar to film buffs: A lying and philandering U.S. president suffers a debilitating stroke and is furtively replaced by a body double, who then foils the plot by honoring…
“Hamilton” mastermind Lin-Manuel Miranda may currently be the hardest-working and in-demand man in Hollywood. How many TV and film projects does he currently have in the works? L…
Lin-Manuel Miranda, James McAvoy and Ruth Wilson have all been cast in the BBC’s upcoming series “His Dark Materials,” based on the bestselling fantasy novels by British au…
It's really hard to laugh when somebody's holding a gun to your head. That's the way this Go-Go's feels in “Head Over Heels,” an over-written, over-designed, and generally overdo…
Zachary Quinto’s got a big role on his bucket list — and it’s in a stage musical. Listen to this week's podcast for free below and at Apple Podcasts: On the latest episo…
WASHINGTON — Cher, Reba McEntire, Philip Glass, Wayne Shorter, and “Hamilton’s” creators will be celebrated at this year’s Kennedy Center Honors. The ceremony w…
Here are lyrics from a song in the new musical "This Ain't No Disco" that creatives Stephen Trask ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch") and Peter Yanowitz hope will make us yearn for the golden age …
