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Vue International is buying Cinema3D in Poland and Showtime in Ireland, adding 16 sites to its portfolio. The deal will take Vue Entertainment in the U.K. and Ireland to 89 sites and 855 scr…
WASHINGTON — Renee Fleming, currently starring in the Broadway revival of “Carousel,” will perform one of the classics from the show, “You’ll Never Walk Alone,&…
The new jukebox bio-musical "The Cher Show" captures a good amount of the vibrant personality and genuinely admirable perseverance that make Cher the ultimate celebrity survivor. But lik…
In between performing with Rod Stewart at the Hollywood Bowl and taking meetings about Broadway-bound “Working Girl: The Musical,” veteran pop star Cyndi Lauper made time to toas…
The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) has named Ellis Jacob, president and CEO of Cineplex, as chairman. NATO made the announcement on Thursday. Its executive board also filled t…
At 82 years old, Glenda Jackson shows no signs of slowing down. Fresh off her Tony Award winning triumph in “Three Tall Women,” the acting legend has already lined up her Broadwa…
Vineyard Theatre, an off-Broadway venue best known for highlighting provocative new works that are often from emerging writers, has unveiled its 2018 to 2019 season. The non-profit’s s…
Rachel Bay Jones, who won a Tony Award in 2017 for playing the mother of an awkward teenager in "Dear Evan Hansen," will be leaving the Broadway production this summer, Variety has learned. …
Bring on the puns: "Knight Fever," "Knights on Broadway," "Lonely Days, Lonely Knights"… Barry Gibb, 71, the Bee Gees' frontman and possibly the world's most famous male falsetto singer, w…
Think Broadway is big now? Then get ready, because the boom is just beginning. So says Ken Davenport, the producer of the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of “Once On This Island,&#…
Just when you thought it was safe to go to the theater again without suffering through plays about straight couples caught up in parenting issues of interest to no one but themselves, along …
AMC Theatres is aiming a shot across the bow at MoviePass, saying its new monthly movie subscription plan, which goes into effect Tuesday, is “simple and sustainable.” The world&…
NANTUCKET, Mass. — Andrew Heckler’s “Burden” and the documentary “Bathtubs Over Broadway” took top film honors at the 23rd annual Nantucket Film Festival.…
Although Idina Menzel looks fabulous in "Skintight," the new play by Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews," "Significant Other"), her character, Jodi Isaac, is a total wreck when she flies into New York …
Director Saheem Ali and the very fine designers of the Manhattan Theater Club have created a magical setting for Donja R. Love's "Sugar in our Wounds," a romantic drama (the first in a trilo…
Bruce Springsteen broke from the scripted set of his ongoing "Springsteen on Broadway" show Tuesday night to slam the "inhumane" treatment of the children who have been separated from their …
Lady Gaga is five-foot two inches tall and still growing. “I’m actually five-foot three and three quarters,” she clarified at Saturday’s MTV Movie and TV Awards. The …
The thing about doing a play is: You gotta really like it. That's actor BD Wong's philosophy, anyway. "You need to enjoy it more in a play than a television show or in a film, I think," Wong…
The King of Pop is hitting the Great White Way. The Michael Jackson Estate and Columbia Live Stage announced Tuesday that they are developing a new stage musical inspired by the life of Mich…
Coming off smash musical "Hamilton," in which he originated the dual role of John Laurens and Philip Hamilton in 2015, Anthony Ramos dove into his first small-screen role as Mars Blackmon on…
Martin Bregman, producer of Al Pacino films “Serpico,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” “Scarface” and “Sea of Love,” died Saturday. He was 92. His wife C…
This weekend’s release of the long-awaited “Incredibles 2” has prompted some attendees to caution others via Twitter that the movie has several scenes with flashing lights …
Kesha's legal team responded today to the uproar around a recently revealed claim that Dr. Luke, the singer's former collaborator, assaulted Katy Perry. Their statement clams that an unnamed…
Although they can seem formulaic, any major awards show, particularly one like the Songwriters Hall of Fame, is very difficult to pull off. While it's a hallowed honor, the absolute apex for…
Lucy Liu and Thomas Sadoski will star in the independent romantic drama “The Last Weekend in May” from director Matthew Lillard. Producers Gabriela Revilla Lugo of Revek Entertai…
