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The move is likely to interpreted as a further tightening of regulatory control of the film and TV sectors, and increased involvement of the Communist Party in media matters. That would be i…
There are lots of characters in the Off Broadway thriller “Harry Clarke.” But they’re all played by Billy Crudup — who gets lonely up there sometimes. “It gets …
"Whether a person portrayed in one of these expressive works is a world-renowned film star - 'a living legend' - or a person no one knows, she or he does not own history," said the unanimous…
"Manchester By the Sea" didn't come out of nowhere. The aching compassion for humanity in that 2016 Oscar winner is second nature to Kenneth Lonergan, going back at least to 2001, when Playw…
When “Jesus Christ Superstar” debuts next Monday on NBC, it will be only the latest in a long line of live TV musicals that have found varying degrees of success. Credit goes to …
Harry Potter only just apparated onto Broadway, and he’s already making magic. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” played its first six previews and levitated all the way u…
The National Theater production of Tony Kushner's phenomenal 1993 epic work doesn't feel like a historical artifact that won the Pulitzer Prize, two Tony Awards, an Olivier Award, an Emmy, a…
When "Billions" begins its third season tonight on Showtime, viewers will find Chuck Rhoades, Bobby Axelrod and the rest of the gang digging out from the upheaval inflicted by Rhoades' machi…
WASHINGTON — Participants in the March for Our Lives filled Pennsylvania Avenue hours before the scheduled start of the mass demonstration against gun violence in the wake of the mass …
WASHINGTON — The $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill that President Donald Trump reluctantly signed on Friday includes a boost to federal arts funding. The legislation funds the govern…
When we meet him in the attractive person of Billy Crudup, the title character of the Off Broadway play “Harry Clarke” is casually dressed and sitting on a wooden deckchair, drin…
With all due respect to Barney Stinson, Doogie Howser, Hedwig and his id alter-ego in the “Harold & Kumar” films, Neil Patrick Harris believes that Count Olaf in “A Ser…
For more than 30 years, Neil Patrick Harris has done a little bit of everything, tackling comedy, drama and musicals across TV, film, theater and the internet. He started acting in the fourt…
When the flying carpet at "Aladdin" gets a standing ovation, you know you've done something right. The musical, which runs at Hollywood's Pantages Theatre until March 31, boasts some spectac…
“Frozen” may have just opened on Broadway, but the Oscar-winning creatives of both the movie and the stage musical aren’t done with each other yet. They’re hard at…
As Princess Elsa says in this snowy, showy stage adaptation of the popular Disney movie, "I'm not as cold as I seem." Credit the thawing trend in Broadway's "Frozen" to the lovable character…
"Montreal's Just For Laughs Group has been acquired by a group of investors led by ICM Partners and Howie Mandel. The acquisition covers the annual comedy festival held in July in Montreal a…
Bruce Springsteen will extend his "Springsteen on Broadway" one-man show until December 15, he announced today. Eighty-one additional shows will go on sale for performances July 10 throug…
"Launching March 20, just in time to catch the spring wave of big Broadway openings that began last week with Escape to Margaritaville and continues this week with Frozen and Angels in Ameri…
It's nothing if not timely: Francis Turnly's epic international mystery "The Great Wave" takes us into the soul of North Korea. A tale of two sisters " best of times, worst of times " this N…
Superfans and hate-watchers, take note: You may not have seen the last of “Smash.” So says Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment, on the latest episode of Stagecraft, …
Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano will star next winter in a new Broadway production of “True West,” with the two actors playing the volatile brothers at the center of Sam Shepard’…
"The company may yet be able to reorganize and continue to produce TV shows and films under new ownership. Lantern Capital put in a 'stalking horse' bid, which provides a floor for a bankrup…
“Hamilton” and “Rotterdam,” both took home the 2017 production award during the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle’s 49th annual ceremony Monday night at A Noise …
Disney Research has been working on a way to turn natural language scripts into virtual reality (VR) pre-visualizations. While currently focusing on VR story creation, the tool could ultimat…