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In a new video from comedy site Funny or Die, a Carrie Bradshaw wannabe attempts to do parkour moves -- leaping nimbly and quickly around buildings in a way that seems to defy gravity -- in …
There was an undercurrent of rivalry to the friendship between Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein.
Now ticket buyers get more for their money—everything from archival exhibitions to cucumber sandwiches.
The musical "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" will end its Broadway run on Jan. 2, its producers announced Wednesday.
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong is headed back to Broadway. The singer will take the stage for 50 performances of "American Idiot," the producers of the show announced Tuesday.
“It's funny because he is about as invincible as Johnny Deep in the fashion stakes,” said Louise Roe, a television personality and stylist. “But it wasn't nice and it's def…
The film has more than 6.3 million fans on Facebook, ranking it sixth among movies. That's just below mega leaders like "Twilight" and "Harry Potter," but above "Avatar," which clocks in at …
On Monday, following the first preview of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," those involved in the show expressed confidence in the musical as a future hit, and others sounded a wary note.
When it comes to “Spider-Man” and other high-profile productions, early previews are fair game for armchair critics. A long-held Broadway tradition--that shows don't get reviewed…
Ralph Gardner has an autographed photo of Pee-wee Herman on his bedroom dresser, and even he couldn't get an interview with the star of "The Pee-wee Herman Show," playing at the Stephen Sond…
An organization that started with friendship at its root is creating Operation Granting Lasting Memories, or Glam, an initiative to outfit more than 2,000 low-income teenagers with prom gown…
When the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater opens its new season at New York City Center, the gala program will look to the future: On the bill is "The Hunt" by incoming artistic director Ro…
Comedic actor Leslie Nielsen, best known as the star of such comedies as "Airplane" and the "Naked Gun" franchise, has died from complications of pneumonia. The Canadian native was 84.
“Spider Man Turn Off the Dark” hasn't opened yet, but the super-expensive, highly-anticipated Broadway musical had its first preview last night and the first reports on the show …
After 35 years of dancing its way around the city, the National Dance Institute has finally found a permanent home.
Corny, charming and handsomely made, Arena Stage's production of "Oklahoma!" is pretty much the same show your grandfolks loved. And just as safe.
The Royal Shakespeare Company opened its transformed facilities and announced the highlights of the RSC's 50th birthday season.
Since "Black Watch" first opened to international acclaim in 2006, director John Tiffany hasn't had much down time. The Glasgow resident, instead, relishes the rare free moments—singin…
How a baggy-pants comedian did justice to a stage masterpiece.
Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush give magnificent performances in one of the most pleasurable movies in years, Joe Morgenstern writes. Plus, "Tangled" has body and sheen.
Spry and salty at 84, actress Cloris Leachman has a role as Maw Maw in "Raising Hope" that isn't much of a stretch.
The legs—which stand 16 feet, 1 inch, created by artist Larry Rivers—have touched off a spirited debate over what qualifies as art in the artsy community of Sag Harbor, N.Y.
Brendan Fraser makes his Broadway debut in "Elling," a play about two men who are transferred from an insane asylum to a halfway house in order to adjust to life in the outside world.
