Ian McKellen poked fun at the controversy swirling around the inclusion of a gay character in “Beauty and the Beast” during the Disney film’s New York City premiere on Mond…
There's plenty of wattage but little illumination in the latest groupthink by The Debate Society, the theater collective that spent seven years making "The Light Years," which tells twin sto…
Stephen Hillenburg, creator of the long-running hit Nickelodeon series “SpongeBob SquarePants,” has revealed that he has been diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease ALS. Th…
The new Broadway revival of “Present Laughter” only played  two performances last week, but it might be a show to keep an eye on: Buoyed by a cast led by Kevin Kline, the Noel…
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway smash “Hamilton” will continue to conquer the world — or at least the U.S. — with a second national tour, launching next year in S…
Sony Pictures’ “The Girl in the Spider's Web,” the sequel to the Oscar-nominated “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” will debut in theaters on Oct. 5, 2018. Fede…
Here’s that feel-good show that audiences constantly pine for. “Come from Away” is a modest, earnest, life-affirming musical by Irene Sankoff and David Hein that makes peop…
"My Little Brother," the first Korean-language title picked up for local distribution by Walt Disney, will be handled in other markets by Contents Panda, the international sales arm of Next …
Two-time Oscar-winning “La La Land” composer Justin Hurwitz and the cast of “American Gods” are among those stopping by at the Lionsgate Lounge this weekend in Austin…
A fire broke out during the “Kong: Skull Island” premiere in Ho Chi Minh City, engulfing a large model of King Kong in flames. A Vietnamese representative for WB released a state…
For theatergoers who don’t happen to be seated in the third row of “The Glass Menagerie,” take it from those who sat up close: In the intimate new Broadway production st…
A last-ditch effort has been staged to prevent further demolition of a 1926 Art-Deco movie theater in London that hosted the early films of Alfred Hitchcock, whose family is backing an attem…
French director Bruno Dumont early in his career made dour naturalistic dramas "La Vie de Jesus" and "L'Umanité," set in the Opal Coast in Northern France, and more recently broadened his p…
Of all the plays in the American canon, “The Glass Menagerie” seems a most unlikely candidate for deconstruction. But that doesn't deter director Sam Gold ("Fun Home," "Othello")…
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is a play ruined by its reputation. Even people who've never seen Edward Albee's celebrated scorcher know this bruising, bloody, no-holds-barred battle is a…
It’s easy to imagine a project that could get J.J. Abrams‘ name on a Broadway marquee. A “Star Wars” stage outing from megaproducer Disney Theatrical Productions, may…
Wednesday was International Women’s Day — but it was also a two-show day for most of Broadway, so not many women in the New York theater industry — many of whom work onstag…
With ’70s rock tunes blaring and the dark figure of a life-sized King Kong looming in the background, Wednesday night’s “Kong: Skull Island” L.A. premiere truly felt …
AT&T is aiming to herd more moviegoers into theaters with its buy-one-get-one-free ticket offer for customers " though it’s still limited to Tuesday screenings. The telco announced…
Bill Condon, the director of the live-action version of “Beauty and the Beast” that arrives in theaters later this month, has signed on to direct Warner Bros. Theater Ventures…
The award show gaffes have not ceased after the Oscars. During one of Germany’s biggest and most prestigious ceremonies, the Goldene Kamera Awards, the trophy for best internatio…
Prolific lyricist and composer Stephen Schwartz will be honored at the 32nd annual ASCAP Screen Music Awards. Schwartz’s nearly 50-year-long career has earned him a spot among…
The joke in "Hamlet" is that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, the two stooges sent to spy on the great Dane, are interchangeable — the Tweedledum and Tweedledee of Elsinore. And so it usu…
New footage from “Star Wars:Â The Last Jedi” debuted at Disney’s annual shareholders meeting in Denver, more than nine months before the ninth “Star Wars” mov…
Show-Score, the review-aggregator website that aims to become the Rotten Tomatoes of the theater world, has raised $2 million in new financing from a group of investors that reaches beyond t…