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“Bandstand,” the musical that premiered at the Paper Mill Playhouse last year, has joined the throng of new musicals crowding in to the 2016-17 Broadway season, lining up an Apri…
The American Film Institute has set the Emma Stone-Ryan Gosling musical “La La Land” as a Centerpiece Gala at AFI Fest on Nov. 15 at the TCL Chinese Theatre. "La La Land," direct…
Donna Murphy has signed on to perform the lead role in the upcoming Broadway revival of “Hello, Dolly!” at Tuesday performances beginning in June, alternating with headliner B…
If ever a show caught the national mood, it's this — “Little England: The Musical” by another name. Adapted by Julian Fellowes (“Downton Abbey”) with a score by…
They did not throw away their shot. Given the chance to create an entirely new version of "Hamilton" for Chicago, the show's creative team assembled an impressive array of performers who wri…
Kenneth Lonergan’s “Manchester by the Sea” topped the nominations for the 2016 Gotham Awards, the indie-centric trophies handed out annually by the Independent Filmmaker Pr…
Mike Bartlett’s play “Love, Love, Love,” now playing at the Roundabout Theater Company, takes an amused (and slightly horrified) look at the boomer generation as it arrogan…
With about 20 months left before he retires as CEO of the Walt Disney Company, Bob Iger is still playing it close to the vest as to who might be chosen as his successor. But at a conference …
Colin Firth is in negotiations to join Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda in Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns.” Firth will play William Weatherall Wilkins, president of Fidel…
Beanie Feldstein, the actress who appeared in “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising,” has been cast in “Hello, Dolly!,” the upcoming Broadway revival starring Bette Midler. F…
Writer-performer Sarah Jones is amazing. In her 2005 solo show, “Bridge & Tunnel,” she gave life to a cross-section of immigrants who get by in the city by living under the r…
You might say that a typical day for Christopher Jackson, who is a key part of both “Hamilton” and CBS’ “Bull,” is non-stop. The actor has a lot in common…
World-class festival winners are bowing at the 14th Morelia Int'l Film Festival, including Damian Chazelle's Oscar-buzzworthy "La La Land," Nate Parker's controversial Sundance hit "Birth of…
Allison Janney will lead the cast of a Broadway revival of “Six Degrees of Separation” this spring, co-starring with John Benjamin Hickey in a new production of the 1990 John Gua…
A retro genre piece, crisply adapted by David Hare, "The Red Barn" at London's National Theater watches as a man comes unstuck. Provincial lawyer Donald Dood (Mark Strong) hits mid-life only…
Big Broadway names — and a lot of Hollywood A-listers, too — hit the boards Monday night for “Stronger Together,” a one-night-only fundraiser performance for the Hill…
Oil seems to us a fact of life: Having never known a world without it, we take it as a given and we take it for granted. Ella Hickson's audacious stage epic, “Oil,” tilts time…
CANNES, France – Where will Ben Sherwood take Disney-ABC TV? Â One answer: abroad. Another: further into the digital realm. Sherwood, co-chairman of Disney Media Networks and preside…
China's Dalian Wanda has hired former Disney executive Andrew Kam Man-ho to a senior position in its expanding theme park division. Kam was previously managing director of Hong Kong Disneyla…
Kevin Costner is in talks to join Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba in Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut, “Molly’s Game.” Chastain is on board to play Molly Bloom who, a…
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group has named Broadway producer Ken Davenport the company’s executive director for North America, giving him a role in the oversight ofÂ…
Individual productions had their ups and downs, but the overall Broadway box office held steady last week as three plays opened — “Oh, Hello on Broadway,” “Heisenb…
Disney has set a new record for its highest-grossing year at the international box office, fueled by “Captain America: Civil War,” “Finding Dory,” “Zootopia,…
The starry Broadway fundraiser for the Hillary Clinton campaign, “Stronger Together,” will live-stream online, showcasing a just-announced set list that includes a rewritten &…
Disney chairman-CEO Bob Iger has set a deal with Random House to write a book on business leadership and management. The untitled book will draw on Iger’s lessons learned during his mo…
