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One man unites the live musical smash and Broadway sensation.
Dying is easy, comedy is hard," goes the old adage. But that doesn't take into account the added burden of being a comedic actress these days, let alone a newcomer trying to find some Emmy l…
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the Association of Independent Commercial Producers have reached a deal for a new three-year successor agreement to their master …
Want a $10 ticket to “Hamilton”? Try enrolling in a New York City public school. Tickets to the Broadway sensation — and presumptive Tony Awards champion — may be goi…
Rachel Bloom of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” and Billy Eichner of “Billy on the Street” had a similar start — by doing it on their own. They both know what it’s …
Tucked away in an unsuspecting neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley are the offices and stages of the CW series "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend." The freshman musical-comedy was co-created by star R…
Fox’s production of “Grease: Live!” back in January hit high notes on every level " scoring record ratings for the network and setting a new standard for live TV musical…
The Weinstein Company is in development on a movie version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical “In the Heights,” which won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical. Miranda is prod…
Walt Disney Pictures have officially announced that Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda are set to star in their “Mary Poppins” sequel and have also dated the pic for December 25,…
The Broadway musical “Waitress” is shaping up to be one of the spring season’s success stories. The latest indication? The show’s become the newest member of the mill…
DNA may have ended the romantic mystery of the Anastasia legend, but fairytale princesses are forever. Making a story of a little girl lost more than child’s play is a challenge largel…
Key Brand Entertainment, the company that owns a portfolio of live-entertainment players including Broadway Across America, has rebranded itself the John Gore Organization, named after the e…
When “Roots” debuted on ABC in 1977, it shattered ratings records and went on to win nine Emmy Awards. Now History is remaking the classic for modern audiences. The story of Kunt…
Born out of Germany's economic meltdown in the 1920s, "The Threepenny Opera" puts the destitute and desperate onstage — a remarkable thing at the time. Rather than refresh its reality …
ROME —Â Giorgio Albertazzi, the lionlike actor and director who was a leading light of the Italian stage for more than six decades but is best known to global French film lovers for …
Despite evident good intentions, and some excellent interviewees, this is a frustrating effort in many ways, not least of which is its slightly misleading title, which suggests a more contem…
Sam Mendes, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who directed the last two James Bond films, “Spectre” and “Skyfall,” is done with the 007 franchise. "It was an incredible adv…
With the wild success — over $1 billion globally — of the Oscar-winning animated film "Frozen," a stage production was inevitable. While a Broadway show is in the works, Disne…
Disney has acquired the feature film rights to Tony Cliff’s graphic novel series “Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant.” The studio is developing a live-action film with…
Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nine Stories and Bold Films are bringing Jo Nesbo’s crime novel “The Son” to the big screen. “Sicario” director Denis Villeneuve is atta…
Neither love nor hate make this "Romeo and Juliet" — the best so far of Kenneth Branagh's ongoing season of West End plays — but haste. The actor-manager and his co-director Rob …
Last fall, Amsterdam-based director Ivo van Hove had zero Broadway credits to his name. Six months later, he's got two: "A View From the Bridge," the critics-darling revival starring Mark St…
At the end of "Incognito," a new play by Nick Payne ("Constellations") at Manhattan Theater Club, one line of dialogue jumps out: “There is nothing whatsoever remarkable about Albie…
“Dear Evan Hansen” has solidified plans for its buzzed-about Broadway transfer, with producer Stacey Mindich planning a November openign at a Shubert Organization theater. The mu…
Somebody should have warned Cirque du Soleil Theatrical that it would be an iffy business trying to bring Broadway to Broadway. “Paramour” is an ambitious departure from the comp…
