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NBC is continuing to build out its relationship with the Great White Way, as the network is developing “Voice of the City,” a New York-set period musical written by Tony nomin…
In these days of tight budgets and straitened circumstances, theater artists coast to coast are scaling back reliable warhorses. The hope is always to find something new and true in well-wor…
Under the far better title of “Fat Camp,” “Gigantic” won the Best of Fest Award at the 2009 New York Musical Theater Festival. The perky charms of this offbeat musica…
Kids and guitars and rock ‘n’ roll? That’s a slam dunk — just ask the enthusiastic crowd at the opening night of the Broadway version of “School of Rock.”…
WASHINGTON — Unveiling a variety of touches that broke from longstanding tradition, the Kennedy Center toasted five titans of the performing arts on Sunday in the 38th annual presentat…
“School of Rock” took a tumble at the Broadway box office last week — but nobody’s expecting the show to stay down for long. The new musical from Andrew Lloyd Webber …
Andrew Lloyd Webber unleashed his inner child to write the period rock for “School of Rock,” an exuberant feel-good musical based on the beloved 2003 movie starring Jack Black as…
Elizabeth Banks and Carey Mulligan are earning buzz for their portraits of strong women: Banks won some of the best notices of her career playing Melinda Ledbetter, the wife of Beach Boys si…
"It's hard for me to gauge it, but I deeply, deeply loved playing the role."
NBC’s “The Wiz Live!” scored raves both with its ratings and its reviews. But what did it take to pull off such a spectacle behind-the-scenes? Variety’s Cynthia Littl…
LONDON — "Friends" star Matthew Perry will lead the cast in the world premiere of his playwriting debut, "The End of Longing," at the Playhouse Theatre, London, from Feb. 2 to May 14. …
Two years after NBC stunned the industry with boffo ratings for its live presentation of “The Sound of Music,” the network was back at it Thursday night with “The Wiz Live,…
NBC’s “The Wiz Live!” delivered strong ratings in the major markets and with adults 18-49. Preliminary Nielsen ratings have the three-hour live telecast averaging a 4.4 rat…
Thom Thomas, a writer for stage, TV and film, succumbed to acute leukemia on Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 80. Thomas had recently co-written, with Iris Rainer Dart, the book for “B…
Even as the rave reviews were flowing in via social media, "The Wiz Live" producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron were still sweating out the key moment they felt would make or break the produc…
Nicholas Hytner directed "The Lady in the Van," which opens Dec. 4 in limited engagements. Hytner had also directed the Alan Bennett play in the West End, which also starred Maggie Smith. Th…
David Alan Grier loosened up by joking around in a faux Shakespearean actor voice. Limber dancers in creature costumes, ranging from furry winged warriors to sexy poppies to sassy crows mill…
When Fanny Brice's boss tries to make a joke of her dowdy looks, dolling her up as a deluded bride convinced of her beauty, his comic star takes him to task. "They're supposed to laugh…
Barbra Streisand will direct the historical drama “Catherine the Great” with casting under way. The gig will be Streisand’s fourth following "Yentl," "The Prince of Tides" …
Special effects makeup artist Dave Elsey says he was "traumatized" by the movie "The Wizard of Oz" when he was a child " but in his view that's not necessarily a bad thing. "If you go back i…
Like most of the Internet, Ali Stroker, a cast member in the Deaf West Theater revival of “Spring Awakening,” had a strong reaction to Kylie Jenner’s controversial ph…
The weather outside was frightful in New York City on Wednesday night with rain and heavy fog, but the Yuletide cheer was so delightful at the Paris Theatre premiere of “A Very Murray …
Come back, come back, wherever you are, David Mamet. All is forgiven (even “Race”) if you will just quit jerking us around on non-plays like “China Doll” and get a gr…
That 1975 Tony award notwithstanding, "The Wiz" isn't among the greatest of musicals, but practically speaking, it was certainly a shrewd choice for NBC's third annual live extravaganza: Not…
NBC’s live presentation of “The Wiz” on Thursday night elicited droves of reactions from viewers on social media. We rounded up some of the funniest tweets about the musica…
