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President Obama, appearing at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in Manhattan on Monday, skewered Republican complaints about last week’s debate …
Give the prophets of doom some credit: Halloween 2015 turned out to be just as rough on the Broadway box office as they’d expected. The holiday is always pretty scary for Broadwa…
Barbara Andreadis, nee Hamilton, founder of the the Andreadis Talent Agency, died Friday, Oct. 30, in New York City. She was 81. She spent 30 years helping other actors achieve their dreams …
Charles who? Although several notches down from America’s fixation on Princess Diana, our infatuation with the British royal couple, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and his lovely D…
Though the name on the marquee of the sold-out run of this world premiere at Connecticut's Hartford Stage is Kevin Bacon, the real stars of “Rear Window” are the windows — …
Taylor Swift was performing on Halloween, but don’t worry: She still got to wear a costume. The megastar closed the U.S. leg of her “1989” tour Saturday night and, in somet…
On Oct. 31, Benedict Cumberbatch's Brit legit hit "Hamlet" closes its limited run at the National Theatre. If you're kicking yourself for having missed it, you should kick even harder —…
Call it grassroots marketing in the Motor City. TCM is lending its feed this weekend to a Halloween-themed fundraiser for the last independent theater left in the heart of Detroit. Cinema De…
Glyndebourne has become a British institution: an opera house on a large country estate deep in the heart of the Home Counties. David Hare goes back to its beginnings with a portrait of its …
NBCUniversal's plan to launch a streaming channel next year to better mine the value of "Saturday Night Live" and all of its late-night comedy programming has been no secret in TV and digita…
Being onstage with Keira Knightley can be dangerous. But mostly just for Knightley herself. The actress, making her Broadway debut in the Roundabout Theater Company’s Broadway producti…
Matt Ryan’s got a busy couple of weeks ahead of him. Tonight the actor opens in the Roundabout Theater Company’s Broadway production of “Therese Raquin,” in which …
Is it okay to laugh? That’s what audiences are likely to ask about the histrionic staging of Helen Edmundson’s new adaptation of Emile Zola’s 1867 novel, “Therese Raq…
Steven Pasquale will star in an Off Broadway revival of the 1975 musical “The Robber Bridegroom,” set to be directed by Alex Timbers (“Peter and the Starcatcher,” …
The upcoming Broadway revival of “Hughie,” with Forest Whitaker in the lead role, has locked in its Broadway plan, setting a February opening at the Booth Theater. New York theat…
In a headturning shift in the insular world of Broadway PR, executives from the New York theater press agency O&M Co., led by Rick Miramontez, will join DKC Public Relations to launch…
The Broadway comedy “Sylvia” opened Oct. 27 — but really, that’s just an excuse for everybody to talk about their dogs. The play chronicles a middle-aged man’s …
The shrewdest thing about this Broadway revival of “Sylvia” was the decision not to update A.R. Gurney’s 1995 comedy to the present day, when it would probably be stoned to…
Hoping to score a ticket to “Hamilton”? Try enrolling in a New York City public school. Producers and creators of the box-office-busting Broadway buzzmagnet have partnered with t…
It’s gonna get scary. That’s the thinking, anyway, among Broadway watchers looking to the week ahead. Last week’s Broadway box office actually looked pretty good &…
Leon Bibb, a folk singer, Tony-nominated Broadway performer and civil rights activist, died on Friday in Vancouver. He was 93. Bibb appeared on Broadway a number of times, making his debut a…
Jerome Kass, who co-wrote the 1978 musical “Ballroom” based on his own teleplay, died of prostate cancer Oct. 22 at his Manhattan home. He was 78. Kass, who was married to …
Two stage producers hope to usher Broadway fare into the digital streaming era with BroadwayHD, a new subscription and on-demand service that launches today. The service kicks off with…
Big challenges, big changes, happy accidents and getting there on diversity — these were among the topics tackled by top producers, showrunners, directors and execs on Saturday at the …
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the Harry Potter play due to open in the West End in the summer of 2016, will be a two-part epic set 19 years after J.K. Rowling’s seve…
