Scott Rudin is heading to TV in a big way. The prolific producer has inked a three-year first-look deal with Fox Networks Group, Variety has learned. The new pact with Scott Rudin P…
Broadway musical "The Visit," which went into the 2015 Tony Awards ceremony with five nominations but walked away empty-handed, has set a closing date for June 14. 'The Visit," a dark and ch…
By the reckoning of many Broadway observers, the 2015 Tony Awards had a script and largely stuck to it. A lot of wins had been predicted by pundits — as was the case with sure thing…
Kelli O’Hara snapped a Tony Awards losing streak Sunday night that threatened to turn her into Broadway’s equivalent of Susan Lucci when she picked up a statue for best actress i…
Newcomer Alex Sharp prevailed over veterans such as Bradley Cooper and Bill Nighy when he captured the Tony Award for best actor in a leading performance in a play for his role as an autisti…
Legiters love their own, and they love pushing the boundaries of the stage. That was the clear vibe in the room at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday during the Tony Awards ceremony. It was evi…
“Hedwig and the Angry Inch” creator John Cameron Mitchell says he’s pleased that the show about an East German transsexual rock singer has moved from cult hit to Broadway s…
Now just a “G” away from an EGOT, Helen Mirren walked away from the 69th Tony Awards with the prize for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play for her part in…
After adding a Tony Award to her over-stuffed trophy case for playing Queen Elizabeth II in “The Audience,” Helen Mirren greeted the media on Sunday armed with her statue and a v…
There was an extra spring in the step of Tony Award attendees this year, thanks to the past season’s record box office and because of the risk-taking on display in this year’s no…
Helen Mirren won the first major award of the 2015 Tony Awards, taking the trophy for leading actress in a play for her performance as the Queen of England in “The Audience.” …
The biggest night in Broadway is finally here, with Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming hosting the 69th annual Tony Awards. The top nominees in Broadway’s biggest night include “…
Producers of tonight’s Tony Awards ceremony will offer live streaming coverage of all the action on the red carpet outside Radio City Music Hall, starting at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET. The s…
The ballots are in, the predictions are made, and the acting nominees will look unusually spiffy, thanks to a concerted fashion-world effort led by Anna Wintour. The 2015 Tony Awards are rea…
The ATX Television Festival played host to a “Gilmore Girls” reunion of epic proportions on Saturday night, with creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, exec producer Daniel Palladino and…
Everybody loves a surprise, and in awards season, there wouldn’t be any surprises if there weren’t predictions. Since the Tony nominations were announced April 28, the theater in…
This spring, the name on everybody's lips was Kander. Composer John Kander, that is. In March, "The Visit," the show he wrote with his late collaborator Fred Ebb and playwright Terrence McNa…
White Cherry Entertainment's Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss have produced the Tony Awards ceremony and live telecast since 2003. They're now in the final stretch for this year's show, hosted…
Playing copywriter Peggy Olson on AMC's "Mad Men" has been as much about Elisabeth Moss' own life as it has been about following a character's arc. Although Moss says show creator Matthew We…
Exceptional individuals seem to hold a powerful attraction for Simon Stephens. The British playwright created one such memorable stage character in Christopher Boone, the boy math whiz in…
Theater audiences will soon get to see the story of what happens when a lovely lady meets a man named Brady. CBS Consumer Products has partnered with creator Sherwood Schwartz’s family…
About halfway through the first act of Broadway's "Something Rotten!" there's a song called "A Musical." It's an over-the-top showstopper, and it brings down the house. It's not uncommon for…
A remake of Whoopi Goldberg’s comedy “Sister Act” is in the works at Disney. Goldberg is not yet involved with the new “Sister Act.” Kirsten Smith and Karen McC…
Disney is developing a movie based on the iconic “Night on Bald Mountain” closing sequence from the 1940 animated pic “Fantasia” for its latest live-action adaptation…
“Tangled” is heading to the small screen. Based on the 2010 feature film from Walt Disney Animation Studios, the animated television series is slated to premiere on Disney Cha…