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Sylvester Stallone, who starred in and wrote the screenplay for the original "Rocky," made a surprise appearance at the Broadway adaptation's first performance.
With its cast of 39 actors and 8 1/2-hour running time, revivals of the Tony-winning "Nicholas Nickleby" have been rare. Now Orlando Shakespeare Theatre has taken it on, with results that ar…
In new Broadway production, Rocky Balboa is both boxer and baritone
'About a Boy' and 'Killer Karaoke' seem to have more fairy dust and less pain than earlier versions of themselves.
Madonna, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Geffen, Anne Hathaway and more all turned out at Lincoln Center Monday honoring Bryan Lourd, the powerhouse managing director of CAA.
The Yanks have plenty of winter worries. Fortunately there's a fantasyland awaiting superfans on 50th Street, where Babe Ruth and Derek Jeter share a table and the Yankees are winning the Wo…
The theater world celebrated the Brooklyn Academy of Music at its annual gala and the fact that the New York's most buzzed about play, a production of "King Lear" starring Frank Langella, wa…
Palm Beach Dramaworks gives a revival of Harold Pinter's play to outstanding effect.
Jenifer Ringer, who is set to retire from the New York City Ballet, chronicles the ups and downs of her career, including what she calls "Sugar Plumgate," in her new book, "Dancing Through I…
The annual Drama League gala at the Pierre Hotel this week answered two questions: a) Can there ever be too much musical theater, and b) Can there ever be too much Neil Patrick Harris?
Guests made room for a dragon dance during a cocktail party at Avery Fisher Hall over the weekend before filing into the venue for the New York Philharmonic's third annual Chinese New Year G…
Philip Seymour Hoffman was a well-known face from movies and Academy-Award winner, but the actor was also a longtime presence in New York's theater community, which grieved Sunday as news of…
The actor was found dead of an apparent drug overdose late Sunday morning in his New York City apartment, police said.
The star of 'Pretty Little Liars' felt like she'd never become an actor"until a song and a teacher stepped in.
This winter, London's theater is at its superlative best, with glittering performances in two Shakespeare plays, a superb adaptation of a Turgenev play, a new, good Lloyd Webber musical, and…
Organizers and curators say they don't expect an avalanche of tourists, but they have noticed an uptick in visitors in football jerseys.
Can a drama company rewrite the script of a theater classic?
"Bronx Bombers," about the Yankees and Yogi Berra, opens at the Circle in the Square theater on Thursday.
For the first time in his playwriting life, John Patrick Shanley, the writer of "Doubt," draws on his Irish family background to bring us a charming romantic fantasy.
Kevin Spacey discusses the new season of 'House of Cards,' TV's new business model and whether he has political aspirations.
The Apollo Theater in Harlem is launching a campaign to make its future as legendary as its past: Today the venue announced the public phase of a $20 million funding goal, $10 million of whi…
The classical percussionist Steven Schick will perform early works and world premieres during two shows at Miller Theatre this week.
The Metropolitan Opera's $311 million budget fell short by $2.8 million last year, after a ticket price hike backfired and caused attendance to drop.
'Stop Hitting Yourself,' New York City Ballet's New Combinations, a pre-show potluck and more in this week's On Stage.
The boys are back on "Brokeback Mountain" in an opera written by Annie Proulx and composer Charles Wuorinen, opening at the Teatro Real on Tuesday.
