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NEW YORK (AP) -- Celia Keenan-Bolger, who has portrayed shy girls and fearless young ladies, is about to try something new - playing a mother....
NEW YORK (AP) -- A wicked stepmother has been picked for Cinderella on Broadway - Sherri Shepherd....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Like many girls, actress and singer Keke Palmer grew up dreaming of meeting a prince who would whisk her away to a life of love and happiness. In her case, it's going to…
NEW YORK (AP) -- A two-year global tour of William Shakespeare's powerful "Hamlet" has landed in a building known for hosting its own drama - the United Nations....
LONDON (AP) -- Sylvester Stallone may come across as the ultimate guy's guy. But he says action stars like him are "the hardest characters to sell" to other men....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Helen Mirren lowers her voice to a whisper and her eyes take on a devious twinkle as she makes a confession: When she has a really good time making a movie, as she di…
NEW YORK (AP) -- It's a drama worthy of the Metropolitan Opera: Frantic, last-minute labor negotiations aimed at averting a lockout that threatens to stop both pay and benefits for thous…
NEW YORK (AP) -- A.R. Gurney's romantic play "Love Letters" is about to hit Broadway again with some big movie stars....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- James Shigeta, who played the lead in the 1961 movie musical "Flower Drum Song" and had a small role in the first "Die Hard," has died. He was 85....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- John Michael McDonagh's 2011 debut, "The Guard," provided the wonderful Brendan Gleeson with a vehicle for some of his best screen work, playing an Irish West Country…
NEW YORK (AP) -- NBC has picked its Peter Pan: high-flying "Girls" star Allison Williams....
MILAN (AP) -- Italian tenor Carlo Bergonzi, considered one of the most authoritative interpreters of Verdi's operas, has died at the age of 90....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Figaro might not be getting married anytime soon. Mimi and Rodolfo might not fall in love in that cold Parisian garret. And Macbeth might never murder his way to the thr…
Woody Allen's "Magic in the Moonlight" stars Colin Firth as a stage magician and Emma Stone as a young medium whose self-proclaimed powers he's trying to debunk. Allen shared some thoughts w…
LONDON (AP) -- A hit. A very palpable hit....
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Gay actors shouldn't have a monopoly on gay roles, award-winning stage and screen actor Nathan Lane said....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Not long ago, Kevin R. Free went to an audition for a part in the longest running musical in history. He immediately felt weird....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Broadway marquees will be dimmed in memory of a Tony- and Emmy-winning actress who epitomized New York and the theater world....
"Elaine was a magnificent woman in every sense of the word ... a true trail blazer. Her talent and spunk will be greatly missed by so many of us." - Actress and singer Liza Minnelli....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Elaine Stritch, the brash theater performer whose gravelly, gin-laced voice and impeccable comic timing made her a Broadway legend, has died. She was 89....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Elaine Stritch, the brash theater performer whose gravelly, gin-laced voice and impeccable comic timing made her a theatrical icon, has died, according to Brigade Market…
NEW YORK (AP) -- "Spasiba, Katya," David Hallberg calls out, thanking a colleague in what sounds like a pretty convincing Russian accent. We're on our way upstairs to his dressing room a…
HONG KONG (AP) -- The closing act at a charity event, Chinese actress Zhou Xun sang two songs then stayed on stage for the best of encores....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- HBO says it's "All the Way" with Bryan Cranston in an adaptation of his recent Broadway turn as President Lyndon Johnson....
NEW YORK (AP) -- At about 10, Hershey Felder had to make a decision that would change his life: Pick acting or pick the piano. He chose to tickle the ivories....
