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2,836 stories from Associated Press

Franco to star in Broadway's 'Of Mice and Men' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- James Franco and Chris O'Dowd will make their Broadway debuts next year as unlikely friends in a stage adaptation of "Of Mice and Men."...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 6:14am on November 26, 2013

Game show 'Jeopardy!' gives Broadway a boost by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Answer: It's the TV show that's spreading the word about Broadway. Question: What is "Jeopardy!"...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 4:58pm on November 25, 2013

Harmonic convergence: Armstrong, Jones team up by Chris Talbott

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Billie Joe Armstrong has a future in sales if the music thing doesn't work out. Just ask Norah Jones, who had every intention of turning down an interesting but …

SOURCE: Associated Press at 1:49pm on November 25, 2013

Hawaiian baritone making his mark in Verdi by Mike Silverman

CHICAGO (AP) -- There are baritones who sing opera, and then there are "Verdi baritones." Quinn Kelsey has no doubts about which camp he is in....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:17am on November 25, 2013

Q&A: Jeffrey Wright considers his career choices by Jessica Herndon

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Even though Jeffrey Wright has won a Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe, and appeared in more than 35 films as one of the most versatile actors of his generation, …

SOURCE: Associated Press at 9:11am on November 25, 2013

Sutton Foster to return to Broadway in 'Violet' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- One of Broadway's biggest stars is coming back: Sutton Foster....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:03am on November 25, 2013

Review: McKellen, Stewart shine in Beckett, Pinter by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- For those who crave more than a single dose of ennui onstage, rejoice: The theater gods have given you two inscrutably postmodern classics this season. They've also been…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 8:02pm on November 24, 2013

Tenor Villazon making Met opera comeback by Mike Silverman

NEW YORK (AP) -- It's an opera singer's nightmare: Suddenly, in mid-performance, the voice fails to respond - and instead of a high note, the audience hears a painful croak....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:14am on November 22, 2013

Monty Python set to reunite for a stage show

LONDON (AP) -- Big news in the comedy world: Monty Python is set to reunite for a stage show....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 8:20am on November 19, 2013

'Spider-Man' show to close on Broadway; Vegas next by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Producers are turning the lights off forever on the Spider-Man musical on Broadway early next year, the final chapter in the story of most expensive theatrical show ever…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:23am on November 19, 2013

Paul Simon, Stephen Sondheim to share stage Dec. 3

NEW YORK (AP) -- It is a triple billing for the ages, one night only: Paul Simon, Stephen Sondheim and Michael Chabon....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:46pm on November 18, 2013

Veteran film, TV, stage actor Al Ruscio dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Veteran character actor Al Ruscio, who appeared in countless film, television and stage productions across half a century, has died at age 89, said his longtime manag…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 6:55pm on November 16, 2013

Review: Billy Crystal's '700 Sundays' still moving by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- If you're lucky, at the end of Billy Crystal's moving one-man show "700 Sundays," you'll get to watch the actor really move. He does a cartwheel across the Imperial Thea…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 8:09pm on November 13, 2013

'The Princess Bride' being adapted for the stage by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- It's not completely inconceivable - "The Princess Bride" is coming to the stage....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 2:16pm on November 11, 2013

Lansbury: Mistake to recycle `Murder, She Wrote' by Sandy Cohen

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Angela Lansbury says "it's a mistake" for NBC to call a new series "Murder, She Wrote."...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 8:47am on November 11, 2013

Review: Mark Rylance shines in 2 Shakespeare parts by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Mark Rylance will have you pealing with laughter as he plays a repressed noblewoman in William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." He'll also, rather astonishingly, do the sa…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:02pm on November 10, 2013

Broadway musical 'Big Fish' to get the hook

NEW YORK (AP) -- "Big Fish" has gotten away....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 8:08pm on November 10, 2013

Cast of 'Porgy and Bess' excited for national tour by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Nathaniel Stampley ached to make the role of Porgy his own in the celebrated 2012 Broadway revival of "Porgy and Bess." Instead, he kept dying....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:17am on November 9, 2013

The backstage ballet at 'A Gentleman's Guide' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Deep in the first act of the new Broadway musical "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder," the actor Jefferson Mays slips offstage dressed as a man. He will return a …

SOURCE: Associated Press at 9:27am on November 8, 2013

Kennedy Center to host Broadway revival of 'Gigi' by Brett Zongker

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Theater producers planning a Broadway revival of the musical comedy "Gigi" will open the production at the Kennedy Center in Washington....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 1:20pm on November 6, 2013

Cirque temporarily modifies Vegas show after fall

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Cirque du Soleil officials say they've temporarily removed the "Wheel of Death" stunt from one of their Las Vegas Strip shows after an acrobat was injured while perform…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 6:42pm on November 5, 2013

Ovation puts a new spin on TV arts programming by Lynn Elber

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- James Franco has discovered Ovation. So have Jon Hamm and Vogue's Anna Wintour....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:59am on November 5, 2013

Review: 'After Midnight' celebrates thrilling jazz by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- There are few things that bring smiles to even the most jaded faces - balloons, blaring trumpets and tap dancers. A new Broadway revue has two - no, make that all three …

SOURCE: Associated Press at 8:02pm on November 3, 2013

Hundreds evacuated from fire at Moscow theater

MOSCOW (AP) -- Hundreds of people have been evacuated from a Moscow theater after a fire broke out 20 minutes before the start of a matinee performance....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:20am on November 3, 2013

'Spider-Man' musical co-writer spills the beans by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- This summer, out of the blue, playwright Glen Berger got a call from director Julie Taymor....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 9:28am on November 1, 2013
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