A flight carrying "Entourage" star Jeremy Piven was temporarily stranded in Philadelphia early Saturday, and the actor took to Twitter to chronicle the nearly 7-hour ordeal he and his fellow…
The Walnut Street Theatre celebrated its 206th anniversary at the Some Enchanted Evening Gala Concert on May 1. From the beginning, the gala was an evening of star treatment for the more tha…
Wearing nothing but G-strings, two men and a woman showed off their superhuman strength and chiseled physiques Thursday as they arranged themselves into a series of impossible shapes atop a …
On the Town was nominated for 12 Tony Awards last week. The ballet on which the Broadway show (and Gene Kelly movie) was based opened Thursday night at the Academy of Music as part of Pennsy…
brownsville song (b-side for Tray) by Kimber Lee, produced by Philadelphia Theatre Company, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield
Carey Mulligan makes a fine Bathsheba Everdene in the new screen adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - As "The Flash" speeds toward its season one finale on May 19, secrets are finally being revealed; last week's episode ended with the Reverse Flash -- aka Eobard T…
If political theater or theatricalized politics needed an intuitive practitioner at its forefront, it would be Anna Deavere Smith. Known to television viewers as a concerned, authoritative f…
The sheer number of songs in I Love a Piano wouldn't surprise an Irving Berlin scholar - but their power and number astounded in Ray Roderick and Michael Berkeley's musical tribute.
It’s easy to see why “Kinky Boots” is one of the biggest Broadway hits in recent years
'I think this is the best costume for the day." "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale, cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and a subject of the Maysles brothers' classic 1975 documenta…
Obliviously handsome man and Jenkintown native Bradley Cooper was apparently "very surprised" to learn about his recent Tony Award nomination, continuing the circle of modesty for which 2011…
'Be yourself; everyone else is already taken" Oscar Wilde's wry and excellent advice speaks the spirit of Kinky Boots, especially when Lola, drag queen extraordinaire, delivers the wisd…
Laurie Anderson - calling from the Philharmonie de Paris, scoping it out for a show - is balancing many things. That balancing act will be on display in her Language of the Future show at Pr…
The musicals An American in Paris and Fun Home tied for most Tony Award nominations with 12 each on Tuesday, and showed two sides of this Broadway season.
Bradley Cooper, Helen Mirren and Carey Mulligan earned best acting nominations for the 69th annual Tony Awards, theater's highest honors, on Tuesday.
It will take about five minutes of Media Theatre's production of Hello, Dolly! to understand why this 10-time Tony Award-winner remains one of the most beloved and most-produced musicals of …
When singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper talks about Kinky Boots, the rocker's first foray into composing for the theater, she gets emotional. The mere mention of the Tony Award-winning show - si…
Among Verdi's many beloved operas, Don Carlo stands apart by virtue of its psychology. In a genre whose theatricality is so charged with elemental, unwavering motivations, Don Carlo finds mo…
Song as soul or self inspired A Forgotten Moon-Song, the lovely and lyrical world-premiere commission that three-time Bessie Award-winner Dianne McIntyre set on Philadanco to open the compan…
On one of last winter's snowy nights, playgoers arrived at the door of a Bala Cynwyd home, shed their jackets and boots, and took their seats - in this case, bridge chairs scattered around a…
Because of Winn-Dixie, based on the novel by Kate DiCamillo, produced by Delaware Theatre Company, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield