28 stories from The Daily Beast
In this week's edition of Confider, the CEO of Broadway's biggest magazine admits to ordering the deletion of a widely shared exposé of audience misbehavior.
André De Shields is marking his 50th year in show business in 'Hadestown.' In a candid interview with Tim Teeman, he talks coming out, racism, and fulfilling his parents' dreams.
Burning Man is far, far, far from perfect. It's still mostly hedonistic (with some awesome exceptions) and corny at times. It's very white (The Root and The Guardian have both done great int…
That's right, you can commune with the spirit of the Renaissance master in this Italian villa where Michelangelo Buonarroti once ambled through the garden, entertained his weekend gues…
Franklin Webster "proposed one of the most grandiose schemes that has ever been seriously suggested. His intention was to transform Washington, D.C., into a capital of such beauty and cultur…
On Sunday night John Oliver announced on HBO's Last Week Tonight that A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, a children's book about a gay bunny, named after a pet rabbit owned by…
Seven months after the death of Joan, his wife of almost 70 years, beset with pneumonia, the apparent victim of gross financial malfeasance and surrounded by a panoply of Hollywood charlatan…
"Mattel has worked in close partnership with the Frida Kahlo Corporation, the owner of all rights related to the name and identity of Frida Kahlo, on the creation of this doll," a spokespers…
On Monday, artist Nikolas Bentel will auction off a Robert Rauschenberg print for, he hopes, $20,000. Except it won't a Robert Rauschenberg print anymore. It will be covered in adverti…
To revisit that stat about how few people have seen any of this year's nominees: I keep wondering why at this point, with so many ways to watch movies on-demand or stream them, the Academy h…
In the wake of a mass murder of LGBT people in Orlando, theater's finest celebrated, grieved, paid tribute, and reminded a community in mourning that there's joy in who they are.
Jessie Mueller, Tony-winning star of Beautiful, and now nominated again for Waitress, talks about coming from a stage family and the welcome inclusivity of today's Broadway.
She escaped from an abusive husband and raised four kids on her own, even as she spent long hours building her career as one of the first female lyricists on Broadway.
The Tony Award winner tells Kevin Sessums about drama on the set of his new Broadway show, The Addams Family, what David Letterman told him in the dressing room, and why this may be his last musical ever.
In his new film, the Oscar-winner immerses himself in pathos as disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. He talks to Kevin Sessums about being cast via Facebook and his silence about his sexuality.
Twenty-nine years ago today, I was in one of Stephen Sondheim’s only flops: Merrily We Roll Along.
Stephen Sondheim's new book Finishing the Hat covers the composer's biggest successes. He talks to Shannon Donnelly about Off-Broadway talent and why Follies never made it to film.
The high-kicking star of the new hit Gershwin musical on how speaking out"and singing out"led to his most fulfilling Broadway role yet.
Allison Williams, Christopher Walken, and the cast of 'Peter Pan Live!' talk about bracing themselves for hate-tweets and our collective PTSD from last year's 'Sound of Music.'
He was a straight high schooler when he first read 'The Normal Heart.' Now, years after coming out, the actor delivers a powerful turn as a man dying of AIDS in HBO's adaptation.
The art world loves the star attention the actor brings so much so that it accepts his 'art' without much scrutiny. In his new exhibit, though, Franco goes a step too far.
The Great White Way shouldn't live too literally up to its name. Norm Lewis, the first black actor to play The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, tells The Daily Beast why theater producers m…
'Rocky' is now a musical, along with countless other movies. Whatever happened to theater producers taking a risk and making a big hit that didn't rely on big-screen familiarity?
Twenty-one years after the first allegations that Woody Allen abused his adopted daughter, that incident is back in the news thanks to the director's ex-partner, Mia Farrow, and estranged so…
The musical Lysistrata Jones is a delightful cross between Mean Girls and High School Musical featuring contemporary barbs aimed at everything from the iPhone's Siri to Newt Gingrich. The di…
