LONDON " The critics bashed Douglas Gordon, and he bashed back " with an ax.The Turner Prize-winning artist hacked the wall of a theater where his play has opened to largely negative review…
NEW YORK " Broadway theaters will dim their marquee lights on Wednesday night in memory of Roger Rees, the Tony Award-winning Welsh-born actor and director.The Broadway League says the ligh…
LONDON " Britain's Royal Opera says it's sorry for causing distress but the show will go on after a rape scene in "Guillaume Tell" sparked boos and walkouts.Director Damiano Michieletto's p…
NEW YORK " Misty Copeland, the Missouri-born dancer who has become a forceful voice for diversity in ballet, was named a principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre on Tuesday "...
Select winners for the 2015 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards held Sunday night in New York City:
The poignant and groundbreaking coming-of-age show "Fun Home" was named best musical at the Tony Awards on Sunday.
NEW YORK " The poignant and groundbreaking coming-of-age show "Fun Home" was named best musical at the Tony Awards on Sunday, one of five big trophies it won on the way to making history fo…
NEW YORK " There's finally reason to be happy in a funeral home " "Fun Home" has won the best musical Tony Award.The poignant show, based on Alison Bechdel's graphic novel memoir about growi…
NEW YORK " Helen Mirren, who starred this season in a familiar and regal role, has won her first Tony Award.Mirren won for playing a sly and polished Queen Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's "T…
NEW YORK " The dazzling show "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" has won the 2015 Tony Award for best play.The London import is based on an adaptation of Mark Haddon's best-s…
Hosted by Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming, the three-hour show will feature appearances by Jennifer Lopez, Sting, Jim Parsons and a stunt: Josh Groban will try to lead the most performers…
In addition to a hefty 11 performances and the handing out of 24 competitive Tonys, the three-hour telecast will feature appearances by a motley group of stars like Jennifer Lopez, Sting, Ji…
NEW YORK " When Larry David was showing his old "Seinfeld" pal Jason Alexander the quirks of his Broadway dressing room, the discussion naturally went to the toilet."You know what he said? …
NEW YORK " Like so many other aspiring actresses, Olivia Washington is paying her dues at a small, off-Broadway theater. Unlike so many other aspiring actresses, she's not relying on her fa…
NEW YORK " If the Tony Award for best director was handed out on quantity alone, Jeremy Herrin would easily be the winner.He has helmed the double bill stage adaptation of Hilary Mantel's T…
Portable theatre presents new three-minute pieces by playwrights including Will Eno and Lynn Nottage, performed by single actor for solitary audience memberMany theatre owners like to say th…
LOS ANGELES " Rachel Rosenthal, the performance and theater artist who embraced environmentalism during a half-century career devoted to the avant-garde, has died in Southern California. She…
NEW YORK " Before hitting a Broadway stage, she has to remember not to let her butt stick out. Her co-star, meanwhile, can't forget to swivel his shoulders back.Darren Criss and Rebecca Nao…
SAN FRANCISCO " Scholars at the University of California, Berkeley have pieced together a collection of letters written by Mark Twain when the author was a young newsman in San Francisco.In…
NEW YORK " Kristin Chenoweth is being very tightlipped about her upcoming assignment to co-host the Tony Awards. Literally.The Tony-winning star of "On the Twentieth Century" was on vocal r…
NEW YORK " The musicals "An American in Paris" and "Fun Home" each received a leading 12 Tony Award nominations on Tuesday, showing two very different sides of this Broadway season.One side…
The musicals "An American in Paris" and "Fun Home" each received a leading 12 Tony Award nominations on Tuesday, showing two very different sides of this Broadway season. One side...
NEW YORK " John Cameron Mitchell, who co-created the Broadway hit "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and then played the lead character this spring, will receive the 2015 Special Tony Award.The sh…
NEW YORK " As Shakespeare would say, "We have seen better days."The American Council of Trustees and Alumni has found that less than 8 percent of the nation's top universities require Engli…
NEW YORK " Playwright Tom Stoppard said he will accept PEN's highest award next month in New York to help put a spotlight on a "frightening time" for free expression.Stoppard is to accept t…