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Stage and screen star Taylor Schilling has landed the lead role in Jenji Kohan's new Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The one-hour show, bas…
A settlement has been reached in Federal Court between director Julie Taymor and the producers of the hit Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, according to The New York Times. No …
Broadway and cabaret star Andrea Marcovicci will release her new CD, Smile, on CDBaby.com on Tuesday, September 4.
The recording is based on her newest show, which will next be seen at New …
Kelly Ripa, Chris Rock, Oprah Winfrey, and cast members of Modern Family will be among the guest hosts of ABC's Good Morning America, during the absence of Robin Roberts, who has left t…
The former sitcom star shares her thoughts on filling Jodie Foster's shoes, her newest voiceover role, and her first TV crush!
Theater veterans Robert Klein, Helen Reddy, and David Cassidy have been added to the 2012-2013 line-up of performers at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill.
Klein, whose Broadway credits inclu…
Forbes has released its list of the 20 highest paid celebrities, which is topped by television mogul and former Broadway producer Oprah Winfrey, who earned $165 million last year.
The list …
Stage and screen star Ewan McGregor will receive the Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award at the 60th San Sebastian International Film Festival on September 27, according to The Hollywood Rep…
Actress Jean Bruce Scott, who is the co-founder and producing executive director of California's Native Voices at the Autry theater company, will return to NBC's daytime drama Days…
Grammy Award winner Sheryl Crow, who is composing the music for the upcoming Broadway musical Diner, will appear as a guest on the September 10 debut of Katie Couric's upcoming syndicat…
The New York Film Festival will include screenings of Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher's new Metropolitan Opera production of Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore starring Anna Ne…
Actress Rosie O'Donnell married her partner, Michelle Rounds, in a secret ceremony on June 9, according to People.com.
The couple reportedly had their wedding shortly before Rounds ha…
Sabrina Bryan and Louis Van Amstel have been named as the final pair to compete on ABC's Dancing With the Stars All-Stars, which will premiere on September 24, according to published re…
PBS will air Susan Froemke's documentary Wagner's Dream, a behind-the-scenes look at Robert Lepage's staging of Richard Wagner's "Ring Cycle," which was presen…
The veteran composer gives a sneak preview of his special musical presentation at the famed New York nightclub.
In a summer that has found New York City awash in seemingly continuous theater festivals -- The New York Music Theatre Festival, The Midtown Festival of the Arts, and the still-running New …
This cleverly titled, cleverly constructed show at 54 Below smartly shows off both the dramatic and comic gifts of these two superb performers.
Oscar winner and Broadway star Nicole Kidman will receive a gala tribute by the Film Society of Lincoln Center as part of The New York Film Festival on October 3, according to The New York T…
EW.com has announced the winners of DoSomething.org and VH1's Do Something Awards, which honor people for doing good (and influencing others to do so as well).
The ceremony was held on…
Actress Tichina Arnold married basketball coach Rico Hines on Saturday in Hawaii, according to published reports.
Arnold appeared in the City Center Encores! production of The Wiz as Evilen…
Actress Rosie O'Donnell suffered a heart attack last week and is now recovering at home, according to published reports.
The actress wrote on her blog that her coronary artery was 99 p…
Updated casting has been announced for Love Songs, a musical by Steven Cagan, to play Feinstein's at Loews Regency, August 26-30.
The show, which is set at at wedding, will feature Ash…
Legendary comedian and Broadway veteran Phyllis Diller has died at age 95 in Los Angeles, according to published reports.
Diller played the title role in the original Broadway production of…
Tony Award winner Dee Dee Bridgewater and American Idol finalists Casey Abrams and Haley Reinhart will join Grammy Award-winning artist Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra at C…
Emmy Award winner and Broadway veteran William Windom died on Thursday, August 16 of congestive heart failure, according to The New York Times.
Windom appeared on Broadway in a dozen produc…
