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Casting has been announced for the upcoming production of Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw, the comedic farce of seduction and blackmail, at the Mark Taper Forum.
Chicago Humanities Festival will present a starry lineup of Tony Award nominees and winners performing a concert of songs from award-winning musicals.
West Australian Opera has banned productions of Carmen due to its depiction of smoking during the performance, according to the Associated Press.
Scenes and Songs from Fannie Lou: At Carnegie Hall, written by playwright/composer Felicia Hunter about Civil Rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, is presented in concert format at Carnegie Hal…
Tony nominee Montego Glover and Robert Christopher Riley star in the Old Globe Theatre production of Marco Ramirez's boxing drama The Royale, which officially opens Oct. 9 following prev…
John Rando's direction of The Heir Apparent and Martha Clarke's direction of the tragic dance piece Chéri have been selected as winners of the Joe A. Callaway Awards for D…
Casting has been announced for Arena Stage's upcoming production of Five Guys Named Moe, a reimagined version of the tribute to the "King of the Jukebox" composer and …
Two readings of the musical How I Paid for College, helmed by Buyer and Cellar director Stephen Brackett, will be presented at the Pearl Studios.
The Lilly Awards Broadway Cabaret, featuring Broadway stars performing songs written by women, will be presented Nov. 10 at Birdland.
Tony Award winner Betty Buckley, known for her triumphant renditions of 11 o'clock numbers, returns to New York to celebrate her new album "Ghostlight."
The Signature Theatre has announced casting for the United States premiere of A Particle Of Dread (Oedipus Variations), a new take on the classic Greek tragedy exploring destiny and fate, by…
Songs from Vanishing Point, the musical exploring the disappearance of three iconic women, will be presented at 54 Below Nov. 4 at 9:30 PM.
Soccer star David Beckham's name may soon be in lights in the West End, but not because he is starring in a play.
TheatreWorks, the Silicon Valley-based theatre that was home to the world premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical Memphis, presents the murderous musical Sweeney Todd beginning Oc…
Actress and comedian Carol Burnett appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" Oct. 6, and she and Fallon revisited the "past," when they co-starred in an early …
An industry reading of the musical The Most Miserable Christmas Tree, the story of a tree determined to be decorated again after the holiday ends, will be presented Oct. 26 at 2 PM.
The Metropolitan Opera has canceled its scheduled talk for the The Death of Klinghoffer, the controversial opera protested in September.
Manhattan Parisienne, a new play by Alain Boublil about a musical romance between a French singer and a New York musician, will receive its world premiere at 59E59 Theaters.
TACT/The Actors Company Theatre presents the groundbreaking drama The Killing of Sister George, which explores sexual identity, power and politics in a changing world, officially opening Oct…
Molly Ringwald, known for her starring roles in the films "The Breakfast Club," "Sixteen Candles" and "Pretty in Pink," begins a series of performances at the C…
Chicago's Porchlight Music Theatre kicks off its 20th Anniversary Season of Sondheim with Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which officially opens&nbs…
Golden Globe Award nominee Joely Richardson stars in The Belle of Amherst, a one-woman play about the reclusive poet Emily Dickinson, which begins Off-Broadway performances Oct. 7 at…
"High Fives: A Celebration of 5 Years of Leah Ryan's FEWW," the fifth annual event for Leah Ryan's Fund for Emerging Women Writers, is held Oct. 6 at Joe's Pub featurin…
Five-time Tony winner Angela Lansbury receives the 2014 Rolex Dance Award at Career Transition For Dancers' 29th Anniversary Jubilee, NEW YORK NEW YORK a helluva town, Oct. 6 at 7 PM…
The Cherry Lane Theatre celebrates its 90th anniversary Oct. 6 with a gala event featuring a starry lineup of performers and presenters.