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Riding the Midnight Express with Billy Hayes, a one-man show that recounts the true story of escaping prison, begins performances at the Barrow Street Theatre Sept. 24.
Riding the Midnight Express with Billy Hayes, a one-man show that recounts the true story of escaping prison, begins performances at the Barrow Street Theatre Sept. 23.
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, beginning Sept. 23.
"Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek To Cheek," a new album featuring classic jazz standards in both vocal duets and solo performance, is released on Streamline/Columbia/Interscope R…
The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, which celebrates Off-Off-Broadway, presents its annual awards Sept. 22 at Mason Hall at the Baruch Performing Arts Center.
Barnes and Noble celebrates the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof Sept. 22 at 7 PM.
Marjorie Prime, a new play by Jordan Harrison about a woman whose memory is fading, officially opens at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 21 following previ…
Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya officially opens at the The Pearl Theatre Company Sept. 21 following previews that began Sept. 9.
Sir Tim Rice, a prolific, Tony-winning lyricist whose career spans several decades, has been named an icon of Broadcast Music, Inc.
Sir Tim Rice, a prolific, Tony-winning lyricist whose career spans several decades, has been named an icon of Broadcast Music, Inc.
"Jeremy Jordan: Breaking Character," featuring stage and screen star Jeremy Jordan performing songs that have defined his career, will be presented by the Levi Strauss Foundation O…
Heléne Yorke, last seen on Broadway as the ambitious aspiring performer Olive Neal in Bullets Over Broadway, will present Heléne Yorke: My Blossom Dearie at 54 Below Se…
Jonathan Cake, who has appeared on Broadway in the classic dramas Medea and Cymbeline, will appear in the new USA drama "Stanistan," according to Deadline.com.
Shirley Jones, who starred in the film of Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" as Marian Paroo, returns to the musical in a concert production, co-starring with her son Patri…
The world-premiere production of Found, the original musical inspired by found letters and notes, begins at the Atlantic Theater Company's Linda Gross Theater Sept. 18.
"Have you ever wanted to be me?" Neil Patrick Harris asks in the new trailer for his choose-your-own-adventure book "Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiogr…
A rare revival 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, the scandalous play about incest, will be featured in Red Bull Theater's 2014-15 season, as well as a new season of the Revelation Rea…
Cutting-edge political plays, as well as works that explore gender roles in present-day society, will be featured in the Goodman Theatre's New Stages Festival.
Alison Bechdel, author of the graphic novel "Fun Home," and playwright Samuel D. Hunter have been named recipients of the 2014 MacArthur Fellowship.
The world premiere of Lisa Ramirez's politically charged drama To The Bone officially opens Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre Sept. 17 following prev…
James Franco, the ubiquitous actor who was seen on Broadway in Of Mice and Men and who recently directed the Off-Broadway play The Long Shrift, is now starring in an online comedy series…
The Center Theatre Group engagement of the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful begins previews Sept. 17.
Tony Award nominee Stephen Adly Guirgis, whose play Between Riverside and Crazy was recently presented by the Atlantic Theater Company, will be honored with the Steinberg Distinguished Playw…
Ismenia Mendes, who previously appeared at Playwrights Horizons in Your Mother's Copy of the Kama Sutra, has joined the cast of the world-premiere production of Grand Concourse, a ne…
The Stratford Festival's productions of King Lear, King John and Antony and Cleopatra will be filmed and screened for international release and broadcast.
