Quartet, a comedy by Academy Award winner Ronald Harwood, officially opens at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre July 31 following previews that began July 25.
La Jolla Playhouse has announced the cast and creative team for the world-premiere production of Kingdom City, a comedy about religious oppression in a small town.
Oona Laurence, who received a Special Tony Award for her performance as the precocious title character in Matilda The Musical, will appear in the independent film "Lamb," Dead…
Theatre For a New Audience, the company dedicated to presenting Shakespeare and classic American drama, has announced the lineup for its 2014-15 season at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center.
Celebrity chef Rick Bayless stars in a return engagement of the culinary and theatrical experience Rick Bayless in Cascabel: Dinner – Daring – Desire beginning July 30.
With a deadline of July 31 approaching, negotiations between union officials and the Metropolitan Opera continue with little hope of resolution, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Hamlet, featuring stage and screen star Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role, has announced the sale of low-priced tickets for each of its performances, according to the production's w…
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods, which made its world premiere at the Old Globe in 1986, has extended its run through Aug. 17.
The Geffen Playhouse continues its ongoing presentations of works by Neil LaBute with the dark comedy Reasons to Be Pretty, which begins performances July 29.
Complete casting has been announced for the world premiere of Morris Panych's The Shoplifters, a satirical comedy about class and privilege in society at Arena Stage.
Political dramas, two one-act operas from Carlisle Floyd and music by Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen will be featured in the fall 2014 season at 59E59 Theaters.
President Barack Obama presents the National Medals of Arts July 28 at 3 PM ET in an East Room ceremony at the White House.
Playwrights Realm has announced complete casting for the world premiere of My Mañana Comes, a new play by Elizabeth Irwin.
"La Mama Earth," the 53rd season presented by the historic downtown theatre complex, will feature productions reflecting on climate change and worldwide global issues.
Blanche Marvin, a producer, playwright, actress and critic, claims she was the inspiration for the character of Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire, the T…
Phoenix, Scott Organ's dark comedy about a one-night stand that stars Julia Stiles and James Wirt, begins performances July 28 at Off-Broadway's Cherry Lane Theatre.
The Great Society, the next play in Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Schenkkan's works exploring the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, opens July 27 in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's A…
Executive director Lou Moore has departed the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Quartet, a comedy by Academy Award winner Ronald Harwood, begins performances at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre July 25 prior to an official opening July 31.
Sundance Theatre Lab participants Dominique Morisseau, Annie Baker and Sheila Callaghan open up to Playbill.com about the roles women are playing in the theatre — both onstage and off.
TACT/The Actors Company Theatre, a company dedicated to presenting rarely-produced plays, has announced the lineup for its 2014-15 season.
Lena Hall recently took home a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (she keeps it on her fireplace mantle) for her turn as the gender-bending Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inc…
Labyrinth Theater Company, the downtown company dedicated to presenting daring works of theatre that expand the boundaries of mainstream productions, has announced its 2014-15 season.
"Frozen" star Kristen Bell picked up Julie Andrews' magic umbrella from "Mary Poppins" to advocate for a raise in the minimum wage in a video for Funny or Die.
Shakespeare in Love, a stage version of the hit film of the same name that playwright Lee Hall has adapted from Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard's screenplay, opened July 23 at the West End&…