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"The Two Foscari," starring Plácido Domingo, and a joint recital performance by Renée Fleming and Susan Graham are the highlights of L.A. Opera's 2012-13 season.
Hugh Jackman has announced on Twitter this week that he is singing a new song written for the film version of the musical "Les Miserables." Jackman, who plays the lead role of Jean Valjean,…
The run will be a limited, 16-week engagement. The new opening date represents a delay of one week from the previously expected opening April 12.The run will be a limited, 16-week engagement…
"Clybourne Park," the Pulitzer Prize-winning play whose Broadway transfer was nearly derailed last week, has set an opening date for April 19 at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York. Previews…
The court ruling on Tuesday doesn't mean the fight over Prop. 8 is over.The court ruling on Tuesday doesn't mean the fight over Prop. 8 is over.
The Intiman Theatre in Seattle will continue to operate, albeit on a drastically scaled-back level.The Intiman Theatre in Seattle will continue to operate, albeit on a drastically scaled-bac…
Streep's voice has been much analyzed by critics for its versatile qualities, especially her facility with accents and her vocally uncanny impersonations.Streep's voice has been much analyze…
The planned L.A. reading of the play "8," featuring George Clooney, Matthew Morrison and others, will take place as scheduled on March 3, following Tuesday's ruling by a U.S. appeals court d…
Meryl Streep's voice has been much analyzed by critics for its versatile qualities, especially her facility with accents and her vocally uncanny impersonations of Margaret Thatcher and Julia…
The Intiman Theatre in Seattle will continue to operate, albeit on a drastically scaled-back level, thanks to having successfully raised pledges amounting to $1 million that were needed to s…
"The Book of Mormon" took in approximately $1.5 million for the week ending Sunday. "Wicked" brought in a little more than $1.3 million while "Spider-Man" grossed a little less than $1.3 mil…
There was NBC, gamely belting its heart out in an effort to promote its star power and along the way, its new Broadway musical series "Smash." There was NBC, gamely belting its heart out in …
The Super Bowl and Broadway-style musical numbers aren't the most natural fit in the world. You could probably count the demographic overlap on just one hand. But on Sunday evening, there wa…
Ben Gazzara, who died Friday in New York at the age of 81, was an actor with a gruff voice and intense demeanor. His acting legacy, which included the films of John Cassavetes and originatin…
John Malkovich put his idiosyncratic stamp on the role Vicomte de Valmont in the 1988 movie "Dangerous Liaisons," playing the nefarious aristocrat with a combination of alluring wit and rept…
John Malkovich has directed an unconventional stage production of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," currently running in Paris. The actor starred in the 1988 movie adaptation of the play.
The Los Angeles Drama Critics have announced their nominations for the 2011 season, with productions of "A Raisin in the Sun," "Margo Veil," "Blackbird" and "Small Engine Repair" scoring mul…
"American Idol" alumnus Constantine Maroulis will star in a Broadway revival of the musical "Jekyll & Hyde." Constantine Maroulis and "Jekyll & Hyde" will first tour the country starting in …
"Occupy Heart" is a collection of short plays that will run at the Little Casa Theater in downtown L.A. from Feb. 10-26.
Gustavo Dudamel will conduct the Simon Bolivar Symphony at Carnegie Hall next season. The Public Theater in New York said its two Central Park productions this year will be Shakespeare's "As…
The celebrated Japanese designer whose fantastical and dreamlike creations spanned the fields of graphic arts, costume design and more, has died at 73 from pancreatic cancer in Tokyo.The cel…
Eiko Ishioka, the celebrated Japanese designer, has died at age 73. Her work included Broadway's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," Cirque du Soleil's "Varekai" and the movie "Bram Stoker's Dr…
The new Broadway revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire," starring Blair Underwood, will open this season, filling the slot left by the musical "Rebecca," which has been postponed. The Smithso…
Andrew Lloyd Webber doesn't mince words when talking about the poorly received London production of "Love Never Dies." Andrew Lloyd Webber doesn't mince words when talking about the poorly r…
Andrew Lloyd Webber said he is in New York this week to screen the Australian version of "Love Never Dies" for the Broadway community and select members of the press, in an effort to revive …
