In an announcement that has taken many in the classical-music world by surprise, Alan Gilbert, who has led the New York Philharmonic as music director since 2009, will step down from the pod…
Two years ago, William Shatner made his long-awaited return to Broadway in his one-man show "Shatner's World: We Just Live in It." This fall, fellow "Star Trek" veteran George Takei will bol…
William Forsythe has been named associate choreographer of the Paris Opera Ballet, the company announced Wednesday when unveiling its upcoming season. The 2015-16 roster of ballet offerings …
Laura Linney will play the role of American novelist Patricia Highsmith in the new stage drama "Switzerland" at the Geffen Playhouse, the company will announce Tuesday. The two-person cast w…
President Obama's proposed budget for fiscal 2016 calls for slight increases in federal funding for cultural institutions, including the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endo…
Norman Lear, the television veteran behind the sitcom "All in the Family" and other hits, and Barbara Cook, the Broadway stage legend, have been added to the current season of the Wallis Ann…
In a large workshop at CBS Television City on the edge of Hollywood, the palace of Versailles was slowly taking shape.
In his most recent movies, Woody Allen has worked with actors including Emma Stone, Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett. This year, the filmmaker will team up with a different kind of star when h…
Los Angeles Opera will celebrate its 30th-anniversary season in the fall with a main-stage lineup featuring Plácido Domingo and Woody Allen working on "Gianni Schicchi," the L.A. debut of…
" The first standing ovation of San Diego Opera's season opener Saturday came at the start of the evening, not at the end.
Bradley Cooper, riding high on the dual successes of "American Sniper" in cinemas and "The Elephant Man" on Broadway, will soon be heading to London, where he will open the stage production …
In one of the more intriguing collaborations of the current New York theater season, Julie Taymor will direct actress Anne Hathaway in a play about drone warfare that will open this spring a…
"The Elephant Man" on Broadway will close one day earlier than previously announced so that star Bradley Cooper can attend the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Cooper has received two…
Esa-Pekka Salonen has been named composer in residence at the New York Philharmonic, the orchestra announced Wednesday. Salonen, the former music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, wi…
A group of Los Angeles theater leaders will announce this week an aggressive plan to diversify Southern California theater companies, the productions they present and the audiences they draw.
It's a rewarding but undeniably hectic time to be Kelli O'Hara.
The Tony Award-winning Broadway production of "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" will launch a national tour in September, with Chicago as the first stop. The 44-week tour, which produ…
President Obama has chosen a noted Los Angeles theater leader to join the National Council on the Arts in Washington.Â
Not even Sting himself could save his own Broadway musical "The Last Ship" from going down.
For the second year in a row, Disney's "The Lion King" has emerged as Broadway's undisputed monarch, beating out perennial rival "Wicked" for the No. 1 box-office spot for 2014.
The end of 2014 provides an opportunity to take a look back at some of the notable figures in the arts who died in the last year.Â
Bradley Cooper scored two box-office successes over the Christmas weekend with the Broadway revival of "The Elephant Man" and the limited release of his latest movie, "American Sniper."
Famously fussy and protective of his stage musicals, Stephen Sondheim isn't the most natural fit for the movie business, where the surrender of creative control to bottom-line-minded produce…
Sony's theatrical release of "The Interview" is officially kaput, but a small New York stage company is taking up the cause by hosting a live reading of the movie's screenplay.
Having played dozens of roles on the operatic stage, Renee Fleming will venture into new territory this spring when she makes her Broadway debut in the play "Living on Love." The soprano wil…