When Los Angeles Opera mounted a cinematically inspired production of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" last season, audiences marveled at director Barrie Kosky's innovative combination of animatio…
Keira Knightley has played numerous period heroines on screen, from her Oscar-nominated role in "Pride and Prejudice" to this year's "The Imitation Game." Next year, the British actress will…
A satirical performance piece about Shia LaBeouf has found an unlikely fan: Shia LaBeouf.
France's national debate about overt displays of religion in public -- specifically full veils worn by some Muslim women -- has resurfaced after an incident at the Paris Opera.
The Metropolitan Opera's opening of "The Death of Klinghoffer" on Monday in New York has resurrected the long-running controversy surrounding the 1991 John Adams opera. With its depiction of…
Few British theater partnerships have been as fruitful as the relationship between playwright David Hare and actor Bill Nighy. Like De Niro and Scorsese, Clooney and Soderbergh, they not …
"On the Town" -- the classic musical from Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins -- is back on Broadway in a new revival at the Lyric Theatre, formerly known as the Foxwoods Theatre when it wa…
No one can pen profanity quite like playwright David Mamet. His mastery of the verbally obscene apparently also extends to press releases.
Patti LuPone will be playing a supporting role in Los Angeles Opera's upcoming production of "The Ghosts of Versailles," which begins February. That same month, the Broadway diva will have t…
In the performing arts, the show must go on, even after the leading actor has exited the stage.
Marking their second Broadway collaboration since starring together more than a decade ago in "The Producers," Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick opened on Thursday in a revival of Terrence M…
The title character of Georges Bizet's "Carmen" is a lusty gypsy girl who works in a cigarette factory in 19th century Spain. Her occupation is proving to be troublesome in 21st century Aust…
Marian Seldes, the venerated stage actress who died Monday at 86, was a singular theatrical presence whose most notable performances were in plays by Edward Albee.Â
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," the stage play based on the popular 2003 novel by Mark Haddon, opened on Broadway on Sunday in an imported production from London's Natio…
Anna D. Shapiro, the Tony Award-winning director of "August: Osage County," has been named the new artistic director of the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, the company announced Thursday.
The musical "Doctor Zhivago," based on the novel by Boris Pasternak, tells a quintessentially Russian tale of romance and loss set against the upheaval of the early 20th century.
Musicals and murderers may not seem like a natural fit, but a number of them have managed to find their audiences. "Sweeney Todd" and "Assassins," both by Stephen Sondheim, are considered cl…
Following months of speculation, Harvey Weinstein is set to officially open his long-gestating musical "Finding Neverland" on Broadway in April.
In 1979, the Mark Taper Forum made a last-minute change to its schedule, adding the new drama "Children of a Lesser God" by Mark Medoff when another title became unavailable due to a rights …
"Waterfall," a new musical from writer Richard Maltby Jr. and Oscar-winning composer David Shire, will have its U.S. premiere at the Pasadena Playhouse in June before transferring to Seat…
The box-office success of "Aladdin" on Broadway has had Broadway watchers wondering where the Disney musical will pop up next on the international map.Â
The recent stage adaptations of Hilary Mantel's novels "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies" will be coming to Broadway next year, where they will run in repertory for a combined 5 1/2 hours…
Early preview performances of a play aren't typically covered by reporters and critics, who are usually polite enough, or at least bound by journalistic ethics, to wait until a production is…
A group of theater artists in Los Angeles is calling for major changes in the city's stage industry, saying that companies are relying on outdated modes of doing business and that union rule…
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has canceled its opening night celebration as well as performances through Nov. 8 as a labor dispute with its musicians drags on with no end in sight. The comp…