Claire van Kampen, a theater composer, director, playwright and the wife of actor Mark Rylance, has died. She was 71. According to an announcement from her family, van Kampen died on Saturda…
Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver, died on Thursday. She was 95. Plowright was a prominent actress of stage and scree…
The nominations for the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards are in, and as always, they have their fair share of snubs and surprises. At the top of the list of snubs this year are "Wicked," which missed …
Bruce Springsteen is providing more insight to his upcoming biopic starring Jeremy Allen White, saying that "The Bear" star "sings very well" in the film. Titled "Deliver Me From Nowhere," t…
Ncuti Gatwa is back on stage in a new production of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" at London's National Theatre, and first-look images have been released ahead of the play's…
British stage and screen actress Maggie Smith, who numbers two Oscars, three Emmys and countless stage awards to her credit, has died. She was 89 years old. "It is with great sadness we have…
Willem Dafoe has been appointed the artistic director of the Venice Biennale theater department for 2025 and 2026. The Biennale's theater department was founded in 1934, following the establ…
Tom Holland is crying. No, it's not because of the not-so-great reviews he's been getting for playing the lead in "Romeo & Juliet" on the West End " that's literally how his Romeo greets…
The nominations have been revealed for this year's Olivier Awards, which celebrate the best in British theater. Among the acting nominees are Sarah Jessica Parker for "Plaza Suite," Sarah Sn…
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for "Stranger Things: The First Shadow," now playing on London's West End. "Stranger Things: The First Shadow," a prequel play to Netflix's hit sci…
Britain's most beloved bear, Paddington, is set to take the stage in an upcoming musical adaptation. "Paddington: The Musical" (working title) is now in development from Sonia Friedman Produ…
Fredrik Backman, the internationally bestselling author of "A Man Called Ove," "Anxious People" and more, has signed with UTA in all areas. UTA will represent Backman in his expanding publis…
"Stranger Things" is coming to London's West End. Netflix announced on Tuesday that "Stranger Things: The First Shadow," a stage play spinoff of the wildly popular series, will world premier…
Paramount's upcoming "Mean Girls" movie musical has set its main cast " and it's so fetch. Reneé Rapp, Angourie Rice, Jaquel Spivey and Auli'i Cravalho will star in the film, based on the T…
Hey Mr. Ziegfeld, here she is! On Friday, Broadway's "Funny Girl" officially revealed the first footage of Lea Michele as lead Fanny Brice. Shot in black-and-white, the teaser shows Michele …
Beanie Feldstein will be missing a few more shows before her run as Fanny Brice in Broadway's "Funny Girl" comes to an early end on July 31. On Friday, Feldstein took to Instagram to reveal …
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are soon to be defying gravity. Grande and Erivo will portray Glinda and Elphaba, respectively, in Universal's big-screen adaptation of the Tony-winning music…
Vivendi has reached a deal with Bill Ackman's Pershing Square to sell a 10% stake in Universal Music Group, a transaction that values the world's largest music company at $40 billion. In Viv…
Rita Moreno has posted a new statement saying that she is "incredibly disappointed" following her comments about the lack of Afro-Latino representation in "In the Heights." During an appeara…
Rita Moreno is defending Lin-Manuel Miranda and "In the Heights" following criticism over the film's lack of Afro-Latino representation. On tonight's episode of "The Late Show With Stephen C…
"In the Heights" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is addressing criticism over the film's lack of Afro-Latino representation. In a statement posted to Twitter, Miranda apologized for not including…
Warner Bros. movie musical "In the Heights" is poised to top the domestic box office this weekend, though its 3-day estimate now sits lower than previous predictions. Earlier in the week, "I…
Oscar-nominated actor Cynthia Erivo, who already has a Tony and Grammy under her belt, is making her original music debut with anthemic single "The Good" from her upcoming album. "Ch. 1 Vs. …
It's proving to be a record-breaking weekend for BTS. The group's new single, "Butter," has officially racked up the most opening day streams in Spotify history with 20.9 million unfiltered …
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