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Broadway played a starring role in the 2015 Academy Awards nominations — just as two nominees are playing starring roles on Broadway. Both Bradley Cooper, nominated for best actor for …
Ruth Wilson is having a helluva week. First she wins a Golden Globe, and then two days later, on Jan. 13, she opens her first Broadway show, “Constellations,” with costar Jake Gy…
Broadway vets Christian Borle and Brian d’Arcy James will lead the cast of upcoming musical “Something Rotten!,” starring in the show after the two appeared in NBC’s …
Broadway musical "The Last Ship" will close later this month despite a last-ditch effort to drum up sales with an acting stint for Sting, the show's composer.
When Disney and director Rob Marshall needed a screenwriter for the movie-musical "Into the Woods," they went straight to the source: James Lapine, the book writer of the Stephen Sondheim st…
Didn’t get a chance to catch Audra McDonald’s Tony-winning (and history-making) performance as Billie Holiday in Broadway’s “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Gri…
“One Day,” a retooled version of cult 1999 teen musical “Inappropriate,” will play New York in a new multimedia production from Big Block Entertainment — which …
Broadway favorite Laura Benanti (“Nashville,” “The Good Wife”) has signed on to star in “New York Spring Spectacular,” the new show at Radio City Music Ha…
There's a lot of history in the current Broadway production of "The Elephant Man," which opened on Dec. 7 with Bradley Cooper in the title role.First, there's the history of the play, which …
There’s a lot of history in the current Broadway production of “The Elephant Man,” which opened on Dec. 7 with Bradley Cooper in the title role. First, there’s the hi…
Rita Wilson has signed on to the cast of "Fish in the Dark," the new Broadway play written by and starring Larry David.
Liza spoiled it for everyone with her thrilling perf as Sally Bowles, the flamboyant party girl in “Cabaret.”  Although her pitiful musical talents are the least of the ser…
With the extended run of hit Broadway comedy “It’s Only a Play” necessitating the exit of some of its stars, producers have tapped theater-world favorite Katie Finneran and…
Annawadi, the vast slum concealed behind Mumbai Intl. Airport, was author Katherine Boo's home for three years. It’s doubtful that she'd recognize the place in its onstage incarnati…
At its 2014 Winter Gala, long-running show incubator New York Stage and Film celebrated one of Broadway’s most high-profile press agents, Rick Miramontez, with Spidey and tales told ou…
Broadway loves Hugh Jackman — and not just the box office. The whole theater industry swoons for the guy, who is, by all accounts, a dreamboat to work with. “I was waiting to see…
Matthew Morrison, the Broadway alum who's currently wrapping up his final season on "Glee," will take over the lead role in "Finding Neverland," the Harvey Weinstein-produced musical that op…
The New Group kicks off its 20th anniversary season with a winner: a powerful revival of David Rabe’s harrowing 1971 black comedy, “Sticks and Bones.” Masterfully helmed…
The limited run of mega-selling Broadway production “It’s Only a Play” just got a little less limited: The comedy will move to the Jacobs Theater — right next door…
The upcoming Broadway revival of musical “Fiddler on the Roof” has landed its Tevye, with five-time Tony nominee Danny Burstein set to play the lead in one of musical theat…
“Made in Dagenham” goes from zero to sixty in no time at all, motored mostly by laughs and tubthumping tunes. Sadly, the musical runs out of gas halfway through, thanks to a top-…
Tony winner Faith Prince will star in the musical version of “First Wives Club” in Chicago this spring alongside Christine Sherrill and Carmen Cusack, with the trio playing parts…
With the Broadway revival of “Pippin” joining the handful of shows throwing in the towel on or around Jan. 4Â — including musicals “Cinderella,” “Once&#…
When "The Trip to Bountiful" wrapped up its 48-performance run at the Ahmanson Theater Nov. 2, it cemented its place as one of the top-selling non-musical productions ever at the L.A. theate…
Hugh Jackman made it rain at the Broadway box office last week, as the initial performances of his topliner "The River" yielded the kind of numbers that'd be encouraging for a sizeable music…
