The National Theater's stage adaptation of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" opened on Broadway to rave reviews Oct. 5, after a well-received London debut that led to a Wes…
Believe the buzz. The National Theater Production of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” is spectacular, like Cirque du Soleil with brains. Scribe Simon Stephens …
Nobody ever chose to go to the theater to watch an actor be adequate. Sadly, "adequate" sums up Lindsay Lohan's London stage debut in David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow." The bad news, however, i…
Donald Margulies gets a big, sloppy kiss from leading lady Blythe Danner, who is effortlessly lovely and irresistibly charismatic as the queenly head of a fractious theatrical family in his …
"You will die from all this grieving." Oh no she won't. Playing the title role of Sophocles' "Electra," a mesmerizing Kristin Scott Thomas is paradoxically alive with grief. Being both simul…
Ruth Wilson, the British actress (“Luther”) who is one of the stars of upcoming Showtime series “The Affair,” will appear opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in “Constella…
The title of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's fascinating, flawed play about massive social change in China, "The World of Extreme Happiness," is almost beyond ironic. Nobody in this work, premie…
Random House has acquired a new biography of musical theater legend Stephen Sondheim, to be written by Variety‘s London theater critic David Benedict. Benedict will wrap up his eight-y…
London hit “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” has begun to gain momentum at the Broadway box office, which makes for a promising sign ahead of the show’s o…
Two productions, a new revival of “Children of a Lesser God” and a Thai-inflected musical called “Waterfall,” have begun to steer themselves toward Broadway, with bot…
Broadway Worldwide, the company with ambitious plans to capture and distribute Broadway titles in surround sound and HD, has pacted with Chinese firm Sun New Light Culture Development Limite…
The Harvey Weinstein-produced musical "Finding Neverland" has found its Broadway home, nabbing the Lunt-Fontanne Theater for an April opening. The tuner, which got an unusual showcase on …
Yep, that's the real Steve Martin collaborating with roots-music queen Edie Brickell on the Old Globe premiere "Bright Star," but not the wild and crazy guy with an arrow through his head no…
“You Can’t Take It With You” declares itself in a stage direction: “This is a house where you do as you like, and no questions asked.” That license to live the …
Clear Channel Spectacolor, a division of outdoor advertising company Clear Channel Outdoor, has ponied up to produce one of the Broadway shows its signs will advertise, coming aboard the fal…
“Wolf Hall: Parts 1 & 2,” the rebranded two-part theater event that originated at the Royal Shakespeare Company as “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies,R…
“Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” may not post the highest numbers on the Broadway charts, but the play-with-music is making big money in a small theater: Th…
Disney's "The Lion King" has claimed a new crown: Top box office title in any medium. The Associated Press did the math and discovered the 17-year-old stage musical, which on Broadway has…
Donna Murphy is a Broadway favorite, but before legit fans see her onstage again they'll see her on the smallscreen — in two different shows. On ABC, Murphy has a recurring role as a m…
Brian Dennehy & Mia Farrow. Dennehy & Carol Burnett. Alan Alda & Candice Bergen. Stacy Keach & Diana Rigg. Anjelica Huston & Martin Sheen. That’s the revolving star…
At the village hall, the choirmaster brings news of a slight adjustment to the plan. "I've successfully equipped most of the choir with AK47s but I've had to plump for M16s for the altos bec…
This old town hasn’t seen a dame as bawdy as Bridget Everett since those big fat mamas who stripped for free drinks at Sammy’s Bowery Follies. But you’ll just have to take …
Two cheerfully ludicrous characters stuck in the same place play extravagantly with language and each other as they jockey for position and kill time. And although their seemingly mad activi…
Angela Lansbury will return to the role that won her a Tony in “Blithe Spirit,” leading the cast of a North American tour that launches in December. Lansbury, just feted at an Am…