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Manhattan Theater Club, the New York nonprofit theater company, will round out its Broadway season with “Airline Highway,” the new play by Lisa D’Amour (“Detroit̶…
Star-heavy Broadway comedy "It's Only a Play" went from zero to 60 last week, launching out of the gate with a strong tally in a week that saw overall Main Stem sales hold steady ahead of th…
Star-heavy Broadway comedy “It’s Only a Play” went from zero to 60 last week, launching out of the gate with a strong tally in a week that saw overall Main Stem sales ho…
“Fish in the Dark,” the new play written by and starring Larry David, has lined up its Broadway dates, theater and initial casting, tapping actors including Rosie Perez, Jayne…
Any Broadway producer will tell you there’s no magic formula for Broadway success. But that doesn’t stop some people from trying to find one. Particularly statisticians. Suspecti…
Director Darren Aronofsky (“Noah,” “Black Swan”) will take home the 2014 Honorary Maverick Award, the annual kudo handed out every year by the Woodstock Film Festival…
"Mad Men" actor Vincent Kartheiser will play legendary Hollywood writer-director Billy Wilder in "Billy and Ray," the Off Broadway play directed by Garry Marshall.
“Mad Men” actor Vincent Kartheiser will play legendary Hollywood writer-director Billy Wilder in “Billy and Ray,” the Off Broadway play directed by Garry Marshall. Ka…
With Scotland voting next month on whether to claim independence from the rest of the United Kingdom, polls suggest that the unionist No voters hold the majority. But to judge from this year…
The 2014 New York Film Festival will present a special screening of “This Is Spinal Tap” in celebration of the film’s 30th anniversary, with writer-star Christopher Guest o…
Be so kind as to hand me the straight razor. “And I And Silence,” a new, politically potent historical drama from Naomi Wallace, deals with the casually racist and purposely crue…
Two shows closed, one began previews and one got a new star as Broadway shifted some pieces around last week in advance of the fall season. Andrew Rannells (“Girls,” “The B…
T.R. Knight will star in the world premiere of “Pocatello,” the new play by Samuel D. Hunter getting its world premiere at Off Broadway’s Playwrights Horizons. “Grey&…
Broadway's "Motown" is taking a breather.Producers of the musical have made the unusual decision to close the tuner in New York -- but only temporarily, planning to bring the show back to th…
Broadway’s “Motown” is taking a breather. Producers of the musical have made the unusual decision to close the tuner in New York — but only temporarily, planning to b…
There's no direct flight from New York to Ashland, Ore. But more and more people in the entertainment industry have decided to make the trek all the way there — thanks to "All the Way.…
Emma Stone has finalized plans to make her Broadway debut in "Cabaret," stepping into the show when Michelle Williams exits in November.The deal -- reached following earlier reports of negot…
Emma Stone has finalized plans to make her Broadway debut in “Cabaret,” stepping into the show when Michelle Williams exits in November. The deal — reached following …
As the slow summer attrition of the Broadway slate continues, the musical adaptation of “Rocky” hit the mat with a final box office bump — but only a relatively modest one,…
The Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan musical “On Your Feet!” has locked in its Broadway timeline, with a Chicago tryout in the summer of 2015 planned ahead of a November opening…
We’ve all been there — at another couple’s house in the country when too many bottles of wine are consumed over dinner and a sexually charged quarrel breaks out to ruin the…
The new play that J.M. Barrie is struggling to write — which would eventually become "Peter Pan" — in the Broadway-bound tuner "Finding Neverland" doesn't come alive until he fin…
Not to contradict that “Avenue Q” tune, but the Internet isn’t just for porn anymore. Now it’s for Broadway investing too. Maxolev Prods., the Broadway production shi…
“Finding Neverland,” the movie-to-musical adaptation produced by Harvey Weinstein, has penciled in a Broadway schedule, with the production aiming to begin performances in New…
Richard Chamberlain has signed on to the New Group's upcoming revival of David Rabe's "Sticks and Stones," the Vietnam-era tale already set to star Holly Hunter and Bill Pullman.He'll play t…
