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AfterWork Theater Project, a New York City-based theatre company providing working professionals with a creative outlet, presents its inaugural production, the sixties rock musical Hair, Feb…
Following a 21-week run at the New York City nightclub 54 Below, The John Miller Quartet Plus 2, featuring a host of Broadway musicians, debuts at The Cutting Room Feb. 1.
Pittsburgh Public Theater's production of the Tony Award-winning musical 1776, the biggest production in the company's history, opens Feb. 1, following previews that began Jan. 24, a…
With nearly half of Broadway shows currently on the boards populated with children under the age of 18, we sit down with a few of them to talk about what it's like growing up on stage.
Staged readings of Crush, a new musical featuring music by Passing Strange writers Stew (Tony winner for Best Book) and Heidi Rodewald with a book and lyrics by Yasmine Lever, will be offere…
Staged readings of Crush, a new musical featuring a score by Passing Strange writers Stew (Tony winner for Best Book) and Heidi Rodewald with a book and lyrics by Yasmine Lever, will be offe…
Broadway Scores For P.S. 84: A Celebration of Songs Featuring Kerry Butler & Friends, a benefit for P.S. 84 - The Lillian Weber School Of The Arts, will be held March 3 at the Robert H. …
Steel Burkhardt (Hair), Krystal Joy Brown (Big Fish, Leap of Faith), Julia Mattison (Godspell), Corbin Reid (Rent, American Idiot) and Alan Wiggins (The Lion King) have joined the lineup for…
"You May Not Kiss the Bride," the Hawaiian Film Partners movie that stars "Smash" actress Katharine McPhee and "Brothers and Sisters" actor Dave Annable, will b…
Jessica Chastain, who currently plays the title role in Broadway's The Heiress, will star in a film adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie, according to Variety.
Jeremy Jordan, fresh off his Tony-nominated turn as the rebellious paper boy Jack Kelly in Broadway's Newsies, turns up the angst and anger for the second season of NBC's "Smash…
The Shakespeare Theatre Company in DC presents Eugene O'Neill's Hughie beginning Jan. 31 at the company's Lansburgh Theatre. Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Schiff, re…
The Writers' Theatre production of Sweet Charity, featuring a book by Neil Simon, music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, officially opens Jan. 31, following previews that…
In celebration of the 10th National Wear Red Day, Macy's and the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women will host a special ceremony Jan. 31 that will light the Broadway side …
Will Gluck, producer of the films "Easy A" and "Friends With Benefits," will direct "Annie," the upcoming film remake of the 1982 movie musical that will b…
The New York Festival of Song will continue its 25th anniversary season by honoring two of the 20th century's greatest balladeers in Jacques Brel & Charles Trénet: Fire and Fa…
The York Theatre Company will present a free developmental lab of two short operas, Mardi Gras and The Last Word — both composed by Mildred Kayden and exploring her view of relationshi…
NCM Fathom Events, Overnight Musicals and The Broadway League present "One Night Stand: Creating a Play in a Day," a one-night event broadcast to movie theatres nationwide Jan. 30 …
Following a 21-week run at the New York City nightclub 54 Below, The John Miller Quartet Plus 2, featuring a host of Broadway musicians, will debut at The Cutting Room Feb. 1.
Well-Strung: The Singing String Quartet, featuring a boy band string quartet that covers classics and contemporary sounds, will return to New York City for a limited three-week engagement be…
Mama, I Want To Sing, the 1983 gospel musical created by Vy Higginsen that currently plays the Dempsey Theater, will celebrate its 30th anniversary March 23 with a special performance of Mam…
A free performance of The Civil War in Words and Music, sponsored by Cooper Union, the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation and the New York State Archives Partnership Trust, will be offe…
Tony Kushner, who wrote the critically acclaimed screenplay for "Lincoln" — the motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg and inspired by Pulitzer Prize winner Doris Kearns…
The Recording Academy will host the 2013 Special Merit Awards Ceremony Feb. 9 in L.A. Songwriters Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman, whose Broadway credits include Ballroom and Something More…
Tony Award winner Nathan Lane hosts Symphonic Sondheim, the New York Philharmonic's performance of symphonic suites by Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, Academy Award and Grammy Award-win…