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CHICAGO—There are famous names that define Broadway, like Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz and Terrence McNally.
Julie Harris, one of Broadway's most honored performers, whose roles ranged from the flamboyant Sally Bowles in I Am a Camera to the reclusive Emily Dickinson in The Belle of Amherst, died S…
Terrence Mann and Charlotte d'Amboise are hardly the only married acting couple with Broadway credits. Some others:...
The Tony-winning press agent died at Mt. Sinai Hospital from complications from a stroke suffered in July. read more
PETERBOROUGH, N.H.—Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim is being awarded one of the top honors in the arts world: the Edward MacDowell Medal for lifetime achievement.
NEW YORK—Autism-friendly performances of "Wicked," "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," and "The Lion King" are on tap for later this year and next.
NEW YORK—Fresh off its Tony Award-winning night, "Kinky Boots" is planning a national tour that will kick off in Las Vegas in September.
Memorable quotes from winners, presenters and guests at the 2013 Tony Awards:...
Top winners at the 2013 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards, announced Sunday. Best Play: "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.
NEW YORK—Broadway theaters will dim their marquee lights Wednesday night in memory of Jean Stapleton, the actress who played the sweetly naive Edith in TV's groundbreaking 1970s comedy…
SHIPROCK, N.M.—Actor Martin Sheen has lent his performing skills for a play written and produced by American Indian students in New Mexico.
NEW YORK—Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will get some high-caliber help onstage this fall—Tony Award winners Billy Crudup and Shuler Hensley.
LONDON (AP) -- The winners of London's 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards, honoring achievement in theater, opera and dance:...
LONDON—Simon Cowell is bringing "The X Factor"—or a version of it—from television screens to the London stage in early 2014.
NEW YORK—The Juilliard School in New York City has received a $10 million gift that will endow its new four-year graduate program in drama.
PARIS—Jerome Savary, a director who broadened the appeal of theater to French audiences and helped popularize musicals, has died at age 70.
HARTFORD, Conn.—The Broadway group that put on a benefit for victims of the Newtown school shooting is trying to raise more money for the town through an online auction.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Golden Globe-winning actor Kiefer Sutherland has been named Man of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
LONDON—The return of director Sam Mendes and a long-awaited musical by Tori Amos are among productions slated for the 50th anniversary season at Britain's National Theatre.
NEW YORK—Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce will reprise their onstage sibling rivalry when they take Christopher Durang's "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" to Broadway.
NEW YORK—Illness has forced Barry Manilow to postpone the opening night of the legendary crooner's latest concert show on Broadway.
STRATFORD, Conn.—Veteran stage and TV actor Ed Asner has returned to the American Shakespeare Theater in Connecticut to help lead a fundraiser to restore the celebrated stage.
Celebrities on Monday reacted to the death of "Odd Couple" star Jack Klugman, who died Monday at age 90. Here are samples of sentiments expressed on Twitter:...
NEW YORK—Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams and Condola Rashad will be joining Cicely Tyson on "The Trip to Bountiful.
NEW YORK—The booth that sells tickets for Broadway and off-Broadway shows in Times Square is suspending a pilot program until after the holidays that offered tickets to matinee and eve…
