Spike Lee brings Broadway's 'Passing Strange' to the big screen By Mark Ellwood

Expect a slacker Spider-Man and a new female villain in U2's Broadway version, says Bono BY Gina Salamone

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Alan Cumming is still on board to play the Green Goblin, and sources say that Spidey himself has finally been cast: relative newcomer Reeve Carney has reportedly accepted the plum role.

NYC goes Greek: August is Euripedes month as three theaters stage classic dramas by Joe Dziemianowicz

Success of free Shakespeare in the Park comes with a price for audiences - but it's worth the wait By Olivia Smith

'Leaves of Grass': Walt Whitman's poetry performed sans 'irony or clothing' by Joe Dziemianowicz

New York International Fringe Festival kicks off, and audiences are ready - ticket sales up BY Joe Dziemianowicz

'Tales From the Tunnel': Good tales from bad subway rides by Joe Dziemianowicz

Tale of fake memoir is artful and entertaining, if glib by Joe Dziemianowicz (***)

Gatecrasher: 'Entourage' star Jeremy Piven not laughing at 'SNL' alum Chris Kattan's jokes during dust-up at MTV

NYC's summer variety show, by Joe Dziemianowicz

Jennifer and Angelina, on a desert island—sort of. Adrian Grenier plays a producer—for real. Romeo and Toilet—nope, not a typo. That's but a tiny taste of what's on tap at the New York International Fringe Festival, the theatrical buffet now in its 13th year. From Aug. 14-30, 201 wildly diverse productions will unfold at various venues.

'Slipping's' gay angst & 'Pied Piper's' boho lovefest a bit hard to bare by Joe Dziemianowicz

Broadway shoe guru Catherine Mayne helps dancers, body and sole By Joe Dziemianowicz

Talent to <cite>Burn</cite>, by Joe Dziemianowicz

With its zero percent body fat and four-alarm sizzle, "Burn the Floor" is the stage equivalent of a fast, frisky beach read. With legs. Twenty pulsating pairs.

Rush & Molloy

Broadway's hit musical "Rock of Ages" could be in jeopardy now that former "American Idol" finalist Constantine Maroulis is feeling underappreciated.

Sundance makes overblown claims for 'Hair' in solid documentary 'Let the Sunshine In' By David Hinckley (***)

Manhattan School of Music camp lets younger musicians tune up their skills for free by Clem Richardson

If getting to play the lead in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" wasn't reason enough for Assata Alston to love attending Manhattan School of Music's Summer Music Camp, last week she found another.

'Dancing With the Stars' duo Karina Smirnoff, Maksim Chmerkovskiy get ready for Broadway debut (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Daily News reporter learns the steps from 'Dancing with the Stars' Maksim Chmerkovskiy BY Leah Chernikoff

Howard Kissel: The Cultural Tourist

One of the many virtues of "Trilogia della Villeggiatura," which is being performed through the weekend at the Rose Theater as part of Lincoln Center Festival, is that it demonstrates that G…

Photos: Hollywood celebs steal the stage on Broadway

Gatecrasher: T.R. Knight reveals why he left 'Grey's Anatomy'

'The Notebook,' the musical: Romantic tearjerker being adapted for the stage By Nicole Lyn Pesce

'Burn Notice' actor Jeffrey Donovan arrested for DUI in Miami Beach BY Cristina Everett

Gatecrasher: Hope Davis moves from 'God of Carnage' to Hillary Clinton