For years Bill Clinton's troubling two-sidedness has had tongues wagging. Now, with wife Hillary poised for a presidential run, it's got musical theater performers belting. It takes two acto…
Stephen Sondheim is backtracking on comments he previously made that led devoted "Into the Woods" fans to believe the musical's upcoming film adaptation would be more family friendly than fa…
Pearl Jam let it all go at their concert in Milan on Friday. The Seattle rockers were performing their song "Daughter" when they segued into a new Disney classic " "Let It Go" from the hit f…
Broadway's singing and pirouetting paperboys are calling it a day. Disney Theatrical announced that "Newsies" will end its run at the Nederlander Theatre on Aug. 24.
All the world's a stage " and some playing spaces are located in leafy idylls.
To see a cluster of the summer's brightest stars you don't need a telescope. Just train your gaze on New York stages.
The Tupac Shakur musical "Holler If Ya Hear Me" is vibrant, raw and rousing, but it shoots itself in the foot with predictability and unintelligibility.
What words can match some of the world's greatest melodies? Gerry Goffin knew the ones " perfect twins to tunes, by Carole King, that pierced the heart and soared the spirit.
Lyricist Gerry Goffin, who with his then-wife and songwriting partner Carole King wrote such 1960s hits as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "Natural Woman," has died at his home in Los Angele…
If you're already a Frankie Valli fan " or, even better, a fan of the Broadway musical "Jersey Boys" " it's a safe bet you'll love director Clint Eastwood's new biopic. If not, well, a $12 t…
"Holler If Ya Hear Me" " the new play based on lyrics by Tupac Shakur " represents the first time hip hop classics are being performed on the Broadway stage.
Can 18-year-old fashion blogger-turned-actress Tavi Gevinson be a hit on Broadway? Well, 248,000 Twitter followers can't be wrong.
The Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winner makes her nightclub debut this week with a four-night stand in front of a three-piece band at 54 Below, a club in the cellar of what was a notorious, …
Like the vampires it portrays, "True Blood" won't seem to die. Even if it means breaking out in song.
An ambitious but murky drama about women and violence, "When We Were Young and Unafraid" unfolds in 1972 on an island where the waters are tricky to navigate and drenched in legend.
Amid escalating fears of anti-semitism, the Metropolitan Opera has cancelled plans to transmit a performance of its upcoming "The Death of Klinghoffer" to movie screens this fall.
Preseasoning boosts the flavors of many dishes " and plays.
The daughter of a Pakistani immigrant writes what she knows " and what she knows will hurt her father.
Lena Hall is still giddy with glee after snagging a Best Supporting Actress Tony for her electrifying performance in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." The actress charmed audiences with a tearful…
Playing gangster Lucky Luciano on HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" means being on set for lots of bloody scenes. But Queens native Vincent Piazza never thought his part in the movie adaptation of "J…
Good actors make an audience hang on every word. That's the aim at starry readings this month.
Jake Gyllenhaal will make his Broadway debut with his head in the stars in the dramedy "Constellations" in December.
Harlem's Apollo Theater celebrated its 80th anniversary Tuesday night with an annual fund-raising gala, which raked in $2.3 million, the most in the nine-year history of the star-studded eve…
Talented actors lend needed lift to the droopy musical fable "Fly by Night."
A shiny two-wheeler has a cameo in "The Village Bike." But what British playwright Penelope Skinner is really chasing here is the double meaning of the title.