Can we shed a tear for "Cry-Baby," a strenuous, insistently cartoonish stage adaptation of John Waters' cinematic trash fest? Well, maybe one or two.
NBC's Brian Williams talked to Mel Brooks backstage on Broadway on the eve of the opening of his new musical, "Young Frankenstein." Watch the full interview.
Singer was at a Los Angeles hospital awaiting a lung transplant
A white actor wouldn't dare put on dark makeup to play a black character. Should John Travolta squeeze into a dress and panty hose for 'Hairspray'?
Andrew Lloyd Webber, the man behind the hit musical "Phantom of the Opera," says that he has been swamped by offers for an American TV show and adds that he has a "major announcement" to mak…
Vanessa Redgrave works magic in Didion's mournful memoir.
Chopping editing, directorial missteps mar this enjoyable musical
'Dreamgirls' is a stage classic. The film's even better.
A master playwright takes on Old Russia's prerevolutionaries. Sound dry? Just you wait.
A new Broadway musical shows the dark side of our favorite nanny, and sheds light on us.
When Twyla Tharp meets Bob Dylan on Broadway, it may be good, it may be bad-who can say?-but it sure is interesting.
A monologue fashioned from the words of a woman killed in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict creates drama on-stage and off
Nick Hornby's beloved cult novel about love and rock and roll is bound for Broadway. Will 'High Fidelity' arrive with its charm and cool intact?
Broadway singer Maria Friedman learned she had breast cancer before her show opened seven months ago. NBC News anchor Brian Williams follows up with Friedman, who has recovered and is now a …
Modest performance throws off thoughtful 'Three Days of Rain'
Harry Connick Jr. is making only $1,100 a week in "The Pajama Game," says the Roundabout Theatre's artistic director, Todd Haimes. Roberts, who's sold out her 12-week run in "Three Days of R…
At Louisville's Humana theater festival, it's the creator who gets center stage.