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NEW YORK—Producers of a musical based on the life of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy are seeking an exceptionally talented young actor—one who can play a preteen Gordy, a youn…
The folk involved with the Tony Award-winning musical "Jersey Boys" — about the coming together and unraveling of the rock 'n' roll super act the Four Seasons — call it "Frankie…
It may be strange to learn that one of the finest moments in Central City Opera's vibrant production of "Oklahoma!
Roe Green, a University of Colorado graduate, has committed $2 million to the theater department to set up the campus's first-ever endowed chair in an arts discipline, the school's fundraisi…
NEW YORK—The hit musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" is losing its original goblin. Patrick Page, who has been with the show in the dual role of Norman Osborn and the Green Gob…
NEW YORK—Two-time Tony Award winner Martin Pakledinaz, who designed hundreds of costumes for stars such as Sutton Foster and Patti LuPone, has died, his agent said Monday.
NEW YORK—To play Macbeth is no mere task. Nor is portraying Lady Macbeth or Macduff or even Duncan.
It's the high season for amusement-park pleasures — even, it seems, on stage. Two rides worth the price of their tickets are cheerily whipping around with expert timing.
Rocky Mountain Rep's "The Drowsy Chaperone" Through Aug. 24: This hit Broadway musical, at once original and nostalgic, begins with a die-hard musical fan in his lonely New York apartment.
"Tasty" has been used to describe barbecue, soft-serve ice cream, even metaphorically, as in a "tasty" surprise -- but rarely Shakespearean actors.
Yet, that's how the 18 members of Longmont…
NEW YORK—It's five o'clock in the morning in Rio de Janeiro on the day before Carnival, but little Pipito is not having a good time.
After returning from the battlefields of Iraq, Christian Ellis found the only way to soothe the war wounds in his soul was by losing himself singing opera's powerful, haunting songs.
NEW YORK—Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce are teaming up to play siblings this fall as both make a return to the stage in a Chekhov-inspired play.
Tina Packer and Nigel Gore sit in a booth in a Boulder restaurant discussing "Women of Will." Packer's five-play cycle about William Shakespeare's female characters begins a run at the Colo…
Sirens blared at a surprisingly opportune moment. Dragonflies zipped above the audience as dusk gave way to dark.
NEW YORK—A lead producer of Nora Ephron's new play, "Lucky Guy," says he is "committed" to getting her biography of a newspaper columnist on a Broadway stage despite the death this wee…
LONDON—The Spice Girls are due to be reunited in London to announce details of a stage musical based on their songs.
LOS ANGELES—Every dog has its day—and Monday belonged to Uggie. The canine star of the Oscar-winning film "The Artist" became the first dog to put its paw prints in cement ou…
NEW YORK—Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus is making his Broadway debut in "Chicago." The singer of "Achy Breaky Heart" and father of Miley Cyrus is detouring from his Nashville roots…
NEW YORK—Sixty high school students with a song in their hearts will be competing Monday night for top honors and scholarships at the National High School Musical Theater Awards.
There's something a bit off about Sarah Goldman's apartment in "Beau Jest," currently onstage at the John Hand Theater in Lowry through June 30. Her place doesn't resemble the digs of a youn…
The prognosis was grim — and not in a way that would have macabre duo Gomez and Morticia Addams smirking with delight.
NEW YORK—Al Pacino is getting some help in "Glengarry Glen Ross" on Broadway this fall—from Bobby Cannevale.
NEW YORK—Laurie Metcalf will be heading back to Broadway in the thriller "The Other Place." Manhattan Theatre Club announced Thursday that it will produce Sharr White's play, which…
