Monday, April 14, 2014
NEW YORK " Annie Baker's "The Flick" has won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for drama, a play set in a rundown movie theater that was hailed by the judges as a "thoughtful drama with well-crafted …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 05:59PM[SHARE]The 2014 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists, and the judges' comments:___JOURNALISM
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 03:33PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 12, 2014
NEW YORK " Tickets to watch Denzel Washington on Broadway in "A Raisin in the Sun" are hard to come by, but one man managed it " President Barack Obama.The president and first lady caught t…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:38AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 1, 2014
NEW YORK " Rosie O'Donnell is getting a Tony Award.The award's administration committee said Tuesday that the former talk-show host will receive the 2014 Isabelle Stevenson Award, an honora…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 03:24PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 30, 2014
NEW YORK " The Denzel Washington you meet backstage at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre is not exactly living a glamorous Hollywood life. He's more like a college kid during finals.He wears a bla…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 02:45PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 26, 2014
London's Barbican Centre says the Sherlock star will play Shakespeare's melancholy Danish prince in Hamlet at the venue.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:26AM[SHARE]Friday, March 21, 2014
The sheer gravitational pull of Broadway’s “The Book of Mormon” has attracted a new huge fan " StubHub. The ticket-selling website said Friday it will provide direct access…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:22PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 19, 2014
LONDON " Angela Lansbury has British critics spellbound with her performance as a dotty mystic in "Blithe Spirit" on the London stage.The 88-year-old actress is appearing in the West End fo…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:43AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 11, 2014
LONDON " We Will Rock You" won't be rocking in London much longer.The long-running musical set to the songs of rock band Queen will close May 31, after 12 years and 4,600 performances in Lon…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:22AM[SHARE]Monday, March 10, 2014
LONDON " Screen stars Jude Law, Tom Hiddleston and Judi Dench saw their stage work rewarded Monday with nominations for Britain's Laurence Olivier theater awards.Law is a best-actor contend…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 09:45AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Randi Zuckerberg, a sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is turning to an old medium " the stage
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 02:40PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 26, 2014
NEW YORK " A close friend of Philip Seymour Hoffman has settled a libel lawsuit against The National Enquirer by creating a playwriting foundation to be initially funded by the tabloid.In a …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:02AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 25, 2014
LONDON " It's curtains for Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical in London's West End.Producers say "Stephen Ward," a tale of sex and scandal based on a real Cold War episode, will close Marc…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 03:04PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 12, 2014
NEW YORK " Singer-songwriter Sting's new musical "The Last Ship" has found a nice berth on Broadway.Producer Jeffrey Seller said Wednesday that the show " inspired by Sting's memories of gr…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 01:48PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 11, 2014
NEW YORK " Neil Patrick Harris has given way to Hugh Jackman at the Tony Awards.Producers of the annual telecast celebrating the best of Broadway said Tuesday that Jackman will once again t…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 02:48PM[SHARE]NEW YORK " Maggie Gyllenhaal will make her Broadway debut this fall opposite Ewan McGregor in "The Real Thing."Roundabout Theatre Company said Tuesday that Gyllenhaal and McGregor will play…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:30PM[SHARE]Monday, February 3, 2014
Super Bowl week turned into mostly a super bust for Broadway. Box-office grosses declined $2.4 million and ticket buyers fell by more than 15,000 for the week ending Sunday, according...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:22PM[SHARE]NEW YORK " Broadway theaters will dim their marquee lights Wednesday night in memory of Philip Seymour Hoffman, the movie and theater star who earned three Tony Award nominations.The Broadw…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 01:32PM[SHARE]NEW YORK " Fran Drescher recently turned a corner in her life. She's gotten a new pet, a new man and a new job " on Broadway.The Emmy Award-nominated former star of "The Nanny" is making her…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 11:44AM[SHARE]Monday, January 27, 2014
The new musical for children features the legendary Caribbean reggae artist's songs and tells the story of Ziggy, a shy Jamaican child who finally learns to face his fears and enjoy life.A s…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:35PM[SHARE]MADRID " It was a short story, then a Hollywood movie, and now the tragic tale of two cowboys in love is being reinvented as “Brokeback Mountain” " the opera....
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:02PM[SHARE]MADRID " It was a short story, then a Hollywood movie. Now the tragic tale of two cowboys in love is being reinvented again as "Brokeback Mountain" " the opera.Ahead of its world premiere T…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 09:29AM[SHARE]NEW YORK " The Holocaust play "The Soap Myth" was last seen in New York two years ago in a small off-Broadway theater. But its director decided it had to have another life and filmed it.Now …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 02:16AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 21, 2014
NEW YORK " The musical of legendary blues and soul singer Janis Joplin is leaving Broadway but promises to hang around the city.Producers said Wednesday that "A Night With Janis Joplin" with…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 07:36PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 29, 2013
NEW YORK " "Call Me Maybe" singer Carly Rae Jepsen has had her calls returned by Broadway.Producers of "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella" said Sunday that the Canadian singer-songwriter w…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 07:12PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 24, 2013
NEW YORK " It's not yet Christmas, but Debbie Allen has already gotten a nice present " the Goldstar National Nutcracker Award.The ticket discounter has declared the director and choreograph…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 11:25AM[SHARE]Friday, December 20, 2013
LONDON " Harry Potter has traveled from page to screen " and now to stage. J.K. Rowling said Friday she is working on a play about the boy wizard’s life...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:34AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 18, 2013
NEW YORK " Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy will star in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh" in Brooklyn in 2015.The Brooklyn Academy of Music said Tuesday the pair of stars, who…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 08:38AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 10, 2013
NEW YORK " Before there was "Mean Girls," there was "Heathers." Now that dark comedy is ready to bully its way into New York as a musical.The 1988 film starring Winona Ryder, Shannen Dohert…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 06:55PM[SHARE]NEW YORK " A few years ago, Kyle Riabko found himself in the most intimidating of places on Earth for a young singer-songwriter.First, he was in the home of Burt Bacharach, a songwriter who …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 08:49AM[SHARE]Loading more stories…
