Tuesday, December 10, 2013
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]Monday, December 9, 2013
NEW YORK " The daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy will be making her New York stage debut next month in the Greek tragedy "Antigone."Kick Kennedy will …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:57PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 26, 2013
NEW YORK " U2 frontman Bono feels optimistic that his musical, "Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark" will continue to thrive after the show turns the lights out on Broadway early next year."When …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 08:13AM[SHARE]NEW YORK " James Franco and Chris O'Dowd will make their Broadway debuts next year as unlikely friends in a stage adaptation of "Of Mice and Men."Producer David Binder said Tuesday that "Mi…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 06:14AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Producers are turning the lights off forever on the Spider-Man musical on Broadway early next year, the final chapter in the story of most expensive theatrical show ever that shook...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:21AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 13, 2013
LONDON " Another much-loved film is getting the screen-to-stage treatment. Producers say a theatrical adaptation of "Shakespeare in Love" is coming to London's West End next year.The script …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 01:39PM[SHARE]Friday, November 8, 2013
If Alanis Morissette gets her wish, Broadway will swallow a jagged little pill. The singer-songwriter said Friday she hopes to adapt her 1995 breakthrough album “Jagged Little PillR…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:49PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 30, 2013
NEW YORK " If you're overwhelmed by the laundry piling up and the sheer amount of stuff that needs sewing, consider what faces Alyce Gilbert every week.Dozens of her dresses need checking or…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 09:48AM[SHARE]Friday, October 18, 2013
“The Lion King” has more reason to roar " it’s on pace to end the week as the first Broadway show to earn $1 billion. According to The Broadway League,...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:19PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 15, 2013
LONDON " Britain's National Theatre on Tuesday named stage director and former actor Rufus Norris as its next chief. He is the first actor since Laurence Olivier to lead Britain's biggest an…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 09:15AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 8, 2013
PARIS " Patrice Chereau, a celebrated French actor and director in film, theater and opera who was renowned for cutting-edge productions, has died, officials said Tuesday. He was 68.Chereau…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 08:33AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 26, 2013
New York City Opera could be sounding its final note this weekend " at least for a while.
The company says it likely will fail in its goal to raise $7 million by Monday, the deadline it set …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:20PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 25, 2013
NEW YORK " Don't be fooled by how mild-mannered Ben West seems. He's the musical theater world's Sherlock Holmes and Victor Frankenstein rolled into one.As artistic director of the nonprofit…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 09:23AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 24, 2013
NEW YORK " Few people get to meet a U.S. president. Dule Hill has met four " one fake and three real ones. And now he's gotten to strut his stuff in front of a sitting one.The actor and dan…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 11:05AM[SHARE]Monday, September 16, 2013
NEW YORK " Reeve Carney, the actor who played the hero in "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" for three years on Broadway, returned to his dressing room to clean it out Monday, a day after bidd…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 06:01PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 15, 2013
WASHINGTON " Phylicia Rashad is best known for starring roles on stage and television, but as a director she decided to commemorate a historic moment that helped spur the civil rights movem…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 06:57PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 10, 2013
PITTSBURGH " Franco Harris is going from Super Bowl champ to "Champion of Champions."The Pittsburgh Opera says the Steelers' Hall of Famer will be featured in its season-opening production …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 04:51PM[SHARE]Monday, September 9, 2013
NEW YORK " Fresh off his success with "Kinky Boots," Harvey Fierstein will be offering his first play in almost 30 years " and there's plenty of kink.The Manhattan Theatre Club said Monday …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 03:40PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 4, 2013
WASHINGTON " Julie Andrews, Tony Bennett, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will honor Carol Burnett as she receives the nation's top humor prize in Washington.The Kennedy Center for the Performing …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 11:04AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 28, 2013
NEW YORK " There's Denzel Washington and Billy Crystal, plenty of Shakespeare and a nice dash of Harold Pinter. There's even a musical of the boxing classic "Rocky" and the much anticipated…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 11:20AM[SHARE]Friday, August 16, 2013
NEW YORK " One of the actors playing the comic book hero in the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" was badly injured during a performance, a fresh reminder of the dangers facin…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 11:13AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 15, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY " The University of Utah has announced its first-ever course examining the Book of Mormon as a work of literature.Instructor David Bokovoy says the class scheduled this fall w…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 04:38PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 31, 2013
The intimate show, called "Pacino One Night Only," will feature an interview with the acclaimed actor that will allow audience members to ask him questions
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 01:48PM[SHARE]NEW YORK " Denzel Washington is returning to Broadway " but he won't be singing.Standing with his wife, Pauletta Pearson, on the red carpet Monday at the premiere his new movie, "2 Guns," t…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 08:13AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 30, 2013
The hit Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is holding open casting calls for anyone who wants to don the red and blue suit
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 03:57PM[SHARE]Monday, July 29, 2013
NEW YORK " LaChanze plans to return to Broadway for the first time since winning a Tony in 2006 for "The Color Purple."Producers of "If/Then" said Monday that the singer and actress will st…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 03:03PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 17, 2013
LAS VEGAS " The Cirque du Soleil show "Ka" has reopened on the Las Vegas Strip 17 days after an acrobat fell to her death in its closing scene.The Tuesday evening show was marked by a memor…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 01:46PM[SHARE]CHICAGO " Patrick Poulin alternates between sitting and standing in the lobby of Chicago's Briar Street Theatre, nervously flipping back and forth through the pages of his application to jo…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 12:26PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 16, 2013
LONDON " Shakespeare's Globe theater is about to take the Bard's words literally " "All the world's a stage."The London theater announced Tuesday that it plans to tour a production of "Haml…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 07:28AM[SHARE]Monday, July 15, 2013
NEW YORK " The actress who will fill Condola Rashad's shoes in "The Trip to Bountiful" has been revealed: Adepero Oduye.Producers of the Tony Award-nominated revival said Monday that Oduye,…
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