Musical of 'Rocky' heading to Broadway
It's been a knockout in Germany. Now Sylvester Stallone hopes a musical based on his beloved boxing film "Rocky" will also be a hit on Broadway.
Helen Mirren reigns at London's Olivier awards
Helen Mirren was crowned queen of the London stage at the Olivier Awards Sunday, while compelling, canine-titled teen drama "The Curious Incident of ...
Winners of London theater's Olivier Awards
The winners of London's 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards, honoring achievement in theater, opera and dance: New Play: "The Curious Incident of the Dog in ...
Sweden's Nina Stemme ignites Houston's 'Tristan'
Thunderbolts and torrential rains greeted the audience arriving for Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" at the Wortham Theater Center on Saturday night.
4 girls who play 'Matilda' snubbed by Tonys
The members of the Tony Award nominations committee better look out: They've snubbed four girls who play a tough little telekinetic heroine on ...
Review: There's something (weird) about Mary
If every mother secretly believes her son is a saint, you'd have to imagine the Virgin Mary would be positively insufferable. But she isn't in Colm ...
'Mamma Mia!' musical moving to new B'way theater
The Broadway musical "Mamma Mia!" will be dancing to a slightly smaller theater in Times Square later this year. Producers said Thursday night the ...
Art crashes into authority in play about Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei appears to be standing in front of a London theater, which would be some trick, even for the provocative and unpredictable Chinese artist.
New Glass opera "The Lost" premieres in Austria
Forget minimalist. It's a term Philip Glass never liked as a term for his musical style, and the rich complexity of "The Lost," his newest opera, ...
Maduro takes narrowing lead into Sunday vote
Red-shirted backers of Hugo Chavez's chosen heir transformed downtown Caracas into a raucous festival on the final day of campaigning for the weekend ...
UK National Theatre chief to step down in 2015
The widely praised chief of Britain's National Theatre says he will leave his post in two years. Nicholas Hytner plans to step down from one of the ...
Thatcher had profound effect on popular culture
Margaret Thatcher was not just a political titan, she was a cultural icon — skewered by comedians, transformed into a puppet and played to ...
Irish character actor Milo O'Shea, 87, dies in NYC
The Irish actor Milo O'Shea, whose many roles on stage and screen included a friar in Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet," an evil scientist in ...
Ballet star Sergei Polunin walks out of 2nd show
One of the ballet world's brightest but most volatile stars has vanished, again. Sergei Polunin had been due to star in a dance piece based on Billy ...
Abandoned Nigeria national theater eyed in renewal
Nigeria's iconic National Theatre rises out of the brackish swamps of Lagos near its islands, a massive concrete and marble structure resembling a ...
'Harry Potter' actor Richard Griffiths dies at 65
Richard Griffiths was one of the great British stage actors of his generation, a heavy man with a light touch, whether in Shakespeare or Neil Simon.
Post-acid case, Bolshoi to put on 'Rite of Spring'
It was, perhaps, last century's most scandalous ballet — one modeled after a pagan ritual of human sacrifice and showcasing dancers in ancient Slavic ...
Helen Mirren up for best actress at Olivier awards
Helen Mirren received another accolade for her royal performance as Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday — a best-actress nomination at Britain's Olivier ...
Leonardo da Vinci gets 'Batman' treatment on Starz
In these 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci, he has upstaged every genius multi-tasker in his wake. Da Vinci was a whiz as a painter (hint: "Mona Lisa" ...
'Book of Mormon' already breaks record in London
The seemingly unstoppable hit "The Book of Mormon" has broken another record — this time on the other side of the Atlantic. The quirky, profane ...
Sufi followers in Kosovo celebrate spring
Spring has arrived and dervishes in Kosovo are celebrating with dances and blood. At a small dome-shaped Tekke (holy place) in western Kosovo, a ...
Broadway hit 'The Book of Mormon' lands in London
Broadway sensation "The Book of Mormon" has landed in London, to a warm reception from theatergoers and mixed notices from critics Reviewers delivered ...
Battle for control over Bolshoi escalates
The foes make a striking contrast — a bald, stolid general director versus an extravagant dancer with an opulent mane of dark hair. And the stakes ...
Opera singer, teacher Michael Rhodes dies
Michael Rhodes, an American opera singer and highly sought-after vocal coach who trained stars including German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, has died at the ...
Royal Opera chief: Modern singers lack stamina
Modern-day singers lack commitment and stamina compared to previous generations of performers, the music director of London's Royal Opera House said ...
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