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Stripping taught 'Magic Mike' cast about women
The waxing, the thongs, the perils of topless typecasting: Playing strippers taught the men of "Magic Mike" something about women.
Alec Baldwin to appear on Broadway in 'Orphans'
Alec Baldwin will be kidnapped on Broadway next spring. Producers said Wednesday that the "30 Rock" star will appear in Lyle Kessler's "Orphans" in ...
Play of Ensler's 'Emotional Creature' comes to NYC
A play based on Eve Ensler's 2010 best-seller "Emotional Creature" is heading off-Broadway. Producers announced Wednesday that the stage adaptation, ...
Seattle Opera expects budget shortfall, cuts
Seattle Opera says an anticipated $1 million budget shortfall this season is forcing it to cut future performances, leadership salaries and staff.
Broadway's 'Memphis' to close in August
Some soul is leaving Broadway — the 2010 Tony Award-winning musical "Memphis" is closing up shop. Producers said Tuesday that the Joe DiPietro-written ...
Musical on Motown Records founder to hit Broadway
A musical based on the life of legendary Motown Records founder Berry Gordy is set to open on Broadway next year. Producers said Tuesday that ...
Calif., Fla. teens win high school theater awards
A teenager from California with a flair for singing funny songs and another from Florida who emerged triumphant after tackling two tough operatic ...
Billy Ray Cyrus makes his way to Broadway
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 ...
A grim, ghostly 'Billy Budd' on British stage
A ghostly gloom dominates the stage of the London Coliseum, where the English National Opera is closing out its season with Benjamin Britten's 1951 ...
Composer, lyricist Richard Adler dies at 90 in NY
Composer and lyricist Richard Adler, who won Tony Awards for co-writing snappy and infectious, songs for such hit Broadway musicals as "The Pajama ...
Brian d'Arcy James rocks out in new nightclub act
While all his friends were jamming out to Def Leppard or the Scorpions, Brian d'Arcy James was in a different state of mind — he was listening to ...
Bobby Cannavale to team up with Al Pacino
Al Pacino is getting some help in "Glengarry Glen Ross" on Broadway this fall — from Bobby Cannevale. Producers of the David Mamet revival said ...
'Roseanne' star Laurie Metcalf heads to Broadway
Laurie Metcalf will be heading back to Broadway in the thriller "The Other Place." Manhattan Theatre Club announced Thursday that it will produce ...
'Brave' targets audiences' ears in Dolby Atmos
At the recent premiere of Disney-Pixar's "Brave," an animated tale about a bow-wielding Scottish princess named Merida, the whooshing of arrows seemed ...
Audra McDonald out of 'Porgy and Bess' for weeks
Bess is taking a rest. Audra McDonald is temporarily stepping down from her Tony Award-winning role in "The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess" while she ...
Clooney producing 'August: Osage County' film
George Clooney is co-producing the film version of "August: Osage County," the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play about family dysfunction.
Without Michael, Jackson brothers prepare to tour
Guided by a thumping bass line from their backing band, the Jackson brothers strut forward to a row of four microphones, thrusting their pelvises ...
At Cirque du Soleil, 2 acrobats juggle parenthood
It's hard enough for the parents of a toddler to balance work and home. So imagine how hard it is if the work itself is all about balancing.
Silenced Mich. lawmaker does 'Vagina Monologues'
A state lawmaker who says she was barred from speaking in the Michigan House because Republicans objected to her saying "vagina" during debate over ...
Christian Borle sets a date for leaving 'Peter'
The time is ticking on catching Christian Borle in his Tony Award-winning pirate ways. The actor will be leaving "Peter and the Starcatcher" on June ...
Shows boost box office take a week after Tonys
Tony Award-winning shows got a financial bounce last week on Broadway, with "Once," ''Newsies," ''One Man, Two Govnors," the revival of "Porgy and ...
'Madagascar 3' stampedes, 'Rock,' Sandler stumble
Zoo animals remain hot at the box office. Singing stars and Adam Sandler are not. Ben Stiller and his voice co-stars of "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most ...
Early outrage over AIDS crisis reaches DC stage
Before there was a test, before it had a name and before there was any way to know if AIDS was spread through the air, touch or bodily fluids, there ...
Bugs, rain and magic - Shakespeare in the Park
Liev Schreiber will never forget the beautiful white bird that showed up mysteriously during a performance of "Othello." It was the summer of 1991 and ...
Susan Stroman will helm 'Bullets Over Broadway'
A Broadway-bound musical adapted from Woody Allen's 1994 crime caper "Bullets Over Broadway" has a leader — Susan Stroman. The five-time Tony ...