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SHOW BITS: It's after-party time
Show Bits brings you the 70th annual Golden Globes awards through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available ...
List of Golden Globe winners
Winners of the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards, announced Sunday in Beverly Hills, Calif.: MOTION PICTURES — Picture, Drama: "Argo." — Picture, ...
'Les Miserables' wins Globe for best film, musical
'Les Miserables' has won the Golden Globe for best film in the comedy, musical category. The other nominees Sunday night were "The Best Exotic ...
Review: This 'Picnic' basket has a sexy drifter
When hoping for a dramatic change in your life, be careful what you wish for. William Inge's 1953 Broadway hit, "Picnic," a subsequent Pulitzer ...
'Smash' season debut sneak peek begins Monday
NBC is giving viewers a sneak peek at the new season of "Smash." Starting next week, the first hour of the drama's two-hour season debut can be seen ...
A playwright on the rise: Quiara Alegria Hudes
It's a virtual law, maybe even a commandment, of all literature classes: Write what you know. Don't forget to write what you know. Playwright Quiara ...
Review: Metcalf sparkles in B'way's 'Other Place'
The first sign that things may not be what they seem in "The Other Place" appears on page 4 of Sharr White's script: The whip-smart scientist at the ...
Royal Opera announces series of commissions
The Royal Opera has commissioned Thomas Ades to compose an opera based on the Luis Bunuel film "The Exterminating Angel." It will have a libretto by ...
Spielberg's in at Oscars, Bigelow, Affleck are out
Steven Spielberg had a great day at the Academy Awards nominations, where his Civil War saga "Lincoln" led with 12 nominations. It was not so great ...
1 of the 'Girls,' Zosia Mamet, shines in Season 2
There has been a lull. Talk of "Girls" settled down after its bombshell first season as fans took the opportunity to catch their breath. That ends now
Maggie Grace finds her inner strength on Broadway
Maggie Grace had a scary moment during a recent matinee of "Picnic" on Broadway. William Inge's script calls for a struggle at the end of the play ...
Tattooed artist runs for Czech president
He's tattooed from head to toe, a warrior-like mix of blue, green and red. He's also running in a surprising third place ahead of this week's Czech ...
Detective: Holmes played puppets with paper bags
It was just hours after a deadly Colorado theater shooting, and James Holmes was not acting like a man accused of methodically planning the attack and ...
Glass, Britten highlight LA Opera's 2013-14 season
The Los Angeles Opera's 2013-14 season will include the company premiere of Philip Glass' "Einstein on the Beach" and a revival of Britten's "Billy ...
Broadway awaits 'The Testament of Mary'
Broadway is apparently sticking with its love affair with religion — this spring will welcome the "The Testament of Mary," a play by Colm Toibin based ...
Longoria to host Latino inaugural salute to Obama
Following an election when Latinos showed their growing political influence, a coalition of groups is coordinating a gathering of top Latino ...
'Mary Poppins' to close on Broadway in the spring
"Mary Poppins" is closing up its big umbrella on Broadway. An official close to the show's producers said Monday that the 6-year-old musical will end ...
Bette Midler set to return to a Broadway stage
The Divine Miss M is returning to Broadway, and not as just a producer. Bette Midler will star in John Logan's new play "I'll Eat You Last: A Chat ...
Maura Tierney to make her Broadway debut this year
Maura Tierney will make her Broadway debut as Tom Hanks' wife in Nora Ephron's play "Lucky Guy." Producers said Monday that the Emmy Award-nominated ...
Musical of film 'Diner' postponed until fall
The musical based on the film "Diner" has postponed its Broadway opening. Producers said late Sunday night that the Kathleen Marshall-directed show ...
Jones, Lansbury still relish acting in their 80s
They're starring in a play about a woman reluctant to age and the perils of passing time, but veteran actors James Earl Jones and Angela Lansbury say ...
'Smash' musical getting cast album
The Broadway show within a show on NBC's "Smash" is getting its own cast album. NBC and Columbia Records said Sunday that a 22-song cast album for ...
Poet-performer Jayne Cortez dies in NY at age 78
Jayne Cortez, a forceful poet, activist and performance artist who blended oral and written traditions into numerous books and musical recordings, has ...
Theater festivals fire up a cold New York
Listening to Supreme Court justices question lawyers doesn't sound like the stuff of great theater. But somehow it is — in the hands of one of the ...
HBO to make adaption of AIDS play
Julia Roberts and Mark Ruffalo will star in an HBO movie adaptation of "The Normal Heart," the play about the onset of the AIDS crisis in New York ...