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NBC's Greenblatt rebuilds network long in disarray
The world didn't end as some predicted last month. Even more remarkably, NBC demonstrated it just might have a future. No wonder Robert Greenblatt is ...
Musical 'Pippin' to transfer to Broadway
There's magic to do on Broadway — "Pippin" is coming back. Producers of the revival that is currently playing at the American Repertory Theater ...
Utah school recasts musical with sexy Elvis songs
A parent who was "All Shook Up" about Elvis Presley songs in a high-school drama prompted educators to cancel the musical, deeming it too sexual.
Michelle Williams joining tour of 'Fela!'
Former Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams is joining the latest national tour of the musical "Fela!" Producers said Thursday the singer, who ...
Hirsch and Cavanagh team up for 'Freud'
When the play "Freud's Last Session" opened in a Manhattan YMCA in 2010 it became an unlikely hit, but few could have predicted just how widely seen ...
'Tennessee Waltz' singer Patti Page dies at 85
Unforgettable songs like "Tennessee Waltz" and "(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window?" made Patti Page the best-selling female singer of the 1950s ...
Broadway's 'Wicked' musical earns new record
Oz has reclaimed the box office crown on Broadway. The Broadway League reported Wednesday that the nine-year-old "Wicked" took in a whopping ...
'Peter and the Starcatcher' to live off-Broadway
Broadway's boy who wouldn't grow up is not going away quite yet. Producers of the play "Peter and the Starcatcher" said Wednesday that the production ...
Congress OKs cliff deal, signaling future fights
Congress' excruciating, extraordinary New Year's Day approval of a compromise averting a prolonged tumble off the fiscal cliff hands President Barack ...
DiDonato a luminous Mary Stuart at Met
The Metropolitan Opera may have pretty much turned opening night over to the glamorous Anna Netrebko, but New Year's Eve belongs to a very different ...
'The Hobbit' stays atop box office for third week
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" continues to rule them all at the box office, staying on top for a third-straight week and capping a ...
Met gives 'Barber' a cut in English version
For the first time since Rossini's most famous work was given its Metropolitan Opera premiere in 1883, "The Barber of Seville" is being presented by ...
Katie Holmes' Broadway play 'Dead Accounts' closes
Katie Holmes' return to Broadway will be much shorter than she would have liked. The former Mrs. Cruise's play "Dead Accounts" will close within a ...
'La Boheme' transformed in 2012 stagings on DVD
Various Artists, "La Boheme" (Electric Picture, Deutsche Grammophon) Two contemporary stagings of Puccini's "La Boheme" from 2012 have been released ...
Broadway to honor Jack Klugman and Charles Durning
The theater community will honor Jack Klugman and Charles Durning by dimming Broadway's lights in back-to-back memorials. The marquees at all Broadway ...
From a Manila slum emerges an unlikely ballerina
The ghetto called Aroma reeks of putrefying trash collected by its residents for recycling. Half-naked children with grimy faces play on muddy dirt ...
Durning, king of character actors, dies in NYC
Charles Durning grew up in poverty, lost five of his nine siblings to disease, barely lived through D-Day and was taken prisoner at the Battle of the ...
'Odd Couple' star Jack Klugman dies in LA at 90
For many, Jack Klugman will always be the messy one. His portrayal of sloppy sportswriter Oscar Madison on TV's "The Odd Couple" left viewers laughing ...
Review: Hooper's 'Les Miserables' is relentless
Tom Hooper's extravaganza, big-screen telling of the beloved musical "Les Miserables" is as relentlessly driven as the ruthless Inspector Javert ...
Jack Klugman dies in Los Angeles
Jack Klugman, the prolific, craggy-faced character actor and regular guy who was loved by millions as the messy one in TV's "The Odd Couple" and the ...
In bite-sized roles, Gandolfini ubiquitous again
In the five years since "The Sopranos" ended, James Gandolfini has eschewed the spotlight, instead disappearing into a heap of character actor ...
Witch burns, audience on fire at Vienna opera show
At the end of the evening, the witch was toast Sunday — or more precisely a gingerbread cookie — and the audience at Vienna's Volksoper loved it.
The AP picks its Top 10 theater moments of 2012
Al Pacino came back again and Jessica Chastain showed up for the first time. "Annie" returned and so did "Evita" and "Elf." Katie Holmes made a second ...
Author, 'Whorehouse' playwright Larry L. King dies
Larry L. King, a writer and playwright whose magazine article about a campaign to close down a popular bordello became a hit Tony Award-nominated ...
'Pippin' is back, and surrounded by Broadway buzz
"Everything has its season, everything has its time," goes a famous song from the musical "Pippin." Well, maybe, but for the many fans of that '70s ...