‘Maybe Happy Ending,’ a Broadway musical with Asian roots, inspired design
Marcus Choi, Helen J Shen, Dez Duron and Darren Criss of the Broadway musical “Maybe Happy Ending,” photographed at the Belasco Theater in New York.…
Disney’s ‘Snow White’ opens with a lackluster $43 million amid controversies, poor reviews
It was more of a “ho-hum” than a “heigh-ho” at the box office this weekend, as Walt Disney Co.’s latest live-action remake “Snow White” arrived…
‘Buena Vista Social Club’ and writer Marco Ramirez debut on Broadway
Officially, playwright and screenwriter Marco Ramirez began working on the Broadway musical “Buena Vista Social Club” a little more than six years ago. But if…
Denzel Washington-Jake Gyllenhaal ‘Othello’ sets Broadway record
In its second week of preview performances, a revival of Shakespeare’s “Othello” set a new record for weekly grosses on Broadway, bringing in $2,818,297 for…
Tony Roberts dead: Stage and film actor often starred in Woody Allen movies
Tony Roberts, a versatile, Tony Award-nominated theater performer at home in plays and musicals and who appeared in several Woody Allen movies — often as…
Leslie Odom Jr. sued by dad over apparent housing disagreement
Broadway and screen star Leslie Odom Jr. is facing legal heat from his father, Leslie Odom Sr., in an apparent family dispute that has spilled…
Linda Lavin dead: Tony Award winner and ‘Alice’ star was 87
NEW YORK — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actor who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing waitress on the TV sitcom “Alice,”…
Ketanji Brown Jackson hits Broadway in musical ‘& Juliet’
Few would be surprised to hear a Supreme Court justice speak about having childhood dreams, but one particular item Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson checked off…
Marshall Brickman, who co-wrote ‘Annie Hall’ with Woody Allen, dies at 85
NEW YORK — The Oscar-winning screenwriter Marshall Brickman, whose wide-ranging career spanned some of Woody Allen’s best films, the Broadway musical “Jersey Boys” and a number…
Gavin Creel memorial service will livestream as tribute to ‘Hello, Dolly!’ star
NEW YORK — A memorial tribute to Broadway star Gavin Creel is planned for Monday in the theater where he starred in “Into the Woods” and…
Could ‘Wicked’ turbocharge the Broadway movie adaptation genre?
It’s not easy to defy gravity as a musical movie, particularly one that’s been adapted from a Broadway play.But with the record-breaking premiere of Universal…
‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’ jolt the box office with a combined $170 million
Universal Pictures’ “Wicked” needed no lessons in how to be popular at the domestic box office this weekend, opening at No. 1 to the tune…
Meet the voice coach behind Ariana Grande, Timothée Chalamet
A secret center of the musical theater universe lies almost 3,000 miles from Broadway in a modestly grand house in Toluca Lake. On a late…
Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow talk friendship and new Broadway play
Everyone’s overwhelmed by the presidential election, and how could it be otherwise with the fate of American democracy hanging in the balance?Backstage at the Booth…
Playwrights kick-start New York’s fall theater season
New York — Reports of the demise of the straight play on Broadway are greatly exaggerated, at least by the evidence of the fall theater season…
Gavin Creel dead: Broadway’s elite pay tribute to late star
Theater actor Gavin Creel was commemorated Monday after his death of a rare form of cancer, with many of his friends, fans and followers reflecting…
Ken Page, Broadway star who voiced Oogie Boogie, dead at 70
Ken Page, the beloved baritone who starred in Broadway’s “Cats” and “The Wiz” and who voiced Oogie Boogie in the film “The Nightmare Before Christmas,”…
How does Robert Downey Jr. fare in his Broadway debut?
NEW YORK — A friend texted soon after I arrived in New York to see “McNeal,” the new play by Ayad Akhtar at Lincoln Center Theater’s…
Maggie Smith brought the stage with her in her finest screen roles
It’s hard to think of another actor who could do more with syllables than Maggie Smith. Language for her was an all-purpose prop.Her characters would…
Adam Epstein dead: Tony-winning ‘Hairspray’ producer was 49
Adam Epstein, a Tony Award-winning producer who helped bring “Hairspray” to Broadway, has died. Epstein died Tuesday morning at Adventist Health hospital in Glendale after…