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'Aladdin' Coming to Broadway in Overhauled Version With New Creative Team (Exclusive)

Culture
 January 8, 2013 By Brent Lang & Lisa Fung 23 weeks ago

"Aladdin" will be substantially reimagined from the version that premiered in Seattle in 2011

  

Architecture Writer Ada Louise Huxtable, Awarded First Pulitzer for Criticism, Dead at 91

Culture
 January 7, 2013 By Jon Thurber 23 weeks ago

Ada Louise Huxtable was architecture critic for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and was awarded a MacArthur grant

  

'From Broadway With Love' Benefit Concert Raising Money for Sandy Hook Victims

Culture
 January 7, 2013 By Greg Gilman 23 weeks ago

A number of Broadway performers will take the stage at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, Conn., this month to lift the spirits of a town struck by tragedy

  

Bette Midler Returning to Broadway as Super Agent Sue Mengers

Culture
 January 7, 2013 By Brent Lang 23 weeks ago

Bette Midler returning to Broadway after 30-year absence to star in "I'll Eat You Last" by John Logan

  

Maura Tierney, Courtney B. Vance Join Tom Hanks in Nora Ephron's 'Lucky Guy' on Broadway

Culture
 January 7, 2013 By Brent Lang 23 weeks ago

Tom Hanks' Broadway debut centers on a tabloid columnist

  

Broadway Opening of 'Diner' Musical Gets Pushed Back

Culture
 January 7, 2013 By Brent Lang 23 weeks ago

Sheryl Crow's "Diner" musical will open in fall of 2013

  

Marsha Mason, Mary Steenburgen Set for Pasadena Playhouse

Culture
 January 4, 2013 By Greg Gilman 23 weeks ago

The actresses will read Ellen Simon's "Aunt Stossie's Coming for Five Days" during HOTHOUSE at the Playhouse next week

  

Ryan Murphy's 'Normal Heart' Coming to HBO in 2014

Culture
 January 4, 2013 By Tim Molloy 23 weeks ago

Larry Kramer adaptation once planned for theatrical release will star Julia Roberts, Mark Ruffalo

  

James Van Der Beek Takes to the Stage in 'The Gift'

Culture
 January 4, 2013 By Lisa Fung 23 weeks ago

James Van Der Beek is following in the footsteps of his former "Dawson's Creek" co-star Katie Holmes with an upcoming role on stage

  

'Pippin' Returning to Broadway

Culture
 January 4, 2013 By Brent Lang 23 weeks ago

Acclaimed circus-theme production of "Pippin" will play at the Music Box Theatre

  

NY Times Culture Editor Jonathan Landman to Leave Paper

Culture
 January 2, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 23 weeks ago

Jonathan Landman told colleagues he has accepted a buyout

  

'Peter and the Starcatcher' to Get Off-Broadway Run

Culture
 January 2, 2013 By Brent Lang 23 weeks ago

Tony-winning "Peter and the Starcatcher" is moving to New World Stages

  

'Dead Accounts,' Starring Katie Holmes, Closing Early on Broadway

Culture
 December 28, 2012 By Lisa Fung 24 weeks ago

"Dead Accounts" marked Katie Holmes' return to Broadway

  

Junior's Deli, West L.A. Institution, to Close at Year's End

Culture
 December 27, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 24 weeks ago

Junior's Deli, at Pico and Westwood, is a victim of lease issues

  

Broadway to Dim Lights for Charles Durning, Jack Klugman

Culture
 December 27, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 24 weeks ago

Theater community will honor Charles Durning on Thursday and Jack Klugman on Friday by dimming lights on Broadway

  

Charles Durning, Esteemed Character Actor and War Veteran, Dies at 89

Culture | Movies
 December 26, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 24 weeks ago

Charles Durning was a decorated World War II veteran and an award-winning actor

  

Is Judd Apatow Broadway Bound?

Culture
 December 20, 2012 By Brent Lang 25 weeks ago

Judd Apatow confirms to TheWrap that he has an idea for a play

  

Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams Join Cicely Tyson in 'The Trip to Bountiful'

Culture
 December 20, 2012 By Brent Lang 25 weeks ago

Broadway revival of "The Trip to Bountiful" will open next spring

  

Jonathan Groff to Voice Mountain Man in Disney's 'Frozen'

Culture | Movies
 December 19, 2012 By Brent Lang 25 weeks ago

Jonathan Groff joins Idina Menzel

  

'Big Fish' Musical Lines Up Heavy-Hitting Design Team, Sets Pre-Broadway Run

Culture
 December 18, 2012 By Brent Lang 26 weeks ago

"Big Fish" will feature costumes by Tony Award winner William Ivey Long and lighting design by Tony Award winner Donald Holder

  

Bret Easton Ellis to Kathryn Bigelow: I'm Sorry for the Sexist Tweets

Culture
 December 18, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 26 weeks ago

The "Less Than Zero" author apologized for a series of gender-baiting tweets about the "Zero Dark Thirty" director

  

'Bosom Buddies' Broadway Reunion: Peter Scolari Joins Tom Hanks in 'Lucky Guy'

Culture
 December 13, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 26 weeks ago

Former "Bosom Buddies" castmates Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari will play tabloid columnists in mid-'80s New York

  

'Game of Thrones' Star Emilia Clarke Shows Her 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' Style

Culture
 December 12, 2012 By Lisa Fung 26 weeks ago

Emilia Clarke will star on Broadway as Holly Golightly in Richard Greenberg's adaptation of Truman Capote's classic "Breakfast at Tiffany's" 

  

Spice Girls Musical: Critics Really, Really Hate 'Viva Forever!'

Culture
 December 12, 2012 By Brent Lang 26 weeks ago

Spice Girls musical "Viva Forever!" endures critical beat down -- and lots of puns

  

Ravi Shankar, World Music Icon, Dies at 92

Culture | Music
 December 12, 2012 By Brent Lang 26 weeks ago

Ravi Shankar, father of Norah Jones,  inspired The Beatles

  

Shia LaBeouf Making Broadway Debut Opposite Alec Baldwin

Culture
 December 11, 2012 By Brent Lang 27 weeks ago

Shia LaBeouf will star in "Orphans," staged by Tony Award-winning director Daniel Sullivan

  
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