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Ringo Starr Still Drumming Up Peace and Love

Culture
 June 14, 2013 By Richard Stellar 4 days ago

Guest blog: A recount of my two brushes with the Beatle

  

'True Blood's' Joe Manganiello Has a New Theater 'Desire'

Culture
 June 14, 2013 By Tony Maglio 4 days ago

The HBO werewolf and "Magic Mike" stripper will play Stanley Kowalski off-Broadway in "A Streetcar Named Desire"

  

Ethan Hawke Is Going to Die ... as 'Macbeth' on Broadway

Culture
 June 13, 2013 By Tony Maglio 5 days ago

The "Purge" star is heading back to the stage in the fall to do some Shakespeare

  

George Orwell's '1984' Sales Skyrocket in Wake of NSA Spying Scandal

Culture
 June 12, 2013 By Tony Maglio 6 days ago

Currently, four editions of the novel are enjoying a combined 388 percent increase of sales on Amazon

  

'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike' Extends Run by 2 Months After Tony Win

Culture
 June 10, 2013 By Brent Lang 1 week ago

Julie White will replace Sigourney Weaver at the end of July

  

6 Best Reactions to Cicely Tyson's Bizarre Tony Awards Dress

Culture
 June 10, 2013 By Brent Lang 1 week ago

From Ursula the Sea Witch to the Fruit of the Loom grape, unpacking the best responses

  

Tony Awards: 'Kinky Boots' Wins Best Musical

Culture
 June 9, 2013 By Brent Lang 1 week ago

Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein's musical beats out "Matilda"

  

Tony Awards: Cicely Tyson Wins Best Actress for 'Trip to Bountiful'

Culture
 June 9, 2013 By Brent Lang 1 week ago

Tyson returned to Broadway after three decades to play an elderly woman who revisits her childhood home

  

Tony Awards: 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike' Wins Best Play

Culture
 June 9, 2013 By Brent Lang 1 week ago

Christopher Durang's send-up of all things Chekov, captured the Tony Award for Best Play on Sunday

  

Tony Awards: 'Kinky Boots' Snags Best Musical, 'Vanya and Sonia' Wins Best Play

Culture
 June 9, 2013 By Brent Lang 1 week ago

Pop star Cyndi Lauper wins Tony for Best Original Score with "Kinky Boots"; Cicely Tyson for her performance in "Trip to Bountiful"

  

John Malkovich Helps Save Life of Man Bleeding On Toronto Street

Culture | Movies
 June 8, 2013 By Wrap Staff 1 week ago

Actor was smoking near the theater where he is performing a play

  

Tony Awards: 5 Burning Questions Swirling Around Broadway's Big Night

Culture
 June 7, 2013 By Brent Lang 1 week ago

Can Tom Hanks beat a Broadway favorite? Transvestites or little British schoolgirls?

  

Broadway Dimming Lights in Honor of Jean Stapleton

Culture
 June 4, 2013 By Brent Lang 2 weeks ago

The "All in the Family" star also appeared in original casts of "Funny Girl" and "Bells Are Ringing"

  

How Jenna Fischer's Theater Project Helped Her Get Over 'The Office' Ending

Culture
 May 30, 2013 By Brent Lang 2 weeks ago

The actress is starring in Neil LaBute's "Reasons to Be Happy"

  

Bette Midler's 'I'll Eat You Last' Recoups $2.4M Investment

Culture
 May 30, 2013 By Brent Lang 2 weeks ago

The hit one-woman show about onetime superagent Sue Mengers ends its run on June 30

  

Hollywood Goes Broadway: Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Jesse Eisenberg Presenting at Tony Awards

Culture
 May 29, 2013 By Brent Lang 2 weeks ago

Jon Cryer, Martha Plimpton and Cuba Gooding Jr. also will present awards

  

Jane Lynch to Host Annual Trevor Project Fundraiser

Culture
 May 29, 2013 By Brent Lang 2 weeks ago

Benefit will also feature "Kinky Boots" star Billy Porter

  

Broadway Attendance Falls 6.2 Percent in 2012-13

Culture
 May 28, 2013 By Brent Lang 3 weeks ago

Final numbers of the season indicate theatrical grosses were flat at $1.14 billion

  

The Art of Alzheimer's

Culture
 May 24, 2013 By Richard Stellar 3 weeks ago

Guest blog: I was brought back to the experience of Mom's faculties breakdown as I sat at a theater in North Hollywood, watching the brilliance and honesty of "Not Dead Yet"

  

Jon Favreau, Giancarlo Esposito Team Up for Much-Hyped 'Destiny' Videogame Trailer (Video)

Culture
 May 23, 2013 By Tony Maglio 3 weeks ago

The shooter, which looks a lot like "Halo," gets a heck of a boost by a spirited live-action reading of Kipling

  

Scott Thorson: How Liberace Protected His 'Big Secret' in the Homophobic '50s

Culture
 May 23, 2013 By Scott Thorson 3 weeks ago

Guest blog: Dates with Mae West, Susan Hayward, Judy Garland and Sonja Henie helped Liberace cover up his preference for men, but it was a London lawsuit that cleared my ex in the public's eye

  

'The Big Knife' With Bobby Cannavale Ending Broadway Run

Culture
 May 20, 2013 By Brent Lang 4 weeks ago

Revival of Clifford Odets' drama to end after 29 preview performances and 56 regular performances

  

Beatles 'Let It Be' Musical Heading to Broadway

Culture
 May 8, 2013 By Brent Lang 5 weeks ago

Jukebox musical traces Fab Four's meteoric rise

  

Alec Baldwin Slams New York Times Critic Over 'Orphans' Coverage

Culture
 May 7, 2013 By Tim Kenneally 6 weeks ago

Baldwin likens the Times' Ben Brantley to an "odd, shriveled, bitter Dickensian clerk"

  

Cherry Jones Returning to New York Stage with 'When We Were Young and Unafraid'

Culture
 May 7, 2013 By Brent Lang 6 weeks ago

The new play is written by "House of Cards" screenwriter Sarah Treem

  

Alec Baldwin's Troubled 'Orphans' Ending Broadway Run Early

Culture
 May 6, 2013 By Brent Lang 6 weeks ago

The production was marred by conflicts between Baldwin and original star Shia LaBeouf

  
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