Wednesday, March 20, 2013
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The venerable Hollywood trade magazine Daily Variety published its last printed edition on Tuesday, ending an 80-year era by beckoning readers to a recently revamped …
Linked From Reuters at 07:13AMFriday, March 15, 2013
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A musical about the life of legendary singer-songwriter Carole King will open on Broadway next year, producers said on Friday.
Linked From Reuters at 05:23PMThursday, March 14, 2013
NEW YORK (Reuters) - By merely striding onto a stage, Liza Minnelli transformed a Manhattan concert hall into a cabaret on Wednesday, as the legendary entertainer teamed up with Broadway vet…
Linked From Reuters at 05:15AMWednesday, March 13, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - One of the world's leading opera conductors, Antonio Pappano, on Wednesday criticized singers for pulling out of productions too easily, saying at times this was due to il…
Linked From Reuters at 07:58AMThursday, March 7, 2013
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor James Franco, lauded for his serious roles and forays into art, was almost too earnest to land the lead in the big screen 3D adventure film "Oz the Great and Po…
Linked From Reuters at 06:59PMSaturday, March 2, 2013
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British actor Richard Burton finally received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next to that of his two-time wife, Elizabeth Taylor, on Friday, nearly 30 years aft…
Linked From Reuters at 04:43AMTuesday, February 26, 2013
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, was briefly hospitalized due to her bipolar disorder, the actress' spokeswoman said on Tu…
Linked From Reuters at 08:37PMMonday, February 25, 2013
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nine-year-old Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis will play the title role in "Annie," Sony's Columbia Pictures announced on Sunday.
Linked From Reuters at 05:08AMSaturday, February 23, 2013
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson fans will get more acrobatic dance moves, moon walks and pyrotechnics when Cirque du Soleil launches a new Las Vegas stage show based on the late King…
Linked From Reuters at 07:44AMWednesday, February 20, 2013
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar winners Russell Crowe, Jennifer Hudson and Catherine Zeta-Jones will perform at the Academy Awards in a tribute to the resurgence of big-screen musicals, organi…
Linked From Reuters at 01:31PMMonday, February 18, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Richard Briers, best known for the 1970s TV sit-com "The Good Life" but also for his Shakespearean roles, has died at the age of 79, prompting a flood of tri…
Linked From Reuters at 07:08AMFriday, February 15, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - The world of opera, faced with budget cuts and wanting to raise appreciation of opera, has launched its own annual international awards, unveiling a shortlist of finalists…
Linked From Reuters at 08:12AMTuesday, February 12, 2013
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda has deported a British theatre producer charged with staging a play about homosexuality, the British High Commission said on Tuesday.
Linked From Reuters at 12:42PMMonday, February 11, 2013
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan authorities said on Monday they plan to deport a British theatre producer who was charged last year with staging a play about homosexuality.
Linked From Reuters at 04:47PMFriday, February 8, 2013
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean military conscripts may have dreamed a dream of defending the homeland, but their life is one of snow shovelling and thwarted love - at least in a parody of "L…
Linked From Reuters at 06:28AMThursday, February 7, 2013
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. watched with approval on Thursday as the cast of upcoming Broadway show "Motown: The Musical" tore through the storied record label's hits…
Linked From Reuters at 06:40PMTuesday, February 5, 2013
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan and her music entrepreneur husband, Emilio, are developing a new Broadway show based on their lives, the show's producer said on Tue…
Linked From Reuters at 06:30PMTuesday, January 29, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is planning a $100 million addition, including an outdoor floating stage on the Potomac River, in its first major ex…
Linked From Reuters at 06:29PMThursday, January 24, 2013
(Reuters) - Singer Barry Manilow on Thursday canceled the opening night and three other performances of his Broadway comeback run after coming down with bronchitis, according to Manilow's we…
Linked From Reuters at 07:34PMLONDON (Reuters) - Double Booker prize-winning author Hilary Mantel said the characters in her historical novels about the rise of Thomas Cromwell will take the next "logical step" to a stag…
Linked From Reuters at 03:46PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - The producers of "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark" and Julie Taymor, the musical's ousted director, are once again ready to settle their long-running court case, a court f…
Linked From Reuters at 06:29AMTuesday, January 22, 2013
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Robert Iger got a 20 percent bump in his 2012 pay, totaling $40.2 million, regulatory filings showed.
Linked From Reuters at 07:42PMSunday, January 20, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - The soundtrack of the Oscar-nominated movie "Les Miserables" climbed to the top spot in the UK albums chart, the first film cast recording to do so since Madonna's "Evita"…
Linked From Reuters at 12:55PMSaturday, January 19, 2013
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barbra Streisand will add the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Chaplin Award to her roster of honors, in recognition of her achievement as a director, writer, producer a…
Linked From Reuters at 11:47AMWednesday, January 16, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - British pop star Elton John announced on Wednesday he had become a father for the second time after the birth via a surrogate mother of Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John.
Linked From Reuters at 08:40AMThursday, January 10, 2013
(Reuters) - If Americans had their say, presidential drama "Lincoln" or musical "Les Miserables" would win the best picture Oscar next month, while Anne Hathaway and Daniel Day-Lewis should …
Linked From Reuters at 05:46AMWednesday, January 9, 2013
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The soundtrack to the big screen adaption of Broadway musical "Les Miserables" topped the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, edging out British folk rockers Mumf…
Linked From Reuters at 05:18PMFriday, January 4, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Elvis Presley, whose gyrating hips caused an uproar in the 1950s, has become the center of a controversy at a Utah high school where a parent complaint prompted of…
Linked From Reuters at 05:20AMFriday, December 28, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Katie Holmes' return to Broadway has been cut short, with producers announcing that the play "Dead Accounts" in which she co-stars will close on January 6, nearl…
Linked From Reuters at 06:19PMWednesday, December 26, 2012
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A strong Christmas-day box office performance by musical "Les Miserables" and western "Django Unchained" put Hollywood on pace to set an all-time box office record wi…
Linked From Reuters at 05:29PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - Australian actor Hugh Jackman says his background in musical theater and action films made him feel "like all the stars were aligning" when he took on the starring role …
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