Monday, July 24, 2023
“Barbie” didn’t just break the opening weekend record for 2023; It also shattered the first weekend record for a film directed by a woman. With $162 million in ticket sales from North …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:03PMTuesday, June 13, 2023
Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series “Everwood” and the movie “Hair,” has died after a motorcycle crash in Vermont. Vermont Stat…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:08PMMonday, June 12, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) — The intimate, funny-sad musical “Kimberly Akimbo” nudged aside splashier rivals on Sunday to win the musical crown at the Tony Awards on a night when Broadway flexed …
SOURCE: andscape.com at 03:01PMTom Holland must like to test himself because even though he's built a reputation as one of the Marvel stars with loose lips when it comes to spoilers, his new Apple TV+ series “The Crowde…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:38PMTony Awards history was made when Alex Newell and J. Harrison Ghee became the first nonbinary people to win Tonys for acting.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 12:55AMTuesday, May 16, 2023
By JAKE COYLE (AP Film Writer) CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes red carpet sprang to life again Tuesday with the premiere of the Louis XV period drama “Jeanne du Barry,” with Johnny De…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:12PMMonday, May 15, 2023
By JAKE COYLE (AP Film Writer) The Cannes Film Festival, which will kick off Tuesday, is such a colossal extravaganza that taking measure of its ups and downs is notoriously difficult. It’…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:16PMThursday, May 11, 2023
Adidas has decided to try to sell a portion of its remaining Yeezy shoe inventory and donate the proceeds to chartitable organizations, CEO Bjørn Gulden said Thursday. After the German spor…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:58PMWednesday, May 10, 2023
Almost everyone knows the backstory of the iPhone, a breakthrough that continues to reshape culture 16 years after late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs introduced the device to the world. But wh…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:58AMTuesday, May 2, 2023
The 2023 Tony Awards pits best musical nominees: “& Juliet,” “Kimberly Akimbo,” “New York, New York,” “Shucked” and “Some Like It Hot.”.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:45AMSaturday, April 22, 2023
The Tony Award-winning comedian was internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending snob whose evolving character delighted audiences over seven deca…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:48PMFriday, April 21, 2023
Prosecutors have formally dismissed an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western film “Rust,” citing …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:35PMSaturday, February 18, 2023
The Ballet Company of Gyor began rehearsing at a local Audi factory last month after being forced to shutter its rehearsal hall in response to soaring energy prices.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:04PMTuesday, October 11, 2022
She earned Academy Award nominations as supporting actress for two of her first three films, “Gaslight” (1945) and “The Picture of Dorian Gray” (1946), and was nominated again in 196…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:53PMTuesday, October 4, 2022
Fuller often explored and exposed how social institutions can perpetuate racism, like he did in his best-known work, the searing and acclaimed "A Soldier's Play."
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:37PMFriday, September 16, 2022
The musical — a fixture on Broadway since 1988, weathering recessions, war and cultural shifts — will play its final performance in New York on Feb. 18, 2023.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:49PMWednesday, July 27, 2022
Specializing in playing cops and crooks, Sorvino was a mainstay in films and television.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:33AMWednesday, June 22, 2022
Rado and two others wrote the groundbreaking hippie musical which celebrated protest, pot and free love and paved the way for the sound of rock on Broadway.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:54PMMonday, May 9, 2022
Top nominees entering this year's Tony Awards will be the musicals “A Strange Loop,” “MJ” and “Paradise Square,” each of which earned nominations in double figures Monday.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:22AMMonday, March 28, 2022
Hillary Clinton will play the offstage role of the Giant in a production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Into The Woods” in her onetime home state of Arkansas.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 03:12PMFriday, March 4, 2022
Spain’s Teatro Real, one of Europe’s major opera houses, is canceling a set of upcoming performances by Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet over the war the country is waging on Ukraine.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 11:28AMMonday, February 28, 2022
Hudson wins entertainer of the year at the 53rd annual NAACP Image Awards honoring work by entertainers of color, beating out Regina King, Lil Nas X, Megan Thee Stallion and Tiffany Haddish.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:03AMFriday, December 17, 2021
The sharp rise in cases backstage is to blame. Shows including the big draws like Hamilton in New York and a Cabaret revival in London's West End are going dark for several days.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:06AMSaturday, October 23, 2021
Scolari, a versatile character actor whose television roles included recurring parts on Evil and Girls, has died after fighting cancer for two years.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:12AMSaturday, October 2, 2021
The show had reopened Tuesday after the pandemic closed it for 18 months. Disney Theatrical Productions said it will cancel all shows until Oct. 12 because of infections in the company.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:18AMMonday, September 27, 2021
The honors bestowed to the adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film included best new musical. "The Inheritance" was named the best new play, and "A Soldier's Play" won best play revival.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:32PMWednesday, September 15, 2021
Top musicals The Lion King, Hamilton and Wicked returned 18 months after being shut down to block the spread of the coronavirus.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:06AMSaturday, July 31, 2021
Producers announced the requirements will be in place at least through October. There are exceptions for people, such as children under 12, who can't get vaccinations.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:24AMSaturday, May 22, 2021
A four-piece band of Italian rockers won the Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday — Italy's third victory in the immensely popular festival.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:33PMWednesday, May 12, 2021
The Met has not performed since March 11, 2020, because of the pandemic, canceling 276 performances plus an international tour scheduled for next month.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:01PMSaturday, May 1, 2021
Olympia Dukakis, who won an Oscar playing Cher's mother in the romantic comedy Moonstruck, has died. She was 89.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:33PM 
