Matthew Broderick stays; Kelli O'Hara goes
NEW YORK - Matthew Broderick is finding the work nice on Broadway and will be sticking around, but he's getting a new co-star.
View ArticleTony Award winner brings Broadway to Oscars
NEW YORK - The folks behind Hollywood's glitziest night have imported some help this year - from Broadway.
View ArticleAmanda Peet to make playwriting debut in NYC
NEW YORK - Actress Amanda Peet is hoping to make her professional debut as a playwright next season with a drama that may attract Blythe Danner and Sarah Jessica Parker.
View ArticleCraig, Weisz to star in 'Betrayal' on Broadway
NEW YORK - Real-life husband and wife Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz are to play an adulterous stage couple in a Broadway production this fall of Harold Pinter's "Betrayal," the latest blast of...
View Article'Nice Work If You Can Get It' to close in June
NEW YORK - The work is indeed nice, but it won't last forever - Broadway's musical "Nice Work If You Can Get It" will be making a lot of people unemployed this June.
View ArticleGa. town to mark date it was burned in Civil War
DARIEN, Georgia - As the 150th anniversary of the burning of Darien approaches, historian Buddy Sullivan wants to clear up what he considers a misconception about the south Georgia town's Civil War...
View ArticleNew Godzilla movie to feature Oahu scenes
HONOLULU - Oahu will be the backdrop this summer for movie scenes of a large, damage-prone star.
View ArticleCritics sweet on Sam Mendes' 'Chocolate Factory'
LONDON - Cheap candy or finest nougat truffle?
View ArticleEvents mark 150th anniversary of 54th Mass. attack
CHARLESTON, South Carolina - Just after the nation marked the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg - considered the turning point of the Civil War - six days of events next week commemorate a...
View Article'Glory': Civil War fight by black troops recalled
SULLIVANS ISLAND, South Carolina - Dozens of Civil War re-enactors gathered Thursday to commemorate the 150th anniversary of a famed attack by the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry - a battle in...
View ArticleA small business star to be born this Super Bowl
NEW YORK - A small business star will be born during a commercial break in Super Bowl XLVIII.
View ArticleNew Carole King musical will star Jessie Mueller
NEW YORK - Jessie Mueller has nabbed a beautiful Broadway role - she'll be playing celebrated songwriter Carole King in a new musical about the woman who wrote such hits as "It's Too Late" and "You've...
View Article1st black Union soldiers remembered in DC exhibit
WASHINGTON - Months after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed 150 years ago, the first unit of black Northern soldiers was organized as the 54th Massachusetts Regiment and went on to fight at Fort...
View ArticleMatthew Broderick movie filming in NM
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - A movie starring Matthew Broderick is currently being filmed in Albuquerque.
View ArticleCharity auction offers 'experiences' with celebs
NEW YORK - Are you interested in a trip to the Grammy Awards with VIP access? How about a round of golf with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg? Or lunch with Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew...
View ArticlePa. native working his way up directing ranks
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pennsylvania - Matt McLoota isn't one to rest on his laurels.
View ArticleCeleb birthdays for the week of March 23-29
March 23: Comedian Marty Allen is 92. Singer Ric Ocasek (The Cars) is 65. Singer Chaka Khan is 61. Actress Amanda Plummer is 57. Actress Catherine Keener is 55. Actress Hope Davis is 50. Actor Richard...
View ArticleNBC plans live version of 'The Music Man'
NEW YORK - NBC says it's planning to air a live production of "The Music Man."
View ArticleNathan Lane, Matthew Broderick to reunite on B'way
NEW YORK - Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick will be back together again on Broadway in a revival of Terrence McNally's "It's Only a Play."
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