Happy Birthday, John Lennon!

Baltimore Sun (blog) - ‎36 minutes ago‎

To celebrate John Lennon's birthday, why not seek out the DVD of a 1988 documentary -- drawing on 240 hours of footage in Yoko Ono's personal archive -- that didn't, at first, win the attention it deserved? "Imagine: John Lennon" presents Lennon as a ...

Drill Reaches Trapped Miners in Chile, but Risks Remain

New York Times - Alexei Barrionuevo, Christine Hauser - ‎5 hours ago‎

Relatives of the trapped miners celebrate after one of the drills working to rescue the 33 finally reached their shelter in the San Jose mine. More Photos » By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO and CHRISTINE HAUSER SAN JOSÉ MINE, Chile — They wept, they cheered, ...

Jersey Boys Film Rights Sold; Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice to Pen Script

Broadway.com - ‎Oct 6, 2010‎

A deal for the film rights to the hit musical Jersey Boys has been signed, with Graham King's GK Films (producers of the current hit The Town) set to turn ...

Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice to Adapt Jersey Boys as Movie

TheaterMania.com - Andy Propst - ‎Oct 6, 2010‎

Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice will write the screenplay for the movie version of Jersey Boys, according to a report on Deadline.com. ...

Les Miserables voted best theatre show of 2010

UK Theatre Tickets - ‎2 hours ago‎

The cast and crew behind Les Miserables are already celebrating this month after the musical notched up an incredible 25 years in the West End. However, ...

Lawrence Clayton, Betsy Morgan, Andrew Varela Star in Re-Imagined Les Miz for ...

Playbill.com - Kenneth Jones - ‎28 minutes ago‎

The new US tour of Les Misérables, newly directed and designed for its 25th anniversary, will feature Lawrence Clayton as Jean Valjean, ...

October 7: Les Miserables at 25

Stage - Scott Matthewman - ‎3 hours ago‎

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Emma Williams and Michael Xavier to Star in the West End's Love Story

Broadway.com - ‎58 minutes ago‎

Emma Williams and Michael Xavier will star as young lovers Jenny and Oliver Barratt IV in the previously announced West End musical adaptation of the ...

Emma Williams, Michael Xavier, et al. Set for West End Musical Love Story

TheaterMania.com - Andy Propst - ‎4 hours ago‎

Complete casting has been announced for the West End transfer of the musical Love Story, to begin previews on November 27 at the Duchess Theatre. ...

Sister Act Books Spring 2011 Opening at the Broadway Theatre

Broadway.com - ‎Oct 5, 2010‎

The previously announced Broadway production of Sister Act has found a home: The musical adaptation of the hit film comedy will begin previews at the ...

Sister Act Books Spring 2011 Opening at the Broadway Theatre

Broadway.com - ‎Oct 5, 2010‎

The previously announced Broadway production of Sister Act has found a home: The musical adaptation of the hit film comedy will begin previews at the ...

Obama agrees to put solar panels on White House

Reuters - Jim Young, Timothy Gardner - ‎3 hours ago‎

US President Barack Obama walks through the Colonnade at the White House in Washington, September 22, 2010. By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has agreed to put solar panels back on the White House roof for the first time ...

Defiant Faisal Shahzad, Pakistani immigrant who tried to bomb Times Square ...

New York Daily News - Scott Shifrel, Larry Mcshane - ‎2 hours ago‎

In this handout image provided by the US Department of Justice, suspected Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad poses for a mug shot. An unrepentant Faisal Shahzad, proudly wearing the mantle of terrorist, was sentenced ...

RIP DOLORES WILSON

Broadway and Opera Star Dolores Wilson Dies at 82

TheaterMania.com - Brian Scott Lipton - ‎1 hour ago‎

Broadway and opera star Dolores Wilson died on September 28 at age 82, according to The New York Times. Wilson worked frequently at the Metropolitan Opera ...

VALERIE SMALDONE JOINS CAST OF GIRL TALK

Valerie Smaldone Joins Cast of Girl Talk: The Musical Off-Broadway

TheaterMania.com - Andy Propst - ‎3 hours ago‎

Radio personality Valerie Smaldone will join the previously announced Sonya Carter, Renee Colvert, Priscilla Fernandez, and Berty Jay will star in Louise ...

LOCAL ONE STAGEHANDS I REMEMBER MAMA

George S. Irving, Howard McGillin, Maureen Silliman, et al. Set for York ...

TheaterMania.com - Andy Propst - ‎1 hour ago‎

The York Theatre Company has announced full casting for I Remember Mama, to run October 8-10 as part of its Musicals in Mufti series. ...

Mrs Warren's Profession, American Airlines Theatre, New York

Financial Times - ‎1 hour ago‎

Minutes after exiting the Roundabout's new Broadway revival of Shaw's Mrs Warren's Profession, I passed a prostitute soliciting a potential customer on the ...

Learning how to paint is mine-altering

New York Post - ‎Sep 30, 2010‎

It sounds like a backhanded compliment to call "The Pit men Painters" heartwarming -- as if this somehow implied the show is nice but unsophisticated. ...

Ian Kelly: Teaching the Pitmen People to Paint the Town Red

Playbill.com (blog) - ‎Sep 29, 2010‎

The complete cast of eight in The Pitmen Painters ring up their collective Broadway debuts Sept. 30 when Lee Hall's biographical drama bows at the Samuel J. ...

Second Cup Cafe: Cast of the Musical "Memphis"

CBS News - ‎7 hours ago‎

(CBS) The Tony Award-winning muscial "Memphis" is an original story of a young white DJ in the 1950s who fell in love with everything he shouldn't -- rock ...