Maria Friedman, a longtime friend of Stephen Sondheim, teaches 'Merrily We Roll Along' to sing
On opening night of the Broadway revival of โMerrily We Roll Along,โ one person in the audience strangely wasnโt nervous โ the director.
New opera production adds something new to Luis Buรฑuel's 'The Exterminating Angel': cannibalism
Calixto Bieito added an element to โThe Exterminating Angelโ that Luis Buรฑuel and Thomas Adรจs left out: cannibalism.
Glynis Johns, 'Mary Poppins' star who first sang Sondheim's 'Send in the Clowns,' dies at 100
Glynis Johns, a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie โMary Poppinsโ and introduced the world to the bittersweet standard-to-be โSend in the Clownsโ by Stephen Sondheim, has died.
Sister Helen Prejean's 'Dead Man Walking' arrives at Met in Jake Heggie's operatic version
Jake Heggie's version of โDead Man Walkingโ reaches the Metropolitan Opera for the seasonโs opening night in a production by Tony and Olivier Award winner Ivo van Hove starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as Sister Helen Prejean.
Bryan Cranston, Jessica Chastain join star-studded Times Square rally of striking actors and writers
SAG-AFTRA held its largest and most star-studded rally yet on Tuesday in Times Square.
Playwright Arthur Miller's old studio is in a Connecticut parking lot, awaiting its next act
The shingled one-room structure where Arthur Miller worked at his home in Connecticut, from 1958 until his death in 2005, has been sitting behind the Roxbury town hall.
Eugene Lee, award-winning Broadway, 'SNL' set designer, dies
Eugene Lee, the six-time Emmy Award-winning production designer for โSaturday Night Liveโ who won three Tony Awards for his Broadway sets, including the complicated, greenified Emerald City of โWicked,โ has died.
Lost Stephen Sondheim musical reveals insight into a giant
A copy of whatโs being called Stephen Sondheimโs first original cast recording has been found on a misplaced CD, capturing the legendary composerโs budding skills in a student-led musical while at Williams College in 1948.
Lansburyโs โSweeney Toddโ co-star reflects on โgreat artistโ
Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou were partners-in-crime on stage in โSweeney Toddโ and crime busters in episodes of TVโs โMurder, She Wrote.โ.
New this week: 'Reasonable Doubt,' 'Blonde' and Bjรถrk
This weekโs new entertainment releases include albums from Bjรถrk and Broadway's "Into the Woods,โ the reunion of Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy in โHocus Pocus 2โ and a Showtime documentary about Sinรฉad OโConnor.
'A Strange Loopโ makes history at Tonys; โCompanyโ wins 5
โA Strange Loop,โ an irreverent, sexually frank work about Blackness and queerness took home the best new musical crown at the Tony Awards on Sunday, as voters celebrated Broadwayโs most racially diverse season by choosing an envelope-pushing Black voice.
New this week: Dinosaurs, Def Leppard and 'The Responder'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include a new album from Def Leppard, a five-part Apple+ series on dinosaurs and a documentary about the late composer Stephen Sondheim and his musical โCompany.โ.
Stephen Sondheim celebrated by Dench, Peters at London gala
Dozens of stars of musical theater gathered at a London theatre for a celebration titled โOld Friendsโ to raise money for the Stephen Sondheim Foundation, which will benefit young composers.
Zadie Smith to receive PEN America literary service award
Author Zadie Smith is this yearโs winner of the PEN/Audible Literary Service Award, an honor previously given to Toni Morrison, Stephen Sondheim and Margaret Atwood among others.
Poet Sonia Sanchez to receive Edward MacDowell Medal
The poet, activist and educator Sonia Sanchez is this yearโs winner of the Edward MacDowell Medal, a lifetime achievement honor started in 1960 and previously given to Robert Frost, Toni Morrison and Stephen Sondheim among others.
New this week: 'Turning Red,' Ryan Reynolds and Mooski album
This weekโs new entertainment releases include albums from Canadian rocker Bryan Adams and a Stephen Sondheim tribute from Betty Buckley, Ryan Reynolds starring as a time-traveling pilot in Netflixโs โThe Adam Projectโ and a small-town murder case gets some big-star wattage in NBCโs โThe Thing About Pamโ with Renรฉe Zellweger.
Steven Spielbergโs โWest Side Storyโ stays true to era, but acknowledges 21st century audience
Steven Spielberg creates an authentic, yet true to form remake of the American theater classic "West Side Story."
Days before his death, video captured Stephen Sondheim seeing revival of โCompanyโ on Broadway
Itโs still hard to believe for fans of musical theater, but Broadway icon and legend Stephen Sondheim passed away over the weekend at the age of 91.
Vanessa Williams to honor Juneteenth at July 4 festivities
When Vanessa Williams hosts this yearโs televised Capitol Fourth celebration, she will not only honor the nationโs traditional independence day, but also the countryโs newly designated holiday โ Juneteenth.
Joe Allen, whose bistro was a Broadway draw, dies at 87
FILE - Joe Allen, proprietor of Joe Allen's restaurant poses behind the bar in New York on Nov. 10, 2005. Allen died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, in Hampton, New Hampshire, according to Jason Woodruff, a former staffer for the Allen family of restaurants who spoke to the family. Allen died Sunday in Hampton, New Hampshire, according to Jason Woodruff, a former staffer for the Allen family of restaurants who spoke to the family. Many of the servers at Joe Allen were actors earning paychecks when not onstage. At its height, Joe Allen had an outpost in Paris.
Tony Award-winning choreographer Bob Avian dies at 83
FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2006 file photo, Tony Award-winning choreographer Bob Avian poses in front of the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, home of the revival of " A Chorus Line," in New York. Avian died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 of cardiac arrest at Holy Cross Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, He was 83. (AP Photo/Shiho Fukada, File)NEW YORK โ Bob Avian, a Tony Award-winning choreographer who had a role in some of the most beloved and influential shows on Broadway, including โDreamgirls,โ โA Chorus Line,โ โFolliesโ and โMiss Saigon,โ has died. Avian earned six Tony nominations and won twice, for choreographing โBallroomโ and co-choreographing โA Chorus Line.โ He won an Oliver Award for choreographing Boublil and Schonberg's musical โMartin Guerreโ in London. Avian's association with โA Chorus Lineโ continued when he directed the 2006 revival on Broadway and the London revival at the Palladium in 2013.
Tony-nominated Broadway star Rebecca Luker dies at 59
FILE - Rebecca Luker, left, and her husband Danny Burstein arrive at the 73rd annual Tony Awards in New York on June 9, 2019. Luker, 59, a three-time Tony nominated actor who starred in some of the biggest Broadway hits of the past three decades, died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, said Sarah Fargo, her agent. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES โ Soprano Rebecca Luker, a three-time Tony nominated actor who starred in some of the biggest Broadway hits of the past three decades, died Wednesday. Her death was announced by her husband, veteran Broadway actor Danny Burstein, who said in a statement โour family is devastated. Luker made her Broadway debut in 1988 in โThe Phantom of the Operaโ first as an understudy to Sarah Brightman and then playing Christine opposite the legendary Michael Crawford.
New this week: โSoul,โ a Tom Hanks film & โBridgertonโ on TV
This image released by Disney-Pixar shows the character 22, voiced by Tina Fey, left, and Joe Gardner, voiced by Jamie Foxx, in a scene from the animated film "Soul." But with more than half of U.S. theaters closed, two of the biggest movies of the year โ โSoulโ and โWonder Woman 1984โ โ will be going straight to streaming. โ Also arriving Christmas Day is โWonder Woman 1984,โ Patty Jenkins' sequel to her barrier-breaking 2017 film. With Gal Gadot returning, โWonder Woman 1984โ fast-forwards from 1918 to the โgreed is goodโ decade. โ AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy___Catch up on APโs entertainment coverage here: https://apnews.com/apf-entertainment.