Theater News

Moviegoers in Oak Bluffs may be out of luck this summer. The Island Theater is undergoing major repairs, and the Strand Theater's availability as a backup is uncertain, according to owner Benjamin Hall Sr.

We're conditioned to think of the performing-arts "season" as fall through spring, but summer is when many of the state's stages come alive.

Puerto Rico's tiny island of Culebra has been forever dependent on the U.S. territory for food, jobs and health care, but the territory's governor is cutting some of those strings.

Smash has turned out to be the big gamble that didn't catch on, despite dramatic changes behind the scenes, heavy promotion, a new time and an additional narrative that focused on twenty-somethings putting on a show that would end up competing with "Bombshell" for a Tony.

The deal comes as live events continue to be a top priority in the era of time-shifted DVR viewing.

An oversized puppet of the Wendy's mascot, provided by the People's Puppets of Occupy Wall Street, took part in silent street theater to convince the fast food giant to sign onto the Fast Food campaign.

Pittsburgh is packed with theaters - large and small, amateur and Equity, and each is a little bit different from all the others.

The REDCAT has received a major grant that will help it expand Radar L.A., an international contemporary theater festival set for late September.

The Off-Leash Area theater company is again lining up shows for garages or barns, its venues for a late-summer Twin Cities tour.

There was a time, and it was not that long ago, when the promise of a free meal was enough to persuade people to accompany me to just about any event, no matter how stupid.

St. Ann's Warehouse will present a colossal celebration of tiny art, Great Small Works ' Tenth International Toy Theater Festival , June 14-23. As it has with great success in 2005, 2008 and 2010, Great Small Works will transform the vast and versatile St.

A few years ago, a playwright, a director, and seven actors sheltered together in a disused bank vault far below Wall Street.

Yonkers, NY is city just north of the Bronx, where playwright Neil Simon was born on the 4th of July, 85 years ago.

During the winter months, when tourists and snow birds flock to South Florida, the arts calendar is filled with theater, music and dance performances; but once Passover and Easter pass, a little culture can be scarce.

Seth MacFarlane announces the nominees at the 85th Academy Awards Nominations Announcement at the AMPAS Samuel Goldwyn Theater on January 10, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California.

The 58th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards , celebrating achievement in the Off-Broadway and off-off Broadway theater, were given out at a ceremony tonight at Webster Hall.

Children at a storytelling workshop wear what they imagine would be the expression on their characters' faces during the most exciting moment of their story, for a picture being taken by Ann Shapiro, director of the Connecticut Storytelling Center at Connecticut College.

If you didn't think Henrik Ibsen's work was sexy and racy, you'll be pleasantly surprised by BAM's production of "The Master Builder," which embraces a whole new interpretation of that classic 1892 tragedy.

Producers said Monday that Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez will headline the new romantic musical comedy "First Date" by "Gossip Girl" writer Austin Winsberg.

The following was provided by the Village of Oswego : Oswego Playhouse's next production is a dinner theatre show "Death By Chocolate" by Paul Freed.