At a performance of the musical hit, "Natasha, Pierre and the Comet of 1812," a patron takes matters into his own hands by grabbing the phone of his texting neighbor and hurling it across the room. […]

What can be salvaged from the wreckage of "Smash" are its great songs […]

Nothing makes stars, like Barbra Streisand, more angry than people making money off of what they consider their hard, treacherous climb to the top. […]

The program for “Colin Quinn Unconstitutional” claims the show is “a new comedy.” That’s a bit misleading. Sure, there’s a director (Rebecca A. Trent) and basic staging: a lectern, a kind of balcony for important addresses to the audience, and bare-bones multimedia with modest, unfussy slides. But the... […]

Last fall’s most exciting sensation wasn’t a big Broadway musical but a scrappy outsider sneaking in under the radar. At first glance, “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” looked like it had little chance to make a lasting impression. This sung-through adaptation of a subplot from “War... […]

Broadway is in the grip of Tony fever — which means everybody’s behaving as if they were in that great Alexander Payne movie “Election.” This year, the role of Tracy Flick is being played by Jeffrey Richards, the prolific producer whose fine revival of Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid... […]

Stagecraft: The revered playwright had a talent for capturing how people really spoke, and his advice — 'keep your hands moving' — have hit home.Stage and film legend James Earl Jones once said, "It's hard for an actor to go wrong if he's true to the words that August has written." […]

Photo File: From the monumental to the mundane, a digital exhibition dips into the Southern California Edison photo archive to explore the 'breathtaking' history of the region from 1940 to '90.For nearly a century starting in the 1880s, photographers went from sluice to street corner to suburban pool to record one utility's efforts to ele […]

Paint tests, monitoring devices and a new floor at Charles and Ray Eames' landmark home are all part of a pilot project of the Getty Conservation Institute's Conserving Modern Architecture Initiative.Surprisingly, little has changed at the Eames House since 1949, when Charles and Ray Eames designed their Pacific Palisades home and studio as a model […]

Entertainment Events presents the Off-Broadway premiere of Cuff Me: The Fifty Shades of Grey Musical Parody, officially opening May 19, following previews that began March 27, at the Actors Temple Theater. […]

Emmy Award winner John Turturro stars in a new production of Henrik Ibsen's The Master Builder, which officially opens May 19 after previews that began May 12 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. […]

Will Chase and Jenn Colella, original cast members of the short-lived Broadway musical High Fidelity, reunite for a concert staging of the Tom Kitt-Amanda Green-scored musical at Manhattan nightspot 54 Below. […]