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London's Deluxe Digital Selects HP to Transform Film Distribution Process to Cinemas

HP Enterprise Services UK Ltd. today announced that Deluxe Digital Cinema EMEA , a technology and services provider to the film industry for digital cinema services and distribution throughout EMEA, is working with HP to enable improvement in the speed, security and quality of its feature film and trailer distribution.

Paramus Park Mall Gets OK for Movie Theater

The addition of a movie theater is now in i»¿ Paramus Park Mall's future. The mall got unanimous approval Thursday night from the Paramus Zoning Board of Adjustment to use 88,000 square feet of previously approved expansion space for a movie theater and a restaurant.

Tony-nominee David Rockwell reveals his first love

One clue to understanding how David Rockwell's mind works is by finding out what he collects.

Theater 101 Productions: 'Phantom' star to school young Temecula, Murrieta actors

Matthew Malecki of Murrieta is spreading his love for the theater by hosting a special "Master Class" this summer, featuring former "Phantom of the Opera" star Thomas James O'Leary. O'Leary will teach a Master Class to interested students in the Murrieta/Temecula area from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 20.

New play, A Feminine Ending opens at Just Off Broadway Theater in Kansas City

Inspiration and perspiration go hand in hand when trying to create something new from nothing, and for artists, that's exactly where genius comes-from the blank slate of their mind and inspiration through the hard work, labor, drafting, editing, polishing, countless revision, and so on until the final piece falls into place.

Theater review: Mount Tam alive with 'The Sound of Music'

MANY BAY AREA theaters have celebrated anniversaries in recent years, but it's hard to top the Mountain Play, which celebrates its 100th year on Mount Tamalpais this summer.

Brad Pitt surprises movie audience at NJ screening

Hollywood star Brad Pitt gave fans in New Jersey a treat by showing up unannounced at a screening of his new zombie movie, World War Z. The audience was settling down to watch Pitt's apocalyptic horror film when the actor walked into the theater at Clearview Cinemas in Hoboken, N.J. He handed out T-shirts to the delighted crowd before giving a ... (more)

La Scala scales back on productions due to crisis

La Scala has reduced the number of operas it will stage during the 2013-14 season due to Italy's economic crisis, the theater's general manager said Thursday.

Coen, Guirgis on tap at Atlantic Theater Company

This May 19, 2013 file photo shows film director and playwright Ethan Coen during a photo call for the film "Inside Llewyn Davis" at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France.

Coen, Guirgis on tap at Atlantic Theater Company

The world premiere of Ethan Coen's first full-length stage play, a revival of "The Threepenny Opera" and a new play by Stephen Adly Guirgis will highlight the Atlantic Theater Company's upcoming season.

Tyler, The Creator + Earl Sweatshirt - Fox Theater - May 22, 2013

Tyler, The Creator shows are known to get a little too rowdy and out of hand, but last night in Pomona Tyler let loose and got silly instead of psycho.

Lissie at Varsity Theater, 5/22/2013

Lissie with Vance Joy Varsity Theater, Minneapolis Wednesday, May 22, 2013 When an artist says at the beginning of their show, "We're gonna play a lot of new stuff tonight," there's often a collective groan from the room, but when Lissie told that to the sold-out room at the Varsity, everyone hooted and cheered.

Theater Schmeater planning to leave 21-year Capitol Hill home

One of the longest running theater experiences on Capitol Hill could end this summer.

Theater review: 'Murder Ballad'

The Playbill cover for "Murder Ballad" has a sexy-looking man and woman sharing an open-mouthed kiss.

Australian Film 'The Sapphires' Opens May 24 at the Farmington Civic Theater

An independent Australian film that drew a rave response at the Cannes Film Festival opens May 24 at the Farmington Civic Theater .

Harmony From Chaos

Everything is dark except for the truck-sized monolith. Two female figures emerge from the shadows, their bodies athletically twisting and spinning and stomping to the electronic beat, which sounds like someone drumming on crystal stalagmites.

ACTing Out: African-American Collective Theater presents its 15th DC Black Pride production

With all the events that make up the DC Black Pride weekend, quite a few people from workshop coordinators to town hall facilitators to speed-dating overseers will have that well-known phrase in mind at some point: ''It's showtime!'' In the case of Alan Sharpe, however, not only will he bring the phrase back to its roots, he'll use it twice.

Capawock Theatre to Reopen; Oak Bluffs Theaters May Stay Dark

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.

Vermont's Summer Theater Companies Prep for the Season

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 Culebra awaits new hospital, school

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.

Katharine McPhee on 'Smash'

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.

CBS to Air Tony Awards Through 2018

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

Farmworkers Fight Wendy's, the 'Last Holdout' on Fair Food

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.

5 Pittsburgh theater troupes that continue to surprise

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

L.A.'s REDCAT Lands $244K Grant To Fund Theater Festival, Residencies

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

Off-Leash Area theater is lining up shows for garages or barns

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

Streetside: Surviving the Mystery Train's murder-mystery dinner theater

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.

Great Small Works to Bring 10th International Toy Theater Festival to ...

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.

Theater Summer Guide: In Mr. Burns, A Post-apocalyptic World Is Held Together Only by The Simpsons

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

The Adobe Theater to Stage Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers, Beg. 6/28

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

Spring Is In the Air... Along With Classical Music

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 won't return as 2014 Oscar host

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.

Announcing the Winners of the 2013 Village Voice Obie Awards

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.

Norwich students prepare for creative turn as storytellers

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.

Review: Spirited, sexy version of 'Master Builder'

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.

'Chuck' and 'Smash' stars head to Broadway

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

Oswego Playhouse Performing Dinner Theater Show 'Death By Chocolate'

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.

'Fast & Furious 6' includes scene long dreamed by Justin Lin

The idea came screeching into director Justin Lin's fuel-injected imagination in 2009: a fiery escape scene featuring a muscle car that crashes out of an airplane during takeoff.

The Liza show must go on: concerts, theater, awards

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See how some theater veterans have fared on TV

NEW YORK The slow, lingering demise of 'Smash' has felt more like a punch to the gut to the folks on Broadway.

Speaking of Stories, Charles de L'Arbre and Kristina Kulchin to Get a Read on T.C. Boyle

Gathering in a group and listening to a well-trained voice tell a story is probably the mellowest, not to mention most ancient, of our social pleasures.

70 years later, firefighters honor fallen heroes of Victoria Theater Fire

A 1931 Mack firetruck was parked on streets wet from rain Sunday morning outside a building that once housed Victory Theater.

Cleveland theater auditions for May 17 and beyond

Seeking African-Americans for webisode series, "The Greek Chronicles," that follows the Greeks and wannabes of fictitious Bindford College.

Photo Flash: First Look at Hampton Theater's How the Other Half Loves

Three couples, an indiscretion, a cover-up, accusations and crumbling alibis on overlapping sets all lead to confusion and uproarious comedy in the Hampton Theatre Company's revival of Alan Ayckbourn 's "How The Other Half Loves," opening on May 23 for a three-week run in Quogue.

David Leeper is five shades of rainbow perfection in 'At The Flash'

Leeper did an amazing acting job with a wonderful piece of theater . Leeper is alone on stage for 90 min as he plays 5 different GLBT characters.

Davison speaks out about the past and the future

"After the game was over, John ran over and hugged me because he was happy I could be at his game.