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Bogart's Son Opens Film Festival At Smithsonian

The son of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall is opening the first film festival at the Smithsonian's new movie theater on the National Mall with screenings of several of his father's films, beginning with "Casablanca." Sixty-three-year-old Stephen Bogart says he only really knew his famous father from the movies.

John O'Callaghan and Kristina Sky at the Yost Theater Last Night

John O'Callaghan with Kristina Sky Yost Theater, Santa Ana Feb. 2, 2012 Ireland's No.

Kevin Spacey to Appear on Theater Talk Tonight

Kevin Spacey , currently starring in The Bridge Project's Richard III at BAM, will be a guest on "Theater Talk" tonight, February 3 at 1 AM on Channel 13 in New York.

'Top Chef: Texas,' Ep. 13: Pee-wee Herman and pancakes

All We Can Eat is a meeting place for the food-obsessed, a traffic signal at the ever-crowded intersection of politics, culture, aesthetics, desire and the dinner plate.

Surreal ups and downs in musical 'Ionescopade'

In this publicity photo released by O&M Co., the cast of "Ionescopade, a Musical Vaudeville," are shown.

What's playing at the theater?

The following movie listings include those of the Movies at Midway starting Thursday, Feb.

Playwrights and theaters join Japan benefit push

Celebrated playwrights including Stephen Sondheim, Tony Kushner and Edward Albee have joined a fundraiser to mark the anniversary of a devastating earthquake in Japan.

NBC series takes a soapy look at the theater world

Actress Anjelica Huston is standing at the edge of a large mirrored rehearsal space as dancers and choreographers circulate around her.

Bandy Center in Dalton to host Civil War lectures

"Protecting Home and Hearth: Civil War Georgia 1862" will be the topic of the 2012 Civil War in the Western Theater Colloquium sponsored by The Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest Georgia in conjunction with the Chickamauga Civil War Trade Show.

GV opera theater debuts Broadway-style 'The Light in the Piazza'

The student-acted "The Light in the Piazza," which combines a Broadway-style contemporary love story with the musical tact of the opera, debuts tonight at the Grand Valley State University Louis Armstrong Theatre.

Hollywood Theater to Raise the Dead

Why is it important to save a cemetery chapel in Evans City? Gary Streiner said he's been asked this about 3,000 times in the past few months, and each time he answers, the response is more meaningful.

Playwright sees lessons in teaching 'Wit'

Playwright Margaret Edson talks proudly about her Pulitzer Prize and her work appearing on Broadway, but she's the most animated when she discusses "Wit" being read in another place - the classroom.

Russia's shiny new Bolshoi grappling with g...

When Moscow's Bolshoi Theater threw open its doors after a six-year renovation, a gilded handle broke off in a reporter's hand during the first dress rehearsal for the opening opera.

Hungary protest against rightist theater director

BUDAPEST, Hungary -- A few hundred protesters gathered outside Budapest's New Theater in rejection of its new director, an actor with links to far-right parties.

A Minute With: Katharine McPhee star of "Smash"

Life has been full of ups and downs for Katharine McPhee since she ended "American Idol" as runner-up in 2006.

Smithsonian honors Eastwood, opens theater on mall

The Smithsonian Institution is honoring Clint Eastwood for his six decades of work in American film, and the actor and director is cutting the ribbon to open a new theater to showcase film at the National Museum of American History.

ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Big Ideas in Small Spaces

Some plays are worth defying claustrophobia for. As a capacity audience crowded onto the benches that surrounded the rectangular stage of the tiny black-box space of the Royal Court Jerwood Theater Upstairs, I could feel my chest tightening and my breath growing shorter.

Musselwhite recognized for film score in 'Der Greis'

Berry College professor Harry Musselwhite's 2010 short film "Der Greis" received a Special Merit for Outstanding Musical Score award at the 2012 Winter Shorts Film Festival in Kentucky this past weekend.

USA Network tackles discrimination with new PSA

Patrick J. Adams, star of USA Network's legal drama, "Suits," says he was teased when he was a teenager for being interested in theater.

What grows in Brookyn? A tree and a new theater

In this artist rendering released by Theatre for a New Audience, a drawing of the Theatre for a New Audience's 299-seat stage planned in the Brooklyn borough of New York, is shown.

"Glee" Pays Tribute to Michael Jackson Tonight

After episodes saluting the music of Madonna , Britney Spears and Fleetwood Mac , Glee now turns its attention to the King of Pop: Michael Jackson .

'Chariots of Fire' to run on the London stage

Cue that music : The Oscar-winning 1980 drama Chariots of Fire will get an entirely new kind of run.

Refurbished N. Ind. theater gets help from artists

An 88-year-old theater in northern Indiana that re-opened in June following an $18 million restoration project has been spruced up a bit more by some local artists.

Pittsburgh Musical Theater's 'Spring Awakening' well worth the visit

There's a moment you know you're seeing something special. In Pittsburgh Musical Theater's "Spring Awakening," it comes when Logan Williams hits all the right notes as Melchior in the second song of the show.

David Alan Grier shrugs off 'Porgy and Bess' row

' David Alan Grier has a gentle message for anyone who is getting all hot and bothered thinking that he's helping ruin an American masterpiece.

Neeson's 'Grey' mauls box office with $19.7M

Neeson's survivalist thriller "The Grey" debuted atop the weekend box office, earning $19.7 million.

One for the Money Isn't Worth Yours

Release Date: January 27, 2012 Rating: PG-13 Genre: Action,Crime, Comedy, Adaptation Run Time: 106 min.

'Smash': a TV drama mashed up with original songs

As TV series go, "Smash" does a smashing job of abstaining from the usual: no courtrooms, no operating rooms, no interrogation rooms.

Los Campesinos! at the Varsity Theater, 1/29/2012

Los Campesinos! with Parenthetical Girls Varsity Theater, Minneapolis Sunday, January 29, 2012 Los Campesinos! is an indie-rock band that hails from Cardiff, Wales -- which is pretty far removed from anything Latino-related implied by the name.

Port Chester Capitol Theatre to Reopen

When Howie Ravikoff's father Marvin purchased Port Chester's Capitol Theatre back in 1983, it was boarded up and there were holes in the ceiling.

Brian Welsh Has Dedicated 27 Years to Teaching Theater and the Arts at Villa Duchesne

Did you know Lady Gaga is a graduate of the Academy of the Sacred Heart School at 91th Street in Manhattan? Villa Duchesne Oak Hill is part of the Sacred Heart network, and theater director Brian Welsh knows that.

Towson president completes unusual rise from theater to her alma mater's top job

As the chandeliers began to swing and the ceiling panels shifted to and fro, the interviewers seated around the hotel conference table seemed uncertain how to react.

Neeson's 'The Grey' tops box office with $20 million

Liam Neeson's "The Grey" topped the weekend box office with $20 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, continuing the actor's success as an action star in the winter months.

Review: Wilco serves up fine, multi-course show in San Jose

Wilco performs at the San Jose Civic Auditorium in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday , Jan.

the Unauthorized Afterlife of Eugene O'Neill Closes at Adobe Theater, 129

THE UNAUTHORIZED AFTERLIFE OF Eugene O'Neill is a fictional exploration by James Cady of how O'Neill tried to come to terms with the treatment of his family in his literary works as he journeys through the afterlife searching for the meaning in his own life - and maybe to settle a few scores.

Back at the theater

"The Grey" - After the thrillers "Taken" and "Unknown," Liam Neeson is back in his new genre of choice, looking quite at home punching a wolf.

Injured Shakespeare Theater actor returns to 'Romeo and Juliet'

Johnny Lee Davenport, injured in a backstage accident Friday night, was set to return to the Orlando Shakespeare Theater's production of "Romeo and Juliet" Saturday.

Shakespeare Revived in Purchase Theater Production

The ins and outs of romance will be at the forefront, just in time for Valentine's Day, as Purchase College's Repertory Theater works on the final touches of the "Love's Fire" production.

Crooner-in-chief hits Apollo Theater

Music industry pros - not to mention all of Harlem - delighted in President Obama 's dazzling show at the Apollo Theater Thursday night when he launched into a silky smooth rendition of Al Green 's "Let's Stay Together." "He has a natural ability," gushed Kat Carlson , who runs the Voice Academy of NYC on W. 24th St.

Let's Go: The Gang's all here

The cast of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" performs the title song during a dress rehearsal of the show.

'Smash' Stars An 'Interesting Tribe': Theater People

Ingenue or Leading Lady: Ivy Bell and Karen compete for the coveted lead role in a new Marilyn Monroe Broadway musical in Smash , which premieres Feb.

Compelling show at Ridgefield Theater Barn

The Ridgefield Theater Barn is offering a slate of short one-act plays by authors who have begun to make their mark with lively and sometimes plaintive stage works.

Jiri Zizka, 58, a force in Philadelphia theater

By Howard Shapiro INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Jiri Zizka defected from Czechoslovakia, joined a small Philadelphia theater company, and, with his then-wife Blanka Zizka, transformed it into the Wilma Theater - one of the city's largest stage companies.

Obama 'putting colleges on notice' on high tuition

President Barack Obama fired a warning at the nation's colleges and universities on Friday, threatening to strip their federal aid if they "jack up tuition" every year and to give the money instead to schools showing restraint and value.

Kids try to bury big family secret, in 'Yosemite'

In this theater image released by The O & M Co., from left, Seth Numrich, Kathryn Erbe, Noah Galvin and Libby Woodbridge are shown in a scene from "Yosemite," a new play by Daniel Talbott performing off-Broadway at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York.

Welcome Back, Kotter's Robert Hegyes, who played Epstein, dies

Robert Hegyes , best known for playing Juan Epstein on Welcome Back, Kotter , died Thursday from an apparent heart attack, The Star-Ledger reports.