Hugh Jackman is not known for mincing his words. In fact, he spoke his mind smack in the middle of a preview performance of the Broadway show"A Steady Rain" last week because of a phone call. Apparently one of the audience members forgot to shut their phone off before entering the theater. Jackman stopped the show to make a mockery of the person who forgot that cell phones aren't welcome in a theater.

Disney's Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical "The Lion King," based on the 1994 Disney animated film, is one of the most popular shows on Broadway and around the world. In an upcoming ceremony, Disney Theatrical Productions will donate objects from "The Lion King" to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

The American Theatre Wing’s 63rd Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards 2009 were held at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday. The awards honor theatre professional and distinguished achievement on Broadway. The cut-off for nomination eligibility on the 2008-2009 Broadway Season was be April 30, 2009.

In an interview before his inauguration, Barack Obama said he and his wife liked having "date nights," usually on Fridays. Even as President, the first couple are continuing that practice, as well they should, as being the U.S. president is the most pressure-packed job in the world.

February 11, 2008 (Barcelona, Amsterdam) - GyPSii, the world’s leading geo-location and social networking service provider for mobile phones and Internet devices, has signed an agreement with Broadway Pvt. Ltd. (www.broadway.in), to offer the full suite of GyPSii services to the worlds second largest and fastest growing mobile market with 233 million mobile subscribers and growing at a monthly rate of over 8 million.

The only achievement of the stagehands’ strike was the exchange of accusations between them and theatre producers as the work stoppage that has shut down more than two dozen Broadway shows entered its third day Monday.

Stagehands' Braodway strike started this morning causing plays and musicals to shut down as picket lines were formed outside theaters. The stagehands union, Local One, and the League of American Theatres and Producers have been in negotiations for more than three months over staff requirement.

Boston University’s premiere musical theater company, On Broadway, presents a full-scale production of Fame, a story set during the last years of New York City's High School of the Performing Arts. The show will open Friday, November 2 at 8:00 PM, with additional performances on Saturday, November 3 at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM at BU’s Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Avenue).

Broadway productions have been, until recently, rare in Chinese theaters. But today, Western musicals are winning audiences across China.

It went from a cult film classic in 1988 to the 2003 Tony Award-winning best musical on Broadway; and now, coming full circle, it is back on screen as a bright and boisterous movie musical. Alan Silverman spoke to the film's stars and director for this look at Hairspray.

Claire Danes will make her Broadway debut as Eliza Doolittle in a new production of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. David Grindley is directing the play, which is being produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company.