Broadway preview performance canceled when actor Tony Roberts falls ill on stage

September 30th, 2009 Video captures Jackman chiding cell phone offenderNEW YORK — Hugh Jackman knows how to stop the show. He did it recently when a cell phone call interrupted a preview performance of "A Steady Rain," the Broadway play that stars Jackman and Daniel Craig.

September 22nd, 2009 Zeta-Jones, Lansbury set for B'way 'Night Music'NEW YORK — There will be more than a little star power in the upcoming Broadway revival of "A Little Night Music," the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury will share top billing in the production which begins preview performances Nov.

September 13th, 2009 Hold final curtain: 'Avenue Q' moves to off-B'wayNEW YORK — Hold that final curtain for "Avenue Q." The Tony-winning musical, which had its last Broadway performance Sunday night, will move to off-Broadway next month, said producer Kevin McCollum, who announced the news from the stage of the Golden Theatre after the cast took its final bows. The closing-night audience cheered.

September 10th, 2009 Daniel Craig, Hugh Jackman open play on BroadwayNEW YORK — James Bond and Wolverine have hit Broadway. Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman gave their first performance Thursday night in the play "A Steady Rain." In it, Craig and Jackman play Chicago police officers confronting professional and personal difficulties.

September 9th, 2009 R&B singer DEBORAH COX is taking to the stage to star in a Broadway biopic of pioneering African-American performer JOSEPHINE BAKER. The Nobody's Supposed To Be Here star is returning to the theatre to tell the tale of the late singer/actress, who became the first black woman to star in a motion picture and was a leading figure in the U.S.

September 9th, 2009 2010 Tony Awards set for June 13 at Radio CityNEW YORK — Broadway's fall shows haven't even arrived yet but the date for the 2010 Tony Awards has been set — Sunday June 13 — at Radio City Music Hall. Winners of awards honoring the best of the 2009-2010 Broadway season will be announced during a live, three-hour telecast by CBS, 8:00 p.m.-11 p.m.

September 2nd, 2009 Cate Blanchett gets a head wound on stageSYDNEY — Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett got a head wound when she was hit by a prop on stage Wednesday during a Sydney theater performance. The performance of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" was canceled, but the 40-year-old Australian actress will return to the stage for Thursday's show, Sydney Theater Company spokesman Tim McKeough said.

September 1st, 2009 Revival of 'Angels in America' set for off-B'wayNEW YORK — "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes" will fly again in New York — off-Broadway. The mammoth, two-part drama by Tony Kushner will be presented by the Signature Theatre Company during its 2010-2011 season as part of a yearlong celebration of the playwright.

August 25th, 2009 NEW YORK - It looks like American actress Emma Roberts is very much in love with her boyfriend Dathan Kuppin, for the latter was recently seen covered in hickeys. Roberts, 18, who is the niece of actress Julia Roberts, was seen attending the hit Broadway musical "Rock of Ages" last weekend.

July 22nd, 2009 Actor's sister slain, previews in Seattle canceledSEATTLE — Five preview performances of "Catch Me If You Can," a world premiere musical in Seattle, have been canceled because of the killing of a sister of one of the stars. Norbert Leo Butz, who has a lead role in the show, is a brother of 39-year-old Teresa Butz.

June 24th, 2009 Billy Crystal takes '700 Sundays' on the roadNEW YORK — Billy Crystal is taking his acclaimed stage autobiography, "700 Sundays," on the road this fall. "700 Sundays" was a Broadway success during the 2004-2005 season, playing to sold-out houses and winning a Tony Award for special theatrical experience.

June 17th, 2009 'Irena's Vow' to close on BroadwayNEW YORK — "Irena's Vow" won't be kept on Broadway. Producers announced Tuesday that the play will have its final performance at the Walter Kerr Theatre on June 28.

June 12th, 2009 'Fela!' makes the move from off-B'way to BroadwayNEW YORK — "Fela!" — one of off-Broadway's big hits last summer — is coming to Broadway. The musical, based on the life of African composer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti, will open Nov.

June 8th, 2009 NEW YORK - Billy Elliot, the unlikely British musical about a miner's son with a passion for ballet, dominated the Tony Awards, scooping up 10 prizes, including the coveted prize for best musical. The Tony for best play went Sunday night to the searing marital comedy "God of Carnage" by Yasmina Reza while the remake of the musical "Hair" won the prize for best revival of a musical.

June 1st, 2009 Judith Ivey as Ann Landers set to dispense adviceNEW YORK — Ann Landers will be dispensing advice off-Broadway this fall. Judith Ivey will portray the legendary problem-solving columnist in "The Lady With All the Answers," David Rambo's play drawn from Landers' life and letters.