Theater News & Pictures

British-born actress Mischa Barton wants a role in the UK’s revival of Sister Act. The musical, based on the hit 1993 film starring Whoopi Goldberg, will debut on London’s West End this Winter, and the former OC is vying for a role with a habit.
Mischa’s agents called producers to say she wants to play [...]

Britney Spears and Tara Reid on the Great White Way! Well…not really. The troubled lives of Hollywood bad girls Britney Spears and Tara Reid will be chronicled to comedic perfection in a new Off-Broadway musical, entitled Girls Day, Or Britney and Tara Stare into the Void and the Void Stares Back. The play’s plot follows [...]

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will make his Broadway debut this September in a reprisal of his acclaimed 2007 role in Equus on London’s West End. He will perform in a twenty-two week run in New York City.

Broadway’s Clay Aiken promoted his appearance in Monty Python’s Spamalot while adding his famous handprint to Planet Hollywood NYC’s Wall of Fame on Tuesday.

British playwright Richard Thomas, the brains behind Jerry Springer: The Opera, is collaborating with composer Mark-Anthony Turnage to turn the tragic life of Anna Nicole Smith into an on-stage extravaganza. The opera will be staged at the Royal Opera House in Britain.