Tony winner Nina Arianda (Venus in Fur) is set for a series regular role opposite Billy Bob Thornton in Amazon's upcoming original drama Trial, from executive producer David E. Kelley.

The legal drama, which Kelley co-wrote with his Practice and Boston Legal producer Jonathan Shapiro, centers on Billy McBride…

Cicely Tyson turns 91 in December and there’s a moment in the uneven Broadway revival of The Gin Game when the years fall away, when she is evanescent, transformed for a quickly passing instant into a delighted, girlish young woman. The source of this glinting good cheer is some offstage band music and the reluctant…

With three new shows in previews, the Broadway box office showed a bit more spark in Week 17 of the 2015-16 season. Meaty increases included An American In Paris, up $140K to $1.4 million at the Nederlanders’ Palace; Chicago, up $92K to $725K at the Shuberts’ Ambassador; Finding Neverland, up $75K to $881K at the…

EXCLUSIVE: Nina Arianda, who won a Tony Award for her leading role in Venus In Fur, will join the cast of Stephen Frears' Florence Foster Jenkins opposite Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant. The Pathe-financed film follows the true story of Jenkins (Streep), who used her wealth and high-society connections at the turn of the…

Playing ex-lovers and semi-siblings in the emotional shootout of a lifetime, Sam Rockwell and Nina Arianda will reprise their summer vacation performances in Sam Shepard’s intense, intimate 1983 play on Broadway beginning next September. The show was widely viewed as a likely New York transfer, and the move signifies…

The Williamstown Theatre Festival isn’t exactly the straw hat circuit — unless you count the likes of Sam Rockwell, Blythe Danner and Bradley Cooper in seasonal mufti during their off hours at the Tunnel City Cafe. Instead, the WTF (don’t think the popularization of those three letters is lost on the marketing folks…

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