As a queen, Helen Mirren reigns on screen and stage. National Theatre Live, which broadcasts stage shows from England to movie screens worldwide, said Monday that its June 13 live broadcast of Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in the play “The Audience” has captured its largest audience to date.

There was plenty of applause heard during the Tony Awards — and perhaps no place louder than from as far away as Pittsburgh.

Stephen King and John Mellencamp had a simple problem when they started the long odyssey to create a musical.

If you recall your youthful diaries or journals as being on the shallow side, you'll really cringe when comparing them to the ambitious eloquence to be found in essayist Susan Sontag's published journals.

From its very beginnings, the imposing marble edifice with the glistening copper dome rising 100 feet (30 meters) above the edge of downtown Los Angeles has been a major Hollywood production.

Director Tom Morris uses the phrase “happy accident” to describe the success of his Tony Award-winning play “War Horse,” whose central character was a puppet.

The sacking of Egypt's Opera House head has triggered a new political battle against President Mohammed Morsi, this time by artists who accuse the Islamist's Muslim Brotherhood of aiming to control cultural institutions.

Mickey Mouse is center stage again in Fantasyland. The world's most famous mouse has reclaimed Disneyland's Fantasyland Theatre for himself after a six-year occupation by the Disney princesses. In recent years, the theme park venue was used as a meeting place for Disney royalty instead of an actual theater. It's now home to a new song-and-dance extravaganza called “Mickey and the Magical Map.”

Russia's famous Mariinsky theater in Saint Petersburg inaugurated a new ballet and opera house on Thursday in a gala ceremony attended by a glittering array of celebrities including President Vladimir Putin and singer Placido Domingo.

The Broadway musical “Mamma Mia!” will be dancing to a slightly smaller theater in Times Square later this year.