89 stories by "The Washington Post"
The painting was the Saudi prince's closely guarded secret.
WASHINGTON - Justin Philip was back in line for the second time that day, waiting for another chance to snap a selfie with Kehinde Wiley's portrait of Barack Obama.
Jared Freid and Jordana Abraham have started bringing their advice to live audiences with “U Up? Live!”
Who are the few poor souls who don't actually like this thing?
The Kennedy Center is out with its annual list of honorees who will collect those famous rainbow-striped medals at a glitzy, celeb-studded ceremony and show in December. And (surprise!) seve…
NEW YORK " Late last week, Robert De Niro walked onto a Tony Awards rehearsal stage at Radio City Music Hall and, with the military efficiency common to such proceedings, read quickly off th…
Forty-five years ago, while enjoying waffles for breakfast, track coach Bill Bowerman had an inspirational moment. Maybe putting a waffle-like pattern on the soles of running shoes would giv…
Tony Award-winning actress Ruthie Ann Miles' 4-year-old daughter was killed in an accident Monday that also killed a 1-year-old boy.
"Chess," the rock musical about a Cold War tournament of the board game, seemed like a sure thing ahead of its Broadway debut in 1988: The initial concept album " with music written by half …
In a new sexual misconduct scandal that could shake the economics of Hollywood in unprecedented ways, Disney said Tuesday that animation chief John Lasseter would be taking a six-month leave…
It was a brief mention, but SNL didn't spare the U.S. senator and former comedian, who has been accusing of groping and forcibly kissing a woman.
Halfway through the new Broadway musical "The Band's Visit," a restaurateur in a remote Israeli town sings an aching ballad.
Last summer, Lin-Manuel Miranda took his final Broadway bow as the title character in "Hamilton." But it turns out it wasn't his last performance. Miranda will reprise the role - in Puerto R…
The gauntlet of abuse allegedly included public dares, inappropriate sexual talk, abuse and bullying, according to court documents.
Like many of President Donald Trump's tweets, the one lashing out at filmmaker Michael Moore seemed to come out of nowhere.
"Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton," the latest documentary from Rory Kennedy ("Last Days in Vietnam"), is partly the life story of Hamilton, widely considered the world's best big…
A comedian's job, Margaret Cho says, is to push boundaries and be offensive. That's how you get to her preferred type of comedy: the severe kind.
Since the second half of 1983, when "Cujo," "The Dead Zone" and "Christine" rolled into theaters, one after another, it's been unofficial Hollywood writ that no Stephen King novel, novella o…
Ben Platt, who more than three years ago spoke the words and sang the music of "Dear Evan Hansen" for the first time, going on to win the Tony Award in June for best actor in a musical, will…
As a young woman and into her middle years, Carroll had a career of firsts. The first black actress to win a Tony, for the 1962 musical "No Strings," in which her fashion-model character was…
Best play ' "Oslo"
The wish was to write a truly original show based on a perception Pasek had back in high school, when a student died and his classmates rushed disconcertingly to claim the status -- and atte…
Classic female reporters such as Lois Lane, Hildy Johnson in "His Girl Friday" and comics character Brenda Starr were wisecracking gals full of chutzpah who could handle breaking news just f…
One of the ways we deal with the lingering sense that pop culture is a guilty pleasure is to argue that it has a value beyond pleasure, that it can help us understand major political and cul…
