Second Stage Theater is postponing its summer production of “Mr. & Mrs. Fitch,� a new play by Douglas Carter Beane (“The Little Dog Laughed,� “Xanadu�), because of a scheduling conflict with the project’s director, Scott Ellis, the theater announced. “Mr. & Mrs. Fitch,� a comedy ab...

The new U2 album, “No Line on the Horizonâ€� (Interscope), tops this week’s Billboard chart, with 484,000 in sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan — the biggest opening week of any album so far this year but significantly lower than the band’s last album, “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb,â...

The top 13 finalists on “American Idol� attracted the night’s largest television audience for Fox with 25.2 million viewers, according to Nielsen’s estimates....

A new movie written by Adrienne Shelly will make its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival, which announced its remaining feature selections on Wednesday. “Serious Moonlight,� written by Ms. Shelly, who was killed by a worker in her apartment building in 2006, stars Meg Ryan, right, as a lawyer who...

Chris Brown, right, the R&B performer who was charged with two felonies after being accused of attacking his companion, the pop star Rihanna, removed his name from the ballot of the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards on Wednesday, The Associated Press reported. Mr. Brown was nominated in the categori...

What began as a humble farewell from Michael Jackson to 200,000 or so of his fondest fans has somehow metamorphosed into a spectacle. The promoter AEG Live said it would add 13 dates to Mr. Jackson’s “This Is It� concert series, which begins on July 8 at the O2 Arena in London. Mr. Jackson’s...

An episode of “Big Love,� the HBO series about a polygamous Mormon family has courted controversy with the Mormon church....

The auction house cut the pay package of its chief executive, William F. Ruprecht....

New York City Center has completed casting for its Encores! production of “Finian’s Rainbow.�...

The Sundance Film Festival has found its new director....