
Dylan inducted as honorary member of arts academy
Michael Chabon had long been mystified by that Bob Dylan lyric about "midnight's broken toe." The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, the keynote speaker ...

Drama Desk Award nominations are unveiled
The off-Broadway show "Giant" and the quickly shuttered Broadway musical "Hands on a Hardbody" lead the Drama Desk nomination race this season, with ...

Elaine Stritch movingly says goodbye to New York
Broadway legend Elaine Stritch kicked off a final series of concerts to bid farewell to New York, but refused to be maudlin about it, instead ...

Sondheim wins prestigious MacDowell medal
Stephen Sondheim has won one of the top honors in the arts world, the Edward MacDowell Medal for lifetime achievement. The MacDowell Colony, the New ...

AP NewsBreak: Dylan voted into elite arts academy
If he lived in England, he'd surely be Sir Bob Dylan. The most influential songwriter of his time has become the first rock star voted into the elite, ...
'Once' wins best musical theater album Grammy
The cast album for "Once" has nabbed a Grammy Award, the latest honor for a show that has already earned a Tony and an Oscar. The recording from the ...

Playwright David Ives finds his timing perfectly
There was a moment this past December in Paris when playwright David Ives achieved what he calls "a moment of maximum fabulosity." Film director Roman ...

For best musical theater Grammy, a vet vs. newbie
David Alan Grier would obviously love to win a Grammy when the awards are handed out this weekend. It's a small part of his master plan. If he wins ...

Tina Fey, Amy Poehler ready for Golden Globes show
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are ready to crack each other up at the Golden Globe Awards. The two multi-hyphenate talents offered a taste of their ...

Composer/pianist Richard Rodney Bennett dies
British composer, pianist and arranger Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, who was nominated three times for Academy Awards, has died in New York City at age ...

Broadway's Telly Leung gets jazzy in his solo CD
Carol Channing has affected a great many people during the course of her great career — none more so than Telly Leung. The gifted singer and actor was ...