http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/4862-performing-arts.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/4862-performing-arts.html http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2094740-denmarks-de-forest-wins-eurovision-song-contest.html MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine. Juries and television viewers across Europe awarded the barefoot, hippie-chic 20-year-old for the catchy... Sun, 19 May 2013 00:23:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2094740-denmarks-de-forest-wins-eurovision-song-contest.html 2013-05-19T00:23:12Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2090862-boston-symphony-orchestra-names-music-director.html BOSTON (AP) — Andris Nelsons has been named the Boston Symphony Orchestra's music director. The chairman of the 132-year-old orchestra's trustees made the announcement Thursday. The 34-year-old Nelsons, a Latvia native, said in a statement that he is "deeply honored and touched" by the appointment and plans to make his first appearance in Boston as the or... Thu, 16 May 2013 16:53:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2090862-boston-symphony-orchestra-names-music-director.html 2013-05-16T16:53:03Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2084598-baz-luhrmann-cannes-birthplace.html CANNES, France (AP) — Baz Luhrmann might never have gone on to direct "The Great Gatsby" — or anything else, for that matter — if not for the Cannes Film Festival. "No Cannes, no me sitting here with you," Luhrmann said in a recent interview. When Luhrmann opens the 66th Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday with the international premiere of "The Great Gatsb... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:22:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2084598-baz-luhrmann-cannes-birthplace.html 2013-05-14T18:22:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2075840-review-2-jm-barrie-comedies-smart-breezy.html NEW YORK (AP) — Scottish author and playwright J.M. Barrie, creator of Peter Pan and Neverland, also wrote intelligent comedies for adults confounded by the fast-changing Edwardian era. The Pearl Theatre is closing out its 29th season with a lighthearted pair of Barrie's plays, combined in "This Side of Neverland" and deftly staged by Pearl artistic direc... Fri, 10 May 2013 03:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2075840-review-2-jm-barrie-comedies-smart-breezy.html 2013-05-10T03:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2073714-nazi-themed-opera-canceled-germany.html BERLIN (AP) — A modern version of Richard Wagner's "Tannhauser" has been canceled in Germany after the opening-night audience complained about new scenes showing Jews being executed and dying in the gas chambers. A spokeswoman for Duesseldorf's opera house said there would only be concert performances without theatrical staging. Monika Doll said producer ... Thu, 09 May 2013 11:30:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2073714-nazi-themed-opera-canceled-germany.html 2013-05-09T11:30:34Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2068338-nazi-themed-opera-creates-scandal-germany.html BERLIN (AP) — A modern production of Richard Wagner's opera "Tannhauser" is causing a stir in Germany because of Nazi-themed scenes showing people dying in gas chambers and members of a family having their heads shaved before being executed. A spokeswoman for the Dusseldorf opera house said Tuesday that members of the audience "booed and were shocked" by ... Tue, 07 May 2013 15:32:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2068338-nazi-themed-opera-creates-scandal-germany.html 2013-05-07T15:32:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2066914-crudup-hensley-to-join-mckellen-stewart.html NEW YORK (AP) — Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will get some high-caliber help onstage this fall — Tony Award winners Billy Crudup and Shuler Hensley. Producers of the upcoming Broadway revivals of Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land" and Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" said Monday that Crudup and Hensley will join their illustrious colleagues at the Co... Mon, 06 May 2013 20:21:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2066914-crudup-hensley-to-join-mckellen-stewart.html 2013-05-06T20:21:12Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2064740-frederic-franklin-british-born-dancer-dies-98.html NEW YORK (AP) — Frederic Franklin, a British-born dancer who helped popularize modern ballet in the United States and performed until his mid-90s, has died. He was 98. Franklin succumbed to complications from pneumonia on Saturday at a Manhattan hospital, according to his lifelong partner, William Ausman. Franklin last appeared with the American Ballet Th... Sun, 05 May 2013 21:37:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2064740-frederic-franklin-british-born-dancer-dies-98.html 2013-05-05T21:37:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2056934-the-testament-mary-to-close-sunday.html NEW YORK (AP) — "The Testament of Mary," which earned three Tony Award nominations, won't be around next month when they're handed out. Producers said the one-woman show by Colm Toibin that imagines the Virgin Mary's life after her son's death will close Sunday after 43 performances, a victim of poor reviews and ticket sales. It earned nominations Tuesday... Wed, 01 May 2013 20:11:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2056934-the-testament-mary-to-close-sunday.html 2013-05-01T20:11:46Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2055902-terry-gilliam-to-direct-berlioz-opera-eno.html LONDON (AP) — The English National Opera's 2013-14 season will include a world premiere of Oedipus-inspired opera "Thebans" and the return of Monty Python's Terry Gilliam to direct a new production, the company announced Wednesday. "Thebans," based on the tragedies of Sophocles, is a first opera from composer Julian Anderson, with libretto by Irish playwr... Wed, 01 May 2013 14:48:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2055902-terry-gilliam-to-direct-berlioz-opera-eno.html 2013-05-01T14:48:54Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2054296-french-born-music-director-joins-dallas-opera.html DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Opera says the French-born conductor Emmanuel Villaume has been appointed its new music director. The announcement was made Tuesday. Villaume is only the third person named to the position in the company's 56-year history. Villaume's career has included engagements with New York's Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House in Londo... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:53:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2054296-french-born-music-director-joins-dallas-opera.html 2013-04-30T18:53:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2053428-kinky-boots-leading-13-tony-award-nods.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Cyndi Lauper-scored "Kinky Boots" has earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations, with the British import "Matilda: The Musical" close behind with 12. Tom Hanks, making his Broadway debut, earned a nod as leading man in a play. "Kinky Boots" is based on the 2005 British movie about a real-life shoe factory that struggles until it finds... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:26:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2053428-kinky-boots-leading-13-tony-award-nods.html 2013-04-30T18:26:34Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2051648-tony-award-nominations-british-accent.html NEW YORK (AP) — Two stories born in Britain are vying for America's biggest theater prize. "Kinky Boots" and "Matilda" are each a virtual lock to get a Tony Award nomination Tuesday for best musical and each show will be eager to capture as many nods as possible in the other 25 categories. The nominations will be announced from The New York Public Library... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:02:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2051648-tony-award-nominations-british-accent.html 2013-04-29T19:02:58Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2050164-musical-rocky-heading-to-broadway.html NEW YORK (AP) — It's been a knockout in Germany. Now Sylvester Stallone hopes a musical based on his beloved boxing film "Rocky" will also be a hit on Broadway. Producers said Sunday they plan to get "Rocky" up and punching at the Winter Garden by February following a successful debut in Hamburg last fall. Based on the Oscar-winning 1976 film, the musical... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:10:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2050164-musical-rocky-heading-to-broadway.html 2013-04-28T23:10:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2049496-helen-mirren-reigns-londons-olivier-awards.html LONDON (AP) — Helen Mirren was crowned queen of the London stage at the Olivier Awards Sunday, while compelling, canine-titled teen drama "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" emerged as best in show with seven trophies. Mirren, 67, was a popular and expected best actress choice for her regal yet vulnerable Queen Elizabeth II in "The Audienc... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:58:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2049496-helen-mirren-reigns-londons-olivier-awards.html 2013-04-28T21:58:32Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2050072-winners-london-theaters-olivier-awards.html LONDON (AP) — The winners of London's 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards, honoring achievement in theater, opera and dance: New Play: "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" New Musical: "Top Hat" Entertainment: "Goodnight Mister Tom" Revival: "Long Day's Journey Into Night" Musical Revival: "Sweeney Todd" Actress-Play: Helen Mirren, "The Audience" ... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:53:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2050072-winners-london-theaters-olivier-awards.html 2013-04-28T20:53:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2049710-swedens-nina-stemme-ignites-houstons-tristan.html HOUSTON (AP) — Thunderbolts and torrential rains greeted the audience arriving for Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" at the Wortham Theater Center on Saturday night. Inside the opera house they experienced a different kind of storm — a flood of glorious sound as Nina Stemme unfurled her magnificent voice. The Swedish soprano gave a performance of overwhelming... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:22:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2049710-swedens-nina-stemme-ignites-houstons-tristan.html 2013-04-28T18:22:47Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2047552-4-girls-who-play-matilda-snubbed-tonys.html NEW YORK (AP) — The members of the Tony Award nominations committee better look out: They've snubbed four girls who play a tough little telekinetic heroine on Broadway. Administrators for the awards met Friday for the fourth and final time to determine the eligibility of certain shows and ruled that the quartet of actresses who rotate as the lead in "Mati... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:00:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2047552-4-girls-who-play-matilda-snubbed-tonys.html 2013-04-26T23:00:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2038028-review-theres-weird-mary.html NEW YORK (AP) — If every mother secretly believes her son is a saint, you'd have to imagine the Virgin Mary would be positively insufferable. But she isn't in Colm Toibin's thrilling, idiosyncratic imagining of Mary's life after her son's death. The one-woman show, "The Testament of Mary," opened Monday at the Walter Kerr Theatre starring Fiona Shaw — sha... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:24:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2038028-review-theres-weird-mary.html 2013-04-23T00:24:34Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2029932-mamma-mia-musical-moving-to-bway-theater.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Broadway musical "Mamma Mia!" will be dancing to a slightly smaller theater in Times Square later this year. Producers said Thursday night the show featuring songs by ABBA will leave the Winter Garden Theatre and boogie over to the Broadhurst Theatre some six blocks away. The Winter Garden seats 1,498 people while the Broadhurst accomm... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:27:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2029932-mamma-mia-musical-moving-to-bway-theater.html 2013-04-19T00:27:35Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2022522-art-crashes-authority-play-ai-weiwei.html LONDON (AP) — Ai Weiwei appears to be standing in front of a London theater, which would be some trick, even for the provocative and unpredictable Chinese artist. The sculptor, photographer and installation artist renowned for his bicycles and sunflower seeds spent almost three months in detention in 2011 and remains barred from leaving China. At second g... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:00:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2022522-art-crashes-authority-play-ai-weiwei.html 2013-04-17T03:00:12Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2016946-glass-opera-the-lost-premieres-austria.html LINZ, Austria (AP) — Forget minimalist. It's a term Philip Glass never liked as a term for his musical style, and the rich complexity of "The Lost," his newest opera, proves those who insist on using it just plain wrong. Written for the new Linz opera house, where it world-premiered Friday, "The Lost"— "Spuren der Verirrten" in the original German — is a... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 06:20:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/music/2016946-glass-opera-the-lost-premieres-austria.html 2013-04-13T06:20:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2014418-maduro-takes-narrowing-lead-sunday-vote.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Red-shirted backers of Hugo Chavez's chosen heir transformed downtown Caracas into a raucous festival on the final day of campaigning for the weekend presidential election, flooding the streets Thursday in the hundreds of thousands to dance, drink beer and set off ear-splitting fireworks. Interim President Nicolas Maduro, a burly... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:47:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2014418-maduro-takes-narrowing-lead-sunday-vote.html 2013-04-12T01:47:35Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2010176-uk-national-theatre-chief-to-step-2015.html LONDON (AP) — The widely praised chief of Britain's National Theatre says he will leave his post in two years. Nicholas Hytner plans to step down from one of the biggest jobs in the theater world in March 2015. Britain's flagship state-funded theater company has had a run of successes since Hytner took charge in 2003, transferring hits including "War Hors... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:12:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2010176-uk-national-theatre-chief-to-step-2015.html 2013-04-10T12:12:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2005792-thatcher-profound-popular-culture.html LONDON (AP) — Margaret Thatcher was not just a political titan, she was a cultural icon — skewered by comedians, transformed into a puppet and played to Oscar-winning perfection by Meryl Streep. With her uncompromising politics, ironclad certainty, bouffant hairstyle and ever-present handbag, the late British leader was grist for comedians, playwrights, n... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:27:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2005792-thatcher-profound-popular-culture.html 2013-04-08T21:27:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2002846-irish-character-actor-milo-oshea-87-dies-nyc.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Irish actor Milo O'Shea, whose many roles on stage and screen included a friar in Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo and Juliet," an evil scientist in "Barbarella" and a Supreme Court justice on "The West Wing," has died in New York City. He was 86. Ireland's arts minister, Jimmy Deenihan, said in a statement announcing O'Shea's death on Tuesd... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 21:36:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2002846-irish-character-actor-milo-oshea-87-dies-nyc.html 2013-04-06T21:36:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/1999930-ballet-star-sergei-polunin-walks-2nd.html LONDON (AP) — One of the ballet world's brightest but most volatile stars has vanished, again. Sergei Polunin had been due to star in a dance piece based on Billy Hayes' Turkish prison memoir "Midnight Express" opening next week in London. But director Peter Schaufuss said the 23-year-old dancer did not show up for rehearsals on Wednesday. ... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:10:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/1999930-ballet-star-sergei-polunin-walks-2nd.html 2013-04-05T16:10:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1998392-abandoned-nigeria-national-theater-eyed-renewal.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's iconic National Theatre rises out of the brackish swamps of Lagos near its islands, a massive concrete and marble structure resembling a military officer's cap and a reminder of when the West African nation had seemingly endless oil dollars to spend. Today, the theater and its surrounding marshlands have become known more a... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:24:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/1998392-abandoned-nigeria-national-theater-eyed-renewal.html 2013-04-04T17:24:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/1996652-us-wont-allow-russians-to-guantanamo-prisoner.html MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. won't grant Russia access to one of its citizens held at the Guantanamo Bay prison because the prisoner refuses to meet with the delegation from his government, the State Department said Wednesday. Russian officials have asked to meet with Ravil Mingazov at the U.S. base in Cuba. State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland said the 47... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:26:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/1996652-us-wont-allow-russians-to-guantanamo-prisoner.html 2013-04-03T23:26:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/1989402-study-shakespeare-ruthless-businessman.html LONDON (AP) — Hoarder, moneylender, tax dodger — it's not how we usually think of William Shakespeare. But we should, according to a group of academics who say the Bard was a ruthless businessman who grew wealthy dealing in grain during a time of famine. Researchers from Aberystwyth University in Wales argue that we can't fully understand Shakespeare unle... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:57:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/1989402-study-shakespeare-ruthless-businessman.html 2013-03-31T15:57:12Z