http://www.mail.com/subjects/4862-performing-arts.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/4862-performing-arts.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862708-dramatists-liken-venezuela-saga-to-telenovela.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A president who vanishes for weeks in a mysterious battle with cancer. Supporters who chant their allegiance in the streets. And in the midst of it all, an announcement by the government that it detected a plot to kill his chosen successor. The long and at times surreal saga surrounding the illness of President Hugo Chavez has ma... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862708-dramatists-liken-venezuela-saga-to-telenovela.html 2013-02-01T21:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862752-review-politics-old-style-humor-fiorello.html NEW YORK (AP) — What goes around comes around. It's a key principle in politics, and apparently in musical theater, too. In the 1940s Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia saved the building that would become New York City Center from the wrecking ball. And so in 1994, when the Encores! series began there, it opened with a revival of "Fiorello!," the 1959 musical abou... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862752-review-politics-old-style-humor-fiorello.html 2013-02-01T19:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862106-alan-cummings-1-man-macbeth-heads-to-broadway.html NEW YORK (AP) — Alan Cumming is taking his Macbeth to Broadway — and his Macduff and Duncan and Lady Macbeth and the three witches. Producers said Friday that the Tony Award-winning Scottish actor will bring his one-man "Macbeth" to Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theatre beginning April 7. It will run through June 30. The production, led by directors John Tif... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862106-alan-cummings-1-man-macbeth-heads-to-broadway.html 2013-02-01T18:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1861680-meet-3-keeping-the-phantom-opera-running.html NEW YORK (AP) — Over the past quarter of a century, 37 different actresses have played the female lead in "The Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway. All 37 have been dressed by one woman: Erna Dias. "I have no favorites. You can't do that," says Dias, who has been a wardrobe attendant with the show at the Majestic Theater in New York since rehearsals began. ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1861680-meet-3-keeping-the-phantom-opera-running.html 2013-02-01T15:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1860794-review-the-vandal-suspenseful-funny-drama.html NEW YORK (AP) — Sometimes on a cold, foggy night, waiting for a bus outdoors, things just seem spookier than normal. This scenario plays out naturally in "The Vandal," a suspenseful new play by Hamish Linklater. The Flea Theater is world premiering Linklater's broody drama about grief and survival, which melds surprising, often morbid humor with plot twis... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1860794-review-the-vandal-suspenseful-funny-drama.html 2013-02-01T00:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1860022-haiti-snake-artist-uses-carnival-to.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Saintilus Resilus' day job this time of year is walking the streets of Haiti's capital with snakes on his head. He sees himself as something of a performance artist, showing off with snakes and other animals that Haitians don't see every day, earning tips from impromptu audiences during the pre-Lenten Carnival season. ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1860022-haiti-snake-artist-uses-carnival-to.html 2013-01-31T20:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1858960-actor-hamish-linklater-evolves-playwright.html NEW YORK (AP) — It's a few minutes after a performance of his debut play and Hamish Linklater looks like he's got indigestion. The actor-turned playwright sat through the preview alone in a corner of an off-Broadway theater and now seems to be in some gastrointestinal pain, which he admits isn't far off. "Sort of by the end of it, I feel like I've been th... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1858960-actor-hamish-linklater-evolves-playwright.html 2013-01-31T13:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1857998-review-examining-anger-empathy-all-rage.html NEW YORK (AP) — In the opening of Martin Moran's new solo play, "All the Rage," an introspective but lively memoir, the performer tells the story of a bitter family argument and how he attempted to manage his emotions by inwardly reciting his "latest mantra," an ancient Sanskrit proverb. "The road to freedom is lit by compassion." Martin brings the saying... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1857998-review-examining-anger-empathy-all-rage.html 2013-01-31T00:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1856830-ballet-dancer-misty-copeland-2-book-deal.html NEW YORK (AP) — Ballet dancer Misty Copeland has a two-book deal. Copeland, 30, is working on a memoir for Simon & Schuster's Touchstone imprint and picture book for G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, part of Penguin Group (USA). Copeland helped break ground as an African American female soloist for the American Ballet Theatre. According to a rel... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1856830-ballet-dancer-misty-copeland-2-book-deal.html 2013-01-30T16:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1856200-bolshoi-ballerina-fears-safety.html MOSCOW (AP) — A leading ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet says she wants to stay in Canada after receiving threats — a move that follows an acid attack on the dance troupe's ballet chief and highlights tensions at the famed theater. Svetlana Lunkina, 33, has told the Russian daily Izvestia that she asked the Bolshoi to extend her leave as she fears return... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1856200-bolshoi-ballerina-fears-safety.html 2013-01-30T14:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1856388-sam-mendes-tori-amos-set-uk-national-theatre.html LONDON (AP) — The return of director Sam Mendes and a long-awaited musical by Tori Amos are among highlights announced Wednesday for the 50th anniversary season at Britain's National Theatre. Mendes, who began his career in theater before moving into film, will direct a production of Shakespeare's "King Lear" starring Simon Russell Beale and opening next ... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1856388-sam-mendes-tori-amos-set-uk-national-theatre.html 2013-01-30T14:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1854478-sigourney-weaver-david-hyde-pierce-broadway-bound.html NEW YORK (AP) — Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce will reprise their onstage sibling rivalry when they take Christopher Durang's "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" to Broadway. Producers said Tuesday that the play, which takes characters and themes from Chekhov and sets them in present day Pennsylvania, will make the leap from Lincoln Center's Mit... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1854478-sigourney-weaver-david-hyde-pierce-broadway-bound.html 2013-01-29T18:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1854166-mayers-rigoletto-set-vegas-opens-met.html NEW YORK (AP) — For all the bright lights and razzle-dazzle of the Las Vegas locale, the most illuminating stretches in Michael Mayer's showy new production of "Rigoletto" at the Metropolitan Opera occurred when the three commanding singers were left alone at the front of the stage and the splashy scenery receded into the background. The opening-act fan d... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1854166-mayers-rigoletto-set-vegas-opens-met.html 2013-01-29T17:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1853508-philadelphia-opera-co-name-vision.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Opera Company of Philadelphia is getting a new name that officials say is in better harmony with the organization's move toward more innovative programming, public outreach and greater diversity in its repertoire. The company announced Tuesday, in conjunction with the unveiling of the 2013-2014 season, it will now be known simply a... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1853508-philadelphia-opera-co-name-vision.html 2013-01-29T15:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1853610-final-30-rock-showcases-unsung-music-man.html NEW YORK (AP) — "When stuff is coming to an end, people freak out and they act crazy," says Liz Lemon. Liz and all the characters of "30 Rock" are doing just that on the series finale (airing Thursday at 8 p.m. EST on NBC) as they produce one last installment of their show-within-that-show, "TGS," while anticipating life apart from one another. ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1853610-final-30-rock-showcases-unsung-music-man.html 2013-01-29T14:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1853690-pacinos-late-comedic-turn-homecoming.html NEW YORK (AP) — Al Pacino, energized by a conversation that has inevitably turned to the intricacies of acting, is snapping his fingers. "When you get me on the acting trail, I get on that train," he says, punctuating what he calls an improvised "thesis on time" with staccato snaps. The 72-year-old may be gray-haired and a little worn, but he remains, lik... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1853690-pacinos-late-comedic-turn-homecoming.html 2013-01-29T14:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1852364-conference-suggests-ways-broadway-better.html NEW YORK (AP) — A conference on how to make the Broadway experience better for theatergoers has come up with some prescriptions: Be brave in the stories that are told onstage and embrace youth and technology. "Broadway, I don't think, has boldly gone where it needs to," said "Star Trek" actor George Takei, riffing off his old show's motto. "I have a sense... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1852364-conference-suggests-ways-broadway-better.html 2013-01-29T00:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1852398-review-comic-loser-this-too-suck-wins.html NEW YORK (AP) — If you ever wanted to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in a bar, make room on your calendar any Thursday evening and go see the very funny one-man show "This Too Shall Suck." It's written and performed with both sincerity and irony by Matt Graham, who is well aware that he's a narcissistic, self-destructive recovering alcoholic and c... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1852398-review-comic-loser-this-too-suck-wins.html 2013-01-29T00:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1850842-cabaret-celebrates-41st-birthday-with-party.html NEW YORK (AP) — Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome — to middle age. The landmark film "Cabaret" — starring Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey and Michael York — has turned 41, but that's not going to stop a party: All three actors will be attending an anniversary celebration screening planned Thursday at the Ziegfeld Theatre, where the movie premiered in 1972. ... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1850842-cabaret-celebrates-41st-birthday-with-party.html 2013-01-28T13:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1850154-dick-van-dyke-honored-lifetime-achievement.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — He's acted, danced and sang his way through movies, television and the stage, making Dick Van Dyke an entertainment triple-threat long before Hollywood used such hyphenates. The 87-year-old actor, best known for the 1960s hit comedy "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and Disney's big-screen musical "Mary Poppins," can now add lifetime achievement... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1850154-dick-van-dyke-honored-lifetime-achievement.html 2013-01-28T02:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1849866-providence-theater-experiments-with-tweet-seats.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Sarah Bertness slipped into her seat at a recent staging of the musical "Million Dollar Quartet" and, when the lights dimmed, started doing something that's long been taboo inside theaters: typing away at her iPhone. The 26-year-old freelance writer from Providence wasn't being rude. She had a spot in the "tweet seat" section at th... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1849866-providence-theater-experiments-with-tweet-seats.html 2013-01-27T21:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1849700-operas-success-doubt.html ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — "Only the children's voices soothe me," an anguished Sister Aloysius sings at the conclusion of "Doubt," the new opera based on John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. She has just confessed that she is tormented by uncertainty about the actions she has taken to drive out a priest whom she suspects of sexually abusing a ... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1849700-operas-success-doubt.html 2013-01-27T20:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1849420-production-rossinis-cinderella-delight.html VIENNA (AP) — There is no pumpkin-turned-coach on the stage, no glass slipper, no fairy godmother, and the action takes place in an imaginary Italian duchy in the 1950s. But Gioachino Rossini's take on Cinderella remains utterly magical in the new version being put on by the Vienna State Opera. While all operas stand or fall on the quality of their singer... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1849420-production-rossinis-cinderella-delight.html 2013-01-27T17:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1845914-opera-nazi-atrocity-austria.html VIENNA (AP) — Thousands of children were murdered by the Nazis because they fell short of the Aryan ideal. On Friday, a hushed audience gathered in Austria's Parliament to watch the world premiere of an opera depicting how the Nazis methodically killed mentally or physically deficient children at a Vienna hospital during World War II. The killings were pa... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1845914-opera-nazi-atrocity-austria.html 2013-01-25T21:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1846798-sag-honoree-van-dyke-glad-smile.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forget dishonest modesty. Dick Van Dyke seems nothing short of gobsmacked about receiving the life-achievement honor at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards. "They must've gotten to the 'V's," he joked. Though probably best known for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961-66) and Walt Disney's big-screen musical "Mary Poppins" (1964), the 87-yea... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1846798-sag-honoree-van-dyke-glad-smile.html 2013-01-25T21:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1845636-neil-labute-play-highlights-off-broadway-festival.html NEW YORK (AP) — Next week, you'll get the chance to see a small play by Neil LaBute that's running off-Broadway. If you do, you'll have a leg up on LaBute — he's never seen it. LaBute, the prolific screenwriter and playwright behind "Fat Pig," ''In the Company of Men" and "Your Friends & Neighbors," last year submitted a tiny work to the British-based col... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1845636-neil-labute-play-highlights-off-broadway-festival.html 2013-01-25T12:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1843866-barry-manilow-reschedules-broadway-opening-night.html NEW YORK (AP) — Illness has forced Barry Manilow to postpone the opening night of his latest concert show on Broadway. Producers said that Thursday's performance of "Manilow on Broadway" — as well as ones scheduled for Friday and Saturday — have been rescheduled for late February and early March. Wednesday's show was also canceled. Pro... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1843866-barry-manilow-reschedules-broadway-opening-night.html 2013-01-24T19:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1842890-paris-opera-ballet-names-millepied-black-swan.html PARIS (AP) — Benjamin Millepied, the "Black Swan" choreographer who helped transform Natalie Portman into an obsessed, paranoid ballerina for the film and later married the actress, was named director of the Paris Opera Ballet on Thursday. Millepied, 35, is a former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet who left in 2011 to create his own dance co... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1842890-paris-opera-ballet-names-millepied-black-swan.html 2013-01-24T19:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1843984-ian-mckellen-patrick-stewart-heading-to-broadway.html NEW YORK (AP) — Serious theater fans have a reason to suddenly freak out: Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will team up on Broadway this fall in two of the most iconic plays of the 20th century. Producers announced Thursday that Stewart and McKellen will star in Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land" and Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" which will play in re... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1843984-ian-mckellen-patrick-stewart-heading-to-broadway.html 2013-01-24T19:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1843008-conference-asks-what-best-broadway-be.html NEW YORK (AP) — Before long plane flights, Thomas Schumacher likes to download talks from some of the world's brightest and creative minds speaking at TED conferences, watching them on his iPad while thousands of feet in the air. "I marvel at the range of stuff. I like the passion of the speakers and love the content," says the president of the Disney The... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1843008-conference-asks-what-best-broadway-be.html 2013-01-24T12:39:00Z