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Broadway takes a big hit from Superstorm Sandy
Superstorm Sandy, which darkened Broadway for four days, predictably ravaged the box offices around Times Square, with shows losing more than $8.
Billy Ray Cyrus jumps into Broadway's 'Chicago'
Billy Ray Cyrus is clutching a Red Bull for dear life and with good reason. These are not take-it-easy times for the singer-songwriter. He's in a very ...
Plan for Cuban landmark's rebirth sparks debate
In a country where money is perennially tight, it might seem a fantastic gift: A celebrity ballet star pledges to raise millions of dollars to rescue ...
Broadway lights go up in post-Sandy NYC
The lights went up again on Broadway Wednesday for the first time since Hurricane Sandy hit New York, as entertainers headed back to work in a city ...
Superstorm Sandy rattles entertainment industry
Video gamers in the Northeast angling to be among the first to play the highly anticipated "Assassin's Creed III" will have to wait a little longer ...
An Aussie in New York _ Anthony Warlow in 'Annie'
At a restaurant one recent night, Anthony Warlow posed a rather strange question to some fans. A couple from Atlanta who had just seen the new ...
Broadway takes few chances with superstorm coming
Broadway took the threat of the mammoth storm seriously, with theater owners canceling all Sunday evening and Monday performances of shows like "The ...
Vast Broadway costume collection on display in Fla
Box by box they arrived, the once glittering costumes of Broadway legends and theatre memorabilia, now dirty, tattered and forgotten. There were ...
Clowns learn laugh secrets at Mexico gathering
Laughter was a serious matter at a clown convention in the Mexican capital, where hundreds of the performers gathered this week to discover some of ...
Broadway's Spider-Man offers advice this Halloween
Look who's giving safety advice: None other than Broadway's one-time injury-happy Spider-Man. Reeve Carney, who plays the hero in the hit musical ...
Londonderry unveils city of culture program
The Northern Ireland city of Londonderry has announced a program of arts events ranging from punk to painting to celebrate its role as the U.K.
Ballet about Holocaust battles intolerance
Within a small rectangle of light, nearly a dozen dancers writhed and convulsed on the stage, pressed together by imaginary walls denoting some kind ...
Jessica Chastain and Judith Ivey bond backstage
Jessica Chastain has been called many things. Time magazine declared her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. Vanity Fair said she is ...
Producing team win rights to stage 'Rear Window'
A producing team has won the theatrical stage rights to "Rear Window," the noir tale that Alfred Hitchcock made into a classic film. Producer Charlie ...
"Spider-Man" co-writer has book deal
The "Spider-Man" saga is going from the stage to the page. Glen Berger, co-writer of the disaster-prone "Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark," is working ...
10 emerging writers receive $50K Whiting awards
"Middlesex" author Jeffrey Eugenides doesn't remember everything about the night he was given a Whiting Writers' Award, but he has never forgotten how ...
NY court: Lap dances are not art and are taxable
Lap dances are taxable because they don't promote culture in a community the way ballet or other artistic endeavors do, New York's highest court ...
'King Lear' for kids? 1 company isn't scared
"King Lear" may be Shakespeare's greatest work, but, let's face it, it's also grindingly grim. The reasons are simple: There's great suffering, a man ...
Key and Peele find laughs in racial quandaries
As a comedy team, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are very funny. As guys who both lay claim to biracial status (black fathers, white mothers), ...
Green buildings on the rise in Persian Gulf states
With massive steel Sidra trees sprouting from the base of the building and a 9-meter (yard) high sculpture of a spider in the lobby protecting a sack ...
TKTS discount booth in Times Square expands items
The iconic booth that sells tickets for Broadway and off-Broadway shows in the heart of Times Square is expanding its offerings. The Theatre ...
Barry Manilow to play Broadway in January
Looks like Barry Manilow is making it again — on Broadway. The Grammy Award-winning singer of such songs as "Mandy," ''I Write the Songs" and "Looks ...
'Pump Boys and Dinettes' revival to hit Broadway
The honkey-tonk musical revue "Pump Boys and Dinettes" will make a pit stop on Broadway in the spring of 2013. It tells the story of two waitresses ...
SF Opera: A whale, a swan and 2 lovers
A whale, a swan, a pair of star-cross'd lovers: It made for an eclectic week at the San Francisco Opera. With the company's fall season in full swing, ...