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The Go-Go's going to Broadway with a merry, musical mashup by Jocelyn Gecker

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- When the idea first came up, the Go-Go's found it so improbable and off-beat that they instantly fell in love with it....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:04am on April 20, 2018☆⚑

Julian Lennon's environmental books hope to 'empower' kids by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- For Earth Day, Julian Lennon hopes to lay the foundation for a whole new crop of environmentalists. He just has to wait a decade or two before they bloom....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:38am on April 20, 2018☆⚑

German theater asks guests to wear swastikas for Hitler play

BERLIN (AP) -- A theater in southern Germany is proceeding with plans to open a satirical play about Adolf Hitler's youth in which some patrons will be wearing swastika armbands.…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 6:50am on April 20, 2018☆⚑

Bette Midler to return to 'Hello, Dolly' for a summer run by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Bette Midler is not quite ready to say goodbye to her Dolly....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:06am on April 20, 2018☆⚑

The Latest: First Saudi Arabian movie theater screens film

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- The Latest on Saudi Arabia screening film in first movie theater to open in the country (all times local):...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 2:02pm on April 18, 2018☆⚑

Saudi Arabia to show 'Black Panther' to mark cinema opening by Aya Batrawy

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia is to hold a private screening on Wednesday of the Hollywood blockbuster "Black Panther" to herald the launch of movie theaters in …

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:28pm on April 18, 2018☆⚑

Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban to host the Tonys this summer

NEW YORK (AP) -- Pop singers-turned-Broadway-stars Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban will co-host the Tony Awards, the theater industry's biggest ceremony....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:43am on April 18, 2018☆⚑

Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer win hailed as 'big for music' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The decision to award rapper Kendrick Lamar the Pulitzer Prize for music represents a historic moment for hip-hop and American music, according to two of the music ju…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 6:26pm on April 17, 2018☆⚑

'Mockingbird' Broadway producer sues Harper Lee's estate

NEW YORK (AP) -- The producer of the Broadway production of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" has filed a countersuit against the executor of the late author's …

SOURCE: Associated Press at 5:36pm on April 17, 2018☆⚑

Newscaster Carl Kasell of NPR's 'Morning Edition' dies at 84 by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Newscaster Carl Kasell, a signature voice of NPR who brought his gravitas to "Morning Edition" and later his wit to "Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 5:23pm on April 17, 2018☆⚑

Times, New Yorker win Pulitzer for Weinstein scandal by Jennifer Peltz

NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Times and The New Yorker won the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for breaking the Harvey Weinstein scandal with reporting that galvanized the #M…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 9:09am on April 17, 2018☆⚑

'To Kill a Mockingbird' to be issued as graphic novel

NEW YORK (AP) -- "To Kill a Mockingbird" is going graphic....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 9:03am on April 17, 2018☆⚑

Arts academy condemns conduct of some members by Hillel Italie

NEW YORK (AP) -- The American Academy of Arts and Letters condemned the "abhorrent" conduct of members facing sexual harassment allegations, but declined to take further act…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 6:11pm on April 10, 2018☆⚑

Review: Jo Nesbo's 'Macbeth' is recast of Shakespeare play by Jonathan Elderfield

"Macbeth" (Hogarth), by Jo Nesbo...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 1:44pm on April 9, 2018☆⚑

Another Lincoln Center president quits after short tenure

NEW YORK (AP) -- The new president of Lincoln Center has quit after just a year on the job....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 3:53pm on April 6, 2018☆⚑

Q&A: Kenneth Lonergan on adapting 'Howards End' by Jake Coyle

NEW YORK (AP) -- "Howards End," the upcoming four-part miniseries adapted from E.M. Forster's 1910 novel, isn't Kenneth Lonergan's first foray into television…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:53pm on April 4, 2018☆⚑

Actress Glenn Close aims to reduce mental health stigma by Mike Householder

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Actress Glenn Close says she wants to live in a world where mental illness is talked about openly and accepted as a fact of life....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 5:40pm on March 29, 2018☆⚑

For live 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' NBC turns to a Legend by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Most Easter Sundays, you can find John Legend at home, helping cook a big dinner for family and friends. Except this Easter. He'll be a little busy - being Jesus…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:35am on March 28, 2018☆⚑

No laughing matter: When exactly did clowns become scary? by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- His nose was round and bright red, his face as white as a sheet. His mouth was surrounded by an exaggerated smear of red makeup and his arched eyebrows hung ridiculou…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 9:15am on March 24, 2018☆⚑

Rep: Lorna Luft has successful brain surgery for tumor

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A representative for Lorna Luft says the singer has had successful brain surgery after being diagnosed with a tumor....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:42pm on March 22, 2018☆⚑

Jim Parsons says he's fortunate to have worked with Hawking

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jim Parsons cherished the opportunity to work with Stephen Hawking, but admitted he was a bit intimidated to meet the celebrated theoretical physicist....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 1:46pm on March 22, 2018☆⚑

Tony-winner Sammy Williams from 'A Chorus Line' dies at 69 by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Sammy Williams, who won a Tony Award in the original Broadway production of "A Chorus Line," has died. He was 69....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 6:38pm on March 21, 2018☆⚑

Actresses urge New York Gov. Cuomo to raise tipped wage

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Sixteen actresses, including Jane Fonda, Sarah Jessica Parker, Reese Witherspoon and Natalie Portman, are urging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to raise the wage paid…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:36pm on March 21, 2018☆⚑

Renee Zellweger transforms into Judy Garland for film

LONDON (AP) -- Renee Zellweger has transformed her looks and is working on her singing skills as she starts a new film about Judy Garland....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:23am on March 20, 2018☆⚑

'Hamilton' and 'Dear Evan Hansen' stars release new song by The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- Broadway fans are buzzing over the release of a new song by two popular Tony winners in support of the upcoming March for Our Lives....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 1:33pm on March 19, 2018☆⚑

Leonard Bernstein, social activist, is focus of new exhibit by Kristen De Groot

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- In October 1979, Leonard Bernstein received a fan letter from a high school humanities teacher. Helen Morgan wrote to the celebrity composer-conductor-pianist in …

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:08am on March 18, 2018☆⚑

Harper Lee estate sues over 'Mockingbird' Broadway version by Jay Reeves

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- The estate of "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee has filed suit over an upcoming Broadway adaptation of the novel, arguing that screenwriter …

SOURCE: Associated Press at 8:44pm on March 14, 2018☆⚑

High school musicals, teen angst star in new drama 'Rise' by Lynn Elber

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Even if you're trying to put the squeeze on a ballooning TV watchlist, consider the pedigree of NBC's "Rise": It's from the "Friday N…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 1:47pm on March 9, 2018☆⚑

High school musicals, teen angst star in new drama 'Rise' by Lynn Elber

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- NBC's new drama "Rise" arrives with an impressive pedigree....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 1:26pm on March 9, 2018☆⚑

Weeks after school shooting, band to play Carnegie Hall

NEW YORK (AP) -- Three weeks after a gunman killed 17 people at their high school, students from Parkland, Florida, are following through with a long-planned Carnegie Hall performance…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 6:27pm on March 6, 2018☆⚑

Tony-award winning actress injured; daughter killed in wreck by Colleen Long

NEW YORK (AP) -- The 4-year-old daughter of a Tony-award winning actress was killed along with a 1-year-old when a driver apparently lost control of her vehicle and slammed into them …

SOURCE: Associated Press at 2:01pm on March 6, 2018☆⚑

Andrew Lloyd Webber, turning 70, looks back and forward by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Andrew Lloyd Webber's 70th birthday is coming up and it turns out there is something the composer really wants on his special day. More work....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:09pm on March 5, 2018☆⚑

'Let It Go' songwriters win 2nd Oscar for song from 'Coco' by Mesfin Fekadu

NEW YORK (AP) -- Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez have the Oscar touch: the husband-and-wife songwriting duo won their second Academy Award for best original song....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:35pm on March 4, 2018☆⚑

'M.A.S.H.' actor David Ogden Stiers dies at age 75

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- David Ogden Stiers, a prolific actor best known for playing a surgeon on the "M.A.S.H." television series, has died. He was 75....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:44am on March 4, 2018☆⚑

Disney pushes 'Mulan' to 2020, moves 'Avengers' up a week

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Walt Disney Company is shifting some film releases around including moving "Avengers: Infinity War" up one week and pushing the live-action "Mul…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 7:12pm on March 1, 2018☆⚑

Harvey Schmidt who co-created 'The Fantasticks,' dies at 88 by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Harvey Schmidt, the composer of "The Fantasticks," which made its debut when Dwight D. Eisenhower was still president and became the longest running musical…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 2:01pm on March 1, 2018☆⚑

Harvey Schmidt, who co-created 'The Fantasticks,' dies at 88 by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The composer of "The Fantasticks," the longest running musical in history, has died. Harvey Schmidt was 88....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 1:24pm on March 1, 2018☆⚑

Sean Lavery, former New York City Ballet star, dies at 61 by The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City Ballet dancer Sean Lavery, whose career was cut short when he was diagnosed with a spinal tumor, has died at age 61....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 1:21pm on March 1, 2018☆⚑

Review: 'Red Sparrow' with Jennifer Lawrence never takes off by Mark Kennedy

In the James Bond films, sex with a globe-trotting spy seems to be fun, fun, fun. A martini, a tuxedo, a witty line or two and then it's off to a luxurious bed with two tanned, muscular…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 4:56pm on February 27, 2018☆⚑

Nanette Fabray, star of stage, screen and TV, dies at 97 by John Rogers

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Nanette Fabray, the vivacious actress, singer and dancer who became a star in Broadway musicals, on television as Sid Caesar's comic foil and in such hit movi…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 9:10pm on February 23, 2018☆⚑

Brown University to pay tuition for future actors, directors

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Brown University is providing scholarships to cover the tuition for master's degree students studying acting and directing....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 5:13pm on February 23, 2018☆⚑

Actor and writer Tracy Letts 'having the time of my life' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- If you want to get Tracy Letts in your movie - and that might be a good idea since he has two up for best picture at the Oscars - you'd better proofread the scri…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 9:46am on February 22, 2018☆⚑

California law that blocked posting actors' ages struck down by Brian Melley

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A California law that sought to prevent age discrimination in the entertainment industry by blocking a popular Hollywood website from posting the ages of actors wa…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 8:55pm on February 20, 2018☆⚑

'Organized chaos' - behind the scenes at 'La Boheme' by Mike Silverman

NEW YORK (AP) -- Mimis come and Rodolfos go, but one thing never changes in "La Boheme" at the Metropolitan Opera: When the curtain goes up on Act 2, the audience always app…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:32am on February 20, 2018☆⚑

Key mix-up at Met leaves tenor, conductor scrambling by Ronald Blum

NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Fabiano was singing at the Metropolitan Opera when a key mix-up occurred....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 5:21pm on February 19, 2018☆⚑

Restored 'Porgy and Bess' gets key test on road to Met Opera by Jeff Karoub

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- A restored edition of a pioneering, enduring American opera emerges at a time its racial and social themes are as relevant as the era in which it premiered....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:44am on February 16, 2018☆⚑

'Scorpion' actress Katharine McPhee heading to Broadway by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Actress Katharine McPhee has already played someone who stars in a Broadway show. Now she's really going to do it herself....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:27am on February 14, 2018☆⚑

Review: 'Nostalgia' is an unrushed poem with a great cast by Mark Kennedy

One of the first images in the film "Nostalgia" is of an heirloom necklace dangling on the neck of a diner waitress. One of the last images is of a massive puffy cloud, ever shifti…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:19pm on February 13, 2018☆⚑

Betty Buckley to lead US national tour of 'Hello, Dolly!' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Betty Buckley, the Tony Award-winning actress who belted out "Memories" in "Cats" on Broadway and starred in "Eight Is En…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:00am on February 12, 2018☆⚑

SAG-AFTRA union sets code of conduct on sexual harassment

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The entertainment industry union SAG-AFTRA has issued a code of conduct in an effort to protect its members from sexual harassment in the workplace....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 6:48pm on February 11, 2018☆⚑

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