Monday, February 6, 2017
In a high-powered solo performance at the Super Bowl halftime show, Lady Gaga sings hits, flies and even catches a football before jumping off the stage. (Feb. 5)
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SOURCE: USA Today at 05:54AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 4, 2017
On Saturday, Lady Gaga invited fans behind the scenes at the Super Bowl via Instagram.
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:57PM[SHARE]Monday, January 23, 2017
We know what film Nina Dobrev thinks is Oscar-worthy.Â
SOURCE: USA Today at 03:17PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 12, 2017
Our father, Peter Hahlo, who has died aged 90, arrived in the UK as a refugee from the Nazis in 1938. With a label round his neck, a little money and few possessions, he boarded a kindertran…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PM[SHARE]Friday, December 30, 2016
How better to make sense of this turbulent year than through the art and literature it has produced? Our critics choose the works that sum up the last 12 monthsIf there is one film that hold…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 22, 2016
We skipped "Best of TV" lists and are taking things yearbook-style. Next: Biggest Heart, Most Musical and Cutest Couple That Never Was.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 15, 2016
Does the story of a disaster-prone theatrical tour of the British provinces pack the same farcical punch when transposed to the States? Are the nuances of a right-to-die-fueled narrative los…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 08:48PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Annaleigh Ashford will also reprise her co-starring role in the Stephen Sondheim musical, which will reopen the Hudson Theatre.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:07PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 8, 2016
Royal Ballet principal ballerina Lauren Cuthbertson prepares for her opening performance of the classic Christmas production The Nutcracker at London's Royal Opera House. Alone in the studio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM[SHARE]Friday, December 2, 2016
Strictly Ballroom | Bollywood Jack | Sweet Charity | Peter Pan | Cinderella | Annie Get Your Gun | Saint Joan | Simon Callow | The Siege Of Christmas | Black Beauty | The Nutcracker | The Wo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AM[SHARE]Friday, November 18, 2016
The Vice President-elect was met with boos from the audience when he attended the hit musical Friday night.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:02PM[SHARE]'I'm surprised when people recognise my work,' says Tim Yip. 'I change my style all the time.' His notion of 'new orientalism' in films, dance, theatre and opera is about communicating easte…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 1, 2016
For my last blog post before retirement, I am pleased to feature the research and analysis of Emma Winter Zeig, volunteer and former intern, on one of the songs discovered for "Laughter, Agi…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 06:54PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 22, 2016
Competitors and coaches gave writer of Deny, Deny, Deny insights into blurred boundaries around cheating in sportOne of Britain's leading experts on doping in sport, and an adviser to a new …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Scene from the stage production AmericanaDue to our unique existence as a research center of The New York Public Library and a constituent member of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, I…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:58PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 22, 2016
Bob Cole and J. Rosamond Johnson, 1902. Image ID: TH-03842The National Museum of African American History & Culture opens on September 24, 2016. The opening ceremonies will be broadcast …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:04PM[SHARE]Friday, September 9, 2016
The comedian is to stand against Farage for South Thanet in the 2015 general election. But what are his guvnorment's policies? Guardian experts question him on welfare, freedom, immigration …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20AM[SHARE]Monday, August 29, 2016
Photograph by Myron Ehrenberg, October 25, 1945, "provided by [press representative] Ivan Black for Café Society." Â Jerome Robbins Dance Division
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The Library for the Performing Ar…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:06PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 18, 2016
With the release of the latest film starring Meryl Streep, many people are discovering Florence Foster Jenkins. Long known to many of those involved with music, Jenkins is generally viewed a…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:40PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Title bar from Olive Wong's Original Draft for the Costume GuideÂ
Download: Costume Design Research Guide by Aileen Abercrombie
Anyone who has ever had the good fortune to visit the Lib…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 11:19AM[SHARE]Stephen Moss learns the art of impersonation from two masters: Alistair McGowan and Rory Bremner. Will Moss impress his tutors with his Boris Johnson? Can he manage to stretch his words and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:14AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 28, 2016
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Tom Walker, creator of Jonathan Pie, says it's now time to move on from the channel that made his name Jonathan Pie, the fictional television reporter who is regularly pushed to the edge of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:01PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Record numbers of people in Britain now see themselves as transgender. But does the way transgender people are represented on stage and on screen reflect reality? Jenny Kleeman meets trans a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:29AM[SHARE]Monday, July 11, 2016
The Dance Division has over forty-five original costume designs by artist and designer Boris Anisfeld. We are thrilled that we have been given permission to digitize the designs and include …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:39PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 5, 2016
New York City Ballet rehearsal of "Dim Lustre" with Patricia McBride and Antony Tudor, choreography by Antony Tudor. Image ID: swope_1209509
As the new Oral History Assistant, I have observ…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 01:16PM[SHARE]Monday, July 4, 2016
On March 21, 2016, the Library for the Performing Arts (LPA) debuted Archives of Sound, an interactive audio installation inspired by collections in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of R…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:34AM[SHARE]John Street Theatre, NYC, c. 1791. Image ID: 1650651
A guest post on the research that informed the earliest material in Shakespeare's Star Turn in America, by volunteer (and former intern)…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:34AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 28, 2016
The Jerome Robbins Dance Division is pleased to announce that the Ted Shawn papers, Additions is now open for research.Â
This material was donated to the Library in 1992 by the John …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 11:14PM[SHARE]Friday, June 24, 2016
A guest blog by volunteer and former intern Emma Winter ZeigÂ
Photograph taken by the author.
Before a television ad sells a product to the consumer, the company behind the product ha…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:46PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 23, 2016
Leonard Bernstein's hostility towards writer of musical's book almost halted project, newly released correspondence revealsIt is regularly judged one of the best musicals of all time, yet We…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32PM[SHARE] 
