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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Edith Piaf celebrated on 100th anniversary of her birth by Associated Press

NEW YORK " Edith Piaf would have turned 100 this month and never has she been more vital.The cabaret singer who once sang on the streets for spare change was celebrated and channeled by the…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:14PM[SHARE]
Monday, December 7, 2015

Bill T. Jones to be honored by Human Rights Campaign by Associated Press

NEW YORK " Tony Award-winning choreographer and mentor Bill T. Jones will be honored by the Human Rights Campaign with its Visibility Award, which recognizes those who shine a light on the …

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 07:27PM[SHARE]
Friday, December 4, 2015

Manager: Ex-Stone Temple Pilots frontman Weiland dead at 48 by Associated Press

MEDINA, Minn. " Scott Weiland, the former frontman for the Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died. He was 48. The singer’s manager, Tom Vitorino, confirmed the death to …

SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 02:04AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Broadway musical 'Waitress' makes history with its lineup by Associated Press

NEW YORK " The musical "Waitress" hasn't yet begun serving its specials on Broadway, but it's already made some history.Lorin Latarro has been hired to choreograph the show, joining a femal…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:16PM[SHARE]

Upcoming musical Waitress tipped to make history for women on Broadway by Associated Press

New show will be first Broadway production to feature female director, choreographer, writer and composerThe musical Waitress has not yet begun serving its specials onstage yet, but it will …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03PM[SHARE]
Sunday, November 29, 2015

Luc Bondy, Swiss opera, theater director, dies at 67 by Associated Press

BERLIN " Luc Bondy, a Swiss opera, theater and film director who staged productions on renowned stages across Europe and the United States, has died. He was 67.The Odeon Theatre in Paris, wh…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 01:39PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

'Sylvia' joins 'Dames at Sea' on the Broadway scrap heap by Associated Press

NEW YORK " Two Broadway shows will close just as your New Year's Eve hangover is subsiding.The play "Sylvia" starring Matthew Broderick, and the musical "Dames at Sea" both have announced th…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 07:37PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Harold Prince celebrates his career with show far from B'way by Associated Press

NEW YORK " A musical celebrating the most decorated Tony Award-winner in history is currently not playing on Broadway. Or off-Broadway. Or, for that matter, off-off-Broadway. It's not even i…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 04:32PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Irish dance star Michael Flatley gets a rare Broadway honor by Associated Press

NEW YORK " Few performers making their Broadway debuts get a street on Broadway renamed in their honor. Michael Flatley is an exception.The trailblazing former "Riverdance" star was on hand …

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:33AM[SHARE]
Monday, October 26, 2015

New online site BroadwayHD offers to stream live theater by Associated Press

NEW YORK " A new online streaming service launches on Monday that hopes to one day become the Netflix of Broadway, offering high-definition broadcasts of top theatrical events to computers …

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:49AM[SHARE]
Sunday, October 25, 2015

Boston Symphony Orchestra inviting amateur musicians onstage by Associated Press

BOSTON " Amateur musicians from across Massachusetts are joining the Boston Symphony Orchestra onstage this week.For a second year, the BSO is bringing accomplished adult amateurs aboard. It…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 04:07PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Misty Copeland: "My career really is just now beginning" by Associated Press

NEW YORK " Misty Copeland has already achieved a crossover pop culture fame that few dancers could ever hope to have. She's a best-selling author, a celebrity spokesperson, and a role model…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:10AM[SHARE]
Monday, October 19, 2015

Annaleigh Ashford channels her inner canine for 'Sylvia' by Associated Press

NEW YORK " For her latest Broadway role, Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford took acting lessons from someone very close to her " her dog.The actress' toy Australian shepherd Gracie was inva…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 05:34PM[SHARE]
Monday, September 14, 2015

Frank D Gilroy, Pulitzer prize-winning playwright, dies aged 89 by Associated Press

Writer whose best-known Broadway drama, The Subject Was Roses, led to a movie adaptation, has died in Monroe, New YorkFrank D Gilroy, whose play about a veteran's fraught return home, The Su…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:20AM[SHARE]
Sunday, August 30, 2015

First African-American actor to play Valjean on Broadway dies by Associated Press

NEW YORK " Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the first African-American and youngest person to ever play the role of Jean Valjean in “Les Misérables” on Broadway has died after falling from a…

SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 11:39PM[SHARE]

Kyle Jean-Baptiste, Broadway's first black Jean Valjean, dies after fall by Associated Press

New York theatre community mourns loss of Kyle Jean-Baptiste, 21, the youngest person to play the role of Valjean in Les MisérablesKyle Jean-Baptiste, the first African American and younges…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:38AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Steve Jobs opera expected to be announced in Santa Fe by Associated Press

The Santa Fe Opera is set to commission a production about Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs.

SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 10:45PM[SHARE]
Sunday, August 2, 2015

Veteran actress to step into Valerie Harper's role in play by Associated Press

OGUNQUIT, Maine " Performer Brenda Vaccaro will replace Valerie Harper in a play in Maine as Harper recovers from an illness and brief hospitalization.The Ogunquit Playhouse says in a relea…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 05:38PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Broadway struggles to control cellphone etiquette by Jennifer Peltz and Mark Kennedy - The Associated Press

Theatres have been struggling with rude audience members texting and taking calls for years, but things have gotten even worse this year.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:51PM[SHARE]
Monday, July 20, 2015

Ain't misbehavin'? Broadway audience faux pas get spotlight by Associated Press

NEW YORK " Come on along and listen to the lullaby of Broadway: Marimba ringtones! Rat-a-tat texting! The shaming "shhhhh!"Years of mounting tension over audience behavior hit a dramatic cl…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 07:05AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Artist takes ax to wall of UK theater after negative reviews by Associated Press

LONDON " The critics bashed Douglas Gordon, and he bashed back " with an ax.The Turner Prize-winning artist hacked the wall of a theater where his play has opened to largely negative review…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 06:18PM[SHARE]
Monday, July 13, 2015

Broadway to honor Roger Rees by dimming lights on Wednesday by Associated Press

NEW YORK " Broadway theaters will dim their marquee lights on Wednesday night in memory of Roger Rees, the Tony Award-winning Welsh-born actor and director.The Broadway League says the ligh…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:35PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

UK: Royal Opera defends 'distressing' rape scene after boos by Associated Press

LONDON " Britain's Royal Opera says it's sorry for causing distress but the show will go on after a rape scene in "Guillaume Tell" sparked boos and walkouts.Director Damiano Michieletto's p…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:09PM[SHARE]

Misty Copeland named first black female principal at American Ballet Theatre by Associated Press

NEW YORK " Misty Copeland, the Missouri-born dancer who has become a forceful voice for diversity in ballet, was named a principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre on Tuesday "...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:03PM[SHARE]
Monday, June 8, 2015

Tony Awards 2015: See winners list with photos by Associated Press

Select winners for the 2015 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards held Sunday night in New York City:

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 07:29AM[SHARE]

Tony Awards 2015: Big night for 'Fun Home,' Kelli O'Hara, Michael Cerveris by Associated Press

The poignant and groundbreaking coming-of-age show "Fun Home" was named best musical at the Tony Awards on Sunday.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 07:29AM[SHARE]

'Fun Home,' 'Curious Incident' big winners at Tony Awards by Associated Press

NEW YORK " The poignant and groundbreaking coming-of-age show "Fun Home" was named best musical at the Tony Awards on Sunday, one of five big trophies it won on the way to making history fo…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 07:27AM[SHARE]

Poignant 'Fun Home' wins 2015 best musical Tony Award by Associated Press

NEW YORK " There's finally reason to be happy in a funeral home " "Fun Home" has won the best musical Tony Award.The poignant show, based on Alison Bechdel's graphic novel memoir about growi…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 07:27AM[SHARE]
Sunday, June 7, 2015

Helen Mirren wins best actress in a play Tony Award by Associated Press

NEW YORK " Helen Mirren, who starred this season in a familiar and regal role, has won her first Tony Award.Mirren won for playing a sly and polished Queen Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's "T…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:24PM[SHARE]

'The Curious Incident of the Dog' wins best play Tony Award by Associated Press

NEW YORK " The dazzling show "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" has won the 2015 Tony Award for best play.The London import is based on an adaptation of Mark Haddon's best-s…

SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:24PM[SHARE]

Tony Awards promise to be crammed with celebs and songs by Associated Press

Hosted by Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming, the three-hour show will feature appearances by Jennifer Lopez, Sting, Jim Parsons and a stunt: Josh Groban will try to lead the most performers…

SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:32PM[SHARE]

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