74 stories by "Ben Sisario"
Musicians, theater groups and others from overseas are facing visa challenges and rising costs, posing a looming crisis for the performing arts sector.
Sony Music Entertainment buys the Boss's entire corpus, including classics like "Born to Run," for an estimated $500 million or more.
The first performance of 'Lackawanna Blues' offered a reminder that Broadway is a home for plays as well as musicals.
"Springsteen on Broadway" opens on June 26 at the St. James Theater; audience members will be required to show proof of full Covid-19 vaccination to enter.
The park will host events for live audiences of 200 with institutions including the New York Philharmonic, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Joe's Pub and the Classical Theater of Harlem.
A frothy adaptation market is just one sign of the rapid evolution of the industry. But some worry that big money will stifle the D.I.Y. spirit that has driven much of its success.
The company that controls the composers' catalog cut a deal for 90 percent of the royalties for the singer's remake of "My Favorite Things" just weeks before its release.
Tickets to the intimate shows at the Walter Kerr Theater will be sold via a new technology called Verified Fan in an attempt to cut down on scalping.
Mick Jagger and company's latest album, "Blue & Lonesome," debuted at No. 4 and the Weeknd slipped to No. 2.
Ms. Streisand's latest record didn't do well on streaming services. But strong sales gave her yet another No. 1 album, 52 years after her first.
The cast recording of the Broadway musical jumped to No. 3 after the Tonys while Drake recorded his seventh consecutive week at the top.
Musical theater will return to the Grammy Awards for the first time since 2010.
Mr. Stigwood's name was attached to films, albums and theatrical productions that identified an era in music.
The Nokia Theater in Times Square, a 2,100-capacity room owned by the national promoter AEG Live, will become the Best Buy Theater.
The concert and ticketing company says Michael Cohl owes it more than $5 million.
He reportedly fell face-first during a show in Sydney.
Appropriately for the YouTube age it is a roll call of musicians famous enough to shock a nation and underground enough for you to show off to all your friends, if you can recognize them.
An announcement about the album doesn't really announce all that much.
Sales continue to slide.
And the "Glee" franchise has two of the top five albums.
A show called "The Immortal World Tour," which takes place "in a fantastical realm where we discover Michael's inspirational Giving Tree," will begin in Montreal next year.
Ms. Grande opened at No. 1 on this week's album chart with "My Everything."
The Disney soundtrack held at No. 1 for an 11th week, with 259,000 copies sold.
JBL Live at Pier 97 will offer concerts starting in July.
The soundtrack to Disney's animated film "Frozen" held at No. 1 on the album chart, beating out a compilation of Grammy nominees.
