42 stories by "Jocelyn Noveck"
'Liberation' is prompting spontaneous applause, raw emotion and an unusual social rule that forces audiences to fully surrender to the moment
It was a night of triumph for the small-scale but huge-hearted musical "Kimberly Akimbo," but also a night notable for inclusion.
NEW YORK (AP) " When effervescent actress Ali Stroker came onstage to accept her historic trophy as the first actor in a wheelchair to win a Tony, it wasn't just the feel-good moment of the …
NEW YORK (AP) -- His TV fans know him as Patrick in HBO's "Looking," and as Jesse St. James in "Glee." His movie fans know him as the voic…
So, perhaps you've heard: "La La Land" didn't win best picture at the Oscars....
To be clear: "Brokeback Mountain," this isn't....
Musical lovers, take a bow. Your favorite art form is having quite the cultural moment....
NEW YORK (AP) -- It didn't take more than an hour for the annual New Yorker Festival to get down to the elephant in the room: Donald Trump....
NEW YORK (AP) -- As presenter Barbra Streisand noted, "tonight our joy is tinged with sorrow" - and she wasn't the only one making reference to the horrific…
NEW YORK (AP) -- 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 spokesper…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Bravos, bouquets and most of all a clear sense of history reigned at the Metropolitan Opera House on Wednesday as Misty Copeland made her New York debut in "Swan Lake," …
NEW YORK (AP) -- Albert Evans, a former New York City Ballet principal dancer and one of the most prominent African-Americans in classical dance, has died following a short illness....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Juliet's death is always a sad moment at the ballet. But it's safe to say there were lots more tears than usual when Julie Kent splayed her limber body backward across t…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Alexander Hamilton's face proudly adorns the $10 bill. But it's hard to imagine the founding father and treasury secretary, with all his famous ambition, ever anticipati…
In this age of revisionist, modernized Disney fairytales, where we've learned that some of our favorite characters really aren't what they seemed, the striking thing about the studio's sumpt…
NEW YORK (AP) -- On a recent Saturday afternoon, Bradley Cooper took his curtain call at Broadway's Booth Theater, where he's starring in "The Elephant Man." He then had to race to a mee…
NEW YORK (AP) -- "Into the Woods, who knows what may be lurking on the journey?" goes a lyric from the beloved 1987 Stephen Sondheim musical. It also sums up the fears many ardent Sondhe…
It would seem the timing could hardly be more apt for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's new civil rights-themed piece, "Odetta," a tribute to the late folk singer often referred to as the…
NEW YORK (AP) -- As a Tony-winning composer and writer, Lin-Manuel Miranda sees nothing of spending five years writing a show, or months on just a few lines of dialogue....
NEW YORK (AP) -- It's a sunny October afternoon, and Wendy Whelan, who's been enthralling audiences for three decades at New York City Ballet, is engaged in her favorite activity: Gettin…
NEW YORK (AP) -- "Spasiba, Katya," David Hallberg calls out, thanking a colleague in what sounds like a pretty convincing Russian accent. We're on our way upstairs to his dressing room a…
When Zach Braff took to Kickstarter to fund his new movie, "Wish I Was Here," he explained to fans where their money would go: It would ensure his creative control, allow him to cast the act…
You don't have to be middle-aged, or even an adult, to know songs like "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," and "Walk Like a Man." Sure, they're `60s-era hits by The Four Seasons, but they've be…
NEW YORK (AP) -- When Ramin Karimloo was 16, he made a foolish bet with a friend - foolish, that is, for a teenager in Canada who played ice hockey and had no training in either acting o…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Onstage, Jefferson Mays and Bryce Pinkham, stars of Broadway's "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder," are in a death struggle. Literally. Pinkham's character, ambitio…
