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"National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu said in a statement that she will resign June 4, after four years at the head of the federal arts agency. The Trump administration has twic…
A new musical based on a tale of the frozen north better suited for fifth-graders.
On Thursday, the Nan Goldin-led group PAIN traveled to the capital to protest the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery of Art. Goldin said, "We are here to call out all of the Sacklers. ... The Sac…
On a recent weekend morning, a cavernous basement studio in Harlem was chock full, throbbing with music, and hopping with energy " literally. It was alumni day at the National Dance Institut…
A Japanese actress who won a settlement last week from a director she said sexually harassed her said Friday that she plans to use the money to start a #MeToo group for Japan's entertainment…
O'Neill play, plus "Travesties" and "Saint Joan," rounds out a season of old plays muscling out the new.
Druid's version at the Lansburgh is handsome, smartly acted and, yes (yawn), utterly faithful.
"The answer, just to relieve any suspense, was no, monkeys can't own copyrights or bring copyright infringement suits, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ru…
Charm and whimsy get whacked at 1st Stage.
Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman Tom Rothman assured theater owners Monday that his studio is dedicated to appealing to a range of audiences " from global franchises such as "Spider-Man"…
You can't help noticing the correlation. Of the 238 cities and counties that applied for consideration, plenty have the population (over a million), the pleasant environs and the basic infra…
"Witch," a new musical, debuts at Creative Cauldron.
If you've never heard of lavish musicals like "The Bathrooms Are Coming" or "Diesel Dazzle" you're not alone. Yet, these elaborate productions have borrowed the talents of some of Broadway's…
The book's fans will make it difficult to get tickets to "The Cursed Child."
Ivo van Hove adapts 'After the Rehearsal' and 'Persona' with mixed results.
"Jewish Italian musicologist and pianist Francesco Lotoro has devoted his life to unearthing thousands of songs and scores written during the Holocaust. ... Lotoro has catalogued symphonies,…
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.
Two landmark musicals with uncomfortable plots return to Broadway in the #MeToo era.
The novelty works, though, in the Dupont Underground show.
"Civilizations," like "Ways of Seeing," is an attempt to update Clark's series. But it's also an unprecedented undertaking in the annals of television. Unlike "Civilisation," which was focus…
Singer-songwriter's alt-rock album "Girlfriend" is now the score to Signature's "Girlfriend."
A major Broadway producer and the legal representative of author Harper Lee's estate square off in court over the fate of a stage version of "To Kill A Mockingbird."
Craig Wallace gives a forceful performance in the landmark play.
Female courage is on display in "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" and "In the Time of the Butterflies."
Cohen, Kravitz and Bernstein figure in her comic memoir, "I Did It My Way in Yiddish (in English").
