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Play on slave’s life garners award

NEW YORK – An Arizona-based writer, editor, photographer and designer has won the ninth Yale Drama Series Prize with her debut play based on the real story of a slave in Missouri who killed ...

DATE: Apr 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Cabaret star Julie Wilson dies

NEW YORK – Julie Wilson, a musical theater actress and cabaret star who earned a Tony Award nomination and was cheered for her ability to harness the songs of Stephen Sondheim and Cole Porte...

DATE: Apr 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Tommy Tune to get a special lifetime achievement Tony Award

NEW YORK – Tommy Tune is about to get his 10th Tony Award. An awards committee said Thursday that the dancer, choreographer and stage director will receive a special Tony for lif...

DATE: Apr 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Takei’s musical to hit Broadway

‘Allegiance’ about Japanese-American imprisonment

DATE: Feb 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

The brilliant mind behind the play ‘Every Brilliant Thing’

Jonny Donahoe’s one-man show is sensational

DATE: Jan 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘Frozen’ is named top entertainer of the year by AP

NEW YORK – If you have children, or know someone who does, or just listened to one recently, the choice of Associated Press Entertainer of the Year won’t come as much of a shock: It’s “Froze...

DATE: Dec 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

The AP picks its Top 10 theater of 2014

‘Hedwig’ nabs No. 1 spot with dynamite Harris

DATE: Dec 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Sherlock play will hit Broadway in 2017

NEW YORK – It’s elementary, really. With all things Sherlock Holmes popular now, it’s no wonder that he’s coming to Broadway next. Producers said Thursday that a play about the cu...

DATE: Dec 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

The ‘Side Show’ stars reveal how the magic is done

NEW YORK – A big Broadway stage can leave even the most confident performer feeling a bit lonely. Not Emily Padgett or Erin Davie these days. The actresses play conjoined twins in...

DATE: Nov 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

James Franco helps ‘event cinema’ come of age

NEW YORK – A new James Franco flick hits movie theaters this week with all the stuff you want in a gripping drama – a pretty girl, some scary dudes, a murder or two and Franco holding a gun....

DATE: Nov 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Review: Sting’s ‘The Last Ship’ is thrilling stuff

NEW YORK – You may be tempted upon leaving Sting’s Broadway musical “The Last Ship” to head straight to a pub to drain a pint and sing some sea shanties. Or maybe go weld something. Or do bo...

DATE: Oct 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘Disgraced’ star Josh Radnor – ‘a 24-hour thinker’

NEW YORK – For nine years, Josh Radnor played a hopeless romantic on TV’s “How I Met Your Mother.” So he’s the perfect person to ask if his latest project is a good for a date night. ...

DATE: Oct 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment