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Imagine Dragons, Macklemore, Skrillex lead ACLU concert

NEW YORK – Outrage about President Donald Trump’s travel ban has prompted a spring fundraising concert for the American Civil Liberties Union that will feature a diverse lineup, including Ma...

DATE: Feb 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Beyoncé announces she’s pregnant with twins

NEW YORK – Blue Ivy is about to become a big sister – twice over. Beyoncé and Jay Z announced Wednesday on Instagram that the superstar singer is pregnant with twins. “...

DATE: Feb 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

What’s on the Trump menu? Lobster, steak and chocolate

NEW YORK – Donald Trump’s first meal as president of the United States isn’t too far from the typical power lunch for a billionaire businessman – lobster, beef and a rich chocolate dessert. ...

DATE: Jan 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

‘Aladdin’ star James Monroe Iglehart switches to ‘Hamilton’

NEW YORK – Tony Award-winner James Monroe Iglehart is trading in his genie bottle for a place in American history onstage. Iglehart, the star of “Aladdin” on Broadway, will join “...

DATE: Jan 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘Hamilton’ member gives Pence earful

NEW YORK – President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday demanded an apology from the “Hamilton” cast member who gave Mike Pence an onstage earful about equality. After curtain call Fr...

DATE: Nov 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gary Busey to star in off-Broadway’s ‘Perfect Crime’

NEW YORK – Gary Busey will make his New York stage debut next month in the off-Broadway show “Perfect Crime,” playing a serial killer in the cast of the longest-running play in city history....

DATE: Oct 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

A founder of the New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups dies

NEW YORK – Joan Marie Johnson, one of the founding members of the New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups, who had a No. 1 hit in 1964 with “Chapel of Love,” has died at a hospice in New Orlea...

DATE: Oct 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Acclaimed playwright Edward Albee dies at 88

NEW YORK – Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee has died in suburban New York City at age 88. Albee challenged theatrical convention in masterworks such as “W...

DATE: Sep 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

‘Miss Saigon’ to appear on movie screens before Broadway

NEW YORK – American audiences will get the rare chance to catch a sneak peek of the new “Miss Saigon” before it opens on Broadway next spring. They just have to go to a movie theater. ...

DATE: Aug 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Broadway’s best to light up Coney Island at Elsie Fest

NEW YORK – This fall, the famous Coney Island boardwalk will host some special hot dogs with a Broadway flavor. The second annual Elsie Fest, a one-day outdoor music festival cele...

DATE: Aug 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Broadway giant James ‘Jimmy’ Nederlander dies at 94

NEW YORK – James M. Nederlander, who took over the fledgling Nederlander Organization from his father and built it into one of the largest producers of live entertainment and a dominant nati...

DATE: Jul 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Original Jersey boy Frankie Valli heading back to Broadway

NEW YORK – The Broadway hit “Jersey Boys” is going to get some competition from an original Jersey boy. Frankie Valli, whose falsetto fuels The Four Seasons’ music, will return to...