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Brian Dennehy, Mia Farrow to star on Broadway

NEW YORK – A.R. Gurney’s romantic play “Love Letters” is about to hit Broadway again with some big movie stars. The two-person work, composed of letters exchanged over a lifetime ...

DATE: Jul 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Kristen Bell gets back to her ‘Hair’ roots

NEW YORK – Before she was Princess Anna in “Frozen” or even Veronica Mars, Kristen Bell was a musical theater geek. Now she’s letting her roots show. Bell is starring in the irre...

DATE: Jul 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Lockout looms as Met contracts set to expire

NEW YORK – Figaro might not be getting married anytime soon. Mimi and Rodolfo might not fall in love in that cold Parisian garret. And Macbeth might never murder his way to the throne. ...

DATE: Jul 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Elaine Stritch, brash stage legend, dies at 89

NEW YORK – Elaine Stritch, the brash theater performer whose gravelly, gin-laced voice and impeccable comic timing made her a Broadway legend, has died. She was 89. A spokesman fo...

DATE: Jul 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Julia Stiles goes ‘back to my roots’ – the stage

NEW YORK – Moving to a new home is said to be one of the most stressful events you can endure – up there with death and divorce – but Julia Stiles has just done it and looks radiant. ...

DATE: Jul 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Felder combines acting and piano playing in masterful performances

NEW YORK – At about 10, Hershey Felder had to make a decision that would change his life: Pick acting or pick the piano. He chose to tickle the ivories. “You can’t fake this,” the...

DATE: Jul 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Navajo, Chinese artists join for N.M. public art

ALBUQUERQUE – Not many people have been to Coyote Canyon, a remote spot on the nation’s largest Native American reservation. Bordered by sandstone outcroppings and dotted with pi...

DATE: Jul 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

David Byrne readies ‘Here Lies Love’ in London

NEW YORK – David Byrne has gone more than an extra mile to ensure his immersive show “Here Lies Love” about Filipino ex-first lady Imelda Marcos is as authentic as possible as it goes intern...

DATE: Jul 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Shakespeare galore shaping up in the West

Utah Shakespeare Festival celebrates brothers, sisters, twins

DATE: Jul 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

New York City police to subway acrobats: Sit down

NEW YORK – The underground acrobats who flip, somersault and pole-dance among New York City subway riders as trains roll are drawing a new audience – police officers. The New York...

DATE: Jul 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts