Monday, June 12, 2023
It was a night of triumph for the small-scale but huge-hearted musical “Kimberly Akimbo,” but also a night notable for inclusion.
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 07:30AMThursday, September 5, 2019
Monday, June 10, 2019
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 …
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 05:20AMThursday, October 12, 2017
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…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:36AMWednesday, March 15, 2017
So, perhaps you've heard: "La La Land" didn't win best picture at the Oscars....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:43PMFriday, March 3, 2017
To be clear: "Brokeback Mountain," this isn't....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:37PMWednesday, December 7, 2016
Musical lovers, take a bow. Your favorite art form is having quite the cultural moment....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:42PMMonday, October 10, 2016
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....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:05PMMonday, June 13, 2016
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…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:38AMTuesday, October 20, 2015
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…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:25PMThursday, June 25, 2015
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," …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:48AMTuesday, June 23, 2015
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....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:21PMMonday, June 22, 2015
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…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:46PMThursday, April 30, 2015
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…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:26PMMonday, March 9, 2015
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…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:08PMWednesday, January 14, 2015
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…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:12PMTuesday, December 23, 2014
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…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:09PMFriday, December 12, 2014
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…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:20PMFriday, October 17, 2014
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....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:14AMTuesday, October 14, 2014
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…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:33PMThursday, July 17, 2014
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…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:48PMTuesday, July 15, 2014
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…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:17PMWednesday, June 18, 2014
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…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:57PMFriday, June 6, 2014
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…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:42PMThursday, June 5, 2014
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…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:41PMMonday, May 5, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama is expected at the Metropolitan Museum Monday for the opening of the museum's newly renovated costume center....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:17AMTuesday, July 9, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) -- It may be sweltering summer out there, but the spring ballet season has just officially ended in New York, with the last frothy performances of "The Sleeping Beauty" at …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:44PMTuesday, June 4, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) -- If Broadway musicals were gardens, their directors would be the gardeners. And right now, Diane Paulus is the gardener with one of the greenest thumbs in the business....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:51AMTuesday, April 2, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) -- It's all about timing, we often say about relationships. Usually, we're talking about the moment we meet someone. They might be THE one. But are we ready?...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:02PMFriday, March 1, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) -- It's probably safe to say there aren't too many 29-year-old playwrights out there who could get Vanessa Redgrave to appear in their work. Let alone in only their second …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:19AMFriday, December 21, 2012
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- "Everything has its season, everything has its time," goes a famous song from the musical "Pippin." Well, maybe, but for the many fans of that `70s Stephen Schwa…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:16PM 
