Theater & Dance

Michelle Veintimilla on Broadway playing young Chita Rivera

NEW YORK (AP) — If Chita Rivera ever wants a quick reminder of her past, she…
World’s smallest theater opens its doors to public in NY

NEW YORK (AP) — Many theater owners like to say they offer an intimate show but…
At “The Venue” with poet Sashily Kling

The Venue on 35th is a local night spot in Norfolk, Virginia where poets gather to…
Black College Dance Exchange hosted by Norfolk State

The 34th Annual Black College Dance Exchange, committed to bringing about “unity through dance,” was recently…
Opera in Kids Tent at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Opera is as much a part of New Orleans’ African-American heritage…
It’s nail-biting time on Broadway ahead of Tony nominations

NEW YORK (AP) — Will the list include a musical set in a funeral home…
Off-Broadway play ‘The Fantasticks’ offered a lifeline

NEW YORK (AP) — The off-Broadway phenomenon “The Fantasticks” won’t be closing next month after…
Group seeks rights to ‘Mockingbird’ play in Lee’s hometown

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A new group plans to produce a stage version of “To…
Review: Everything fresh at hysterical ‘Something Rotten!’

NEW YORK (AP) — The first sign that things might go a little nutty at…
After musical, movie, here comes ‘Mamma Mia!’ the restaurant

STOCKHOLM (AP) — “Mamma Mia!” may be in its final year on Broadway, but the…
Review: ‘True Story’ handsomely made but misguided

Michael Finkel’s journalism career, torpedoed by a partly fabricated story, had just bottomed out when…
Review: Ambitious ‘Hand to God’ mixes violence and puppets

NEW YORK (AP) — There’s one character who doesn’t get any bio in the Playbill…
‘Furious 7’ races past expectations with $143.6 million

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The high-octane “Furious 7” peeled out of the gates in…
Russian theater director fired over Wagner opera

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s culture minister on Sunday fired the director of a Siberian theater whose…
Bill Clinton’s ‘flaws’ the subject of off-Broadway musical

NEW YORK (AP) — The Clintons are going back to the White House this spring…