Theater & Dance

Krysta Rodriguez won’t let cancer slow her Broadway return

NEW YORK (AP) — Rehearsing a Broadway musical is a stressful time for any actor. There…
Madonna kicks off ‘Rebel Heart’ tour in Montreal

MONTREAL (AP) — Pole dancers dressed like nuns, Mike Tyson and nonstop theatrics. Welcome to the…
Madonna kicks off ‘Rebel Heart’ tour in Montreal

MONTREAL (AP) — Pole dancers dressed like nuns, Mike Tyson and nonstop theatrics. Welcome to…
South Africa: Zulu Reed Dance disrupted by “evil spirits”

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s annual Zulu Reed Dance ceremony was disrupted by hallucinating girls who…
Billy Porter says goodbye to role that ‘taught me to dream’

NEW YORK (AP) — There comes a time in every man’s life when he must…
Kathleen Turner and Deborah Cox to star in off-Broadway play

NEW YORK (AP) — Kathleen Turner and Deborah Cox will star in the world premiere of…
Broadway season features Jennifer Hudson and Bruce Willis

NEW YORK (AP) — The new Broadway season hasn’t yet started in earnest and already there’s…
Heroine tells captivating tale in ‘Gates of Evangeline’

“The Gates of Evangeline” (Putnam), by Hester Young Charlotte “Charlie” Cates has had a rough…
Rare photos of 19th-century blacks speak to modern Americans

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Some faces are pensive; others are proud. Some are known; others are…
Ballerina Misty Copeland calls Broadway debut ‘incredible’

NEW YORK (AP) — The stage lights have been hard to get used to and she…
Celebrated Romanian baritone Dan Iordachescu dies at 85

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Celebrated Romanian baritone Dan Iordachescu, who sang at Milan’s La Scala and…
Faulty sprinkler damages University of Richmond theater

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The University of Richmond has moved fall performances at the Alice Jepson…
Vibrating, rollicking 4-D seats in theaters growing

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Koenig sat back in his seat for a recent screening of…
Bethesda kicks off E3 with ‘Doom,’ ‘Fallout 4’

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bethesda jump started the Electronic Entertainment Expo by showing off the latest…
‘Newsies’ cast holds dance workshop for DC-area students

WASHINGTON (AP) — The cast of Disney’s “Newsies” musical is hosting a dance workshop with Washington-area…