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June 19, 2013

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  • Critics hail Daniel Radcliffe's latest stage turn

    06/19/13 10:30 AM

    LONDON (AP) — Daniel Radcliffe has won magical reviews for his latest stage role as a disabled Irish dreamer in Martin McDonagh's "The Cripple of Inishmaan." The former "Harry Potter" star plays the title role in a Michael Grandage-directed production of McDonagh's scabrous tragicomedy at...

  • Goldstar's Jim McCarthy on why live is better

    06/19/13 09:45 AM

    NEW YORK (AP) — Jim McCarthy doesn't just think it's fun to go out and see a play or a comedy show or a basketball game. He thinks it actually makes you a better person. "It drives the dullness out of your life and stirs your personal creativity," says the CEO of ticket discounter Goldstar....

  • Second City co-founder brought intellect to comedy

    06/17/13 08:45 PM

    CHICAGO (AP) — Comedy fans know the names — John Belushi, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Joan Rivers — but before those famous faces graced Hollywood movies or the "Saturday Night Live" stage they were discovered by Bernie Sahlins, co-founder of The Second City. Alumni of the Chicago comedy...

  • Tony Awards spur box offices on Broadway

    06/17/13 07:31 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) — There were smiles at many Broadway box offices last week as a big financial bounce followed the Tony Awards, with the biggest winners being "Pippin," ''Matilda the Musical" and "Motown the Musical." Data from The Broadway League on Monday indicates exposure and statuettes on...

  • Neil Patrick Harris to return to Broadway _ to act

    06/17/13 04:30 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) — Neil Patrick Harris is returning to the stage — and not to hand out awards. The four-time Tony Award host and former "Doogie Howser, M.D." will star on Broadway in the spring as the gender-bent rock chanteuse at the center of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," the cult musical...

  • Helen Mirren in 'The Audience' sets NT Live record

    06/17/13 03:45 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) — As a queen, Helen Mirren reigns on screen and stage. National Theatre Live, which broadcasts stage shows from England to movie screens worldwide, said Monday that its June 13 live broadcast of Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in the play "The Audience" has captured its largest...

  • Ailey at Lincoln Center, first time in 13 years

    06/14/13 05:16 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) — When Robert Battle first arrived at New York's Lincoln Center years ago, he was a dance student with a scholarship to Juilliard. On his first day, he walked up to the building he thought was the school. It turned out to be the Metropolitan Opera House. This past week, Battle...

  • Carnegie Mellon cheers 'bumper crop' of Tonys

    06/14/13 05:16 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) — There was plenty of applause heard during the Tony Awards — and perhaps no place louder than from as far away as Pittsburgh. Seven alumni from Carnegie Mellon University took home Tonys, a glittery haul that was both a school record and a huge source of pride for a theater...

  • Boxing tragedy inspires Blanchard's first opera

    By CHARLES J. GANS | 06/13/13 07:25 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Jazz composer Terence Blanchard couldn't have imagined how timely his opera about a gay boxer would become when he accepted a commission three years ago. Blanchard's "Champion" -- with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Michael Cristofer -- is based on the life of...

  • 'Kinky Boots' kicks off national tour in Vegas

    06/13/13 05:00 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh off its Tony Award-winning night, "Kinky Boots" is planning a national tour that will kick off in Las Vegas in September. Producers said Thursday the tour will start at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts. No other cities were announced but producer Daryl Roth said...


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