The upcoming season for Los Angeles’s Center Theatre Group is coming together in an entirely new way as the company combines the power of its three iconic venues to bring musicals, world premieres, Broadway stars and family shows all under one programming umbrella for the first time in its history. “I feel good about the direction we’re heading,” said Snehal Desai, the Theatre Group’s artistic director, who took the helm of the company in August. “This is just the beginning and it’s a long game and I feel like this...

Its timeline: sprawling, unfolding over more than 150 years of American history. Its appearance: imposing, playing out on a stark canvas. Its run time: intimidating, stretching well over three hours with two intermissions. Its scope? Well, “The Lehman Trilogy” is less of an epic than its trappings might suggest. Originally written by Stefano Massini in Italian and translated into dozens of languages, the play was adapted by Ben Power for stagings in London’s West End and Broadway, where it won the 2022 Tony Award for best play. Tracing the history...

The New York Knicks escaped with a Game 1 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night, 121-117, and it came with some controversy over a questionable call late in the game. With about 12 seconds left in the game and Indiana down one point, Tyrese Haliburton was about to make a move on Donte DiVincenzo as Myles Turner set a screen. However, DiVincenzo fell down as he ran into the Turner screen and sold it as though he had been hit hard. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON...

Owen Elliot-Kugell was only seven years old when her mother died unexpectedly. And though her mom’s birth certificate read “Ellen Naomi Cohen,” fans around the world knew the woman with the powerhouse voice and buoyant stage presence by another name: Cass Elliot.Still more knew her as “Mama Cass,” derived from her best-known role as one of the four voices in the folk-rockers The Mamas and The Papas of the 1960s. They hit big with songs like “California Dreamin’,” “Monday, Monday,” “Dedicated to the One I Love” and “I Saw Her...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sauntering through the hallways of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the way to cocktails, James Corden spread his arms out comically, like he owned the place. “Let me know if you want me to talk you through any of this,” he said, pointing to the precious art on the walls, joking around with Jeff Bezos and his partner Lauren Sánchez, who happened to be walking behind him. It was all in fun, but Corden, like many celebrities, is a a regular. Then there are the...

BRUNSWICK – Shirley Jane Chace died on April 24, 2024, at her home in Brunswick. She was born in New York City on June 2, 1931, to Fred Shirley Chace and Mildred Matilda Ziegler Chace, who owned a small butcher and grocery shop in Tuckahoe, N.Y. As a child, she swam in the Long Island Sound during her summers becoming a freestyle champion as a teen. She rode the train to Manhattan to see Broadway shows, instilling in her a lifelong love of the arts, and sat in the stands...

Two women were shot and wounded in Harlem on Monday, police said. Police responded to calls for shots fired at W. 144th St. near Broadway just before 8:40 p.m., cops said. When they arrived, they discovered two women, ages 63 and 29, suffering from gunshot wounds. They were taken to Harlem Hospital, where they were expected to survive. Police were investigating what led to the shooting later Monday night. The women were the second and third victims to be hit by gunfire in Harlem on Monday. A 61-year-old man was...

During a VIP media event to celebrate the start of Miami Beach Pride on Thursday, April 12, Broadway legend and Our Son star Billy Porter was presented with the keys to the city of Miami Beach by city commissioner Alex Fernandez. Fernandez said in his speech to Porter: "For what you signify to all of us, and because you are the key to the happiness and the joy of so many, it's my distinct honor on behalf of our mayor, on behalf of our city commission, but most importantly, on...

The Outsiders on Broadway is a family affair for Angelina Jolie and daughter Vivienne . "Viv is a young artist who focuses her efforts on her support of others," the actress, 48, tells PEOPLE ahead of the April 11 opening of Broadway 's adaption of , which she co-produced. Her daughter worked on the production as a volunteer assistant. Jolie continues of how Vivienne, 15, got her into the musical, "She saw an early workshop a few times and then invited me to it." PEOPLE previously reported that the pair...

A delegation of Tulsans, including “The Outsiders” author S.E. Hinton, traveled to New York to celebrate the Broadway opening of “The Outsiders” musical. The delegation also included Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum, representatives from the Tulsa Regional Chamber's Economic Development and Regional Tourism (Visit Tulsa and Tulsa FMAC) teams and Danny O’Connor, founder and executive director of the Outsiders House Museum. O’Connor was among those who attended the final preview of the musical Wednesday night at Bernard B. Jacobs Theater. The musical was scheduled to officially open Thursday night.