Theater News

An arts center hopes to have "Naked Boys Singing!" onstage again next month ... Deputy City Attorney Rudolph Konrad, who said last week his office was investigating the matter, did not immediately return a call Monday from the AP.

The Arizona Republic Aug. 28, 2005 12:00 AM There's a difference between standing flat-footed and ... Classical arts * Bravura season for opera and symphony * Phoenix Boys Choir matures into a group known round the globe * What in the Valley Classical music scene excites writer Richard Nilsen?

The tradition of major films debuting first in theaters, then across staggered release "windows," including pay-per-view, home video, cable and, finally, broadcast TV, is being openly questioned.

Laughter should have swept Saturday's capacity crowd at the Chicago Theatre. Instead, a collective cringe gripped the audience as I.O. Theater alumni struggled with faulty body mics during the star-studded 25th ...

As members of North Branford's "Cow Town Players," a group of teens spent two weeks learning the basics of theater while orchestrating and performing in their own one-act comedy production on July 21 at the ...

The show's contestants, who are kept in a house for 100 days while cameras monitor them, include a ... Clooney's Gamble Though his "Ocean's Eleven" character was interested only in taking money from Las Vegas, George Clooney prefers to invest in the city, putting an undisclosed amount into a new $3 billion resort on the Strip, The Associated Press ...

Performing arts enthusiasts at Georgetown will find no shortage of outlets for a driven performer of any stripe.

Brian McCurdy gives a tour of the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts at UC Davis during its final stages of construction in 2002.2.9

The owners of the Strand Theatre gave $100,000 Monday to the group that plans to renovate the art ... Katrina Heads for Gulf Coast at 160 Mph Bishop's charity generous to bishop Katrina passes Georgia by, but rain is coming Gallery: Katrina slams New Orleans, Louisiana An expensive date "This shows that we are committed to restoring the Strand," ...2.7

Police shut down the show Aug. 18 in a dispute over whether the center needed a theater license for the production.1.8

The first feature film fully produced in western Nebraska will have its world premiere at the Midwest Theater September 17th.2.7

World-class theater performer/ singer Robert Sena recently bagged the citation for Best Performer in Hotels, Music Lounges and Bars at the 2005 Aliw Awards held last Aug.2.7

Preview '05-'06: Off-Broadway by Ken Mandelbaum In both commercial ventures and institutional presentations, 2005-2006 looks to be an unusually fertile season for off-Broadway musicals.2.7

More than two dozen shows presented in the 2005 New York International Fringe Festival were honored on August 28 with Overall Excellence Awards.4.2

In a recent ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, Col. Brad Lynn, U.S. Air Force Reserve, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.2.7

The play explores the three court actions which marked the final, disgraced years of poet, playwright and author Oscar Wilde's life.1.3

Kevin Kline is in the zone. The Academy Award-winning actor is so focused on his role as hard-boiled gumshoe Guy Noir that he doesn't notice he's cut his finger as he shoots a scene for the A Prairie Home ...2.9

NEW YORK - Thom Pain , the hit play by Will Eno, will get a new leading man after Labor Day.3.2

The tradition of major films debuting first in theaters, then across staggered release ``windows,'' including pay-per-view, home video, cable and, finally, broadcast TV, is being openly questioned.2.9

Seasons of Savings This program run by Broadway and Off-Broadway producers is back.2.7

Mr. Iger knows better than to tell consumers - or Wall Street analysts - that they can have it all, everywhere, at the same time, AP has John Fithian, president of the National Association of Theater Owners, ...2.9

Complete DVD home entertainment systems by Bose . Enjoy outstanding music and movie performance from systems designed to blend in with your surroundings.2.7

Tell us what you think Write a letter to the editor. The Stoughton Opera Company performed a benefit concert Sunday afternoon at the Stoughton Opera House.2.7

The Ridgefield Theater Barn's next production, "The Shadow Box," is a play close to director Marc Cameron's heart.2.9

Willie Nelson will soon be able to play in a place he's never played before, nobody has.4.2

On Friday, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspapers shocked theater fans by reporting that one of the country's greatest playwrights, Pittsburgh native and Seattle resident August ...3.3

Aaron Timmons, 23, has cerebral palsy and just fulfilled his dream of getting his driver's license ... When Timmons is not working on his certifications or his driving, he likes to play Halo 2 on his Xbox, a game he describes as a "Navy Seal, sci-fi, action mix" game.3.1

Doing something for a decade in a row doesn't automatically make one a master at it.2.7

A sprout shoots toward the audience, but when they try to touch it, it retreats back into the screen.2.9

PROVINCETOWN - Just 14 months after the gala opening of Provincetown's first theater in 25 years, the foundation that manages it may pass control to the building's two resident theater companies.2.7

When God Winked: Solo show. Written and performed by Ron Jones. Directed by David Ford.2.7

Cole Porter's "Kiss Me, Kate," which opened at Pentacle Theatre Friday night, is sort of a time capsule of musical theater.2.7

In a settlement with prosecutors, Monterey County Petroleum Inc. was convicted on criminal charges and fined nearly a quarter-million dollars in cases relating to a 900-gallon diesel spill north of Salinas last ...2

The group, whose members noted in accepting the big prize that they have been together for 16 ... Other top awards went to Kanye West, who won Best Male Video for "Jesus Walks," and Kelly Clarkson of "American Idol" fame who walked off with the Best Female Video award for "Since U Been Gone.2.9

Students are learning how to better understand themselves through theater, and their teachers' efforts are getting noticed statewide.3.1