Posts Tagged Performing arts

Teen star Zendaya finishes 1st on ‘Dancing’ finals

This May 13, 2013 photo released by ABC shows country singer Kellie Pickler and her partner Derek Hough performing on the celebrity dance competition series "Dancing with the Stars," in Los Angeles. Pickler is one of four celebrities competing in the finals Monday, May 20.  A winner will be announced on Tuesday. (AP Photo/ABC, Adam Taylor)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kellie Pickler came into the final “Dancing With the Stars” episode in second place but finished in first.

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Gilberto Santa Rosa leads ‘Forever Tango’ to B’way

This April 26, 2012 file photo shows Gilberto Santa Rosa performing during the Latin  Billboard Awards in Coral Gables, Fla. Santa Rosa will make his Broadway debut as a guest vocalist in musical "Forever Tango," which returns to the theater Mecca in July with some covers of the Puerto Rican singer’s hits. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, file)

NEW YORK (AP) — The singer known as the Gentleman of Salsa is temporarily turning to tango: Gilberto Santa Rosa will make his Broadway debut in the musical “Forever Tango,” which returns to New York in July for a 10-week stand featuring some of the Puerto Rican singer’s hits.

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10 recommendations for Wagner’s 200th birthday

This undated photo shows German composer Richard Wagner. The 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth is May 22, and the world's opera houses and symphony halls are filled with his music this year along with the compositions of Giuseppe Verdi, whose 200th birthday is Oct. 10. (AP Photo/Trinquart, File)

The 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner’s birth is May 22, and the world’s opera houses and symphony halls are filled with his music this year along with the compositions of Giuseppe Verdi, whose 200th birthday is Oct. 10.

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Review: Spirited, sexy version of ‘Master Builder’

This undated publicity image released by the Brooklyn Academy of Music shows Wrenn Schmidt, left, and John Turturro in a scene from Henrik Ibsen’s “The Master Builder,” currently performing at the BAM Harvey Theater in  New York. (AP Photo/Brooklyn Academy of Music, Stephanie Berger)

NEW YORK (AP) — If you didn’t think Henrik Ibsen’s work was sexy and racy, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by BAM’s production of “The Master Builder,” which embraces a whole new interpretation of that classic 1892 tragedy.

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Audra McDonald returns with new, personal CD

This May 16, 2012 file photo shows Audra McDonald at the Friars Club Roast of Betty White in New York. McDonald's new CD," Go Back Home" includes classics like Stephen Sondheim's "The Glamorous Life," the Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein II's "Edelweiss," and "First You Dream," from the John Kander and Fred Ebb show "Steel Pier."  (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)

NEW YORK (AP) — If either her husband or daughter is calling, Audra McDonald knows without looking at her phone.

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