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Maria Friedman, a longtime friend of Stephen Sondheim, teaches 'Merrily We Roll Along' to sing

Maria Friedman, a longtime friend of Stephen Sondheim, teaches 'Merrily We Roll Along' to sing

NEW YORK (AP) — On opening night of the Broadway revival of “Merrily We Roll Along,” one person in the audience strangely wasn't nervous — the director.
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Romania's culture minister asks Louis Vuitton to acknowledge a traditional blouse inspired items

Romania's culture minister asks Louis Vuitton to acknowledge a traditional blouse inspired items

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s minister of culture says she will ask French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton to acknowledge that a traditional Romanian blouse directly inspired items in one of its 2024 collections.
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Gold and gunfire: Italian artist Cattelan's latest satirical work is a bullet-riddled golden wall

Gold and gunfire: Italian artist Cattelan's latest satirical work is a bullet-riddled golden wall

NEW YORK (AP) — The first thing that strikes you, arriving in the gallery that houses artist Maurizio Cattelan’s latest satirical work, is the gleam.
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Keith Urban, Doja Cat, Big Sean, Gwen Stefani and more to perform at iHeartRadio Music Festival

Keith Urban, Doja Cat, Big Sean, Gwen Stefani and more to perform at iHeartRadio Music Festival

NEW YORK (AP) — Big Sean, Camila Cabello, Doja Cat, Hozier, Keith Urban , Gwen Stefani, New Kids on the Block and Paramore are among the performers this fall at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, which will be broadcast live.
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With its top editor abruptly gone, The Washington Post grapples with a hastily announced restructure

With its top editor abruptly gone, The Washington Post grapples with a hastily announced restructure

NEW YORK (AP) — The struggling Washington Post found itself in some turmoil on Monday following the abrupt departure of the newspaper's executive editor and a hastily announced restructuring plan aimed at stopping an exodus of readers over the past f
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Janis Paige, star of Hollywood and Broadway, dies at 101

Janis Paige, star of Hollywood and Broadway, dies at 101

NEW YORK (AP) — Janis Paige, a popular actor in Hollywood and in Broadway musicals and comedies who danced with Fred Astaire, toured with Bob Hope and continued to perform into her 90s, has died. She was 101.
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Female musicians underrepresented on Canadian radio playlists: study

Female musicians underrepresented on Canadian radio playlists: study

TORONTO — A new report on Canada's radio airwaves says songs performed by women have been underplayed on commercial music stations for at least the past decade.
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Idris Elba helps uncover the WWII soldiers of color who never got their due

Idris Elba helps uncover the WWII soldiers of color who never got their due

NEW YORK (AP) — One of Idris Elba’s grandfathers fought in World War II, but he doesn't know what he endured. No pictures or stories survive. “That part of my family’s history has been erased somewhat,” says Elba.
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Canadian Music Week sells to former record exec and Bell Media head Randy Lennox

Canadian Music Week sells to former record exec and Bell Media head Randy Lennox

TORONTO — Canadian Music Week is getting new owners led by former Bell Media head and record label executive Randy Lennox.
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Book Review: Indigenous author explores charged issue of blood lines in his debut novel `Fire Exit’

Book Review: Indigenous author explores charged issue of blood lines in his debut novel `Fire Exit’

Morgan Talty has followed up on the success of his prize-winning story collection “Night of the Living Rez” with a poignant first novel that explores the charged question of what constitutes identity — family or tribe? “Fire Exit” is narrated by a wh
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