John Eaton, a jazz pianist who helped draw renewed attention to the Great American Songbook, championing the work of Hoagy ...
Allie Molner, daughter of KCM co-founder John Molner and stepdaughter of our other intrepid co-founder Katie Couric, tied the ...
Ballet North Texas will perform the life story of Maria Tallchief, the first Native American prima ballerina, this weekend.
Sahitya Akademi winner Mamta Kalia’s novel ‘The Race,’ in Jerry Pinto's translation from the Hindi, paints a terrifying portrait of a newly liberalised Indian economy ...
Exclusive: Behind the scenes with Kwamé Ryan for his Met Opera debut, conducting “Porgy and Bess.” It was a journey years in ...
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Composer George Gershwin was interviewed on the radio and asked the perennial question which came first when working with his brother Ira, the music or the words? He answered that he wrote the tune ...
Marcia Lucas, who won an Oscar as editor of the original 1977 “Star Wars” has died, a lawyer for her family said Friday. Lucas, who was married to “Star Wars” creator George Lucas from 1969 to 1983, ...
The historic Emery Theater underwent a $51.5 million transformation into the new home of the Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati. The Emery Auditorium, as it was called, was built as part of the Ohio ...
LATHAM, N.Y. — “There is a thin line between genius and insanity. And I’ve managed to erase it.” These are the words of Oscar Levant when he appeared on a national late-night talk show in 1958. His ...
ELABORATIO, a symphony dedicated to Connick's mother, whose lifelong dream was for the son to perform at Carnegie Hall ...
Ted Turner was married three times before his death at age 87. “Ted was an intensely involved and committed leader, intrepid, fearless and always willing to back a hunch and trust his own judgement,” ...