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In this file photo, Amanda Kloots and Nick Cordero attend the Beyond Yoga x Amanda Kloots Collaboration Launch Event on August 27, 2019 in New York City. Fitness instructor Kloots shared a video montage chronicling her relationship with the Broadway star, who died Sunday morning at 41 after a long and turbulent battle with COVID-19. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Beyond Yoga/TNS)

Nick Cordero's fans petition to rename a Broadway theater in his honor

A new petition to name a Broadway theater in honor of late performer Nick Cordero has amassed nearly 30,000 signatures. more

By Christi Carras | Los Angeles Times | 7/9/20

Renee Elise Goldsberry attends Netflix's "Altered Carbon" season two fan event and reception on Feb. 24, 2020 in New York City. (Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Netflix/TNS)

How 'Hamilton' showstopper Renée Elise Goldsberry nailed 'Satisfied'

"Rewind, rewind, rewind," interrupts the ensemble. The lights warp, the tables turn, the dancers seem to go backwards. more

By Ashley Lee | Los Angeles Times | 7/7/20

People pose for photos during the Austin City Limits (ACL) Music Festival on October 12, 2019 at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas. (Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Austin City Limits music festival canceled for 2020

DALLAS — Organizers behind Austin City Limits announced Wednesday morning that the annual, two-weekend music festival is canceled this year. more

By Lisa Salinas | The Dallas Morning News | 7/2/20

In this file photo, The cast of Hamilton performs the show's Broadway Opening Night at Richard Rodgers Theatre on Aug. 6, 2015 in New York City. Walt Disney Co. is putting a filmed version of the popular Broadway musical on its Disney+ streaming service July 3, to feed the coronavirus-era hunger for fresh entertainment at home. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images/TNS)

If you've never seen 'Hamilton,' here's what you need to know

When the "Hamilton" movie hits Disney+ on Friday, it will be more than just one more streaming service premiere. more

By Ashley Lee | Los Angeles Times | 7/2/20

Hugh Jackman arrives at the 22nd Annual Hollywood Film Awards held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018. (Sthanlee B. Mirador/Sipa USA/TNS)

Hugh Jackman's COVID-delayed Broadway return in 'The Music Man' now slated for April 2021 start

Hugh Jackman is still coming back to The Great White Way — just a little later than planned. more

By Karu F. Daniels | New York Daily News | 6/30/20

Closed Broadway theaters during the coronavirus pandemic on April 8, 2020 in New York City. The Broadway League announced performances in New York City would remain suspended at least through the end of the year. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images/TNS)

The show will not go on: Broadway extends its shutdown until January

The Broadway League announced Monday that performances in New York City would remain suspended at least through the end of the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. more

By Laura Zornosa | Los Angeles Times | 6/30/20

Anthony Ramos and Christopher Jackson attend The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 18th Annual Monte Cristo Award Honoring Lin-Manuel Miranda at Edison Ballroom on April 30, 2018 in New York City. (Jenny Anderson/Getty Images for The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center/TNS)

Anthony Ramos and Christopher Jackson explain why the 'Hamilton' film is exactly what we need right now

"Just you wait." The oft-repeated lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda's title character throughout the epic opening number of "Hamilton" promises plenty of magic to come. more

By Peter Sblendorio | New York Daily News | 6/30/20

Antoinette Nwandu attends the 34th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards on May 5, 2019 in New York. (Jemal Countess/The Lucille Lortel Foundation/Getty Images/TNS)

'Pass Over' playwright Antoinette Nwandu on a reckoning in American theater

LOS ANGELES — For playwright Antoinette Nwandu, recent conversations about systemic racism in the wake of social uprisings have felt all too familiar. more

By Makeda Easter | Los Angeles Times | 6/25/20

Lead Scenic Artist Dena D'Angelo works to cover Oscar statues with plastic to protect them from rain and fingerprints as they are prepared for touch up before they are moved to their locations around the Hollywood and Highland Complex for the Oscar show at the Kodak Theatre in February 2008. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

When are the Oscars? The 2020-21 awards season schedule

The shows, apparently, must go on. more

By Jevon Phillips and Michael Ordoña | Los Angeles Times | 6/25/20

A screenshot from Horizon Forbidden West. (Guerreilla Games/Sony)

PlayStation 5 reveal: Top 5 intriguing games for the upcoming console

Although E3 has been canceled, it's not stopping video game makers from unleashing big announcements. more

By Gieson Cacho | The Mercury News | 6/16/20

Victor Puente anchors the WKYT 4 p.m. newscast from his home in Lexington, Ky., on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. He is working from home because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader/TNS)

Commentary: TV looks dramatically different in the wake of COVID-19, but where does it go from here?

The phone on the nightstand woke me at 9 a.m. Easter Sunday. more

By David Zurawik | The Baltimore Sun | 6/16/20

Barbra Streisand attends the Tribeca Film Festival on April 29, 2018 at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York. (Nancy Kaszerman/Zuma Press/TNS)

Barbra Streisand gives Disney stock to George Floyd's 6-year-old daughter

The daughter of George Floyd recently received Disney stock as a gift from star entertainer Barbra Streisand. more

By Peter Sblendorio | New York Daily News | 6/16/20

David Kurs, leader of Deaf West Theatre, sits in the empty Odyssey Theater since the coronavirus pandemic has canceled all the shows on May 21, 2020 in Los Aneles, Ca. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Refund or donation: Which do most ticket holders to COVID-canceled shows choose?

When the Hollywood Bowl canceled its 2020 season for the first time in nearly 100 years, it offered advance ticket holders three options. more

By Makeda Easter | Los Angeles Times | 6/16/20

Pete Davidson arrives at the premiere of Netflix's "The Dirt" at ArcLight Hollywood on March 18, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images/TNS)

Review: Pete Davidson bares his soul in 'The King of Staten Island,' but his co-stars truly rule

If you didn't know you were watching the latest comedy directed by Judd Apatow, the opening scene of "The King of Staten Island" might prime you to expect something a little harder-edged. more

By Justin Chang | Los Angeles Times | 6/11/20

Jharrel Jerome and Vera Farmiga in the film "When They See Us." (Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix/TNS)

'Watchmen,' 'When They See Us' among Peabody winners that tackle racism

HBO's "Watchmen" and Netflix's "When They See Us," two acclaimed TV dramas that tackle racism and police brutality against Black people, are among the recipients of the 2020 Peabody Awards. more

By Ashley Lee | Los Angeles Times | 6/11/20

"The Living Coast," a nature film accompanied by live storytelling and music performance, will have two performances this Thursday evening, 8 and 10 p.m., at the Blue Starlite Drive-In,

Film with live concert coming to the Blue Starlite Drive In Thursday

Orchestral rock group Montopolis will present their multimedia performance "The Living Coast" at central Texas Drive-In theaters this summer. "The Living … more

From Staff Reports | 6/8/20

What does global pandemic sound like? An artist's black sphere tells us.

DALLAS — Last fall, when the Dallas Museum of Art launched its provocative exhibition "Speechless, Different by Design," the whole point was physical interaction. more

By Christopher Wynn | The Dallas Morning News | 6/2/20

NYC's Metropolitan Opera artists face uncertain future due to coronavirus lockdown

For the past two months of the coronavirus quarantine, Metropolitan Opera House singer Abigail Mitchell has used her small upper Manhattan apartment as a temporary studio space. more

By Chelsia Rose Marcius | New York Daily News | 6/2/20

A general view of the stage at HBO Max WarnerMedia Investor Day Presentation at Warner Bros. Studios on October 29, 2019 in Burbank, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for WarnerMedia/TNS)

With HBO Max, AT&T has built a streaming service that feels like a Walmart

I'd only been watching HBO Max for a few minutes when one thing became abundantly clear: This didn't look like the old HBO. more

By Gerry Smith | Bloomberg News | 5/28/20

Producer Frank Marshall attends the grand opening celebration of "Jurassic World -- The Ride" at Universal Studios Hollywood on July 22, 2019 in Universal City, Calif. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Universal Studios Hollywood/TNS)

Frank Marshall has hope for the future of filmmaking: 'It's just gonna look different'

The last time director-producer Frank Marshall remembers one of his movie projects being shut down for this long was in 1983, when Harrison Ford suffered a spinal disc herniation. more

By Jessica Gelt | Los Angeles Times | 5/28/20

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