Lincoln Center

Less dancing at ABC! Viacom jumps gun in upfront ad race.

2013-05-15 05:40:00

After the coffee. Before the CBS and TNT upfronts. Jealous yet? The Skinny: It feels like I've been here a week. Oh wait, I have been here a week! By the time most of you read this, I'll have already been to two upfront events and in desperate need of a...

Jed Bernstein, Broadway producer, to head Lincoln Center

2013-05-15 16:18:00

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York has tapped a prominent producer from the world of commercial Broadway to serve as its next president. Jed Bernstein, whose credits include the successful revivals of "Driving Miss Daisy" and "Hair," is...

A 'Scandal' theme — and Joss Whedon — at ABC's upfront presentation

2013-05-15 04:00:00

— ABC is trying to get a handle on things, Olivia Pope-style. As with the Washington, D.C. fixer at the center of its surprise sophomore Twitter-friendly hit "Scandal," the Disney-owned network Tuesday was eager to put on a good show at its annual...

Tony Awards 2013: 'Pippin,' Christopher Durang gain momentum

2013-05-20 08:35:00

Like the Oscars, the Tony Awards are preceded each year by a bevy of award shows that renders the main event something of a foregone conclusion. This Broadway season, many of the front-runners have become clear relatively quickly, with the big-top-...

PASSINGS: Frederic Franklin, David Morris Kern

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Frederic Franklin Dancer helped popularize modern ballet in U.S. Frederic Franklin, 98, a British-born dancer who helped popularize modern ballet in the United States, died Saturday at a Manhattan, N.Y., hospital of complications from pneumonia,...

Duke Ellington's music lives to be heard

2013-05-10 12:26:00

It's no big thing to play the music of Duke Ellington. That's done all the time: in cabarets, concert halls, movies, Broadway theaters and anywhere jazz musicians assemble. Ellingtonia, a word coined by admirers who realized that no existing musical...

Herbert Blau dies at 87; theater director helped shape CalArts

2013-05-09 22:48:00

Herbert Blau, an influential theater director, theorist and scholar who helped shape CalArts during its early years, died at his home in Seattle on May 3, his 87th birthday. He had cancer, according to the Seattle Times. The Brooklyn, N.Y.-born...

Herbert Blau, theater director and former CalArts provost, dies at 87

2013-05-08 13:46:00

Herbert Blau, a renowned and influential theater director who helped to shape the California Institute of the Arts during its early years, has died at 87. He died at his home in Seattle on Friday following a battle with cancer, according to reports....

James Beard Awards: Paul Kahan, David Chang tie for outstanding chef

2013-05-06 19:20:00

NEW YORK -- Some of the most notable prizes given at the James Beard Foundation awards Monday night were those that were most overdue. Sonoma winemaker Merry Edwards won Wine and Spirits Professional for the first time after six nominations. Wylie...

Michael Buble gives surprise NYC subway performance

2013-04-26 13:57:00

Well, Michael Bubl�, you've made our hearts melt yet again. The crooner gave an impromptu performance at the�66th Street Lincoln Center stop of the New York subway Thursday, singing the Jackson 5's "Who's Lovin' You." He sang the song with a capella...

Thursday's TV Highlights: 'The Office' on NBC

2013-04-24 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 21 -27, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES The Graham Norton Show Gwyneth Paltrow,...

Tony Awards 2013 nominees: Complete list

2013-04-30 05:32:00

The 2013 Tony nominations were announced�Tuesday morning in New York by multiple Tony winner Sutton Foster and "Modern Family" actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson. "Bring It On," "A Christmas Story," "Kinky Boots" and "Matilda: The Musical" were nominated as...

Jed Bernstein, a prominent Broadway producer, has been named president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York. He will assume his new post in January.

2013-05-15 12:10:00

Dillard Center for the Arts trumpet players Anthony Hervey and Max Boiko perform at the Essentially Ellington competition at at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York city.

2013-05-12 10:20:00

Dillard Center for the Arts musicians dance during the intro to "Second Line" at the Essentially Ellington competition at at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York city.

2013-05-12 10:15:00