NEW YORK — Despite encouraging box office figures for the season’s first half, the financially strapped Metropolitan Opera scaled back its 2026-27 schedule with its fewest productions in…
Read more Met Opera’s 2026-27 season has 17 productions, its fewest in at least 60 yearsNEW YORK — For her first novel since the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Demon Copperhead,” Barbara Kingsolver is taking on a subject she rarely discussed in public while growing up…
Read more Barbara Kingsolver returns with ‘Partita,’ her first novel since ‘Demon Copperhead’NEW YORK — Pene Pati was cautioned as a 20-year-old not to pursue a singing career, an unusual occupation for a Samoan who grew up in New Zealand…
Read more Pene Pati rises from doubted Samoan singer to one of Opera’s most-watched new starsMILAN — It appears as if those troublemaking Minions will be taking the Olympic ice after all. Spanish figure skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate said after practice early Thursday…
Read more Minions hit Olympic ice: Spanish skater close to music approvalNEW YORK — Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Sonia De Los Santos is the latest performer to cancel an appearance at the Kennedy Center in Washington. She had been scheduled to…
Read more Sonia De Los Santos cancels Kennedy Center shows, citing unwelcoming climateNEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Asmik Grigorian is reaching a new low – in a positive way — and doing it on one of the world’s…
Read more Soprano Asmik Grigorian to lead ‘Carmen’ and sing mezzo-soprano role this summerAre you ready for more “Wicked”? “Wicked: For Good — The Soundtrack” offers a bulked-up take on the music of the original “Wicked” musical’s second act, grounded in…
Read more Music Review: ‘Wicked: For Good — The Soundtrack’ raises the stakesAre you ready for more “Wicked”? “Wicked: For Good — The Soundtrack” offers a bulked-up take on the music of the original “Wicked” musical’s second act, grounded in…
Read more Music Review: ‘Wicked: For Good — The Soundtrack’ raises the stakesNEW YORK — In the decade following her debut album, Meghan Trainor has lived myriad lives — but the message of her bright, cheery pop music has remained…
Read more Meghan Trainor says she ‘Still Don’t Care’ — because her new album and tour are about growthLOS ANGELES — Outkast, Cyndi Lauper, Salt-N-Pepa and Soundgarden will be among the newly minted members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at Saturday night’s induction…
Read more Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony will induct Outkast, Cyndi Lauper, Salt-N-Pepa, the White StripesNEW YORK — Jack DeJohnette, a celebrated jazz drummer who worked with Miles Davis on his landmark 1970 fusion album and collaborated with Keith Jarrett and many other…
Read more Jack DeJohnette, acclaimed jazz drummer who worked with Miles Davis, dies at 83NEW YORK (AP) — She’s won a Grammy, collaborated with Barbra Streisand and performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Now Laufey is taking on a new challenge: creating…
Read more From Grammy winner to children’s author: Laufey’s new book is ‘Mei Mei The Bunny’Laufey, the Grammy-winning artist, is creating a children’s story inspired by her mascot-alias, Mei Mei The Bunny NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — She’s won a Grammy,…
Read more From Grammy winner to children’s author: Laufey’s new book is ‘Mei Mei the Bunny’LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — When rapper-actor Common was a kid, he carried towels and sneakers as a Chicago Bulls ball boy who was close enough…
Read more Common’s journey from Bulls ball boy to NBA theme song composerIt’s International Beer and Pizza Day, just in case you’re looking for meal ideas before or after checking out one of our best bet picks. This week, we’ve…
Read more Best Bets: Houston Korean Festival, Bayou City Art Festival, and We Will CHOIR! You! – Houston PressNEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Five years after their influential drummer and lyricist Neil Peart died of glioblastoma, the Canadian band Rush have announced a reunion…
Read more Rush announce reunion tour five years after the death of drummer Neil PeartNEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Live from New York! It’s a new “SNL” season, with faces both fresh and familiar. After a fanfare-filled 50th season celebrating…
Read more Bad Bunny to kick off ‘SNL’ 51st season with a group of new cast membersSANTA BARBARA, Calif. — SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Selena Gomez has married music producer and songwriter Benny Blanco, announcing the news in an Instagram post showing the…
Read more Selena Gomez marries Benny Blanco: ‘My wife in real life’If Neko Case had just one word to describe her first solo album in seven years, she would settle on “formidable.” Fair enough. Writers have twisted themselves into…
Read more Neko Case’s ‘formidable’ new album invites multiple musicians for a big soundNEW YORK — Miles Mykkanen grew up wanting to sing and dance on Broadway, but he was turned down by the musical theater programs he applied to for…
Read more Met season opens with new opera based on Michael Chabon novel starring tenor Miles Mykkanen