Playbill - River Rep Theatre Company, the New York City-based professional Equity troupe that brought live, award-winning productions to the lower Connecticut River region for almost 20 years, will no longer be producing there. -- read full article
Reuters - After a dozen years at Epic
Records, country star Patty Loveless is going the indie route
with her next album, the September 9 release "Sleepless
Nights." -- read full article
Reuters - "Kinky Boots" could be
strutting to Broadway. The British comedy feature, which
starred Chiwetel Ejiofor as a drag queen, has been acquired for
the stage by veteran Broadway producers Daryl Roth ("August:
Osage County") and Hal Luftig ("Movin' Out"), who aim to turn
it into a musical.
AP - MIAMI (AP) — A tumultuous week for Alex Rodriguez, played out in tabloid headlines and carried on the whispers of a connection to Madonna, came to a head Monday when his wife filed for divorce.
Reuters - Paulo Cavalcante rode buses for
46 hours from the dusty Brazil northeast to this coastal town
for the chance to rub literary shoulders with British dramatist
Tom Stoppard and other famous writers.
Reuters - Lehman Brothers cut the stock ratings
on Monday of Walt Disney Co, Time Warner and other top
entertainment companies, fearing the television and film
industry could suffer the same battering as the music business. -- read full article
Reuters - Former president and
saxophonist Bill Clinton will be featured in an episode of the
new Elvis Costello-hosted talk/music series set to air on the
Sundance Channel in the United States.
