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LONDON (Reuters) - The former London home of Charles Dickens reopened on Monday, after an eight-month, 3.1 million-pound ($5 million) refurbishment celebrating the author's bicentenary.

For childlike wonder, who else working in theater today can meet the enchanting standards of Natsu Onoda Power? Her latest performance piece, “A Trip to the Moon,” ties together her loves of drawing, science ...

Q: This past August, when our son was a mere 22 months of age, it took him two weeks to learn to use the potty successfully. Now that the weather… Click to Continue »

As a metronome ticks in the background, a swarthy young man lies asleep, his crumpled bed linen hugging his naked body like a cocoon. Piano chords chime an alarm, awakening Brett Gleason to a new day. So begins "Calculat...

There's no shortage of videos about comedians dealing with hecklers. In fact, not one, but two recent clips showed a performer finding cocaine on an...

The much-anticipated Chicago run of "The Book of Mormon" launches with its first preview performance Tuesday at the Bank of America Theatre. The satirical Tony-winning...

An art gallery functions much the same way that a labor union functions. Both of them seek the best price and conditions for labor. One negotiates with management for a group of workers, the other negotiates with collect...

Santa Claus is a legend with many names: Kris Kringle, St. Nick and Father Christmas, to name a few. And when we think of the...

Michael Bublé hosted his Christmas special, "Michael Bublé: Home for the Holidays," Monday night. Buble performed duets with Blake Shelton, Rod Stewart Carly Rae Jepsen,...

Golden Boy is a handsomely mounted revival by director Bartlett Sher, with the sets and lighting especially effective in rooting us in the late 1930s. But the play itself doesn't get under our skin.

When Glengarry Glen Ross debuted in 1984, David Mamet's play about Chicago real-estate agents redefined American theater with its own unique language, style and rhythm.

The Rock Hall has spoken: Rush, Heart, Public Enemy, Donna Summer, Randy Newman and Albert King will be inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a ceremony at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre on April 18. Read full...

Chuck's performances have turned into a mission -- to bridge generations by bringing old-time Jewish Broadway to the grandchildren of the people who actually saw these stars in their glory days.

I'm going to roll out a handful of suggested books, movies and albums to get you through the holidays without much sentiment -- while also not falling back on cynicism and despair.

It is the essence of fullfillment and release, fun and power, simplicity and profoundity all rolled into one tight syllable. To SING may be both the root and the flower of the most personal and most communal thing that w...

A number of Russian Orthodox Christians are up in arms over an art exhibit currently on view at the country's State Hermitage Museum in St....

VIENNA — An Austrian museum says a man took the concept of life imitating art to an extreme when he suddenly stripped at an exhibition...

WASHINGTON -- Instead of wearing her love for President Obama on her sleeve, Lola Lombard wears it on her skirt -- right around the right...

Gloria Davy, a Brooklyn-born soprano who was the first African-American to sing Aida with the Metropolitan Opera, died on Nov. 28 in Geneva. She was...

Packed with comparisons of New York to the Midwest, Dead Accounts landed some solid laughs from the New York-based audience but one wonders what tourists will think of the inside jokes. Unfortunately, those are the only ...

Blink-182 has released a new holiday song, "Boxing Day." Featured on the band's upcoming "Dogs Eating Dogs" EP, "Boxing Day" features a stripped-down Blink-182, reminiscent...

Is there anything more satisfying than a deliciously scathing review? While a negative critique may not affect the artist's success, we can sometimes get pleasure...