NEW YORK — For decades, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan and other characters from “The Great Gatsby” have been as real to millions of readers as people in their own lives, exemplars and victims of the American pursuit of wealth and status. Starting next January, F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic Jazz Age...
'Lion King' Cast Talks About Reimagining Disney Classic
LOS ANGELES — Disney's "The Lion King" has received no shortage of remakes and spinoffs in the years since its original 1994 release. Now, as the film reaches its silver anniversary, Disney delivers a new take on the animated musical. Cast and crew gathered in Hollywood for "The Lion King"...
Broadway in Fresno Bringing ‘Hamilton’ to Saroyan Theatre
“Hamilton” is coming to Fresno. The stage show and cultural phenomenon will be part of Broadway in Fresno’s 2020-21 season, it was announced Wednesday. The rap musical will be staged at Saroyan Theatre. Ticket prices or dates were not announced. Broadway in Fresno said subscribers will have the first shot...
Broadway Mourns Death of ‘Hello, Dolly!’ Icon Carol Channing
NEW YORK — Carol Channing, the lanky, ebullient musical comedy star who delighted American audiences with over 5,000 performances as the scheming Dolly Levi in "Hello, Dolly!" on Broadway and beyond, has died. She was 97. Publicist B. Harlan Boll said Channing died of natural causes at 12:31 a.m. Tuesday...