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Trevor Noah, left, and host Ringo Starr appear on stage at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday, March 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Grammy Award ratings drop 51 percent to record low

By David Bauder Mar. 16, 2021 05:55 PM EDT

Aaron Tveit, left, appears with Karen Olivo during a performance of "Moulin Rouge! The Musical," in New York. Tveit was the only actor nominated for a Tony in the category of best leading actor in a musical for his role. (Matthew Murphy/Boneau/Bryan-Brown via AP)
Tonywatch: Aaron Tveit rides a roller coaster of a year

By Mark Kennedy Mar. 04, 2021 11:17 AM EST

The courtyard of the Louvre museum is illuminated during the rehearsal of a show by French DJ David Guetta, in Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. Superstar DJ David Guetta has, quite literally, been brought back to Earth by the coronavirus pandemic and says his music has benefitted as a result. Back in his native Paris to record a New Year's Eve show, the composer of ear-worm dance hits said he has produced "tons of new music" while hunkering down from the virus. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
'Craziest party ever': Superstar DJ Guetta upbeat for 2021

By John Leicester Dec. 30, 2020 05:14 AM EST

This image released by O+M/DKC shows a scene from the production of Keenan Scott II's play “Thoughts of a Colored Man,” a work about the outer and inner lives of Black men. The play will be produced on Broadway when the new season starts. (Michael Davis/O+M/DKC via AP)
Play 'Thoughts of a Colored Man' to get a Broadway run

By Mark Kennedy Nov. 17, 2020 12:02 PM EST

FILE - Broadway posters outside the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York on May 13, 2020. Broadway theaters may be dark but there will be plenty of new online productions of some of classic plays this fall. “Hamilton” producer Jeffrey Richards on Wednesday unveiled a seven weekly play run of livestreamed works to benefit The Actors Fund. They will stream on Broadway’s Best Shows and ticket buyers can access the events through TodayTix starting at $5. The plays include “The Best Man,” “This Is Our Youth,” Time Stands Still” and “Race” (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Broadway shutdown due to virus extended again until May 30

By Mark Kennedy Oct. 09, 2020 09:15 AM EDT

The Directors Guild of America headquarters is pictured on April 16, 2020, in Los Angeles. Hollywood's unions announced Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, that they have reached an agreement on pandemic protocols with major studios that will allow the broad resumption of production of films and television after six months of empty sets and widespread unemployment. The Directors Guild of America, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Basic Crafts unions and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists jointly announced the deal reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers after months of planning and negotiating. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
The Latest: Hollywood unions announce pandemic agreement

By The Associated Press Sep. 21, 2020 01:24 AM EDT

In this video grab issued Sunday, June 28, 2020, by BET, Roddy Ricch wears a shirt that says Black Lives Matter while performing during the BET Awards. (BET via AP)
A how-to: BET pulls off artistic, virtual, political success

By Mesfin Fekadu Jun. 29, 2020 05:07 PM EDT

Police officers patrol New York's Times Square on foot, Wednesday night, April 29, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. The New York City immortalized in song and scene has been swapped out for the last few months with the virus version. In all the unknowing of what the future holds, there's faith in that other quintessential facet of New York City: that the city will adapt. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Broadway shutdown due to virus extended again until January

By Mark Kennedy Jun. 29, 2020 11:21 AM EDT

FILE - This Dec. 21, 2012 file photo shows Cameron Mackintosh, producer of the stage production of "Les Miserables" in Sydney, Australia for the premiere of the film version. Some of London’s biggest West End shows, including “Hamilton” and “The Phantom of the Opera,” won’t reopen until next year, producers announced Wednesday June 17, 2020, as arts bodies warned that Britain faces a “cultural catastrophe” because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)
'Hamilton,' 'Phantom' will be off London stages until 2021

By Jill Lawless Jun. 17, 2020 09:57 AM EDT

This image released by Boneau/Bryan Brown shows Samantha Pauly during a performance of "Six." Pauly and fellow cast member Brittney Mack, who play two of Henry VIII's wives in the musical “Six,” have turned their disappointment at having their musical on hold by doing what they do best — sing. Pauly started the push with Instagram concerts, singing everything from “Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera to songs from rival musicals like “Mean Girls” and “Beetlejuice.” The daily songs are just one way that theater folk have passed the time since Broadway went dark. (Liz Lauren/Boneau/Bryan Brown via AP)
How do Broadway stars cope with silent theaters? They sing

By Mark Kennedy Apr. 09, 2020 09:45 AM EDT

FILE - This Jan. 19, 2012 file photo shows a Broadway street in Times Square, in New York. Broadway producers have extended the suspension of all shows on the Great White Way, saying musical and plays will stay shuttered through June 7 in accordance with latest medial guidance. Broadway abruptly closed on March 12 and announced plans to reopen the week of April 13. But that timetable was increasingly looking too optimistic as the city saw an alarming surge in deaths. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)
BET plans all-star coronavirus special; Broadway stays dark

By The Associated Press Apr. 08, 2020 12:15 PM EDT