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Members of the New York Philharmonic perform on the Lincoln Center campus as part of Restart Stages at Lincoln Center, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in New York. Members of the New York Philharmonic gave an outdoor concert at Lincoln Center for heath care workers, 13 months after the novel coronavirus pandemic decimated their season. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
With outdoor concert, Lincoln Center starts path to return

By Ronald Blum Apr. 07, 2021 04:39 PM EDT

This combination of photos shows actors, from left, Michael Cerveris, Victor Garber and Steven Pasquale, who will participate in the dark musical “Assassins," for a streaming fundraising event. Cast members of the show’s 1990 world premiere will join with the 2004 Tony-winning revival, as well as the cast of the upcoming Classic Stage Company production for an hour-long filmed program on April 15 that mixes memories and music, exploring the show from the actors' points of view. (AP Photo)
Classic Stage Company has a treat: Three 'Assassins' casts

By Mark Kennedy Apr. 07, 2021 11:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 6, 2020, file photo, taxi driver Nicolae Hent cleans and disinfects his cab before starting work in New York. A taxi driver's job was already tougher in recent years with the arrival of ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. The empty streets during the coronavirus pandemic have made things more difficult. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
For 7 New Yorkers, a pandemic year's fight for the future

By The Associated Press Apr. 05, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

A Los Angeles Traffic control officer directs vehicles to an alternative entrance to the Dodgers Stadium vaccination site in Los Angeles Friday, April 2, 2021. California has administered nearly 19 million doses, and nearly 6.9 million people are fully vaccinated in a state with almost 40 million residents. But only people 50 and over are eligible statewide to get the vaccine now. Adults 16 and older won't be eligible until April 15. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
California OKs indoor sports, concerts as COVID cases plunge

By Adam Beam And Janie Har Apr. 03, 2021 01:26 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press Mar. 31, 2021 08:28 AM EDT
Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: ___ March 31 The Bowling Green Daily News on preserving...

A tribute is displayed outside the store owned by one of 10 victims in the mass shooting at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colo., Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. A shrine filled with candles and flowers kept growing Wednesday outside Umba Love, the clothing and accessories shop that victim Tralona Bartkowiak ran with her sister on Boulder’s popular Pearl Street Mall. Bartkowiak died in the supermarket shooting attack on Monday. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
'The world got dimmer': Shooting victims' lives remembered

By Patty Nieberg, Heather Hollingsworth And Jennifer Peltz Mar. 25, 2021 03:52 PM EDT

People enjoy a sunny day in Times Square in New York, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. After the virus descended on New York, the only sounds in the streets were wailing ambulance sirens. A year after the pandemic began, the nation’s largest metropolis -- with a lifeblood based on round-the-clock hustle and bustle, push and pull -- is adapting and showing new life. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New York City launches push to vaccinate theater workers

By Mark Kennedy Mar. 25, 2021 12:22 PM EDT

A health worker receives a dose of the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine at a clinic in Basra, Iraq, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
The Latest: Gov. hopes to up number of Texans getting shots

By The Associated Press Mar. 25, 2021 02:39 AM EDT

FILE - Boston Symphony Orchestra music director James Levine appears during a performance at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass., on July 7, 2006. Levine, who ruled over the Metropolitan Opera for 4 1/2 decades before being eased out when his health declined and then fired for sexual improprieties, died March 9, 2021 in Palm Springs, Calif., of natural causes, his physician of 17 years, Dr. Len Horovitz, said Wednesday, March 17. He was 77. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
James Levine, who ruled over Met Opera, dead at age 77

By Ronald Blum Mar. 17, 2021 10:44 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, various Grammy Awards are displayed at the Grammy Museum Experience at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The Recording Academy is partnering with Berklee College of Music and Arizona State University to complete a study focused on women's representation in the music industry.. The academy, which puts on the annual Grammy Awards, said the lack of female creators in music is “one of the most urgent issues in the industry today." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
The Latest: Billie Eilish wins record of the year at Grammys

By The Associated Press Mar. 14, 2021 09:05 PM EDT

People walk inside of The Occulus Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
New York marks a year of pandemic sorrow, honors victims

By David Porter Mar. 14, 2021 07:51 AM EDT

This combination of photos shows Broadway performer Max Kumangai making sourdough bread from his apartment in New York. The triple threat from the musical “Jagged Little Pill” has leaned into a fourth skill as the pandemic marches on: baking and selling his own sourdough. (Michael Lowney/Humpday Dough via AP)
Bread and Cameos — a year without income from Broadway stage

By Mark Kennedy Mar. 12, 2021 10:07 AM EST

Broadway performer Max Kumangai holds a loaf of sourdough bread at his apartment in New York. The triple threat from the musical “Jagged Little Pill” has leaned into a fourth skill as the pandemic marches on: baking and selling his own sourdough. (Michael Lowney/Humpday Dough via AP)
Bread and Cameos — a year without income from Broadway stage

By Mark Kennedy Mar. 12, 2021 09:08 AM EST

CORRECTS DAY OF CONCERT - FILE - Patti Smith attends a special screening of "Pavarotti" at the iPic Theater in New York on May 28, 2019. Smith performed a mini-concert at the Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday, March 9, to honor photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and also adding her voice to a series of pop-up events that represent the city’s first baby steps toward the return of live indoor performances. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Patti Smith returns to singing live with Brooklyn concert

By Mark Kennedy Mar. 09, 2021 04:47 PM EST

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

Elizabeth Stanley appears during a performance of "Jagged Little Pill" in New York. Stanley earned her first Tony Award nomination playing the mom of a Connecticut family spiraling out of control in the musical set to the music of Alanis Morissette's 1995 album of the same name.(Matthew Murphy/Vivacity Media Group via AP)
Tonywatch: Elizabeth Stanley seeks 'healing and connection'

By Mark Kennedy Mar. 03, 2021 11:11 AM EST

Milan-based Austrian fashion designer Arthur Arbesser, poses in his studio holding a painter’s pallet that he picked up at a flea market, and which inspired the signature print for his Fall 2021 collection of 25 looks, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. Arbesser decided against a runway show in this digital era, instead focusing his creative energies to make a collection from revitalized textiles from his archives that he had printed over, and experimenting with other artisanal techniques with his small team. (AP Photo/Colleen Barry)
Milan designers hit reset button during digital fashion week

By Colleen Barry Mar. 01, 2021 03:49 PM EST

FILE - This May 12, 2020 file photo shows Carnegie Hall in New York. Carnegie Hall will miss an entire season for the first time for the first time in its 130-year history. Carnegie canceled performances from April 6 through July at its three venues, extending a closure that started last March 13 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Pandemic causes Carnegie Hall to miss season for 1st time

By The Associated Press Feb. 18, 2021 12:40 PM EST

People wait after receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the COVID-19 in a vaccination center in the Lyon sports arena, central France, Thursday, Fev. 18, 2021. French Health Minister Olivier Veran promised stepped-up testing and vaccinations, but the government has resisted calls from some local doctors and leaders for a new lockdown. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
The Latest: Nevada has 1st confirmed case of SAfrica variant

By The Associated Press Feb. 18, 2021 05:57 AM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2020, file photo, Waiter Lenworth Thompson serves lunch to David Zennario, left, and Alex Ecklin at Junior's Restaurant in New York. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that city restaurants will be able to reopen for indoor dining at one-quarter capacity on Friday, Feb. 12, ahead of the Valentine's Day weekend, two days earlier than he'd previously announced. New York restaurants have been closed to indoor dining since Dec. 14, 2020, to stem a surge in coronavirus cases as the holidays approached. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Cuomo says indoor restaurant dining in NYC can start Friday

By Karen Matthews And Jennifer Peltz Feb. 08, 2021 01:44 PM EST