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Print The presidential inauguration is five days away and we’re counting down with a barrel of Jim Beam and comedian Leslie Jones’ Twitter feed. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, and I’m here with the week’s essential culture news — and vampiric biographies. What the Williams archive may reveal There has been a surge of interest in the life and career of Los Angeles architect Paul R. Williams, who died in 1980 at the age of 85. Not...

NYC ‘Off Broadway in the Boros’ performances to air on TV: How to watch Updated Jan 13, 2021; Posted Jan 13, 2021 The Mayors Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) and small theatre groups collaborated on an innovative series of five outdoor pop-up performances across New York City. Pictured is the Staten Island performance taking place in October 2020. (NYC Mayors Office/ YouTube) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Feeling nostalgic for live entertainment in New York City? Don’t ...

Curtain Call: Community Theatre at Woodbury receives an unexpected grant Joanne Greco Rochman FacebookTwitterEmail Kathryn Farley is part of the Farley Foundation, which recently gifted the  Community Theatre at Woodbury a $5,000 grant.Kathryn Farley / Contributed photo Considering that most community theaters in Connecticut are stretching every cent they have and anxiously awaiting the reopening of their theaters, it was quite a joy for the Community Theatre at Woodbury (CTAW) to learn that t...

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Charlies Angel and Bond girl dead at 65 We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Charlies Angel and Bond girl dead at 65 January 7, 2021 — 1.49pm Save Normal text size Charlies Angels and as a brave earth scientist in the James Bond film A View to a Kill, died on Monday night at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. She was 65. Roger Moore and Tanya Roberts in A View To A Kill. Credit:Getty Robertss big acting break came in her mid-20s, whe...

Editors note: If you had to pick one word to describe the world of theater in 2020, that word might be “pivot.”

Joan Micklin Silver, Director of ‘Crossing Delancey,’ Dies at 85 She broke barriers for women, directing seven feature films, including “Hester Street” and “Between the Lines,” as well as TV movies. Joan Micklin Silver in the late 1970s while filming an adaptation of the Ann Beattie novel “Chilly Scenes of Winter.” She had a love-hate relationship with movie studios.Credit...United Artists, via Photofest Published Jan. 1, 2021Updated Jan. 4, 2021 Joan Micklin S...

Rebecca Luker, a Broadway Star for Three Decades, Dies at 59 Her Broadway career, fueled by her crystal-clear operatic soprano, brought her Tony Award nominations for “Show Boat,” “The Music Man” and “Mary Poppins.” Rebecca Luker as Maria, surrounded by the von Trapp children, in the 1998 Broadway revival of “The Sound of Music.” She also starred in hit revivals of “Show Boat” and “The Music Man.”Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Published Dec. 23, 2020Updated De...

The Village Voice Rises From the Dead The owner of LA Weekly, another independent publication, plans to restart The Voice next month. In addition to reviving the website, Brian Calle plans a quarterly print edition. The former Village Voice headquarters in Cooper Square, in New York.Credit...Zack DeZon for The New York Times Dec. 22, 2020 The Village Voice, the storied New York alt-weekly that shut down in 2018 after a 63-year run, will live again. Brian Calle, the chief executive of Street Med...

NJPAC Presents Jeff Daniels’ Virtual Concert On January 23 (NEWARK, NJ) -- New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) invites you to join Emmy award-winning actor, director, singer/songwriter Jeff Daniels on Saturday, January 23, 2021 @ 8:00pm for an intimate virtual concert experience full of original songs, personal stories from his stage and movie career that only he can tell—and plenty of smiles. Stick around for a 15-30 min audience Q&A following the performance. The questions submitt...