Tony Award-winner Michael McGrath, mourned as ‘adorable, mischievous, brilliant,’ dies at 65
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael McGrath, a Broadway character actor who shined in zany, feel-good musicals and won a Tony Award for “Nice Work...
When Cold War Kids hits the road, so does Nathan Willett’s tennis racket
CHICAGO (AP) — Like so many tennis fans around the world, Nathan Willett was captivated by Carlos Alcaraz's five-set victory over Novak Djokovic in...
Jayne Anne Phillips, Paul Harding are among National Book Award fiction nominees
NEW YORK (AP) — Historical novels by Jayne Anne Phillips and Paul Harding and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s dystopian prison novel “Chain-Gang All-Stars” are among...
Jonathan Eig’s MLK biography ‘King: A Life’ is among nonfiction National Book Award nominees
NEW YORK (AP) — A comprehensive new biography of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr, a memoir on family by the prize-winning novelist Viet...
On movie screens in Toronto, home is a battleground
TORONTO (AP) — Three generations of a Ukrainian family sit in a van in the documentary “In the Rearview.” They stare straightforward, staggered by...
Fox names Lawrence Jones as fourth host of its morning ‘Fox & Friends’ franchise
NEW YORK (AP) — The curvy couch is making room for one more: Lawrence Jones will join the daily “Fox & Friends” morning show...
Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro’s next book is a collection of lyrics written for singer...
NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro's next book will be one for music lovers.Alfred A. Knopf announced Thursday that Ishiguro's “The Summer...
Author Deesha Philyaw has a 7-figure deal for her next two books
NEW YORK (AP) — Prize-winning fiction writer Deesha Philyaw, who struggled to find a publisher for what became her acclaimed debut “The Secret Lives...
Anthony Freud to retire as head of Lyric Opera of Chicago at end of...
CHICAGO (AP) — Anthony Freud will retire as general director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago at the end of the season, ending a...
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival expands schedule
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Music enthusiasts get an extra day to revel in the sounds of Trombone Shorty, the Rebirth Brass Band, Irma Thomas...
