Tennessee Williams' Lesser-Known 'Eccentricities' Opens in NYC (Playbill)
Playbill - The first New York City revival of Tennessee Williams' The Eccentricities of a Nightingale - the playwright's reconsideration of his more busy and cluttered 1947 drama, Summer and Smoke - opens May 5 in a production by The Actors Company Theatre/TACT at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre. More »
Yazbeck, Blackwell, Butler, Young, Grové Will Sing 'Broadway Karaoke' (Playbill)
Playbill - Roundabout Theatre Company will host Broadway Karaoke, a benefit featuring show folk singing karaoke, May 5 at Arena in midtown Manhattan. More »
Leslie Uggams Will Play Lena Horne in 2009 Pasadena Run of 'Stormy Weather' (Playbill)
Playbill - Pasadena Playhouse, Stewart F. Lane, Bonnie Comley and Armica productions will present the West Coast premiere of the Lena Horne biographical musical Stormy Weather, starring Tony and Emmy Award winner Leslie Uggams, in early 2009. More »
Stars Come Out (On Tape) for Tom & Oprah Part 2 (E! Online)
E! Online - Oh, so that's why some people gave a flying fizz about Tom Cruise's opinion on postpartum depression. He used to just be the hot guy (with pretty decent acting chops) in the movies. More »
Cartoonist Ted Key, creator of `Hazel' comic, dies at 95 (AP)
AP - Cartoonist Ted Key, whose comic strip "Hazel" about a bossy maid went from magazine page to TV screen, has died. He was 95. More »
`Project Runway' may leave, but NBC keeps its producers (AP)
AP - "Project Runway" may switch from Bravo to the Lifetime cable network this fall, but NBC Universal ensured Monday that the show's producers won't go with it. More »
Clinton delivers Top 10 list on Letterman show (Reuters)
Reuters - Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton appeared on Monday on the "Late Show with David Letterman" to deliver the "Top 10" reasons she loves America, which included the ability to order her trademark pantsuits around the clock on the Internet. More »
Harry Connick Jr. returns in `Nice Work If You Can Get It' (AP)
AP - Harry Connick Jr. and the Gershwins, George and Ira — Broadway's newest trio. More »
Virtuoso to play, thanks to driver who returned $4M violin (AP)
AP - A violin virtuoso plans to replace the airport cacophony of taxis and airplanes with the exquisite tones of a 285-year-old violin to give thanks to the cab driver who reunited him with the lost instrument. More »
Avril Lavigne postpones six U.S. dates (Reuters)
Reuters - Stricken with acute laryngitis, Avril Lavigne has postponed six upcoming U.S. tour dates, according to a message on the pop-punk musician's Web site. More »
Anastasio readies "Boardwalk" for June (Reuters)
Reuters - Ex-Phish frontman Trey Anastasio will release "Original Boardwalk Style" -- a live album recorded with an iteration of his solo band dubbed the Undectet -- on June 10. More »
Tom Waits announces summer tour (Reuters)
Reuters - Tom Waits will embark on a 13-show "Glitter and Doom" tour, set to kick off June 17 in Phoenix. More »
Vegoose music festival won't return for 2008 (Reuters)
Reuters - Las Vegas music festival Vegoose will not take place in 2008, one of its producers told Billboard.com. More »
Nina Garcia's Ugly Moment? (E! Online)
E! Online - Nina Garcia made a cameo in last week's episode of Ugly Betty, but I'm told things didn't go too smoothly. More »
DWTS Beat-by-Beat: Well, Nobody's Perfect (E! Online)
E! Online - Step in time with our Dancing with the Stars performance show liveblog: More »
Cartoonist Ted Key, creator of `Hazel' comic, dies at 95 (AP)
AP - Cartoonist Ted Key, whose comic strip "Hazel" about a bossy maid went from magazine page to TV screen, has died. He was 95. More »
Prince Relives 21 Nights (E! Online)
E! Online - If anyone can top the wonders to be found within One Thousand and One Nights in only a fraction of the time, surely it's Prince. More »
Kylie Minogue Culturally Sound in France (E! Online)
E! Online - Kyle Minogue has blasted right past Jerry Lewis into Diana Ross and Meryl Streep territory. More »
Hucknall eager to escape "prison" of Simply Red (Reuters)
Reuters - Mick Hucknall, lead singer of Simply Red, said before the group's planned 2009 breakup that the British pop band has become "a prison" for him. More »
Chart greets "Adios" by Mexican group Intocable (Reuters)
Reuters - Intocable's "Tu Adios No Mata" debuted this past week at No. 1 on Billboard's Regional Mexican Airplay chart, a feat that hasn't been accomplished since Los Tigres del Norte's "Lagrimas" debuted in the top spot in 1999. More »
Fast-talking: Hirsch, Ricci share thoughts on `Speed Racer' (AP)
AP - "Speed Racer" stars Emile Hirsch and Christina Ricci are better known for smaller independent movies than summer blockbusters. More »
Shyamalan says his new movie, `The Happening,' is terrifying (AP)
AP - M. Night Shyamalan says his new film, "The Happening," will terrify moviegoers. More »
'Sex and the City' director addresses death rumor (AP)
AP - Will "Sex and the City" have a "Death in the City?" It's been a persistent rumor in cyberspace as the buzz kicks into overdrive for the film opening later this month. More »
Strand Releasing goes "Cherry" picking (Reuters)
Reuters - Strand Releasing has acquired all domestic rights to Doris Dorrie's German love story "Cherry Blossoms -- Hanami." More »
Susan Sarandon and Josh Lucas flock to "Peacock" (Reuters)
Reuters - Susan Sarandon, Bill Pullman and Josh Lucas are joining Cillian Murphy and Ellen Page in the psychological thriller "Peacock." More »