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Musicals strike upbeat theater note in weak U.S., UK economies

YoopyaApr 10, 20130

(Reuters) – A slate of new musicals has given the two major international theatre districts, New York’s Broadway and London’s West End, an upbeat start

“Betrayal” on Broadway: Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz in love triangle

YoopyaApr 6, 20130

(Reuters) – Daniel Craig and his actress wife, Rachel Weisz, are teaming up on stage this year to play a married couple in a Broadway revival of

Italy’s Nadia Santini named world’s best female chef

YoopyaApr 3, 20130

(Reuters) – Nadia Santini, the head chef of the Michelin-starred Dal Pescatore restaurant in a village in northern Italy, was named Best Female Chef by

Museums vie for £100,000 Art Fund Prize

YoopyaApr 3, 20130

A Pembrokeshire museum that reopened in 2012 after being closed for nine years is among 10 venues in the running to be named the UK’s

Chinese Girl portrait sale nears £1m mark

YoopyaMar 21, 20130

Vladimir Tretchikoff’s painting of the Chinese Girl, thought to be the world’s most reproduced print, has sold at auction in London for £982,050. The sum,

Louvre museum returns Nazi-looted artwork

YoopyaFeb 15, 20130

Seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners in the 1930s are being returned to their surviving relatives as part of an ongoing French effort to

Rushdie says local government did not allow visit to Indian city

YoopyaFeb 2, 20130

(Reuters) – British author Salman Rushdie accused local authorities on Friday of making it impossible for him to visit the Indian city of Kolkata to

Roma Holocaust survivor and artist Ceija Stojka dies

YoopyaJan 30, 20130

Ceija Stojka, a Roma (Gypsy) Holocaust survivor, writer and self-taught artist, has died aged 79. Through her writing and artwork, Stojka raised international awareness of

Library prank sends Armstrong books to fiction section

YoopyaJan 22, 20130

(Reuters) – A prank note in an Australian library declaring that disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong’s books would be moved to the fiction section has gone

New Dan Brown novel “Inferno” due out May 14

YoopyaJan 16, 20130

(Reuters) – “Da Vinci Code” author Dan Brown’s new novel will be published on May 14, his publisher Doubleday said on Tuesday after a social