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  • Epic disaster or blockbuster? 'Spider-Man' hangs on

    2010-12-24 10:08

    On Broadway, bad press doesn't necessarily spell failure, and the struggling "Spider-Man" musical is still luring tourists and theater goers into seats as it deals with persistent technical problems.

  • Officials order new safety measures for 'Spider-Man'

    2010-12-23 08:51

    The beleaguered "Spider-Man" musical canceled its performance on Wednesday in order to put in place new safety measures for its complicated stage maneuvers, the show's publicists said.

  • New York's Met determines Velazquez is authentic

    2010-12-22 07:58

    Experts at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art have determined that a 1624 portrait previously attributed to a follower of the Spanish painter Velazquez was done by the master himself.

  • Musical "Spider-Man" opening officially delayed

    2010-12-18 13:19

    The trouble-plagued Broadway production of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," featuring music from U2's Bono and the Edge, has delayed its opening night until February 7, according to a release from the production company.

  • 'Spider-Man' opening appears delayed, again

    2010-12-17 07:39

    Troubled Broadway musical "Spider-Man," the most expensive show ever created for the Great White Way, appears headed for another delay as producers weigh a decision to push its opening into February, according to media reports on Thursday.

  • Warhol film portraits on view in New York

    2010-12-16 07:51

    Andy Warhol may be best known for brightly colored silk-screens and clever riffs on pop culture, but an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art focuses on his silent and often challenging films.

  • Artists get own micro-philanthropy site

    2010-12-08 09:02

    A project billed as the first micro-philanthropy website dedicated to U.S. filmmakers, writers, musicians and visual artists was launched on Tuesday, aimed at attracting small public donations to bring artistic projects to life.

  • Rome's opera seeks revival in turbulent times

    2010-12-07 11:32

    Italian conductor Riccardo Muti has fired the opening salvo in a budding opera rivalry between Milan and the Italian capital by conceding only the second encore of his entire career in Rome.

  • Da Vinci script unearthed in French town library

    2010-12-07 09:03

    A long-lost fragment of manuscript by Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci has been uncovered in a public library in western France after lying forgotten in storage for nearly one and a half centuries.

  • Just playing a ballerina reveals the rigors of ballet

    2010-12-05 17:23

    Ten years of serious training and then five more toiling in the ranks.

  • Durable diva finds the beat goes on and on

    2010-12-05 17:22

    On a nippy evening in November, as she curled up in a Manhattan hotel, Cher was exhausted.

  • Electrician stuns art world with trove of Picassos

    2010-11-30 09:56

    Pablo Picasso was both hugely prolific and famously generous with his work, but was he enough of a free spirit to give hundreds of his early works -- an invaluable collection -- to his electrician?

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