Arts

The worldwide stock and amateur rights to In the Heights, the Tony Award-winning musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara AlegrÌa Hudes, has been acquired by Imagem Music. Full Story »

Rooms cast member Celina Carvajal will perform I Am A Ham, an evening of music by songwriter Paul Scott Goodman, Dec. 7 at Sweet Caroline's Piano Bar. Full Story »

The Accidental Pervert, billed as a "shockingly hilarious tour-de-force of honesty," begins Off-Broadway Dec. 4 at The Players Theatre. Written by and starring Andrew Goffman, the production will officially open Jan. 23, 2010. Full Story »

Jonathan Moscone of the California Shakespeare Theater is the first recipient of the Zelda Fichandler Award, which recognizes an outstanding director or choreographer who is "transforming the regional arts landscape through his singular creativity and artistry in theatre." Full Story »

Broadway's Mary Poppins welcomes Valerie Boyle to the role of household cook Mrs. Brill Dec. 4 at the New Amsterdam Theatre. Full Story »

No doubt about it. Times remain tough on Broadway. And if you don't have a ticket-selling star in your cast, well, good luck to you. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A signed four-page letter written by George Washington to his nephew in 1787 sold for $3.2 million, and two works by Edgar Allen Poe set new sales records on Friday in auctions held by Christie's. Full Story »

LONDON (Reuters) - Christie's is confident the recession is well and truly over in the world of fine art, with a record old masters sale in London next week that includes important works by Rembrandt, Raphael and Il Domenichino. Full Story »

The life of some shows are cut short, but the producers of Circumcise Me, a new comedy written by and starring comedian Yisrael Campbell, announced an extension to Feb. 28, 2010. Full Story »

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) announced that it ratified several contracts at the union's annual membership meeting in November. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Collaboration is critical in the workplace, choreographer Twyla Tharp writes in a new book that contends that although most workers do not team up with artistic greats as she does, the secrets to success are universal. Full Story »

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong artist Christie To is only 16, but her aspirations to stardom are rooted in a centuries-old artform fighting extinction: Cantonese opera. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 73-year-old New York cabaret singer and one of Bernard Madoff's jilted investors is finding catharsis -- and some pay-back -- in her one-woman show, "John Denver, Bernie Madoff & Me," which opened in New York on Monday. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A signed four-page letter from George Washington to his nephew is expected to break sales records in one of two manuscript auctions at Christie's in New York this week. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Actress Liv Ullmann's numerous film collaborations with Ingmar Bergman serve her well in her staging of "A Streetcar Named Desire," which has just landed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for a limited engagement after sold-out runs in Sydney and Washington. Full Story »

SYDNEY (Reuters) - When Suzan Colon was laid off from her dream job as a magazine editor in New York, her mother came up with some advice that has led to the next chapter of her life -- "put up soup," or resort to fortifying foods. Full Story »

LONDON (Reuters) - Rediscovered royal treasures from Russia broke records at a London auction on Monday, but a separate sale of paintings fell well short of estimates. Full Story »

The world premiere of John Logan's Red begins performances Dec. 3, prior to an official opening on Dec. 8, for a run to Feb. 6, 2010. Alfred Molina returns to the London stage for the first time since 1992 to play artist Mark Rothko, with Eddie Redmayne as his assistant, in director Michael Grandage's production. Full Story »