May 2 (Reuters) – Few sports fluctuate as much as horse racing and even fewer races are as unpredictable as the Kentucky Derby. This year’s race, at Churchill Downs on Saturday, is no different and looms as one of the most open in [...]

CHICAGO (AP) — Gemze de Lappe first danced in “Oklahoma!” in 1943 as a member of the Broadway hit’s first national touring company. Seventy years later, at age 91, she’s still with it — choreographing a production [...]

May 1 (Reuters) – Post position for Saturday’s 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs after Wednesday’s draw (listed as barrier, HORSE, jockey, trainer) 1. BLACK ONYX, Joe Bravo, Kelly Breen 2. OXBOW, Gary Stevens, D. Wayne [...]

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Cutting through the shadows of moonlight, three brothers climb out of a truck and trudge slowly, silently toward a dark hill. There, wrapped in a blanket, they find the body of their father. At the burial shortly afterward, [...]

LONDON (AP) — The English National Opera‘s 2013-14 season will include a world premiere of Oedipus-inspired opera “Thebans” and the return of Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam to direct a new production, the company announced [...]

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has reopened its doors to the public after a seven-month renovation, kicking off with “Vincent At Work,” an exhibition that shows Van Gogh’s working methods, right down to [...]

LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) – For Rafael Nadal to bridge a 7,000-point gap with Novak Djokovic in the ATP rankings looks like a tall order, even for a player of his qualities, yet he could still threaten the Serb’s hopes of ending [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Cyndi Lauper-scored “Kinky Boots” has earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations, with the British import “Matilda: The Musical” close behind with 12. Tom Hanks, making his Broadway debut, earned [...]

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Opera says the French-born conductor Emmanuel Villaume (vee-YOHM’) has been appointed its new music director. The announcement was made Tuesday. Villaume is only the third person named to the position in the [...]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Princess Tarinan von Anhalt‘s creative process may be a bit more powerful than the average artist these days. She hurled paint into a Learjet engine on Tuesday from a tarmac in West Palm Beach, splattering [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Reaction from some Tony Award nominees: “Before this began, I thought I knew what it would be like. But you can’t imagine what it is. There’s the muscle and the brain, but also the spirit and the heart. And [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Tony Awards committee largely favored tried-and-true stage veterans over flashy visitors Tuesday when announcing this year’s Tony nominations, with Hollywood stars such as Bette Midler, Jessica Chastain, Al Pacino, [...]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The hurricane-force thrust from a jet engine pushes Tarinan von Anhalt into the air as she splatters an array of colors into the wind and onto a blank canvas to create the abstract designs she has become known [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Two stories born in Britain are vying for America’s biggest theater prize. “Kinky Boots” and “Matilda” are each a virtual lock to get a Tony Award nomination Tuesday for best musical and each show [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elderly Holocaust survivors and the veterans who helped liberate them gathered for what could be their last big reunion Monday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Nearly 1,000 survivors and World War II vets joined with [...]

By Steve Olafson TULSA, Oklahoma (Reuters) – There was no doubt in Nora Guthrie‘s mind where the final repository of her famous musician father’s legacy would be. The Woody Guthrie Center opened [...]

By Angus MacSwan LONDON (Reuters) – African diva Angelique Kidjo was named Best Artist in Songlines magazine‘s annual world music awards on Friday, lauded for her high-energy shows and her championing of social causes. [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court has ruled artist Richard Prince did not violate copyrights with most of the paintings and collages he based on a photographer‘s published works. Photographer Patrick Cariou had sued after discovering [...]

By Mark Elkington MADRID, April 24 (Reuters) – Even Lionel Messi, so often Barcelona’s saviour, was at a loss to explain how the La Liga leaders could come back from their Champions League semi-final mauling in Munich. Barca were [...]

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — A 16th-century Amati violoncello displayed in the National Music Museum has long been nicknamed “The King,” but the ghost of a legendary rock ‘n’ roller has arrived in South Dakota to reclaim [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Jacques Offenbach‘s “La Perichole” struggled to break through and was ultimately suffocated in Christopher Alden‘s heavy-handed and annoying production, the last of New York City Opera‘s second [...]

PARIS (AP) — An Italian artist decorated the Louvre museum’s glass pyramid Wednesday for the first time in the iconic monument’s history, in a protest against capitalism. The artwork, a huge three-looped infinity sign made of mirrors, [...]

(Adds quotes, team news for Villa game) By Sonia Oxley MANCHESTER, England, April 19 (Reuters) – Manchester United winger Ashley Young will miss the rest of the season with an ankle injury, manager Alex Ferguson said on Friday. The England [...]

BOSTON (AP) — The manhunt for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing is causing filming on David O. Russell‘s film “American Hustle” to be suspended. Sony spokesman Steve Elzer said Friday that the film’s producers [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 30 works by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (zhahn mee-SHEHL’ BAH’-skee-aht) will appear at a New York City exhibit before a private sale. The exhibit at Sotheby’s galleries runs May 2 through June 9. [...]

By Dagmara Leszkowicz WARSAW (Reuters) – A new museum of Jewish history opens in Poland this week to refocus attention on a vibrant community that has lived in the country for centuries but whose history, for many, has been [...]

MIAMI BEACH, Florida (AP) — Mike Piazza knows that some people think it’s funny for a baseball player to take up ballet, but the former catcher hopes to turn whoever is jeering him now into dance fans when he takes the stage with Miami [...]

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Former Major League Baseball catcher Mike Piazza is joining Miami Heat basketball stars in promoting the athleticism of the dancers at Miami City Ballet. Piazza began rehearsing Tuesday for his walk-on role in the [...]

Apr 15 (Reuters) – Leading money winners on the 2013 PGATour on Monday (U.S. unless stated): 1. Tiger Woods $4,139,600 2. Brandt Snedeker $3,137,920 3. Matt Kuchar $2,442,389 4. Adam Scott (Australia) $2,100,469 5. Steve Stricker $1,935,340 [...]

Apr 15 (Reuters) – Leading money winners on the 2013 PGATour on Monday (U.S. unless stated): 1. Tiger Woods $4,139,600 2. Brandt Snedeker $3,137,920 3. Matt Kuchar $2,442,389 4. Adam Scott (Australia) $2,100,469 5. Steve Stricker $1,935,340 [...]