Edith Piaf

She was cast as a fat, ugly villain in Harry Potter. But Imelda Staunton wants you to know she's...

Imelda Staunton, 52, has been a stage and screen star for more than 30 years. She won a Best Actress Bafta for the film Vera Drake and played Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix. Burt plays a fading...

Jane Olivor Performs at Berklee

American cabaret singer Jane Olivor will perform at Berklee Performance Center in Boston on December 20 at 8 pm. Olivor has been compared to Barbra Streisand and Édith Piaf as well as to Eartha Kitt and Johnny Mathis. A...

Gerald Arpino: co-founder of the Robert Joffrey dance company

Gerald Arpino, the choreographer and director, founded with Robert Joffrey, his lover, the American Ballet Centre in Greenwich Village, New York, which later became the Robert Joffrey Theatre Dancers.

Jazzy night

In his book, Immortality, Milan Kundera gives a name to the human species in the 21st century onwards: Homo Sentimentalis. “Homo Sentimentalis cannot be defined as a man with feelings (for we all have feelings), but as a man...

Yma Sumac; Peruvian-born singer; 86

Yma Sumac, the Peruvian-born soprano who wowed international audiences in the 1950s with her stunning vocal range and modern take on South American folk music, has died. Miss Sumac died Nov. 1 at an assisted-living home in Los...

West End unlocks intimate 'Cage'

Legit News: Play's action spills out into 160-seat venue -- Many a tiny downtown delight has wound up looking worse for wear after being repositioned in the West End. But that's clearly not the case for the triumphant arrival...

Empirical - Nude (Radiohead cover)

The second of five exclusive jazz reworkings of the haunting Radiohead track CAFÉ DE PARIS & EDITH PIAF 3CD SETS The stars, songs, and atmosphere of Paris are brought to life in these wonderful 3CD sets of classic 20th century...

The (censored) story of Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg in 1978. I was initially very excited when I found out about the forthcoming film of his life, Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, to be released next year. And I agree with Peter Bradshaw that the decision by the...