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This image released by The Public Theater shows Rainbow Dickerson, from left, Sheila Tousey, Jeffrey King, David Kelly and Joe Tapper appear during a performance of "Manahatta" in New York. The play was written by Mary Kathryn Nagle. (Joan Marcus/The Public Theater via AP)

Native American storytellers enjoying a rare spotlight, a moment they hope can be more than that

The financial crisis of 2008 hit Mary Kathryn Nagle differently. As a playwright and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, she saw parallels to events that negatively impacted Indigenous people centuries ago.

FILE - A plate of roasted turkey and gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and glazed carrots appears in Concord, N.H., on Oct. 2, 2012. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research looks at the state of the country's Thanksgiving favorites. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead, File)

Turkey rules the table. But an AP-NORC poll finds disagreement over other Thanksgiving classics

Americans mostly agree on the deliciousness of pumpkin pie. And turkey rules. But we’re split over the eternal turkey question of dark meat versus white meat.

FILE - Clem Burke, from left, Debbie Harry and Rob Roth attend a screening of "Blondie: Vivir En La Habana" during the 20th Tribeca Festival in New York on June 16, 2021. The band Blondie is among the nominees for the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Public Enemy, R.E.M., Blondie, Heart and Tracy Chapman get nods for Songwriters Hall of Fame

Everything from rap to yacht rock, country and alt-rock are represented among the nominees for the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame, with nods for Public Enemy, Steely Dan, Bryan Adams, George Clinton, Tracy Chapman, R.E.M., Blondie, Heart and The Doobie Brothers.

This Nov. 8, 2023 photo released by DKC/O&M shows actor Jordan Fisher, who will succeed original cast member Reeve Carney in the Broadway musical "Hadestown." The actor, whose Broadway credits also include “Dear Evan Hansen,” “Sweeney Todd” and “Hamilton,” will step into the role of Orpheus beginning Monday at the Walter Kerr Theatre. (Andy Henderson/DKC/O&M via AP)

Jordan Fisher goes into ‘Hadestown’ on Broadway, ‘stretching every creative muscle’

Jordan Fisher is going to hell this winter and he’s very happy about it. The actor and singer star enters Broadway’s “Hadestown,” the brooding 2019 Tony Award-winning musical about the underworld, which intertwines the myths of Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone.

Elton John performs during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, at Barclays Center in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Elton John’s musical about Tammy Faye Bakker to land on Broadway next season

Elton John’s musical about televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker is coming to Broadway from London. “Tammy Faye” will land in New York in the 2024-25 season, producers said Friday.

FILE - Billy Porter arrives at the People's Choice Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., on Dec. 6, 2022. Porter's latest album is ""Black Mona Lisa"." (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Billy Porter hits the dance floor on his fifth album with the goal of ‘trying to heal people’

Billy Porter is strutting off in an entirely new sonic direction on his fifth album. The Broadway, runway and TV star has pivoted to dance music.

This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Kaimana, foreground left, and Hilo Pelesasa, right, in a scene from "Next Goal Wins." (Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Searchlight Pictures via AP)

Movie Review: Taika Waititi’s ‘Next Goal Wins’ is a sweet, frothy diversion but no knee slide

In “Next Goal Wins,” a soccer coach comes from far away to lead a hapless group of athletes. He’s a fish-out-of-water type, ill-suited for the job, but rises to the occasion and everyone feels good at the end.

This cover image released by Harper shows "My Effin' Life" by Geddy Lee. (Harper via AP)

Book Review: Rock ‘n’ roller and Rush pioneer Geddy Lee goes deep in his memoir, ‘My Effin’ Life’

Geddy Lee is a rock star, that’s undeniable. But he’s also a polite Canadian to the core. So it’s fitting that the Rush icon picked a not-too-bawdy title for his memoir.

This released by the DKC/O+M Co., shows Luke Murphy in a scene from "Sleep No More," performing at The McKittrick Hotel in New York. The “Macbeth”-inspired immersive theatre experience "Sleep No More" that is hosted in three empty hulking warehouse spaces in downtown New York City will say goodbye early next year on its 5,000 performance. (AP Photo/DKC/O+M Co., Thom Kaine)

Immersive theater experience ‘Sleep No More’ will end its 13-year New York City run in January

The “Macbeth”-inspired immersive theater experience “Sleep No More” that is hosted in three empty, hulking warehouse spaces in downtown New York City will say goodbye early next year on its 5,000 performance.

Gavin Rossdale poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)

Gavin Rossdale celebrates 3 decades of Bush songs with a greatest hits album, ‘Loaded’

Putting together a collection of Bush’s greatest hits was relatively easy. Convincing frontman Gavin Rossdale to do it was harder. He thought it sounded like a farewell.

This Oct. 28, 2019 photo shows Michael Stipe and Mike Mills, from R.E.M. posing for a portrait in New York. Twenty-five years ago, R.E.M. released “Up,” the band's 11th album. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP, File)

R.E.M. celebrates ‘a very radical departure’ 25 years ago with their album ‘Up’

Twenty-five years ago, an R.E.M. album arrived that didn’t sound like a typical R.E.M. album. “Up,” the band’s 11th album which dropped in the fall of 1998, was a curious and challenging collection that split fans and critics alike but reveals more interesting things with each listen.

FILE - James Corden hosts at the 60th annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 28, 2018, in New York. The multiple Emmy- and Tony Award-winner who gave the world “Carpool Karaoke” is launching a new weekly show set for early 2024 on SiriusXM called “This Life of Mine with James Corden.” (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

James Corden heading to SiriusXM next year with a weekly show

James Corden may be off TV screens after leaving CBS’ “The Late Late Show” but that doesn’t mean he’s stopped chatting with celebrities.

FILE - Boy George of Boy George and Culture Club performs at the Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas on Oct. 15, 2022. Boy George is returning to Broadway in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.” The singer-songwriter whose hits include “Karma Chameleon” and “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” will play Moulin Rouge Club owner Harold Zidler in the jukebox adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s hyperactive 2001 movie. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

‘80s icon Boy George is returning to Broadway in ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’

Boy George is returning to Broadway in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.” The singer-songwriter whose hits include “Karma Chameleon” and “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” will play Moulin Rouge club owner Harold Zidler in the jukebox adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s hyperactive 2001 movie.

FILE - James Austin Johnson attends the world premiere of "Don't Look Up" in New York on Dec. 5, 2021. Austin Johnson of “Saturday Night Live” fame will voice the Grinch for a podcast called “The Grinch Holiday Talk Show” featuring a new celebrity guest every episode. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

This holiday season, the mean ol’ Grinch gets a comedy podcast series hosted by James Austin Johnson

What would the mean ol’ Grinch be doing in 2023? Would that Christmas sad sack be hosting a cooking show on TikTok? Writing long essays for Substack?

H.E.R., left, and Chaka Khan perform during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, at Barclays Center in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott and Chaka Khan make the crowd go wild at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Sheryl Crow and Olivia Rodrigo kicked off the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony Friday night and Missy Elliott closed the show more than four hours later with a roof-shaking set, as the hall celebrated a strong representation of women and Black artists.

FILE - Musician Huey Lewis poses for a portrait in New York on Oct. 2, 2019. Lewis, who with his band The News stormed radio in the 1980s with such rock-pop hits as “The Power of Love” and “I Want a New Drug,” is about to take his music to a Broadway stage with “The Heart of Rock & Roll," starting March 2024. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP, File)

Huey Lewis’ rom-com musical ‘The Heart of Rock & Roll’ finds a stage on Broadway in spring

Huey Lewis, who with his band The News stormed radio in the 1980s with such rock-pop hits as “The Power of Love” and “I Want a New Drug,” is about to take his music to a Broadway stage.

A man inspects a float of Tom Turkey that is lined up for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will take place on Thursday. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Do you believe? Cher set to star in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this year

Cher is obviously a superstar but even a superstar is happy to be the opening act when it comes to Santa.

This image released by Netflix shows Jeffrey Mackenzie Jordan, left, and Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin in a scene from "Rustin." (Parrish Lewis/Netflix via AP)

Movie Review: ‘Rustin’ with an outstanding Colman Domingo is a terrific look at March on Washington

The 1963 March on Washington was a triumph of peaceful protest. It likely wouldn’t have happened without the work of a master strategist: Bayard Rustin, a gay Black socialist and pacifist-activist.

This cover image released by Celadon Books shows "Being Henry: The Fonz...and Beyond" by Henry Winkler. (Celadon Books via AP)

Book Review: Henry Winkler grapples with the Fonz and dyslexia in his entertaining new memoir

Henry Winkler’s memoir begins on a Tuesday morning in October 1973, at his first audition for “Happy Days.”

FILE - President Barack Obama presents a 2010 National Medal of Arts to New Republic theatre critic Robert Brustein, March 2, 2011, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Brustein, a giant in the theatrical world as critic, playwright, crusader for artistic integrity and founder of two of the leading regional theaters in the country, died on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. He was 96. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Robert Brustein, theater critic and pioneer who founded stage programs for Yale and Harvard, dies

The theatrical world has lost a giant. Robert Brustein was a critic and playwright who founded two of the leading regional theaters in the country.

In this photo provided by Kathy Hutchins, Richard Moll arrives at the 2010 TV Land Awards Sony Studios Culver City, Calif., April 17, 2010. Moll, a character actor who found lasting fame as an eccentric but gentle giant bailiff on the original "Night Court" sitcom, has died at age 80. Moll died Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at his home in Big Bear Lake, Calif., according to a Jeff Sanderson, a family spokesperson. (Kathy Hutchins/Hutchins Photo via AP)

Richard Moll, who found fame as a bailiff on the original sitcom ‘Night Court,’ dies at 80

Richard Moll, a character actor who found lasting fame as an eccentric but gentle giant bailiff on the original sitcom “Night Court,” has died. He was 80.

This image released by Universal Pictures shows, from left, Bonnie, Freddy Fazbear and Chica in a scene from "Five Nights at Freddy's." (Universal Pictures via AP)

Movie Review: Video game-to-horror flick ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ misfires badly

Just in time for Halloween comes “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” a video game adaptation with the potential treat of demented Chuck E.

FILE - Krystal Joy Brown attends the "Knock at the Cabin" world premiere in New York on Jan. 30, 2023. Brown stars in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along.” (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Krystal Joy Brown shines on Broadway in Stephen Sondheim revival of ‘Merrily We Roll Along’

Krystal Joy Brown has planted her flag on Broadway, first professionally and now personally. The singer and actor just bought an apartment a few blocks from where she’s earning a living at the Hudson Theatre.

This cover image released by Tape Modern/BMG shows "Danse Macabre" by Duran Duran. (Tape Modern/BMG via AP)

Music Review: Celebrate the spooky season with a Duran Duran album, ‘Danse Macabre’

There aren’t that many Halloween albums out there and so tip your masks to Duran Duran for giving us a treat this spooky season, says Associated Press critic Mark Kennedy.

FILE - Dove Cameron poses for photographers upon arrival at the Vogue World event on Sept. 14, 2023 in London. Cameron's latest album “Alchemical: Volume 1," releases Dec. 1. (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, File)

Dove Cameron drops new spiky banger, ‘Lethal Woman,’ ahead of debut album ‘Alchemical: Volume 1'

Dove Cameron’s new single starts with the sound of maniacal laughter and then a piano riff that could have been swiped from “The Phantom of the Opera.”

This image released by Netflix shows Bobby Cannavale, right, and Bill Burr in a scene from "Old Dads." (Michael Moriatis/Netflix via AP)

Movie Review: Netflix’s ‘Old Dads’ is a recycling of PC grievances and a Bill Burr career nadir

The new Netflix movie “Old Dads” has a title problem, says Associated Press critic Mark Kennedy. He says it really should be called “Old Dads Raging at Paper Straws.”

This image released by Sesame Workshop shows Ariana DeBose, right, with muppet characters, from left, Elmo, Cookie Monster and Abby Cadabby on the set of the children's show "Sesame Street." (Richard Termine/Sesame Workshop via AP)

Upcoming ‘Sesame Street’ season stars Ariana DeBose, Brandi Carlile, ASL and an octopus chef

The upcoming season of “Sesame Street” features an octopus as a chef, an exploration of American Sign Language and Quinta Brunson giving Cookie Monster a little bit of attitude.

This cover image released by Clarkson Potter shows "Natasha's Kitchen: 100+ Easy Family-Favorite Recipes You'll Make Again and Again: A Cookbook" by Natasha Kravchuk. (Clarkson Potter via AP)

Natasha from ‘Natasha’s Kitchen’ makes waves in the food world with a simple approach to dishes

It started with a simple salad. Natasha Kravchuk began building a cooking mini-empire by combining cucumber, tomato and avocado.

FILE - Playwright Theresa Rebeck attends the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 12th Annual Monte Cristo Awards in New York on April 16, 2012. Rebeck will direct her own work “Dig” at 59E59 Theaters and her “I Need That” is landing on Broadway starring Danny DeVito and his daughter, Lucy. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)

Playwright Theresa Rebeck is busy in NYC this fall, with plays uptown and on Broadway

If you’re ever tempted to offer playwright Theresa Rebeck an idea for a new play, maybe hold off. She has quite enough of those as it is.

FILE - Troye Sivan appears at the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit during the 76th Cannes international film festival, Cap d'Antibes, southern France on May 25, 2023. Sivan's third full-length album, "Something to Give Each Other," releases this week. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, File)

Troye Sivan harnesses ‘levity and fun’ to fuel third full album, ‘Something to Give Each Other’

Troye Sivan was initially going to begin his third full-length album with a ballad, a wistful song looking back at a lost love. Then he thought better about it.