BAYREUTH (AFP): Opera houses the world over are scrambling to pay tribute to Richard Wagner, the controversial German composer often referred to as Hitler's favourite, who would have turned 200 this year.More has purportedly already been written about Wagner than any other artist and composer in ...

LONDON: A musical based on the meteoric rise of British pop band The Spice Girls that was mauled by the critics is closing six months after its premiere in London, the show’s producer said. The brainchild of “Mamma Mia!” creator Judy Craymer, “Viva Forever” was loosely ...

PESHAWAR (PR): A musical evening has been organized by the Pearl Continental here which was attended by a large number of music lovers, elites and families of the city. The new General Manager of the hotel Aamir Kazi welcomed the audience and shared with them the forthcoming attractions that the ...

MANHATTAN: A stage musical based on the hit film Rocky is to open on Broadway. Sylvester Stallone, who starred in and wrote the script for the Oscar-winning 1976 film, is co-producing the theatre version, which will open at the Winter Garden theatre next February. The show made its debut ...

LAHORE – The caretaker Punjab government has reshuffled the entire police administration in the province from top to bottom, as new officers have taken over the charge from the police station level to the Central Police Office (CPO). During the last couple of days, the government transferred ...

LOS ANGELES Award-winning musical producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, whose film hits include “Chicago” and “Footloose,” will produce next year’s Oscars awards show, organizers said. The pair, who has also won Tony and Emmy awards and Grammy nominations for Broadway ...

LAHORE – Alliance Francaise Lahore and Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop jointly organised a musical evening in connection with the World Music Night at Rafi Peer Cultural Centre on Saturday.On this occasion, Abaji and Mohammad Abozakery from France, Mian Mir Qawwals and Chand-Sooraj Khan performed ...

ISLAMABAD – A Pakhtun vocal musical night will be held on Saturday at Open Area Theatre, Shakerparian.Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Marwat community are organising the event with mutual collaboration. This event is being organised to bring excitement and entertainment to the people ...

KHARTOUM  - Sudan mourned on Sunday the death of musical icon Mohammed Wardi, a former prisoner who spent years in self-imposed exile but who died on home soil after seeing his beloved nation divided. "M Osman Wardi, Sudan's lead singer, passed away Sunday evening in Khartoum," the official ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Screenwriter Julian Fellowes will pen the book for a new musical based on the classic British children's novel "The Wind in the Willows," it was announced on Friday. Fellowes, who won an Oscar for "Gosford Park" and created the story for hit British television series "Downton ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Broadways most expensive and ridiculed musical, Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark, suffered another round of crushing reviews on Wednesday, a day after its long-delayed official opening drew celebrities such as former president Bill Clinton and actor Robert De Niro. The $70 million ...

SIALKOT (APP) - The business community associated with the musical instruments industry seeks special government attention and support for its modernization and upgrade. The businessmen said over 100-year-old musical instruments industry of Sialkot was ignored by the authorities concerned and no ...

Agitated people disrupted Eid Musical show that was arranged for flood affectees. They held hostage the police party and occupied the musical instruments and cameras of private TV channels. According to District Police Officer (DPO) Nisaar Tanoli, angry mob of people disrupted the Eid Show, which ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA), Ministry of Culture will hold Al-Tannoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, Egyptian-Pakistani musical night here on July 24. The show is being organized in collaboration with the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and Pakistan-Egypt ...

HILARY Swank wants to star in a musical. The 35-year-old star - who won an Oscar for her role as a true-life transgender teen in 'Boys Dont Cry and another in Clint Eastwoods 'Million Dollar Baby - would never say never to a new challenge. She told Britains Independent newspaper: I think Ive done ...

PARIS (AFP) - A screen version of Disney's "High School Musical" hits cinemas this week with the kids from East High hoping for a sales clean-out at the box-office, music stores, concert halls and the web. Initially a modest-budget TV film featuring the loves and lives of a singing and dancing ...

LONDON French-Canadian chanteuse Celine Dion is responsible for the world's worst cover version - a rendition of rockers AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" - Total Guitar magazine said in a poll. Dion has never released the song as a single but performed what the magazine called the "offence" ...