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Stage Review: PMT adds luster to timeless treasure

Kathlene Queen portrays Maria and David Toole is Tony in Pittsburgh Musical Theater's production of "West Side Story."

"West Side Story" may or may not be, as Pittsburgh Musical Theater's Ken Gargaro says, the greatest musical ever written, but it is one of the most durable. ... (05/12/2008)

Fox cancels 'Back to You'

Carin Baer/Fox

Sadness all around: Fox cancels "Back to You," starring Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton.

Fox has canceled the Pittsburgh-set newsroom sitcom "Back to You" after a single season, a surprise decision that also caught producers off guard. ... (05/12/2008)

Arts & Entertainment

Stage Review: PMT adds luster to timeless treasure (05/12/2008)
Fox cancels 'Back to You' (05/12/2008)
Analysis: PBT's artistry grows by leaps and bounds (05/12/2008)
Schenley grad's work in Arts Festival lineup (05/12/2008)
TV Notes: Stars seek redemption on TV (05/12/2008)
Music Review: Bach Choir makes good on 'Promise of Freedom' (05/12/2008)
Top 10 Movies: 'Speed Racer' dusted in its opening weekend (05/12/2008)
Underwood joins Grand Ole Opry (05/12/2008)
An exuberant Burton Morris pursues upbeat approach (05/11/2008)
Children's Festival embraces Pitt setting (05/11/2008)
Stage Reviews: 'Macbeth,' 'Boeing' are irresistible British imports (05/11/2008)
Many projects for Mark Rylance, Pittsburgh among them (05/11/2008)
2Do Calendar (05/11/2008)
Last of Vernon Regal collection on block (05/10/2008)
TV Notes: Speedy sidekick debuts on 'Heroes' (05/10/2008)
TV Review: VH1's sex series a pale effort (05/10/2008)
Baroque group names director (05/10/2008)

Music

Music Review: Bach Choir makes good on 'Promise of Freedom' (05/12/2008)
Underwood joins Grand Ole Opry (05/12/2008)
Baltimore offered Frank Zappa bust; will it accept? (05/11/2008)
New music director gives fine preview (05/10/2008)
Baroque group names director (05/10/2008)

Theater

Stage Review: PMT adds luster to timeless treasure (05/12/2008)
Stage Reviews: 'Macbeth,' 'Boeing' are irresistible British imports (05/11/2008)
Many projects for Mark Rylance, Pittsburgh among them (05/11/2008)
Rob and Kathleen Marshall reminisce about Pittsburgh on video (05/11/2008)

Fox cancels 'Back to You' (05/12/2008)
TV Notes: Stars seek redemption on TV (05/12/2008)
Tuned In Journal: HBO preps 'True Blood;' author visits Pittsburgh (05/12/2008)
Tuned In: Keep or cancel? (05/11/2008)
Television movies for the week of May 11 (05/11/2008)
Tuned In Journal: 'Back to You' canceled (05/10/2008)
TV Notes: Speedy sidekick debuts on 'Heroes' (05/10/2008)
Tuned In Journal: 'CSI' comedy (05/10/2008)
TV Review: VH1's sex series a pale effort (05/10/2008)

Movies

Top 10 Movies: 'Speed Racer' dusted in its opening weekend (05/12/2008)

Bob Hoover

On the critic's reading list: Naipaul, Sorensen and Tarbell (05/11/2008)

Book Reviews

'Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation,' by Cokie Roberts (05/11/2008)
'A Remarkable Mother,' by Jimmy Carter (05/11/2008)
'Save the Last Dance,' by Gerald Stern (05/11/2008)
'Red Sugar,' by Jan Beatty (05/11/2008)
'The Host,' by Stephenie Meyer (05/10/2008)

Analysis: PBT's artistry grows by leaps and bounds

The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre ended its season in top form at Shady Side Academy on Friday night. ... (05/12/2008)

Schenley grad's work in Arts Festival lineup

There won't be a "Best of Pittsburgh" or "Annual" exhibition at the Three Rivers Arts Festival that opens June 6, but the visual arts will maintain a very public presence. ... (05/12/2008)

TV Notes: Stars seek redemption on TV

Cliff Lipson/CBS

Neil Patrick Harris is Barney and guest star Britney Spears is Abby in "How I Met Your Mother" at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow on CBS.

How do teen icons spell rebound? C-a-m-e-o. Handlers of today's troubled pop stars know the way to make amends to fans is to appear less on the Los Angeles party circuit and more on TV sitcoms. ... (05/12/2008)

Music Review: Bach Choir makes good on 'Promise of Freedom'

They came on in a whisper -- 85 members of the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh, along with 23 members of the Bach Collegiate Chorus and 11 members of the Ambridge Area High School Steel Drum Band -- in ... (05/12/2008)

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Another comic-book icon hits the big screen next year, starring Robert Downey Jr. as 'Iron Man.'
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A&EBLOGS

Jim White on blues

Nate Guidry on jazz

Andrew Druckenbrod on classical music

Allan Walton on horror flicks

Chris Rawson on theater.
Also see Montae Russell's journal: August Wilson at Kennedy Center.

Scott Mervis on pop music

Rob Owen on TV

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Click here for three 2008 schedules: chronological by date; also alphabetical by school; and alphabetical by shows.

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