William F. Buckley News

With this week's news of the passing of American literary and political icon Gore Vidal at the advanced age of 86, now seems a particularly apt time to look back at a truly anomalous career and some of the highlights of a life lived on pages, stages, planes, trains and many of the most exclusive locales in the world.

Tommy Tune, the nine-time Tony Award-winning performer and choreographer will be honored as a 'Living Landmark' along with five other individuals in November by the New York Landmarks Conservancy.

American Stage Theatre Company's 'After Hours' series of edgier plays continues with Steve A. Rowell and David A. McElroy's one-man play, THE END OF THE ROAD, an evening with Jack Kerouac on the 40th anniversary of his death, Oct. 21-25, 2009.

American Stage Theatre Company's 'After Hours' series of edgier plays continues with Steve A. Rowell and David A. McElroy's one-man play, THE END OF THE ROAD, an evening with Jack Kerouac on the 40th anniversary of his death, Oct. 21-25, 2009.

American Stage Theatre Company's 'After Hours' series of edgier plays continues with Steve A. Rowell and David A. McElroy's one-man play, THE END OF THE ROAD, an evening with Jack Kerouac on the 40th anniversary of his death, Oct. 21-25, 2009.

Tommy Tune, the nine-time Tony Award-winning performer and choreographer will be honored as a 'Living Landmark' along with five other individuals in November by the New York Landmarks Conservancy.

The NYC400 is the first-ever list of New York City's ultimate movers and shakers since the City's founding?from politics, the arts, business, sports, science, and entertainment.

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Friday, January 9, 2009.

It's such a shame that Second Stage's crackling production of Becky Shaw, Gina Gionfriddo's comedy of ill manners, is scheduled to close on February 1st. I can't think of a better Valentine's Day entertainment for cynically single urbanites looking to combat the champagne and roses splendor with which the coupled celebrate February 14th than this acidic portrait of the down and dirty business of allowing oneself to be emotionally available. Populated with smart, articulate characters who say clever things while living sad little lives, a night at Becky Shaw can do wonders for the self-esteem of the lonely hearted looking to both be entertained by and feel superior to those in or looking for love.

Following a successful Off-Off Broadway run at Manhattan Theatre Source in January, Machiavelli, a new comic play by Richard Vetere, opened Off-Broadway at The ArcLight Theatre on September 24th

The Boston Symphony Orchestra will present its annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz Festival September 1-3 at the Orchestra's summer home in the Berkshire Mountains in Lenox, Massachusetts.