Category: Performing Arts

King of Pop Doc Get Four Years

I don't know if the multitude of Michael Jackson fans will consider it justice served, but Dr. Conrad Murray -- the doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the drug-induced death of the famed King of Pop -- has been sentenced to four years.  The… more »

Spider-Man: Turn Off the Road Tour

Just when perhaps your were thinking the much-jinxed Broadway musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, had finally turned the corner on its many well-publicized mishaps and missteps, there’s a whole new legal issue in the courts that threatens to keep any… more »

Dancing Around Copyright

I've said it before, and I guess I'll just keep right on saying it: Most people have absolutely no idea how copyright works. Here's an example of what I mean... I read an online article in the Guardian (a U.K. publication) about how Belgian choreograph… more »

Too Risqué for Carrollton?

I grant you that "The Rocky Horror Show" isn't for everyone.  In other words, "My Fair Lady" it ain't.  But is this decades-old stage musical still pushing the bounds for theater audiences? Apparently, the mayor of the town of Carrollton, Georgia, seem… more »

The Help Hires a Lawyer

One of the big movie hits of the summer is The Help, a film based on Kathryn Stockett's novel about African American maids and their white employers in the 1960s American South.  And, as I've said on various occasions before, whenever a movie's making mo… more »