One of the few remaining jewels in the BBC’s tarnished crown is Desert Island Discs. One reason why the show is still running ...

Each year, millions flock to the French capital chasing a fantasy, packing padlocks in their suitcases and watching ‘Moulin Rouge’ on a loop. For some though, the romance of Paris has started to fade, ...

A distinguished British stage veteran, she won an Olivier award in London and a Tony in New York for her dramatic portrayal of the French singer Édith Piaf. By Richard Sandomir Zaho de Sagazan has ...

Tony winner Jane Lapotaire died March 5, at the age of 81. News of her passing was confirmed by her longtime representation. Ms. Lapotaire was a complex woman, who transmuted numerous early childhood ...

Jane Lapotaire, the British stage actor whose only Broadway performance — in the title role of Pam Gems’ Edith Piaf musical Piaf — won her a 1981 Tony Award, died March 5, in the UK. She was 81. Her ...

The British stage veteran acted for Laurence Olivier at the National Theatre and with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She returned to acting after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage in 2000. By Mike ...

The lives and music of Édith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich will take the stage at the Grand Theatre in PIAF/DIETRICH, directed by Grand Theatre Artistic Director Rachel Peake.Check out video highlights of ...

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Patricia Racette, 60, loves a challenge. Since first appearing on Opera Theatre of St. Louis’ stage as Donna Elvira in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” in 1993, she has done everything in the opera world. What ...

“I have to say that I’m always in love,” Édith Piaf stated during a 1961 interview on the French television music show Discorama. “I never knew a moment when I wasn’t.” The French singer and ...

Cabaret was a lot more influential than most people understand. And one of the most memorable cabaret performers of all time was the incomparable, attention-grabbing French artist Edith Piaf. Edith ...