Victor Herbert

When Allentown's West Park officially opened Sept. 17, 1908, the city was a much different place than it is today. Its silk and textile industries were booming; its streets rang with the clatter of machine shops and railroad enterprise. Horse-drawn...

Amway Shakespeare Opportunity Twitter of the Shrew will be at a site to be announced. The Shakespeariment will be at the Walt Disney Amphitheater at Lake Eola Park, 101 N. Rosalind Ave., Orlando. Details: 407-792-9421. Twitter of the Shrew: Feb. 14....

The Plant that Ate Dirty Socks Clearly, a child's introduction to musical theater can never happen too early. For instance, if Michael, the seventh grade hero of this amiable new musical, had been introduced to "Little Shop of Horrors," he might have...

Events schedules frequently change. It's best to call the venue before you go. Annie Russell Theatre The theater is on the campus of Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park. Season tickets are $50 and $60 for general audiences, $47 and $57 for...

Robert Wright, a Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist whose songwriting collaboration with George "Chet" Forrest included the hit Broadway musicals "Song of Norway," "Kismet" and "Grand Hotel," has died. He was 90. Wright, a three-time Oscar nominee,...

Rudy Hogenmiller, the new artistic director at Evanston's Light Opera Works, is first and foremost a choreographer. And thus he asks the boatswains, seamen and midshipmen in his unusually sprightly version of "H.M.S. Pinafore" to do a whole lot more...

John Philip Sousa might not have spent much time on Long Island, but he loved the time he spent. In 1921, answering a query from a friend about whether he wanted to sell Wilbank, his Mediterranean-style mansion overlooking Hempstead Harbor, Sousa...

The following is a list of theatrical productions: ANNIE RUSSELL THEATRE The theater is on the campus of Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park. Season tickets are $50 and $60 for general audiences and $47 and $57 for seniors. Second-stage shows...

'Tintypes," a nostalgic visit to American popular song around the turn of the century, turns out to be a perfect fit for the talents (and audiences) of Light Opera Works. Tucked snugly into the stage of the small auditorium in the McGaw YMCA Child Care...