Money showers the stage like confetti in "Road Show," the exhilarating Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical that finally has surfaced in New York after a long, arduous journey that included several different titles, directors and casts.

Money showers the stage like confetti in "Road Show," the exhilarating Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical that finally has surfaced in New York after a long, arduous journey that included several different titles, directors and casts.

Google Inc. has opened an online photo gallery that will feature millions of images from Life magazine's archives that have never been seen by the public before.

A mural by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo -- one of five exhibited in the United States still in private hands -- was sold Tuesday for nearly $7 million at an auction of Latin American art.

A mural by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo -- one of five exhibited in the United States still in private hands -- was sold Tuesday for nearly $7 million at an auction of Latin American art.

A stunning work of art dubbed a 21st century Sistine Chapel donated to the United Nations is stirring a controversy over whether aid money should have been used to cover part of its cost.

Money showers the stage like confetti in "Road Show," the exhilarating Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical that finally has surfaced in New York after a long, arduous journey that included several different titles, directors and casts.

A baseball drama might reasonably be expected to be about playing the game. But we barely get taken out to the ball game at all in "Back Back Back," the new off-Broadway play by Itamar Moses.

"It takes a village to put Edna together," says Harvey Fierstein, back on Broadway for the final weeks of "Hairspray."

A new national tour of "Dreamgirls" will kick off a year from now at Harlem's Apollo Theater, which is where the opening scene of the musical takes place.

A new national tour of "Dreamgirls" will kick off a year from now at Harlem's Apollo Theater, which is where the opening scene of the musical takes place.

Eleven-year-old Protegee carried her sobbing niece on her back as they searched for relatives in a sea of people in eastern Congo.

An analyst at Gabelli & Co. on Tuesday upgraded shares of tobacco maker Reynolds American Inc. to a "Buy" from "Hold," and said the shares were a good value at their current price.

If you could liken this year's "Radio City Christmas Spectacular" to a 401k account, think not of a shrinking balance sheet of once-thriving stocks and bonds. Instead, consider the show a portfolio of short-term reserves, offering returns so modest and predictable you hardly need look up at the stage.

A few sodden old friends, one of them recently gone blind and the others disabled by drink or despair, get together in a grimy Dublin basement to play cards on Christmas Eve. The Devil joins in. Merry Christmas!

Why run one gallery when you can run three? That's James Hull's attitude. Since he closed Green Street Gallery two years ago, Hull has traveled in Italy and been sitting on the curatorial committee at Laconia Lofts, the South End building where he lives, pondering what to do next.

A sharp drop in demand for nylon has forced the layoff of more than 300 workers, or about one-third of the work force, at Solutia Inc.'s Greenwood, S.C., plant.

Hallie Foote's personal life is hard to separate from her professional one. First, she's performing in a play written by her father, the legendary playwright Horton Foote. For another, she's acting alongside her husband. And, to top it off, all three live under the same roof.

A $23 million ceiling painting featuring hundreds of dangling icicle shapes that has been criticized for its hefty price tag was unveiled Tuesday at the United Nations.

A $23 million ceiling painting featuring hundreds of dangling icicle shapes that has been criticized for its hefty price tag was unveiled Tuesday at the United Nations.