Massachusetts-based Shakespearean theater needs $2.3M to survive until next year

October 9th, 2009 Kennedy Center program enlists art groups to teachWASHINGTON — The Kennedy Center is announcing a new program that could reinvent arts education for schools struggling with budget cuts and fewer art teachers. The center says a pilot project in Sacramento, Calif., that was announced Friday could expand to three cities each year.

September 24th, 2009 Historic RI theater to reopen after restorationNEWPORT, R.I. — A theater in Newport that hosted the likes of Orson Welles and Oscar Wilde is being reopened.

September 19th, 2009 Movie on price fixing opens in ADM's hometownDECATUR, Ill. — People in the central Illinois town of Decatur have been waiting since last year for "The Informant!" That's the Matt Damon film based on the price-fixing scheme for which local agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland was heavily fined.

September 14th, 2009 Investigators: millions embezzled in Bolshoi rehabMOSCOW — Russia's top investigative body said Monday that millions of dollars have been misspent in the reconstruction of the renowned Bolshoi Theater. The Investigative Committee of the General Prosecutor's Office said it had opened a criminal investigation into the matter, adding to the troubles of the reconstruction that is years behind schedule and has kept one of Russia's main attractions closed for four years.

August 25th, 2009 Mass. can't collect taxes on tires sold in NHBOSTON — The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled the state has no right to collect taxes from a retail chain that sold tires to Massachusetts residents in New Hampshire. Massachusetts authorities said their case was narrowly focused, but others saw broader implications.

August 3rd, 2009 Theater: Shaw Festival under way in OntarioNIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ontario — The 2009 season of the Shaw Festival is under way in Ontario with productions by Noel Coward, Eugene O'Neill and Stephen Sondheim. The theater season, which runs through Nov.

July 21st, 2009 Guthrie ends fiscal year with slight deficitMINNEAPOLIS — The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis is reporting its first deficit in 14 years as the recession took its toll on the box office, fundraising and endowments. The Guthrie had an operating deficit of $67,000 for the fiscal year that ended March 31.

July 1st, 2009 Apollo Theater's amateur show dedicated to JacksonNEW YORK — Tributes to the King of Pop continue at New York City's Apollo Theater, which has turned its weekly Amateur Night contest into a Michael Jackson celebration. The Jackson edition of Wednesday's Amateur Night show at the Harlem theater will feature a moonwalking contest and performances of his songs.

June 22nd, 2009 Court won't get involved Massachusetts tax fightWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won't stop Massachusetts from taxing out-of-state corporations that work in that state but don't have in-state buildings or employees. The court refused on Monday to hear an appeal from Capital One Bank and Geoffrey, Inc., a subsidiary of Toys R Us that licenses the company's giraffe logo and other trademarks.

June 10th, 2009 2 Milwaukee officers expected to survive shootingMILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police say the two officers shot multiple times by a bicyclist are expected to survive. Police Chief Edward Flynn said the officers stopped the bicyclist Tuesday afternoon because he looked suspicious, and he shot them both before they had time to react.

June 9th, 2009 Massachusetts settles with mortgage lenderBOSTON — A bankrupt California-based subprime mortgage lender has agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations of unfair practices that contributed to the current spike in Massachusetts home foreclosures. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said Tuesday that Fremont Investment & Loan and its parent company, Fremont General Corp., will pay $8 million in consumer relief, $1 million in civil penalties and $1 million in costs, including attorney fees.

May 6th, 2009 New sketches released of fugitive UGA professorATHENS, Ga. — Investigators have released new sketches of a University of Georgia professor suspected of killing his wife and two others outside a community theater last month.

May 3rd, 2009 Brazilian theater director Augusto Boal diesRIO DE JANEIRO — Augusto Boal, the Brazilian theater director and playwright known for the interactive genre called the "Theater of the Oppressed," died Saturday. He was 78. Boal died of respiratory failure following a long battle with leukemia, according to Elisa Nunes, a spokeswoman for Rio's Hospital Samaritano.

May 1st, 2009 University: Wanted Ga. professor's vehicle foundATHENS, Ga.

April 23rd, 2009 Guthrie delays Kushner premiere by 1 weekMINNEAPOLIS — The Guthrie Theater is delaying its world premiere of a new Tony Kushner play by a week. The show — "The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures" — was scheduled to begin previews on May 9 and open on May 15.