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Pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose Theme From Shaft won Academy and Grammy awards

When Jeffrey Symynkywicz preaches at his Unitarian Universalist church, he's often accompanied by the music of Bruce Springsteen. He's now managed to combine his theological training with his lifelong love of Springsteen's music.

Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless 'Theme From Shaft' won Academy and Grammy awards, has been found dead at home. He was 65.

Broadway's Phantom of the Opera has been running like clockwork, eight times per week since 1988. Some of the pit musicians, who have been there since day one, describe what it's like to play the same notes for 20 years.

Every few years, with depressing regularity, a hit Broadway musical makes the leap to the big screen and goes splat! Or thud. Or zzzzz....

Rainn Wilson (THE OFFICE) stars as Robert 'Fish' Fishman, a 1980s musician whose glory days as a drummer have gone the way of slap bracelets and the Betamax. But now Fish's teenage nephew has a band of his own, and Fish may be just the guy for the job. THE ROCKER features the talents of comedic all stars Christina Applegate, Jane Lynch, Jason Sudeikis, Jeff Garlin, and Will Arnett.

A failed actor-turned-worse-high-school- drama teacher rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages a politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Music Reviews: Promoters have spent years trying to stage a destination festival in the new york metropolitan area, but grand visions invariably faded under the glare of logistical difficulties and rigid NIMBY attitudes.

Music Reviews: The majestic performances of male leads J. Mark McVey as Valjean and Brian Stokes Mitchell as Javert pierced through a sprawling presentation of 'Les Miserables' that was about as fully staged a musical as the Hollywood Bowl has ever attempted.

Retired Air Force Col. Jack Moelmann spent $118,000 to rent out New York's Radio City music Hall for an organ recital,...