Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her longtime partner and two local businessmen were named in an indictment unsealed Friday alleging the four conspired to funnel city business to companies owned ...

Despite ending 2024 with a decline in homicides, Oakland marked the start of 2025 with a wave of violence, which included multiple deadly shootings on New Year's Eve and early New Year's Day.

After more than a month in theaters, the hit film has set a new record as the highest-grossing movie based on a Broadway musical ever. The record was previously held by 2008's "Mamma Mia!," ...

Facing a budget deficit of nearly $130 million, Oakland leaders announced Friday they’re temporarily closing two firehouses in the city. The closures of Station 25 near Joaquin Miller Park and ...

The largest Planned Parenthood health center in the U.S. has opened in downtown Oakland, officials said. The building, ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. 2024 was a big year for musicals.

44 Broadway shows opened in 2024, and while not all of them were loved by the critics, there were plenty of standouts all year long. We're breaking down the best Broadway shows of 2024 by month ...

It’s a Broadway smash! It, of course, refers to “Bombshell,” the fictional musical-within-a-musical at the center of “Smash,” a new stage adaptation of the beloved cult favorite ...

A new year opens with new Broadway shows! From acclaimed plays to anticipated Broadway returns, here are some of the hottest shows to see on Broadway this January. Set in an Iranian classroom ...

See our ethics statement. On the Broadway soundtrack, Glinda (Chenoweth) sounds like she’s processing the news of Elphaba’s death in real time and putting on a face as the PR branch of the ...

She also earned a Tony Award for best actress in the play “Broadway Bound.” By Anita Gates Linda Lavin, the Tony Award-winning Broadway actress who was best known for starring as a waitress ...