http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts from overnight in-paper feed en-gb Wed, 22 May 2013 17:07:11 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/gilberto-santa-rosa-to-lead-a-revival-of-forever-tango-to--broadway-this-summer-208306181.html NEW YORK, N.Y. - The singer known as the Gentleman of Salsa is temporarily turning to tango: Gilberto Santa Rosa will make his Broadway debut in the musical "Forever Tango," which returns to New York in July for a 10-week stand featuring some of the Puerto Rican singer's hits. "I haven't stopped... Tue, 21 May 2013 11:35:22 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/topless-arthur-painting-fetches-19m-at-auction-207988751.html NEW YORK -- A painting of actress Bea Arthur topless has sold for $1.9 million at a New York City auction. The painting is by artist John Currin and is titled Bea Arthur Naked. It sold at Christie's auction of postwar and contemporary art on Wednesday. It had been expected to bring in between $1. Sat, 18 May 2013 08:47:50 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/graphic-play-real-story-of-aboriginal-incarceration-207988671.html A pregnant aboriginal woman who was born in prison contemplates her depressing fate as she prepares to also give birth to a daughter while behind bars. Jasmine, the prison-garbed central figure in the gritty comic drama Jail Baby, is resigned to repeating family history: "Born to be in prison. Sat, 18 May 2013 08:43:11 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/gay-archie-character-to--kiss-partner-in-pop-tates-208268041.html IT'S just a quick kiss, but it's a long step forward for Archie Comics' only openly gay character, Kevin Keller. The Riverdale teen finds his life turned upside down after locking lips with his boyfriend, Devon, in Pop Tate's diner, drawing the ire of at least one disapproving Riverdale Tue, 21 May 2013 09:28:37 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/at-this-community-art-auction-volunteer-time-really-is-money-207988281.html After purchasing a house last year, teacher Ben Shedden and his wife, Eden, a full-time student, didn't exactly have a stash of cash with which to adorn its "drab" bare walls. So the Winnipeg couple went to a silent art auction and successfully bid on two paintings by local artists. The Sat, 18 May 2013 08:43:37 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/wag-100-text-week-1---picasso-may-18-207987921.html Pablo Picasso La Misereuse accroupie (The Crouching Beggar), 1902. Oil on canvas. © Picasso Estate / SODRAC (2012). Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto The Crouching Beggar is part of Pablo Picasso's Blue Period, which lasted for approximately three years and coincided with the artist's Sat, 18 May 2013 08:44:56 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/winnipeg-arts-council-honouring-brownstone-for-lifetime-achievement-207835501.html THE Winnipeg Arts Council will recognize 91-year-old actress Doreen Brownstone with a special award for lifetime achievement at the seventh annual Mayor's Luncheon for the Arts next month. It's the first time that a lifetime achievement award will be handed out by WAC and it goes to an actress Fri, 17 May 2013 08:59:36 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/comedian-darrin-rose--coming-to-park-theatre-207673321.html OK, contestants, you fill in the blank: The host of TV's Match Game is so BLANK that he's bringing his standup-comedy show to Winnipeg. If you guessed "funny," you'll probably be interested to know that comedian Darrin Rose, host of Comedy Network's revival of the popular game-show format, is Thu, 16 May 2013 10:07:55 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/the-buzz-207673231.html KEVIN PROKOSH / ARTS Laurels and morals It's hard to ignore the Winnipeg premi®re of a little-known play that carries the endorsement of a New York Times theatre critic, who labelled Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero the best new American drama of the first decade of this century. Two menial Thu, 16 May 2013 03:18:35 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/carol-shields-festival-of-new-works--includes-song-dance-theatre-207673181.html THE ninth annual Carol Shields Festival of New Works kicks off Thursday with a gala that includes a performance by singer/songwriter Keri Latimer, short dance and theatre pieces and an address from Toronto playwright Colleen Murphy. As the keynote speaker, Murphy, the author of the Governor Thu, 16 May 2013 10:04:41 CDT