When we last saw Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen on stage, the two theater-obsessed lads were basking in the glow of a successful off-Broadway run in "title of show," their delightful tale of writing and putting on a musical.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety awarded a contract to Scottsdale-based Redflex Traffic Systems for operation of 100 photo speed enforcement cameras on state highways.

It's not exactly Tony serenading Maria in "West Side Story," but for all their homeliness toadfish also sing to attract mates. OK, singing may be a stretch; it's more of a hum. But it turns out to be useful, for science as well as the fish.

A sweeping government audit has revealed that up to 50,000 pieces are missing from Russia's museums -- everything from Pre-Revolutionary medals and weapons to precious works of art -- a member of the survey team said Thursday.

STOCKBRIDGE - "The Book Club Play" is a play about a film mockumentary about people who love books. The form it most resembles, however, is TV sketch comedy - and not particularly sharp TV sketch comedy, at that.

Second Stage Theatre, a major showcase for contemporary American playwrights, is expanding to Broadway. The nonprofit off-Broadway theater, which in its nearly 30 years of existence has produced plays by such writers as Edward Albee, Terrence McNally, August Wilson, Douglas Carter Beane and Sarah Ruhl, has acquired the rights to purchase Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre.

Get ready to rumble. "West Side Story" returns to Broadway in 2009. The classic New York musical about the Sharks, the Jets and the ill-fated love affair involving a young man and woman caught between the gangs opens in March, producers Kevin McCollum, James L. Nederlander and Jeffrey Seller announced Wednesday. Preview performances begin Feb. 23 with an exact opening ...

North Carolina must start planning immediately to spend money on a dozen new sound stages from the coast to the mountains or risk losing its entertainment industry, a Hollywood film producer said Wednesday.

Furniture manufacturer Stanley Furniture Company Inc. SAID that its board declared a quarterly cash dividend of 10 cents per share.

Some museums might not want to admit they have fakes in their collections. Not The Brooklyn Museum: It's planning an exhibition on them.