Anyone lucky enough to experience the dazzling Broadway revival of Ragtime will be hard-pressed to believe that in 1998, the musical was a $10 million financial flop, a critical miss, and an awards-season also-ran — it had the misfortune to open a few months after The Lion King. (And as if losing the Best Musical Tony Award to a super-pricey puppet show weren’t enough, Ragtime‘s producers flamed out in a very public accounting scandal. Read More...
Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa’s concert in Camden, New Jersey Friday night was cut short when a railing collapsed and injured approximately 42 people. The incident occurred around 10 p.m. ET at the BB&T Pavilion, a Camden County spokesperson confirmed to EW, after which the rest of the concert was canceled. While the injuries sustained were mostly broken bones and bumps and bruises, one person was taken to the trauma center of Cooper University Hospital in critical condition and was released Saturday morning. Read More...
Randy Meisner, the cofounding member of the Eagles who wrote and sang "Take It to the Limit," passed away on July 26 in Los Angeles at age 77. The bassist and backing vocalist died from complications from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a statement on the Eagles' website. Born on March 8, 1946 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Meisner formed his first band, the Dynamics, in the early 1960s, before joining the Soul Survivors, a group that went on to change its name to the Poor and open for Jimi Hendrix. Read More...
