Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If it takes a diva to play one, Theatre Tuscaloosa seemed to know what it was doing, casting Ava Buchanan as Maria Callas, ...

It’s been nearly 50 years since Maria Callas, the most admired and photographed opera singer of the 20th century, passed away from a heart attack at age 53. If you listen today to recordings by the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Powerful tenor and theater actor Arman Ferrer cannot be thankful enough that he gets the chance to work with singer-actress-director Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo and veteran theater ...

The Maria Callas of Terrence McNally’s Tony-winning play “Master Class” makes it clear to her Juilliard School students that an artist must suffer. “It’s not a note we’re after here,” she tells them. ...

Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo described her upcoming turn as Maria Callas in “Master Class” as one of the most demanding roles of ...

Maria Callas has been praised by critics for her wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations. Her musicality and presence on stage led her to being hailed as “La Divina” (“The Divine One”). While ...

Whether you think of Maria Callas as “La Divina” or just another talented, tempestuous diva, you’ll find much to like in Terrence McNally’s “Master Class,” the third in his trio of plays about opera ...

“Forget all about me,” says Maria Callas (Tyne Daly), preparing to conduct the titular activity of Terrence McNally’s 1995 play, Master Class (MTC/Friedman Theatre). “Poof! I’m invisible.” A likely ...

Ava Buchanan, a veteran actress with Theatre Tuscaloosa, stars as Maria Callas in Terrence McNally's "Master Class." The play follows Callas in her later years as she teaches a master class at the ...