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More than 750 children and adults with special needs turned out at the Wang Theatre yesterday for a special viewing of E.T.A. Hoffmann's classic fairy tale, 'The Nutcracker.' Each year, […]

Wang Center cheese Josiah Spaulding is quietly telling people all over town - in a stage whisper, we guess - that he's pulled the curtain down on an offer to […]

The difference between a good dance company and a great one is versatility. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, presented last night by the BankBoston Celebrity Series, was outstanding. The […]

After burning the floor, they burned the midnight oil and burned the candle at both ends at an all-night party where the operative word was "hot!" "The Burn the Floor […]

"Smokey Joe's Cafe - the Songs of Leiber and Stoller," at the Wang Theatre, through Feb. 27. It wasn't until toward the end of "Smokey Joe's Cafe," at the Wang […]

The heads of Boston's largest arts organizations received some of the biggest raises in the nation's nonprofit sector in 1998, a Herald survey shows. And the biggest local raise went […]

Joseph M. Tucci, the man who quarterbacked the renaissance of Wang Global, yesterday was named the new go-to-guy at EMC Corp., which has entered the Gilded Age of corporate data-storage […]

In the 1950 masterpiece "All About Eve," Celeste Holm played the "nice one," the gracious, stylish best pal of Bette Davis' acid-tongued prima donna. Yet mention the movie - which […]

Wang Center confirms Fan Pier proposal pullout The Wang Center has confirmed its decision to withdraw its plan to build a cultural center on Fan Pier. "We have tried unsuccessfully […]

The Wang Center officially abandoned plans to build an arts complex on the South Boston waterfront yesterday, even though the Wang was offered an opportunity to come up with a […]

Boston 2000 officials left the door open for compromise at a public forum Monday night, suggesting that more than one of the cultural venues proposed for the waterfront could be […]

The Wang Center proposal to build a 2,400-seat opera house on Boston's waterfront has been rejected by the firm handling the development of the property. According to Dan O'Connell of […]

Boston 2000 officials left the door open for compromise at a public forum last night, suggesting that more than one of the cultural venues proposed for the waterfront could be […]

There are three worthwhile proposals for development on a designated Fan Pier civic site in the South Boston Waterfront district. Each proposal - one for a world-class concert hall, one […]

Three members of the Boston 2000 committee will refrain from voting on three proposals for a cultural facility on the waterfront because they are also trustees for the Wang Center, […]

The head of the Wang Center unveiled ambitious plans for a grand $100 million theater complex on Boston's Fan Pier yesterday, angering other arts groups who have also been eyeing […]

It's not every day in this city - or anywhere - that land suddenly becomes available for a new building for the arts. In fact, it's been decades since a […]

The Wang Center, the Institute of Contemporary Art and a theater entrepreneur are the three finalists vying for a property in the South Boston Waterfront district. The nonprofit organization Boston […]

Whitney Houston, at the Wang Theatre, Boston, Wednesday night; also last night. Whitney Houston canceled her last two shows to rest her voice. It would appear that New Jersey and […]

Whitney Houston, at the Wang Theatre, Boston, last night; also Rest does Houston good tonight. Whitney Houston cancelled her last two shows to rest her voice. It would appear that […]

Scion of a wealthy Brahmin family from the North Shore and a first-rate fund-raiser, Josiah A. Spaulding Jr. now holds old-timer status among Boston's cultural leaders after more than a […]

Mother nature supplied a little real-life water yesterday but didn't manage to sink a special outdoor performance by the cast of the Tony-winning "Titanic: A New Musical," now at the […]

"Rugrats," at the Wang Theatre, Boston, Tuesday night; through Sunday. Rugrats ruled onstage and in the audience Tuesday night at the Wang Theatre as Nickelodeon's favorite diaper-clad terrors romped through […]

Rugrats ruled on the stage and in the audience last night at the Wang Theatre as Nickelodeon's favorite diaper-clad terrors romped through "Rugrats - A Live Adventure." The animated toddler's […]

Boston Ballet's 1999-2000 season will include six story ballets, twice as many as the current season. To make room for them, the ballet has cut down its performances of one-act, […]

Boston Ballet recognized ballet's legendary revolutionary, George Balanchine, with a presentation of three masterworks in the showcase "Balanchine!" now at the Wang Theatre through Sunday. The ballet celebrated opening night […]

Bruce Marks said the Shubert Theatre would never suit the needs of Boston Ballet - or its patrons. He made it clear that his company would not perform there. But […]

The man who restored the Wang and Shubert theaters - and in the process has been credited with helping revitalize Boston's Theater District - is now proposing building a $75 […]

Technically, the move is only across Tremont Street. But Boston Ballet's journey from the grand expanse of the Wang Theatre to the cozy intimacy of the Shubert Theatre this week […]

"Koyaanisqatsi," featuring the Philip Glass Ensemble, at the Wang Center, Boston, Friday night. The fluid cinematic ballet of "Koyaanisqatsi," originally released in 1983, has made the film something of a […]

It was lights, camera, "A Civil Action" in Boston last night as John Travolta, Robert Duvall, director Steve Zaillian and an army of Disney execs marched into the Wang Theatre […]

The Theater District is a thousand times brighter. Just look down Tremont Street from Boston Common or the highway, and you can't miss the bright but warm cluster of lights, […]

Boston Ballet's "The Nutcracker" at the Wang Theatre, Sunday evening; performances through Jan. 3. One of the best things about Boston Ballet's run of "The Nutcracker" is the opportunity it […]

Young ballerinas twirled to the sounds of a thunderous orchestra under the bright lights at The Wang Theatre yesterday to open the 33rd annual season of the world's most popular […]

It was like "The Millionaire" - the old TV series where the secretary of an eccentric tycoon showed up at someone's door each week with a check for $1 million, […]

Singer Diahann Carroll shared the Wang Theater stage last night with members of the Hub's performing arts groups for a 10th anniversary tribute to the theater's president. Joe Spaulding took […]

The Wang Theatre has firmed up dates for the musical "Grease!" and the Tony-nominated "Jekyll & Hyde." "Grease!" slides in Feb. 16-21, with "Jekyll & Hyde" arriving April 6-11. In […]

It was quite a show at the Wang Theatre Friday. Outside, under the marquee, young people dressed head-to-toe in sleek black mingled with grandmas in pastels and pearls. Then they […]

It was quite a show at the Wang Theatre last night. Outside, under the marquee, young people dressed head-to-toe in sleek black mingled with grandmas in pastels and pearls. Then […]

Wang Center President and CEO Josiah A. Spaulding Jr. makes more money than any other arts leader in Boston. And both Spaulding and the head of the Wang's board of […]

As the fall arts season begins, the heads of Boston's most prestigious nonprofit cultural groups will begin telling you how hard it is to raise money - and asking for […]

Will entertainment behemoth SFX Entertainment crush the Wang Center? That's the million dollar question worrying Wang Center president and CEO Josiah A. Spaulding Jr. Although Spaulding is remaining mum to […]

Wang Global lost about $261 million last quarter but still beat expectations - and it made substantial progress in digesting a recent acquisition, the company said yesterday. The computer services […]

It's too early to say what kind of impact SFX's control of three of Boston's commercial theaters will have on what audiences will see. The hope is that there will […]

STAGES SET: The Wang and Shubert theaters are filling their schedules into next year. According to the Wang Center's publication, Fanfare, the Wang will host "Camelot" (Sept. 22-27). Next spring, […]

BOX OFFICE: As soon as it hit movie screens, "Deep Impact" made one. The Paramount story of cataclysm by comet took in $41.9 million in its first weekend, dethroning basketball […]

A federal judge in northeast Virginia has tossed out Wang Global's patent suit against Netscape Communications Corp. and America Online Inc. U.S. District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled Wednesday that […]

'RIVERDANCE': "Riverdance - The Show" is stomping its way back to Boston for a return engagement at the Wang Theatre from Oct. 14-25, 1998. The Irish-dance-and-music spectacle has played Boston […]

Things are looking up at the Wang Center's annual Classic Film Series. After an uninspired set of "usual suspects" picks last winter, this season's six-pack of larger-than-life cinematic excursions has […]

Wang Labatories Inc. yesterday said it won one of the largest government contracts in its history - worth an estimated $539 million over five years. The Billerica-based firm beat out […]