Mes: agosto 2019

(CBS/AP) Anyone who was afraid they wouldn’t get a full dose of puppet nudity need not worry. Broadway plans to be open Monday night. Tropical Storm Irene had forced theaters to scrap a potentially lucrative late-summer weekend. “As of now, Broadway performances will play on Monday as scheduled, unless government authorities request otherwise,” said Elisa Shevitz, of the trade group The Broadway League. When the threat of Irene prompted city officials to shutter the public transportation system, theater producers threw in the towel for matinee and evening performances on Saturday and 네임드 포인트 삽니다 Sunday. Depending on the show, theaters lost revenue for up to four performances. It was the first time Broadway has shut down for an emergency since a city-wide blackout in 2003. It came as the city is flush with tourists and with schools mostly still out. The two dozen shows performed last week grossed just over $20 million and attracted some 217,000 theatergoers. While most Broadway shows traditionally run on a Tuesday-to-Sunday schedule, lately a number of shows have played Monday night, including “Chicago,” “Hair,” “Mamma Mia!,” “Rock of Ages,” “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.” Though both of Disney’s popular shows on Broadway “Mary Poppins” and “The Lion King” were previously scheduled to be off on Monday, they plan to be ready on Tuesday. “The decision to suspend this...

(CBS/AP) BEIRUT – Syrian rebels claim to have shot down a warplane and captured its pilot Monday — a rare but significant event, if proven true, for the lightly armed fighters that would show their increasing ability to combat air attacks from President Bashar Assad’s forces. The Syrian government denies the rebels’ claim, saying the warplane experienced malfunctions and the pilot was forced to eject. Earlier Monday, activists released a video which they said shows a government Soviet-made MiG warplane catching fire after it apparently was hit by ground fire over Deir el-Zour province. The warplane appears to spiral into a ball of flames. It was impossibly to independently verify the video. Rebels carve out large enclave in north SyriaVideo: Clinton in Turkey for talks on SyriaU.S. imposes new Syria sanctions; U.K. boosts aidSyrian gov’t forces appear to gain upper hand in battle for Aleppo SANA, Syria’s state news agency, said the plane was on a training mission when a “technical failure occurred” and the pilot had to eject. It added that a search was under way to find the pilot. Another video issued by Syrian rebels and shown on the pan-Arab network Al-Arabiya purports to show the captured pilot. The video also could not be independently confirmed. In the video, a man identifies himself as the pilot as he is surrounded by three armed men. He says he...