Five women. Six years. In Wendy Wasserstein’s “Uncommon Women and Others,” the women meet in a New York restaurant 1977, six years after they graduated from Mt. Holyoke college for women, one of the traditional “seven sisters” colleges of the East.

LOS ANGELES — An annoyed look from “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell as a contestant expressed sadness over the Virginia Tech shootings was drastically misintrepreted, Cowell and the show said Wednesday.

When Ron McNeil plays Beatles songs with the Fab Four, he focuses on more than nailing the lyrics, harmonies and chords that get more complex during the course of a show.

Broadway comes to Napa Friday when Justin-Siena Theatre presents its “reimagined” production of the Tony Award-winning “Cats.”

A joyous celebration of a beautiful art form, Hawaii’s hula is a style of dance not seen regularly on the mainland.

This may be the Year of the Boar, but in this valley it feels like the year of the cat. Or at least, the month of the cat.

The Napa Valley arts community lost a gifted and vibrant member when Lisa Raboy passed away from cancer Saturday. A memorial celebration of her life is scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Napa.

Locally she’s known as the daughter of Margie and Harry Cadelago, but that may not be for long. Angela Cadelago, the guest performer at an upcoming an benefit concert at the Carmelite Monastery in Oakville, is also an up and coming opera star. 

The Bay Area’s acclaimed Lamplighters Music Theatre, in partnership with the Napa Valley Opera House, presents Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s sweeping musical “Carousel” in concert this weekend.

Ireland extended a warm and unusually sunny welcome to 119 Napa High School choir students, along with 27 staff and chaperones, during spring break.