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Writer Kenneth Lonergan’s “The Waverly Gallery” is a story of family relationships and a grandmother’s last years in decline. It’s just opened on Broadway, starring Elaine May, Lucas Hedges and Joan Allen.  It is a play whose beginnings trace back to the late 1970s, when the lives of two teenagers, …

Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks is speaking out about the deadly Pittsburgh synagogue shooting after filming a biopic on the iconic Mr. Fred Rogers in the same city. He tweeted a photo of a sign last week that said, “LOVE THY NEIGHBORS, NO EXCEPTIONS,” and said that was “the spirit of …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A record label representative says Tony Joe White, the country bluesman and hit songwriter behind such successes as “Polk Salad Annie” and “Rainy Night in Georgia,” has died. He was 75.  A statement released Thursday from the record label Yep Roc Music Group said White’s family confirmed the …