Theater District News

A plainclothes police officer chased an alleged scam artist through sidewalks crowded with holiday shoppers and tourists yesterday in the heart of Times Square, killing the suspect near a landmark Broadway hotel after a gunfight that shattered box office and gift shop windows, police said.

Photo of Theater District tagged "Bostonist" by Antydiluvian . Boston's worst live music venue, the Wilbur Theatre, on the left.

Storefront changes are planned for two corners of the Massachusetts Transportation Building.

Business Wire November 2, 2009 Monday 3:00 PM GMT 1254 words W Hotels Worldwide Opens Its Ninth Hotel in 2009 with the Unveiling of W Boston BOSTON W Hotels Worldwide, the hotel category buster and industry innovator, today unveils its latest insider escape with the opening of W Boston and The Residences at W Boston , the W brand's 35thhotel ...

The two mayoral candidates appear on WBUR's Radio Boston . Before that, Mayor Menino attends the ribbon-cutting for W Hotels and Residences.

The Paramount hotel, one of midtown Manhattan's most fashionable boutique properties, reports that its recent no-cost Business Center software upgrade from TTI Technologies International is a big hit with guests and hotel staff.

The big news is that it's the inaugural season for two artistic directors, Diane Paulus at the American Repertory Theatre and Kate Warner at the New Repertory Theatre.

English says he's in final lease negotiations to take over the former Dominic's Restaurant on Tremont Street, next to the W Boston Hotel & Residences slated to open in October.

With the new W Hotel and Residences heading toward completion, the Theater District is showing signs of life.

With "Jersey Boys'' and other productions, the city's theater scene is thriving again.

With "Jersey Boys'' and other productions, the city's theater scene is thriving again.

By Natalie Ornell The upscale W Hotel, which will open on October 22nd on 100 Stuart Street, may positively impact Chinatown.

"Mayor Menino doesn't want holes in the ground," said Evelyn Friedman, director of the Department of Neighborhood Development.