Friday, November 15, 2019
In addition to the usual assortment of death-defying acts, The Savitsky Cats " a Ukrainian mother-and-daughter team and their nine trained fluffballs " are now performing for New York crowds.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 8, 2019
The iconic British director has a new work on stage in New York; Why? asks exactly that question about the purpose of theater in society. Brook says he'll carry on as long as he can find the…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:18AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 6, 2019
The iconic British director has a new work on stage in New York; Why? asks exactly that question about the purpose of theater in society. Brook says he'll carry on as long as he can find the…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:59AM[SHARE]Monday, September 30, 2019
Sometimes life imitates art. In a production of Fiddler on the Roof, which contains a meddling matchmaker trying to get couples together, the two real-life leads have fallen in love.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:33AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 29, 2019
Sometimes life imitates art. In a production of Fiddler on the Roof, which contains a meddling matchmaker trying to get couples together, the two real-life leads have fallen in love.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:43PM[SHARE]Friday, September 20, 2019
Betty Corwin, creator of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, has died at 98. Her project preserves theatrical performances for theater professionals, scholars and New York library card hol…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:14PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 29, 2019
With such proximity to world-class professional tennis, many ballpersons return to the tournament in New York year after year. But they have to pass tryouts first.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:08PM[SHARE]Friday, August 9, 2019
Broadway attendance is up " yet the $35 million production of King Kong is among the five shows cutting bait in the next two weekends, as musical theater undergoes a market correction.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:06PM[SHARE]Broadway attendance is up " yet the $35 million production of King Kong is among the five shows cutting bait in the next two weekends, as musical theater undergoes a market correction.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:08AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 1, 2019
The winner of an unprecedented 21 Tony Awards, Prince left a major impact on American musical theater. Among his shows: Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof and The Phantom of the Opera. He was 91.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:18PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 31, 2019
The winner of an unprecedented 21 Tony Awards, Prince left a major impact on American musical theater. Among his shows: Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof and The Phantom of the Opera. He was 91.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:05PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 25, 2019
The new Broadway show Moulin Rouge! has more than 70 songs. It is a big, bombastic, jukebox musical about a time and place before jukeboxes.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:12PM[SHARE]The new Broadway show Moulin Rouge! has more than 70 songs. It is a big, bombastic, jukebox musical about a time and place before jukeboxes.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:04AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 21, 2019
The new opera by Tazewell Thompson and Jeanine Tesori tells the story of a couple in Harlem who are forced to confront their teenage son's sudden death by police violence.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:12PM[SHARE]The new opera by Tazewell Thompson and Jeanine Tesori tells the story of a couple in Harlem who are forced to confront their teenage son's sudden death by police violence.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:11PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 14, 2019
Sue Monk Kidd's bestselling novel tells the story of a white girl taken in by a family of black beekeepers. The premise posed a welcome challenge for black Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn N…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:03AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 13, 2019
Sue Monk Kidd's bestselling novel tells the story of a white girl taken in by a family of black beekeepers. The premise posed a welcome challenge for black Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn N…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:26AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 22, 2019
New York City Opera has commissioned Stonewall, a new opera premiering one week before the 50th anniversary of the riots that sparked the modern gay-rights movement.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:03PM[SHARE]New York City Opera has commissioned Stonewall, a new opera premiering one week before the 50th anniversary of the riots that sparked the modern gay-rights movement.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:05AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 12, 2019
James Corden hosted the Tony Awards Sunday night in New York. Hadestown won 8 Tony Awards " including best musical. It's written, produced and directed by women.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:07AM[SHARE]Musicals get Tony Awards. Scores get Tony Awards. Orchestrators get Tony Awards. But this year, a number of Broadway musicians are stepping out of the pit and onto the stage.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:07AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 9, 2019
Musicals get Tony Awards. Scores get Tony Awards. Orchestrators get Tony Awards. But this year, a number of Broadway musicians are stepping out of the pit and onto the stage.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:12PM[SHARE]Friday, May 31, 2019
The American Federation of Musicians' fund will reduce benefits for an estimated 20,000 of its 80,000 members due to stresses caused by the 2008 financial crisis " and a steadily aging membe…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Tootsie, Beetlejuice and The Prom round up the Tony category for best musical, while The Ferryman, Gary, Ink, Choir Boy and What the Constitution Means to Me are all up for best play.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:17AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 28, 2019
The play chronicles Rupert Murdoch's attempts to upend the insular world of British newspaper publishing " how he bought a struggling paper called The Sun and turned it into a widely read ta…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:54AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 20, 2019
To celebrate the centennial of the modern-dance pioneer's birth, dancers at theaters in London, New York and Los Angeles performed a total of 100 solos that the master choreographed.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:10AM[SHARE]To celebrate the centennial of the modern-dance pioneer's birth, dancers at theaters in London, New York and Los Angeles performed a total of 100 solos that the master choreographed.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:10AM[SHARE]Saturday, March 30, 2019
The play is a personal memoir and a civics town hall. It recreates the debate contests Heidi Schreck attended in high school and explores how the Constitution hasn't protected all Americans …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:49AM[SHARE]Friday, February 22, 2019
Argento began his career in earnest in the '60s, before rising to international prominence in the '70s for works that often mined the written word for inspiration.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:20PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 27, 2019
Belfast-born Oliver Jeffers paints, writes and illustrates children's books. He recently premiered a new art installation on the High Line in New York City called "The Moon, The Earth and Us…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:53AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 8, 2018
In the latest Broadway play by Jez Butterworth, the body of a man who was violently "disappeared" 10 years ago has been found in a bog. It augurs bad things for the dead man's family.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:36PM[SHARE] 
