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 05:08AMThe 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 01:18PMThe 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 12:05PMThe 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 11:12PMThe 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 05:04AMThe 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 11:12PMThe 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 05:11PMSue 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 06:03AMSue 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 08:26AMNew 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 11:03PMNew 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 08:05AMJames 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 09:07AMMusicals 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 09:07AMMusicals 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 02:12PMThe 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 mem…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:00AMTootsie, 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 10:17AMThe 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 …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:54AMTo 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 07:10AMTo 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 07:10AMThe 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 07:49AMArgento 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 04:20PMBelfast-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 07:53AMIn 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 01:36PMIn 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 07:54AMIn a new $35 million musical, the star attraction is 20 feet tall and requires 15 people to operate. He's an engineering marvel — and also basically a giant monkey puppet.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:54PMIn a new $35 million musical, the star attraction is 20 feet tall and requires 15 people to operate. He's an engineering marvel — and also basically a giant monkey puppet.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:12AMThe New York Philharmonic launches its season with a new music director and executive director. The Metropolitan Opera's season starts with a young music director.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:04PMThe Philharmonic launches its season with a new music director and executive director. The Metropolitan Opera's season starts with a young music director.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:32AMThe New York Philharmonic launches its season with a new music director and executive director. The Metropolitan Opera's season starts with a young music director.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:04AMThe Philharmonic launches its season with a new music director and executive director. The Metropolitan Opera's season starts with a young music director.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:04AMActress Marin Mazzie has died of ovarian cancer at age 57. Mazzie had a three-decade career, with her breakout role playing Clara in Stephen Sondheim's Passion in 1994. She was in Ragtime, K…
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