Saturday, April 29, 2017
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel is using a controversial Yiddish play more than a hundred years old as the basis for her first Broadway production.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:57AMA new Broadway production takes audiences through the history of Sholem Asch's 1907 Yiddish play God of Vengeance, about a Jewish brothel owner whose daughter falls in love with a woman.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:57AMMonday, April 24, 2017
"Great parts are meant to be played; they're not meant to be owned," says Laura Linney. So she and Cynthia Nixon have agreed to switch roles for each performance of Lillian Hellman's 1939 me…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:02PM"Great parts are meant to be played; they're not meant to be owned," says Laura Linney. So she and Cynthia Nixon have agreed to switch roles for each performance of Lillian Hellman's 1939 me…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:05PMMonday, April 17, 2017
Composer Tim Minchin brings his musical adaptation of the film, Groundhog Day, to Broadway. It's the story of a cynical weatherman who is forced to relive the same day over and over again.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:12PMComposer Tim Minchin brings his musical adaptation of the film, Groundhog Day, to Broadway. It's the story of a cynical weatherman who is forced to relive the same day over and over again.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:30PMSunday, March 26, 2017
With 18 new shows — half of them musicals — opening this March and April, just before Tony nominations are announced, producers have to take risks to get their shows to stand out.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:26PMTuesday, March 14, 2017
The class-action suit brought against the hit musical doesn't seek damages. The attorneys say the hope is to draw attention to Broadway's spotty record in serving audiences with disabilities.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:54PMThe class-action suit brought against the hit musical doesn't seek damages. The attorneys say the hope is to draw attention to Broadway's spotty record in serving audiences with disabilities.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:28PMSaturday, March 4, 2017
A nonprofit wants you to know that the circus is more than ringmasters and lion tamers — it's also an avant-garde art form.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:18AMA nonprofit wants you to know that the circus is more than ringmasters and lion tamers — it's also an avant-garde art form.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:41AMThursday, February 16, 2017
The musical was inspired by Asad Abdullahi, who, as a child, embarked on a perilous journey through Africa. "It's sort of a Greek epic in its proportions," says director Mark Dornford-May.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:42PMThe musical was inspired by Asad Abdullahi, who, as a child, embarked on a perilous journey through Africa. "It's sort of a Greek epic in its proportions," says director Mark Dornford-May.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:31PMSaturday, February 11, 2017
In New York City, the venerable Hudson Theater reopens this week, after nearly a half-century of being used for other purposes. It's the newest addition to Broadway's 40 stages.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:02AMIn New York City, the venerable Hudson Theater reopens this week, after nearly a half-century of being used for other purposes. It's the newest addition to Broadway's 40 stages.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:36AMWednesday, January 18, 2017
The theater — part of the Yale School of Drama — has given leading playwrights a place to refine their work. August Wilson said it was crucial to his development.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:12PMThe theater — part of the Yale School of Drama — has given leading playwrights a place to refine their work. August Wilson said it was crucial to his development.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:32PMSaturday, January 7, 2017
The Rockettes are as American as apple pie, but some dancers in the famous troupe don't want to perform at Donald Trump's inauguration.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:08AMThursday, January 5, 2017
Beth Morrison is not your typical moneyed arts patron — but over the past decade, she's managed to gather the funding and venue support to produce works by some of today's most innovative …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:17PMSaturday, December 31, 2016
What happens when you put seven cops and seven civilians in a rehearsal room once a week for 10 weeks? The result is a free show called To Protect, Serve, and Understand at the Brooklyn Musi…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:33AMWhat happens when you put seven cops and seven civilians in a rehearsal room once a week for 10 weeks? The result is a free show called To Protect, Serve, and Understand at the Brooklyn Musi…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:38AMSaturday, December 10, 2016
Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon has a fresh take on the classic Christmas tale. The $4 million Joffrey Ballet production premieres Saturday, and doesn't center around a wealthy Victorian …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:36PMChoreographer Christopher Wheeldon has a fresh take on the classic Christmas tale. The $4 million Joffrey Ballet production premieres Saturday, and doesn't center around a wealthy Victorian …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:27AMSaturday, December 3, 2016
Saariaho isn't the first woman composer to stage an opera at New York's Metropolitan Opera — just the first in more than a century. Her opera, L'Amour de Loin, has its New York premiere th…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:39AMThursday, December 1, 2016
Librettist Gene Scheer says the drama of George Bailey's life is "an operatic story." So he, along with composer Jake Heggie, turned It's a Wonderful Life into an opera.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:34PMThursday, November 17, 2016
Decades before he became a beloved children's book author, Theodor Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss) created a series of whimsical sculptures he called "Unorthodox Taxidermy."
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:18PMThursday, October 27, 2016
When Falsettos first premiered in 1981, this frank, funny musical about gay, Jewish life in New York City was covering new territory. Now a revival is in the works, but will it still feel re…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:36PMWhen Falsettos first premiered in 1981, this frank, funny musical about gay, Jewish life in New York City was covering new territory. Now a revival is in the works, but will it still feel re…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:30PMSaturday, October 8, 2016
The theater director's latest production was inspired by the civil war in Syria. It tells the story of Yudishtira, a prince who is overwhelmed by guilt after he wins a bloody war.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:52PMThe theater director's latest production was inspired by the civil war in Syria. It tells the story of Yudishtira, a prince who is overwhelmed by guilt after he wins a bloody war.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:29AMWednesday, October 5, 2016
In 1969, an explorer and photographer named Loren McIntyre was dropped into the Amazon rainforest to try and make contact with a tribe called the Mayoruna. Now his story is headed to Broadwa…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:04PM 
