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Wednesday, October 5, 2016

'The Encounter' Brings The Sound Of The Amazon To Broadway by Jeff Lunden

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

'The Encounter' Brings The Sound Of The Amazon To Broadway by Jeff Lunden

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 04:37PM
Sunday, October 2, 2016

Prolific Conductor Neville Marriner Has Died by Jeff Lunden

Neville Marriner died overnight at age 92. The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conductor was famous for his score to the Academy Award-winning film Amadeus.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:07PM
Saturday, September 24, 2016

'It's Familiar To All The Women In My Family:' Adapting Von Trier For The Opera by Jeff Lunden

Composer Missy Mazzoli wouldn't call Lars von Trier's film Breaking the Waves, a feminist project. But its portrayal of a woman's experience was part of what drew her to help reimagine it on…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:47AM
Saturday, September 17, 2016

Playwright Edward Albee, Who Changed And Challenged Audiences, Dies At 88 by Jeff Lunden

"All art should be useful," Albee said. "If it's merely decorative, it's a waste of time." The Pulitzer-winning playwright of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? died Friday following a short il…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:43AM
Friday, September 16, 2016

Playwright Edward Albee, Who Changed And Challenged Audiences, Dies At 88 by Jeff Lunden

"All art should be useful," Albee said. "If it's merely decorative, it's a waste of time." The Pulitzer-winning playwright of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? died Friday following a short il…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:19PM
Sunday, August 14, 2016

On The Steps Of Lincoln Center, A Choir The Size Of An Army by Jeff Lunden

One thousand singers gathered Saturday to perform a new work by Pulitzer winner David Lang. Reporter Jeff Lunden was one of them.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:13PM
Friday, August 12, 2016

If At First (Or Fourth) You Don't Succeed, Join The Tanglewood Stage Crew by Jeff Lunden

Percussionist Miles Salerni repeatedly auditioned to be a Fellow at the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home, but was rejected. So he found another way in.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:09AM
Sunday, August 7, 2016

'OSLO' Tells The Surprising Story Behind A Historic Handshake by Jeff Lunden

A new play chronicles the secret negotiations that brokered the 1993 Palestinian-Israeli peace accord. It's a thriller, says playwright J.T. Rogers: "The ticking clock is the dramatist's fri…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:56PM
Saturday, August 6, 2016

'OSLO' Tells The Surprising Story Behind A Historic Handshake by Jeff Lunden

A new play chronicles the secret negotiations that brokered the 1993 Palestinian-Israeli peace accord. It's a thriller, says playwright J.T. Rogers: "The ticking clock is the dramatist's fri…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:51AM
Friday, July 29, 2016

Rachel Chavkin Loves Chaos, And With 3 Shows In The Works, It Shows by Jeff Lunden

The avant garde director has two shows running off-Broadway and a musical opening in October. Though she's working on several different projects, she says there's always "a conversation" bet…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:19PM
Monday, July 25, 2016

'Ghost' Soprano Marni Nixon, Who Voiced Blockbuster Musicals, Dies At 86 by Jeff Lunden

You might not know Marni Nixon's name, but you've probably heard her. Nixon dubbed the voices for Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, Natalie Wood in West Side Story and Deborah Kerr in The King…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:25PM
Monday, June 13, 2016

Hamilton Wins 11 Tonys Out Of Its 16 Nominations by Jeff Lunden

Tony Awards host James Corden and the night's biggest winners paid an emotional tribute to the 50 lives lost in a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday morning.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:05AM

Hamilton Wins 11 Tonys Out Of Its 16 Nominations by Jeff Lunden

Tony Awards host James Corden and the night's biggest winners paid an emotional tribute to the 50 lives lost in a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday morning.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:09AM
Sunday, June 12, 2016

May I Help You Find Your Seat? We Sat Down With Broadway's Longtime Ushers by Jeff Lunden

Winners for the 70th Annual Tony Awards are announced Sunday night. Every year, NPR's Jeff Lunden talks to some of the hardworking people in the theater biz who aren't eligible for Tony nomi…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:43AM

May I Help You Find Your Seat? We Sat Down With Broadway's Longtime Ushers by Jeff Lunden

Winners for the 70th Annual Tony Awards are announced Sunday night. Every year, NPR's Jeff Lunden talks to some of the hardworking people in the theater biz who aren't eligible for Tony nomi…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:48AM
Friday, May 20, 2016

After Factory Layoffs, The 'Skeleton Crew' Is Left Behind by Jeff Lunden

Born and raised in Detroit, Dominique Morisseau has written three plays about her hometown. Her latest explores the lives of auto workers struggling to keep their jobs during the 2008 econom…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:03PM
Saturday, April 23, 2016

Shakespeare Saw '360 Degrees Of Humanity,' And That's Why He Endures by Jeff Lunden

From actor David Tennant to artistic director Gregory Doran, Royal Shakespeare Company thespians reflect on the Bard's legacy. Shakespeare is said to have died 400 years ago on April 23.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:37PM

Shakespeare Saw '360 Degrees Of Humanity,' And That's Why He Endures by Jeff Lunden

From actor David Tennant to artistic director Gregory Doran, Royal Shakespeare Company thespians reflect on the Bard's legacy. Shakespeare is said to have died 400 years ago on April 23.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:26PM
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Can Pop Musicals Bring New Audiences To Broadway? by Jeff Lunden

It's not just Hamilton: Some of the season's biggest shows feature original pop scores, including two written by real-life pop stars Sara Bareilles and Duncan Sheik.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:29PM
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Opera And Jazz Mingle In 'Charlie Parker's Yardbird' by Jeff Lunden

The show explores the life of the jazz saxophonist, with Lawrence Brownlee in the title role. It opens this weekend at the Apollo Theater in New York — a stage where Parker played.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:10PM
Sunday, March 13, 2016

'Zimerican' Playwright Danai Gurira Brings African Stories To American Stages by Jeff Lunden

You may know Gurira as Michonne, the samurai sword-wielding zombie slayer on The Walking Dead. But she's also an award-winning playwright and this week, two of her works are opening in New Y…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:36PM
Saturday, March 12, 2016

'Zimerican' Playwright Danai Gurira Brings African Stories To American Stages by Jeff Lunden

You may know Gurira as Michonne, the samurai sword-wielding zombie slayer on The Walking Dead. But she's also an award-winning playwright and this week, two of her works are opening in New Y…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:27PM
Thursday, February 18, 2016

Family Drama Meets Existential Horror In 'The Humans' by Jeff Lunden

On its surface, the play sounds pretty ordinary: A young woman and her boyfriend have her family over for Thanksgiving dinner. Then things start to get weird.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:38PM

Family Drama Meets Existential Horror In 'The Humans' by Jeff Lunden

On its surface, the play sounds pretty ordinary: A young woman and her boyfriend have her family over for Thanksgiving dinner. Then things start to get weird.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:02PM
Thursday, February 11, 2016

A New 'Cabin In The Sky' Offers Universal Stories — And A Problematic Past by Jeff Lunden

Best remembered as a 1943 film starring Ethel Waters, the musical is being resurrected as a concert series, which aims to both honor the story and reckon with its racist roots.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:37AM
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Young Theater Fans Find Their Tribe At The First Ever BroadwayCon by Jeff Lunden

For one 14-year-old fan, BroadwayCon was a chance to meet people who understand her theater obsession. "We can share what we love," she says.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:13PM

Young Theater Fans Find Their Tribe At The First Ever BroadwayCon by Jeff Lunden

For one 14-year-old fan, BroadwayCon was a chance to meet people who understand her theater obsession. "We can share what we love," she says.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:36PM
Saturday, January 16, 2016

'Glory Of The World' Is More Wacky Birthday Party Than Traditional Play by Jeff Lunden

The play celebrates Catholic monk Thomas Merton's 100th birthday. But it isn't really about Merton — it's about human complexity, and at times the action resembles the film Animal House.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:13PM

'Glory Of The World' Is More Wacky Birthday Party Than Traditional Play by Jeff Lunden

The play celebrates Catholic monk Thomas Merton's 100th birthday. But it isn't really about Merton — it's about human complexity, and at times the action resembles the film Animal House.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:48AM
Sunday, January 10, 2016

Why Do Theater? Every Year, International Festival Looks For Answers by Jeff Lunden

Organizers of Under the Radar regularly search the globe for cutting-edge theater that is urgent and relevant. This year's festival features works from Rwanda, the U.S. and Japan.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:33AM

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