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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

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 07:36AM
Saturday, December 26, 2015

Song From Broadway Musical 'Hamilton' Celebrates Founding Mothers by Jeff Lunden

As part of NPR's year-end series "One That Got Away", reporter Jeff Lunden tells us about his favorite song from the hit Broadway musical Hamilton. It's not about the founding fathers; it's …

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:09AM
Friday, December 25, 2015

Song From Broadway Musical 'Hamilton' Celebrates Founding Mothers by Jeff Lunden

As part of NPR's year-end series "One That Got Away", reporter Jeff Lunden tells us about his favorite song from the hit Broadway musical Hamilton. It's not about the founding fathers; it's …

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:03PM
Monday, December 7, 2015

Andrew Lloyd Webber Says Music Empowers In 'School Of Rock' by Jeff Lunden

The composer teamed up with Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey, to create the new rock musical adaptation of the 2003 movie.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:27PM

Andrew Lloyd Webber Says Music Empowers In 'School Of Rock' by Jeff Lunden

Lloyd Webber teamed up with Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey, to create the new rock musical adaptation of the 2003 movie.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:38PM
Wednesday, December 2, 2015

'Invisible Thread' Is More Than A Musical About Uganda by Jeff Lunden

Based on co-writer Griffin Matthews' experiences in the country, Invisible Thread explores the connection between an American gay couple and a group of Ugandan orphans.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:16PM
Saturday, November 28, 2015

Nonprofit Roundabout Is A Regional Theater Right On Broadway by Jeff Lunden

For 50 years the Roundabout has survived by presenting revivals of plays and musicals that other theaters won't. Though rates are meager, it still manages to attract major stars for its prod…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:59PM

Nonprofit Roundabout Is A Regional Theater Right On Broadway by Jeff Lunden

For 50 years the Roundabout has survived by presenting revivals of plays and musicals that other theaters won't. Though rates are meager, it still manages to attract major stars for its prod…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:46AM
Wednesday, November 4, 2015

A New Kind Of Tragic Prince In 'King Charles III' by Jeff Lunden

Mike Bartlett's play King Charles III is a Shakespearean meditation on what might happen if Prince Charles became king — and caused a crisis by sticking to his principles rather than what'…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:05AM
Tuesday, November 3, 2015

A New Kind Of Tragic Prince In 'King Charles III' by Jeff Lunden

Mike Bartlett's play King Charles III is a Shakespearean meditation on what might happen if Prince Charles became king — and caused a crisis by sticking to his principles rather than what'…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:47PM
Sunday, November 1, 2015

Annaleigh Ashford Barks Up The Right Tree On Broadway by Jeff Lunden

The Masters of Sex actress is no stranger to Broadway; in fact, she's already won a Tony. Now she's in her first starring role, in Sylvia — and prepping by watching her pet, because she pl…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:57PM
Thursday, October 15, 2015

Farewell To Blackfaced Otellos At The Met by Jeff Lunden

In its season opening production, New York's Metropolitan Opera abandons the tradition of darkening the skin of tenors portraying the title role in Verdi's Otello.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:32PM
Thursday, August 27, 2015

New Play On Incarceration Has The Fingerprints Of Real-Life Prisoners by Jeff Lunden

Whorl Inside A Loop, a new play opening in New York, looks at six inmates in a medium security prison and the actress who agrees to teach them how to tell their stories — as she steals tho…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:16PM
Friday, August 7, 2015

A Hip-Hop Soundtrack For A Musical About Alexander Hamilton? Sure, Why Not? by Jeff Lunden

The new musical about the U.S.'s Founding Fathers — set to a mostly hip-hop score — that everyone's been talking about for months and months finally opens officially on Broadway Thursday…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:51PM
Thursday, August 6, 2015

Now On Broadway: The Hip-Hop Tale Of A 'Bastard' Who Became A Founding Father by Jeff Lunden

Hamilton, the hotly anticipated musical about America's founding fathers — which is set to a mostly hip-hop score — is opening Thursday night on Broadway.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:11PM
Saturday, July 11, 2015

'Who Does That?!' Broadway Stars React To Badly Behaved Audiences by Jeff Lunden

The Internet erupted this week in protest over the outrageous behavior of New York theater audiences and their mobile devices. Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone is taking matters into her own h…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:15PM

'Who Does That?!' Broadway Stars React To Badly Behaved Audiences by Jeff Lunden

The Internet erupted this week in protest over the outrageous behavior of New York theater audiences and their mobile devices. Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone is taking matters into her own h…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:36AM
Tuesday, July 7, 2015

The Mornin' Ain't So Beautiful For This Dark 'Oklahoma!' Production by Jeff Lunden

In upstate New York, an experimental staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic sets a key scene in total darkness and adds coldblooded murder to the plot.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:47PM
Monday, July 6, 2015

The Mornin' Ain't So Beautiful For This Dark 'Oklahoma!' Production by Jeff Lunden

In upstate New York, an experimental staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic sets a key scene in total darkness and adds coldblooded murder to the plot.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:13PM
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Unearthed In A Library, 'Voodoo' Opera Rises Again by Jeff Lunden

The Harlem Renaissance opera Voodoo has not been performed since 1928. A Columbia University researcher rediscovered the score, and now the Harlem Opera Theater hosts two performances.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:15PM

Unearthed In A Library, 'Voodoo' Opera Rises Again by Jeff Lunden

The Harlem Renaissance opera Voodoo has not been performed since 1928. A Columbia University researcher rediscovered the score, and now the Harlem Opera Theater hosts two performances.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:54PM
Monday, June 8, 2015

'Fun Home,' 'Curious Incident' Take Home Top Tony Honors by Jeff Lunden

The Fun Home won best musical, best book and best original score — to name just a few of the honors. The award for best play went to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:29AM
Sunday, June 7, 2015

First-Time Tony Award Nominees Enjoy New Fame, But Keep Day Jobs by Jeff Lunden

This year, several writers are up for Tony awards for the first time. But while the experience may be a time to celebrate, they're sticking to their day jobs and already eyeing the next proj…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:34PM

First-Time Tony Award Nominees Enjoy New Fame, But Keep Day Jobs by Jeff Lunden

This year, several writers are up for Tony awards for the first time. But while the experience may be a time to celebrate, they're sticking to their day jobs and already eyeing the next proj…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:34PM
Monday, May 25, 2015

'Spider-Man' Musical Will Need to Make $1 Million a Week to Break Even by Jeff Lunden

Troubled $65 million musical will need sellout runs of two to three years just to break even.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:58PM

Angry Reaction as Theater Critics Cross the Line on 'Spider-Man' by Jeff Lunden

Bloomberg News and Newsday reviewers file reports long before the February opening, breaking longstanding agreement.

SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PM

Angry Reaction as Theater Critics Cross the Line on 'Spider-Man' by Jeff Lunden

Bloomberg News and Newsday reviewers file reports long before the February opening, breaking longstanding agreement.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:58PM
Monday, May 11, 2015

Athol Fugard Breaks Fences Around 'The Painted Rocks At Revolver Creek' by Jeff Lunden

The 82-year-old playwright says he thought he was done writing about South Africa after apartheid ended — but there were more stories in him, like this tale of a farmer who paints his life…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:42PM
Saturday, May 2, 2015

Getting To Know The Real Story Was Key To Broadway's 'King And I' Revival by Jeff Lunden

The musical's heroine was inspired by an English-Indian governess who really did travel to the king of Siam's court. The revival, directed by Bartlett Sher, has received nine Tony nomination…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:57AM

Getting To Know The Real Story Was Key To Broadway's 'King And I' Revival by Jeff Lunden

The musical's heroine was inspired by an English-Indian governess who really did travel to the king of Siam's court. The revival, directed by Bartlett Sher, has received nine Tony nomination…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:57AM

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