Monday, December 7, 2015
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 06:38PMWednesday, December 2, 2015
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 09:16PMSaturday, November 28, 2015
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 03:59PMFor 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 11:46AMWednesday, November 4, 2015
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 06:05AMTuesday, November 3, 2015
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 07:47PMSunday, November 1, 2015
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 12:57PMThursday, October 15, 2015
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 03:32PMThursday, August 27, 2015
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 09:16PMFriday, August 7, 2015
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 02:51PMThursday, August 6, 2015
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 07:11PMSaturday, July 11, 2015
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 10:15PMThe 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 09:36AMTuesday, July 7, 2015
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 01:47PMMonday, July 6, 2015
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 08:13PMWednesday, June 24, 2015
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 09:15PMThe 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 08:54PMMonday, June 8, 2015
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 07:29AMSunday, June 7, 2015
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 07:34PMThis 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 01:34PMMonday, May 25, 2015
Troubled $65 million musical will need sellout runs of two to three years just to break even.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:58PMBloomberg News and Newsday reviewers file reports long before the February opening, breaking longstanding agreement.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMBloomberg News and Newsday reviewers file reports long before the February opening, breaking longstanding agreement.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:58PMMonday, May 11, 2015
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 04:42PMSaturday, May 2, 2015
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 07:57AMThe 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 07:57AMTuesday, April 7, 2015
"Our paths haven't crossed — we've beaten a path towards each other," says playwright David Hare. "Bill is my favorite leading man." Nighy is now starring in a revival of Hare's Skylight o…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:21PM"Our paths haven't crossed — we've beaten a path towards each other," says playwright David Hare. "Bill is my favorite leading man." Nighy is now starring in a revival of Hare's Skylight o…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:21PMSunday, March 8, 2015
Playwright Peter Morgan eavesdrops on more than 60 years of private conversations between Queen Elizabeth II, played by Mirren, and her prime ministers in The Audience.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:05AMMonday, February 16, 2015
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has written a trilogy of provocative and fantastical explorations of race. His latest, based on a 1859 melodrama, pokes fun at conventions while raising difficult ques…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:00PMBranden Jacobs-Jenkins has written a trilogy of provocative and fantastical explorations of race. His latest, based on a 1859 melodrama, pokes fun at conventions while raising difficult ques…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:00PM 
