Monday, August 26, 2013
Patina Miller first got noticed on the theater scene in 2009 as the star of Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy. She earned rave reviews for playing the accidental nun who led a choir to sta…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:57PMWednesday, November 21, 2012
In honor of The Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary, All Things Considered has been talking to the members of the band about standout songs from their catalog. Earlier this week, Keith Richards…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:23PMSaturday, March 24, 2012
"To be or not to be" may be the question, but there's another question that's been nagging Shakespeare scholars for a long time: What did Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio, Portia …
SOURCE: WNYC at 08:00AMFriday, March 9, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
On stage, Teller, half of the magician team of Penn & Teller, rarely says a word. But now he's talking, explaining how magicians harness scientific research on deception to trick audie…
SOURCE: WNYC at 01:00PMSunday, February 5, 2012
Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule is probably best known for her 1995 hit single, "I Kissed a Girl." These days, she's taking on a new musical project: the gender-bending play by Isaac Bashevis …
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:00PMSaturday, January 28, 2012
NBC's new drama, Smash, plumbs the drama behind the curtain. The series is the story of a Broadway musical — from the first idea, to auditions, rehearsals and the big premiere.
Theresa Reb…
SOURCE: WNYC at 08:00AMSunday, January 22, 2012
For his directorial debut, actor Ralph Fiennes brings William Shakespeare's work to the big screen with a modern adaptation of Coriolanus. Fiennes also stars as the eponymous Roman general, …
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:00PMSunday, January 1, 2012
The new Broadway production of the musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever has been billed as a "reincarnation" rather than a revival. The premise is the same as before: A psychiatrist, M…
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:00PMMonday, December 5, 2011
John Lithgow was born into a theater family, but he never intended to become an actor; he wanted to paint. But ever since he first took the stage as a toddler, he was a hit — and he's gon…
SOURCE: WNYC at 01:00PMTuesday, November 29, 2011
Actor Alan Rickman has played a loving husband, a terrorist leader, a stern professor of the dark arts and even a caterpillar; from Sense and Sensibility to Die Hard to Harry Potter, his tal…
SOURCE: WNYC at 01:00PMMonday, November 21, 2011
Magazines, documentaries and art are usually meant to be preserved to live on in time. But a group in San Francisco has decided that art, if ephemeral, may be appreciated in a different wa…
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:00PMWednesday, November 2, 2011
Michael Kahn's theater passion sparked at a young age, and it has taken him to the highest ranks of classical theater. He's the former head of the drama division at New York's famed Juilliar…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00PMFriday, October 28, 2011
"What if" — two words that ignite the plot of Roland Emmerich's new movie Anonymous, which conjures up an Elizabethan England rife with dark motivations, political maneuverings and bold co…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:00AM 
