Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Adam Abeshouse was diagnosed with bile duct cancer last spring. His star classical music clients, including Joshua Bell, Simone Dinnerstein, Jeremy Denk, and Lara Downes, wanted to say goodb…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:42PMMonday, April 10, 2023
Terence Blanchard's work based on the troubled life of boxing champion Emile Griffith premieres at the Metropolitan Opera.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:42AMSaturday, April 8, 2023
Terence Blanchard made history last season when his opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones was the first work by a Black composer staged by the Metropolitan Opera. And the Met has asked for more.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:03AMWednesday, May 4, 2022
The roster of musicians Carter has worked with ranges from Ornette Coleman to Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack and A Tribe Called Quest.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:42AMThursday, April 21, 2022
Regarded as one of the most important figures in jazz, tributes are planned across the world to honor the legacy of bassist, bandleader and pioneer Charles Mingus.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:03PMThursday, April 14, 2022
Chick Corea loved to collaborate. His former bandmates are honoring his memory with two star-studded concerts.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:03AMMonday, September 27, 2021
Fire Shut Up in My Bones, based on the Charles M. Blow memoir of the same title, is the first work by a Black composer to be staged by the Metropolitan Opera.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:32PMFriday, June 4, 2021
For most artists, 2020 was a year of forced isolation and few opportunities. But Dan Tepfer, a jazz pianist and composer, had a busy year, partly thanks to his technological acumen.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:24PMFriday, December 18, 2020
The late August Wilson's first Broadway hit, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," has been adapted for the screen, starring Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in his final film role.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:06AMSaturday, January 19, 2019
The 1976 movie Network struck a nerve with its darkly comic predictions about celebrity news anchors and the rise of infotainment. Now, a stage adaptaion is one of the hottest tickets on Bro…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:32AMSaturday, October 17, 2015
The great American playwright was born a century ago Saturday. An activist as much as he was a writer, Miller challenged social ills in playscripts — and set a new standard for the citizen…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:34PMMonday, April 13, 2015
In 2006, the Nobel prize-winning author of The Tin Drum admitted that as a teen during World War II, he had served with the Waffen-SS — the combat unit of the Nazi Party's elite military p…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:30AMSunday, March 18, 2012
When Philip Seymour Hoffman took the stage on March 15 in the new revival of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, he became the fifth actor in 63 years to walk the boards of Broadway in the …
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:00PM 
