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This week, Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper join Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Zach Zimmerman, and Faith SalieLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Priva…
Ben Stiller talks about his new Apple TV+ documentary about his actor/comedian parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. In the '60s and '70s, they were famous as the comedy duo, Stiller and Mea…
After the deaths of his parents, comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, Ben found a stash of their audio recordings. Those tapes are at the center of a new documentary, 'Stiller & Meara…
Erivo speaks with Tonya Mosley about the parallels between her life and the experience of her 'Wicked' character, Elphaba. She also talks about singing as a child, using perfume to get into …
Ethan Hawke stars in the new movie 'Blue Moon,' about lyricist Lorenz Hart, half of the Broadway duo Rodgers and Hart. It's his ninth collaboration with director Richard Linklater. He's also…
This week, Tiffany Haddish joins panelists Brian Babylon, Paula Poundstone, and Roxanne RobertsLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
"Every now and then you bump up against a part that presses you to the wall of your ability," Hawke says of playing lyricist Lorenz Hart in 'Blue Moon.' Hawke spoke with Terry Gross about co…
This week: A Broadway star tells us how he finished the New York Marathon and then performed in two shows back to back, a wife seeks advice on how best to shave her hairy companion, plus, ar…
The Oscar-winning actor/director has a new play, "Topsy Turvy," about a chorus that loses its ability to sing together after COVID isolation."Things that I had held sacred or had held as tru…
"Things that I had held sacred or had held as truths were challenged," Robbins says of the pandemic. His new play is about a chorus that loses its ability to sing together after COVID isolat…
This week, we're live in Orange County with Roy Choi and panelists Tom Papa, Negin Farsad, and Karen CheeLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Pol…
Before he was directing box office hits or launching the careers of comedy superstars, Judd Apatow was a kid writing fan letters to his heroes, collecting autographs, and obsessively documen…
50 years ago next week, Patti Smith released her debut album, 'Horses,' ushering in a new era of rock and roll. We're listening back to portions of our interviews with Smith, from 1996 and 2…
Copeland says her final performance with American Ballet Theatre was a thank you to the communities that had supported her. "What I represented is something far bigger than me," she says.
Copeland says her final performance with American Ballet Theatre was a thank you to the communities that had supported her. "What I represented is something far bigger than me," she says. Sh…
Each year, many more Americans see live theater in local schools than on Broadway. So when a show has a short run in New York? It's not over.
This week, Julia Fox joins panelists Alonzo Bodden, Adam Burke, and Josh GondelmanLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
DaCosta directed the box office hit horror movie Candyman and The Marvels. Her latest, Hedda, is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1891 play, Hedda Gabler. She reimagines the main character as…
This week: Filmmaker Alice Wu shares a clever trick to help you finally finish that thing you've been working on, why teenagers are taking over the comments sections of old podcast episodes,…
Long before Judd Apatow was directing box office hits or launching the careers of comedy superstars, he was a fan. As a kid he wrote letters to his heroes, collected autographs, and obsessiv…
The filmmaker's new memoir, 'The Uncool,' is about his teen years in the '70s as a rock journalist for 'Rolling Stone.' His unconventional story was dramatized in the 2000 movie 'Almost Famo…
This week, bagpipe superstar Ally the Piper joins panelists Hari Kondabolu, Faith Salie, and Alex EdelmanLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Pol…
Misty Copeland was the first Black principal dancer at the prestigious American Ballet Theatre.
Misty Copeland took one last spin on her pointe shoes Wednesday, as she retired after a trailblazing career in which she became an ambassador for diversity in an overwhelmingly white art for…
Burns' new six-part PBS documentary series includes the perspectives of women, Native Americans and enslaved and free Black people " all of whom were initially excluded from the declaration …
