Stephen Nakagawa, a former Washington Ballet dancer, will be the new director of dance programming. The announcement comes five days after the Kennedy Center's previous chief was dismissed.
This week, our summer break continues with visits from our coolest guests, including Sterling K. Brown, Nathan Lane, Brian Tyree Henry, and Vanessa Bayer!Learn more about sponsor message cho…
We remember British actor Terence Stamp, who died last week at age 87. He starred in the film The Limey, as an ex-con out for revenge, and in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the …
This is the latest shakeup since Trump took over the cultural center. "We will have an exciting announcement about the new direction for Dance programming soon," said a Kennedy Center spokes…
The Emmy-nominated Saturday Night Live cast member talks with Terry Gross about his favorite pop culture in the aughts, his SNL audition, and his recent trip to China. Learn m…
John DeMarsico is the broadcast director for Mets baseball -- and he shoots games like they're movies.
This week, we desperately cling to the end of summer with some of our favorite guests, including Lewis Black, Mo Wagner, Rose Matafeo, and some never-before-heard segements with Atlas Obscu…
Writer Thomas Mallon looks back on the early years of the AIDS epidemic, when he was in his 30s, living in Manhattan. His friends were sick or dead, and he was terrified that he'd die, to…
Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. A Shakespeare festival in St. Louis has found a way to make kid friendly as well with the help of a famous puppet designer.
Chilean-born actor Pedro Pascal has faced countless on-screen challenges, including cosmic battles and cartel kingpins. He's nominated for an Emmy for his role on the HBO series, The Last…
Trump announced the Kennedy Center Honorees on Wednesday. They are Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, Kiss, George Strait and Michael Crawford.
Crockett grew up poor and got his start in music busking for tips on the street and in the subway. He's since played the Hollywood Bowl and been nominated for a Grammy. The country/roots mus…
President Trump says that the announcement of this year's Kennedy Center honorees will come Wednesday.
Hiller spent years scraping by in Hollywood by taking on various small roles and commercials. Then he landed the role of Joel on HBO's Somebody Somewhere and everything changed. His ne…
Daniel Dae Kim became the first actor of Asian descent to be nominated for a Tony, for his performance in Yellow Face, in the role of a playwright trying to deal with Asian American represen…
The political landscape has changed significantly since Hamilton premiered in 2015 - how the show is seen has changed as well.
This week, special guest Pedro Pascal joins panelists Brian Babylon, Negin Farsad, and Roy Blount Jr. and guest host Tom Papa!Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adc…
We remember Eddie Palmieri, the pianist, bandleader and composer whose contributions to Afro-Caribbean music shaped the genre for decades. He died Wednesday at the age of 88. Also, Parliamen…
For the 10th anniversary of the debut of "Hamilton: An American Musical" on Broadway, NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Lin-Manuel Miranda about the origin and legacy of the show.
Silverman's father and stepmother are buried under one tombstone that reads: "Janice and Donald, who loved to laugh." The loss was a starting point for Silverman's "cathartic" Netflix comedy…
This week, special guest Heather Gay joins panelists Shantira Jackson, Shane O'Neill, and Luke Burbank in Salt Lake CityLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Emmy-winning Law & Order: SVU actor Mariska Hargitay talks about her new documentary, My Mom Jayne, an intimate portrait of her mother, the late Hollywood star Jayne Mansfield. Mansfield…
As he winds down his podcast, WTF, after 16 years, Marc Maron reflects on what he'll miss: "These conversations are very real conversations for me ... and that is kind of nourishing for the …
The Law & Order: SVU actor was just 3 years old in 1967 when her movie star mom, Jayne Mansfield, died in a car crash. Hargitay's new documentary highlights the intelligent woman behind …
Actor and singer Leslie Uggams talks about her remarkable career, which started when she was 6. She was later the first Black woman to host a TV variety show. In the 1977 TV miniseries Roots…