A British tourist sued the famed illusionist for what he said was a slip and fall and serious brain injury incurred while acting as a volunteer for an on-stage trick in 2013.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz has written a play specifically for the anniversary of the Spanish language theater.
Todd Purdum's new book is about the creative partnership and strained personal relationship behind such hit shows as Carousel, South Pacific and The Sound of Music. Originally broadcast Apri…
Retta, comedian, joins guest host Helen Hong and panelists Adam Felber, Paula Poundstone, and Hari Kondabolu.
Cyndi Lauper, singer, joins us along with panelists Roxanne Roberts, Tom Bodett, and Tara Clancy.
Moreno is being honored by the Ellis Honor Society for her work with immigrant communities. She talks to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her career, her advocacy, and progress in the Latino …
Michael Balogun spent his early years in and out of jail " until he decided to become an actor. Balogun tells NPR's Lakshmi Singh about his extraordinary journey.
Mayim Bialik, actor and neuroscientist, joins us along with panelists Helen Hong, Alonzo Bodden, and Janelle James.
As the comedian awaits sentencing for a conviction for aggravated indecent assault, the prestigious arts institution rescinded its Honors award and Mark Twain humor prize.
Condola Rashad stars in St. Joan on Broadway and tells NPR's Scott Simon that Joan of Arc will always be fascinating as a woman who did what she believed and led thousands of soldiers to vic…
Robbins directed and choreographed many of Broadway's biggest hit musicals, including West Side Story. Now, New York City Ballet, the company he helped co-found, is throwing a festival in hi…
Robbins directed and choreographed many of Broadway's biggest hit musicals, including West Side Story. Now, New York City Ballet, the company he helped co-found, is throwing a festival in hi…
Eowyn Ivey's novel about a Alaskan homesteaders longing for a child " and the magical snow girl who appears to them " has been reimagined as a bluegrass-infused musical.
Broadway's original Aaron Burr sits down to talk about his new book, how it feels to hear ugly things about your career, and what he wants to do now that he couldn't before.
Activities once forbidden " cinema, music, women driving " are now OK. It makes some Saudis nervous. "I talk to younger people, they are happy with it," says a Saudi woman. "But older people…
Bob Mondello says the musical looked " and sounded " much different from anything Broadway had ever seen and helped secure a place for rock music on the Great White Way.
In early 2018, We Have Voice began painstakingly crafting the Code of Conduct via meetings, email and Google Hangout sessions, with members collaborating from the far-flung locations where t…
The new musicals, based on a movie and an animated TV show, earned 12 nominations each. Angels In America, The Band's Visit and Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel each received 11.
Teatro Breve is a popular Puerto Rican sketch comedy group and that has been touring the U.S. mainland with an ironic take on how Puerto Ricans living off the island dealt with Hurricane Mar…
Andrea Bruce took a photography class for fun in the last semester of her undergrad degree in 1995, and since then, she's photographed some of the most challenging and conflict-ridden places…
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel returns to Broadway for the first time in more than two decades. NPR's Scott Simon talks to opera star Renée Fleming, who has two showstoppers in the musi…
Brooks, 91, has made a career of poking fun at topics that normally wouldn't make you laugh. "The comedy writer is like the conscience of the king," Brooks says. "He's got to tell him the tr…
He began his career as a singer/composer/arranger in the 1950s and '60s, working with (among others) Miles Davis and Charlie Parker. "Then, in 1971, with the jazz money running thin, Dorough…
Allan Monga of Portland, Maine recently won the right to compete in the national Poetry Out Loud festival. He was initially barred because he's an asylum seeker and not a U.S. citizen.
The play, co-written by J.K. Rowling, opened on Sunday and picks up where the last novel left off, with Harry sending his son off to Hogwarts.