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Monday, January 19, 2015

A Rare Bird: After 120 Years, Audiences Still Flock To 'Swan Lake' by Elizabeth Blair

Despite being long, convoluted and sometimes sleep-inducing, Swan Lake is a reliable ticket-seller for dance companies. The version most often performed today premiered in Russia in 1895.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:09PM
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

At 83, Dancer Carmen De Lavallade Looks Back At A Life Spent Onstage by Elizabeth Blair

De Lavallade's husband of 59 years, dancer Geoffrey Holder, died on Oct. 5. "He was my biggest fan and I was the same way with him," she says. De Lavallade's one-woman show is called As I Re…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:38PM
Thursday, October 9, 2014

Play, Ball: A Theatrical Look At The 'Beauty And Brutality' Of Football by Elizabeth Blair

In the new play Colossal, a former football player, paralyzed after taking a bad hit during a game, reflects on his glory days and his struggles as a gay man in the macho culture of football.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:14PM
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Tony Award Winner Geoffrey Holder Dies At 84 by Elizabeth Blair

A legend of the dance world has died. The multi-talented Geoffrey Holder was also an actor and a visual artist. He died Sunday of complications from pneumonia. He was 84.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:36AM
Saturday, March 24, 2012

Basil Twist: A Genius, With Many A String Attached by Elizabeth Blair

Basil Twist has been called a genius. The art he's a genius at? Puppetry — which he knows can be a hard sell. "It's not of this time," he says. "It's not of the world we live in now." But …

SOURCE: WNYC at 08:00AM
Friday, March 16, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Oprah And 'Glee' Say Goodbye With Something 'Wicked' by Elizabeth Blair

This is a big week for goodbyes on TV. And to mark the occasion, two major broadcast events will be using the same song. Tomorrow both Oprah and the season finale of Glee will feature the so…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:04PM

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