Saturday, November 29, 2025
With its mix of Jewish immigrants, Black residents of Harlem, and privileged white characters, the Broadway show Ragtime is resonating strongly with audiences in the current political climat…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:06AMWednesday, November 26, 2025
When Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera closed on Broadway in April of 2023, after 35 years, it was the end of an era. But a new immersive version of the show – think of it a…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:02AMTuesday, October 14, 2025
Fans of "La traviata," "Aida," and "Otello" creator Giuseppe Verdi met at his statue in New York City Friday to mark 212 years since his birth.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:36PMSunday, October 12, 2025
Fans of "La traviata," "Aida," and "Otello" creator Giuseppi Verdi met at his statue in New York City Friday to mark 212 years since his birth.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:48PMSaturday, September 20, 2025
"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay," Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, has been adapted for opera. It opens Sunday at the Metropolitan Opera.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:18PMSaturday, August 16, 2025
John DeMarsico is the broadcast director for Mets baseball -- and he shoots games like they're movies.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:24PMSaturday, August 9, 2025
The political landscape has changed significantly since Hamilton premiered in 2015 - how the show is seen has changed as well.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:48AMThursday, July 24, 2025
With his beard, long hair and brown felt fedora, the jazz flugelhorn player and composer cut an unforgettable figure in American culture.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:32PMFriday, July 18, 2025
1960s pop star Connie Francis has died. The first female singer to chart a number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, she sold over 40 million records before the age of 25.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:48AMThursday, July 10, 2025
Richard Greenberg, the Tony Award-winning playwright behind Take Me Out, has died at a nursing home in Manhattan. He was 67.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:54AMTuesday, June 17, 2025
Routinely called a "musician's musician," the pianist had an atypical career that even he called mysterious. He spent it returning to a handful of favorite composers, with acclaimed results.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:18PMMonday, June 9, 2025
NPR gives the rundown of who won big and who was snubbed at the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday night.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:12AMSunday, June 8, 2025
Every year, Jeff Lunden looks at those who do essential work on Broadway but aren't recognized by the Tonys. This year, he spoke with those who have made video a dazzling new Broadway trend.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:54AMSaturday, June 7, 2025
78th Tony Awards preview: What to expect on Broadway's biggest night
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:48PMIn just a few years, Jasmine Amy Rogers has come full circle from a teen actor and singer to a Broadway star nominated for a Tony award.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:32AMTuesday, June 3, 2025
The team behind Sensorium Ex worked for five years to develop sophisticated technology that uses artificial intelligence and vocal sampling to create an expressive voice.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:12PMFriday, May 30, 2025
Two non-verbal actors have been cast in a new opera, opening this week in Omaha. The production has worked for five years to develop technology to give them voice.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:54PMSaturday, May 24, 2025
Two non-verbal actors have been case in a new opera, opening this week in Omaha. The production has worked for five years to develop technology to give them voice.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:32AMFriday, May 16, 2025
Broadway composer Charles Strouse, creator of the hit musicals Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie, died at his home in New York City on Thursday.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:03PMBroadway composer Charles Strouse, creator of the hit musicals "Bye Bye Birdie," "Applause" and "Annie," died at his home in New York City on Thursday.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:03PMThursday, May 15, 2025
The Broadway composer of Annie and Bye Bye Birdie died Thursday at 96.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:32PMSaturday, May 10, 2025
John Adams has been called America's greatest living composer. His adaptation of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" opens at the Metropolitan Opera, in New York, next week.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:42PMThursday, May 1, 2025
While Broadway's box office is approaching pre-pandemic levels, fewer shows are making money, so the showcase of the national Tony broadcast is an invaluable marketing tool.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:42PMTuesday, April 29, 2025
Kitty lovers started a petition to reclassify cats as necessary to tackle rodents at New York City bodegas.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:54AMMonday, April 28, 2025
Two new original musical comedies based on true historical events are the toast of Broadway this spring -- and both feature corpses as a major plot point.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:36AMFriday, April 25, 2025
Many of New York's bodegas (convenience stores) feature popular residents -- cats. They help keep vermin out and invite customers in. They are popular on Instagram, but they are not legal.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:48PMSaturday, April 12, 2025
The award-winning composer and lyricist William Finn died this week. He's best known for "Falsettos" and "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:03AMWednesday, April 2, 2025
Indonesian residents of Queens, N.Y., gather once a month to celebrate the culture and food of their homeland. The emphasis is on the food.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:54AMMonday, March 31, 2025
Three plays with Oscar-winning celebrities are currently leading the Broadway box office.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:18PMSunday, March 16, 2025
Jasmine Amy Rogers is starring in her first Broadway musical. Eight years ago, NPR talked with her when she was still in high school.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:18AMMonday, March 10, 2025
Prolific South African playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, has died at the age of 92.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:32AM 
