All stories by Jeff Lunden on BroadwayStars

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Struggle To Find Their Way by Jeff Lunden

The New York Philharmonic launches its season with a new music director and executive director. The Metropolitan Opera's season starts with a young music director.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:04PM
Monday, September 24, 2018

New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Struggle To Find Their Way by Jeff Lunden

The Philharmonic launches its season with a new music director and executive director. The Metropolitan Opera's season starts with a young music director.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:32AM

New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Struggle To Find Their Way by Jeff Lunden

The New York Philharmonic launches its season with a new music director and executive director. The Metropolitan Opera's season starts with a young music director.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:04AM

New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Struggle To Find Their Way by Jeff Lunden

The Philharmonic launches its season with a new music director and executive director. The Metropolitan Opera's season starts with a young music director.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:04AM
Friday, September 14, 2018

Remembering Broadway Star Marin Mazzie by Jeff Lunden

Actress Marin Mazzie has died of ovarian cancer at age 57. Mazzie had a three-decade career, with her breakout role playing Clara in Stephen Sondheim's Passion in 1994. She was in Ragtime, K…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:04PM

Remembering Broadway Star Marin Mazzie by Jeff Lunden

Actress Marin Mazzie has died of ovarian cancer at age 57. Mazzie had a three-decade career, with her breakout role playing Clara in Stephen Sondheim's Passion in 1994. She was in Ragtime, K…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:54PM
Sunday, September 9, 2018

Broadway Is About To 'Be More Chill' by Jeff Lunden

Be More Chill got middling reviews when it premiered, but social media propelled it to new heights. Now it's headed to Broadway.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:36PM

Broadway Is About To 'Be More Chill' by Jeff Lunden

Be More Chill got middling reviews when it premiered, but social media propelled it to new heights. Now it's headed to Broadway.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:48AM
Friday, August 24, 2018

The Complex Life Of Leonard Bernstein, A Once-In-A-Century Talent by Jeff Lunden

Born 100 years ago on Aug. 25, 1918, Bernstein was a larger-than-life character — on stage as a conductor, at the piano as a composer, on TV as an educator and in a sometimes tangled perso…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:45AM
Thursday, August 23, 2018

Actors, Married For 35 Years, Enrich Their Lives With Others' Words by Jeff Lunden

Plays are often so intense that actors fall in love. It was 35 years ago, Nance Williamson and Kurt Rhoads were cast opposite each other in Shakespeare's As You Like It and their showmance c…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:54AM

Actors, Married For 35 Years, Enrich Their Lives With Others' Words by Jeff Lunden

Plays are often so intense that actors fall in love. It was 35 years ago, Nance Williamson and Kurt Rhoads were cast opposite each other in Shakespeare's As You Like It and their showmance c…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:03AM
Monday, July 9, 2018

Oliver Knussen, Composer And Conductor, Dies At 66 by Jeff Lunden

Knussen, who wrote symphonies, chamber music and operas, is likely best known for his collaborations with children's author Maurice Sendak on adaptions like 1979's Where The Wild Things Are.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:34PM
Wednesday, July 4, 2018

A Stage Revival, And 50 Years Of Survival, For 'The Boys In The Band' by Jeff Lunden

Ever since Mart Crowley's play about a gay male life premiered off-Broadway in 1968, much of the original cast and crew has died of AIDS. A new, star-studded production acknowledges that his…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:54PM

A Stage Revival, And 50 Years Of Survival, For 'The Boys In The Band' by Jeff Lunden

Ever since Mart Crowley's play about a gay male life premiered off-Broadway in 1968, much of the original cast and crew has died of AIDS. A new, star-studded production acknowledges that his…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:03PM
Sunday, June 10, 2018

A Campaign For 'Often The Hardest-Working People On Stage' — The Chorus by Jeff Lunden

Broadway chorus members won't be recognized in their own categories as part of tonight's Tony Awards. But they might be in the future, thanks to an effort from the Actors Equity union.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:32AM

A Campaign For 'Often The Hardest-Working People On Stage' — The Chorus by Jeff Lunden

Broadway chorus members won't be recognized in their own categories as part of tonight's Tony Awards. But they might be in the future, thanks to an effort from the Actors Equity union.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:54AM
Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Repertorio Español Celebrates 50 Years With A World Premiere by Jeff Lunden

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz has written a play specifically for the anniversary of the Spanish language theater.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:12PM
Thursday, May 3, 2018

'Jerome Robbins 100' Is A Centennial Celebration Of Timeless Choreography by Jeff Lunden

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…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:36PM

'Jerome Robbins 100' Is A Centennial Celebration Of Timeless Choreography by Jeff Lunden

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…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:37PM
Monday, April 23, 2018

Muggles Rejoice: 'Harry Potter And The Cursed Child' Is Now On Broadway by Jeff Lunden

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.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:42PM

Muggles Rejoice: 'Harry Potter And The Cursed Child' Is Now On Broadway by Jeff Lunden

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.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:48PM
Saturday, March 24, 2018

'Frozen' Hits Broadway, In 'A Sophisticated Dignified Adult Psychological' Way by Jeff Lunden

The creators of the highest-grossing animated film of all time aren't just simply letting it go — they've written a dozen new songs for a very sold-out theatrical adaptation.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:27AM

'Frozen' Hits Broadway, In 'A Sophisticated Dignified Adult Psychological' Way by Jeff Lunden

The creators of the highest-grossing animated film of all time aren't just simply letting it go — they've written a dozen new songs for a very sold-out theatrical adaptation.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:27AM
Saturday, March 17, 2018

Making Musical Connections At Sing Sing Prison by Jeff Lunden

Since 2009, the maximum security prison has been home to music workshops put on by Carnegie Hall and led by some of New York City's top musicians.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:59PM
Sunday, February 11, 2018

It's OK To Look At Your Phone At A Broadway Show, If Your Hearing Is Impaired by Jeff Lunden

An estimated 48 million Americans suffer some degree of hearing loss. Now, a smartphone app makes it possible for the theatergoers among them to read closed captions on Broadway.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:55PM

It's OK To Look At Your Phone At A Broadway Show, If Your Hearing Is Impaired by Jeff Lunden

An estimated 48 million Americans suffer some degree of hearing loss. Now, a smartphone app makes it possible for the theatergoers among them to read closed captions on Broadway.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:55PM
Saturday, February 10, 2018

A New Monologue For Eve Ensler, Re-Enacting Life With Cancer by Jeff Lunden

The playwright and activist behind The Vagina Monologues stars in the new one-woman show In The Body Of The World, which explores her efforts to empower women in Africa amid her own health s…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:02AM
Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Actor John Mahoney, Dad On 'Frasier,' Dies At 77 by Jeff Lunden

Mahoney was best-known as Martin Crane, the gravely-voiced father on Frasier. He also had prominent roles in movies such as Say Anything and The American President.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:59AM
Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Peter Martins Leaves New York City Ballet Amid Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct by Jeff Lunden

In a letter to the New York City Ballet, Peter Martins announced he has decided to retire as its artistic director and head of its school. The announcement follows allegations from current a…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:13PM

Peter Martins Leaves New York City Ballet Amid Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct by Jeff Lunden

In a letter to the New York City Ballet, Peter Martins announced he has decided to retire as its artistic director and head of its school. The announcement follows allegations from current a…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:13PM
Saturday, December 30, 2017

The True Story Of A Spanish Royal And The Very High Voice That Healed Him by Jeff Lunden

The new Broadway musical drama Farinelli And The King tells the tale of the bipolar King Philippe V and the famous 18th-century operatic castrato whose singing nurses him back to health.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:24PM

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