Sunday, June 11, 2017
Off in the wings, stage managers coordinate cast and crew, calling hundreds of cues during Broadway performances. They may not win Tony Awards, but without them, not even the curtain would g…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:33AMOff in the wings, stage managers coordinate cast and crew, calling hundreds of cues during Broadway performances. They may not win Tony Awards, but without them, not even the curtain would g…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:12AMWednesday, May 31, 2017
A small theater in Portland, Ore., cast an African-American actor in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? But the Albee estate wouldn't grant the rights to produce the 1962 play.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:24PMA small theater in Portland, Ore., cast an African-American actor in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? But the Albee estate wouldn't grant the rights to produce the 1962 play.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:58PMSunday, May 7, 2017
Normally, critical reviews can kill a Broadway show, but not so for kid-focused musicals. Anastasia and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are currently on Broadway, vying for the kid seal of…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:12PMNormally, critical reviews can kill a Broadway show, but not so for kid-focused musicals. Anastasia and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are currently on Broadway, vying for the kid seal of…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:31PMMonday, May 1, 2017
A new Broadway production takes audiences through the history of Sholem Asch's 1907 Yiddish play God of Vengeance, about a Jewish brothel owner whose daughter falls in love with a woman.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:12PMSaturday, April 29, 2017
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel is using a controversial Yiddish play more than a hundred years old as the basis for her first Broadway production.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:48PMPulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel is using a controversial Yiddish play more than a hundred years old as the basis for her first Broadway production.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:57AMA new Broadway production takes audiences through the history of Sholem Asch's 1907 Yiddish play God of Vengeance, about a Jewish brothel owner whose daughter falls in love with a woman.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:57AMMonday, April 24, 2017
"Great parts are meant to be played; they're not meant to be owned," says Laura Linney. So she and Cynthia Nixon have agreed to switch roles for each performance of Lillian Hellman's 1939 me…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:02PM"Great parts are meant to be played; they're not meant to be owned," says Laura Linney. So she and Cynthia Nixon have agreed to switch roles for each performance of Lillian Hellman's 1939 me…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:05PMMonday, April 17, 2017
Composer Tim Minchin brings his musical adaptation of the film, Groundhog Day, to Broadway. It's the story of a cynical weatherman who is forced to relive the same day over and over again.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:12PMComposer Tim Minchin brings his musical adaptation of the film, Groundhog Day, to Broadway. It's the story of a cynical weatherman who is forced to relive the same day over and over again.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:30PMSunday, March 26, 2017
With 18 new shows — half of them musicals — opening this March and April, just before Tony nominations are announced, producers have to take risks to get their shows to stand out.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:26PMTuesday, March 14, 2017
The class-action suit brought against the hit musical doesn't seek damages. The attorneys say the hope is to draw attention to Broadway's spotty record in serving audiences with disabilities.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:54PMThe class-action suit brought against the hit musical doesn't seek damages. The attorneys say the hope is to draw attention to Broadway's spotty record in serving audiences with disabilities.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:28PMSaturday, March 4, 2017
A nonprofit wants you to know that the circus is more than ringmasters and lion tamers — it's also an avant-garde art form.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:18AMA nonprofit wants you to know that the circus is more than ringmasters and lion tamers — it's also an avant-garde art form.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:41AMThursday, February 16, 2017
The musical was inspired by Asad Abdullahi, who, as a child, embarked on a perilous journey through Africa. "It's sort of a Greek epic in its proportions," says director Mark Dornford-May.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:42PMThe musical was inspired by Asad Abdullahi, who, as a child, embarked on a perilous journey through Africa. "It's sort of a Greek epic in its proportions," says director Mark Dornford-May.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:31PMSaturday, February 11, 2017
In New York City, the venerable Hudson Theater reopens this week, after nearly a half-century of being used for other purposes. It's the newest addition to Broadway's 40 stages.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:02AMIn New York City, the venerable Hudson Theater reopens this week, after nearly a half-century of being used for other purposes. It's the newest addition to Broadway's 40 stages.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:36AMWednesday, January 18, 2017
The theater — part of the Yale School of Drama — has given leading playwrights a place to refine their work. August Wilson said it was crucial to his development.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:12PMThe theater — part of the Yale School of Drama — has given leading playwrights a place to refine their work. August Wilson said it was crucial to his development.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:32PMSaturday, January 7, 2017
The Rockettes are as American as apple pie, but some dancers in the famous troupe don't want to perform at Donald Trump's inauguration.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:08AMThursday, January 5, 2017
Beth Morrison is not your typical moneyed arts patron — but over the past decade, she's managed to gather the funding and venue support to produce works by some of today's most innovative …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:17PMSaturday, December 31, 2016
What happens when you put seven cops and seven civilians in a rehearsal room once a week for 10 weeks? The result is a free show called To Protect, Serve, and Understand at the Brooklyn Musi…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:33AMWhat happens when you put seven cops and seven civilians in a rehearsal room once a week for 10 weeks? The result is a free show called To Protect, Serve, and Understand at the Brooklyn Musi…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:38AMSaturday, December 10, 2016
Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon has a fresh take on the classic Christmas tale. The $4 million Joffrey Ballet production premieres Saturday, and doesn't center around a wealthy Victorian …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:36PMChoreographer Christopher Wheeldon has a fresh take on the classic Christmas tale. The $4 million Joffrey Ballet production premieres Saturday, and doesn't center around a wealthy Victorian …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:27AM 
