Sunday, November 23, 2014
Allegro arrived on Broadway with a cast of close to 100 and the biggest advance ticket sales in Broadway history at the time. But reviews were mixed and the musical only lasted a season.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:14AMThursday, October 9, 2014
A literary tour-de-force, the book is told entirely from the perspective of Christopher, a brilliant 15-year-old boy who happens to be autistic. His voice is so specific, so quirky, so smart…
SOURCE: www.voanews.com at 11:28PMTuesday, October 7, 2014
Author Mark Haddon never imagined The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time would work as a play — he judged his writing by its unadaptability. But now it is one, and critics are l…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:17AMAuthor Mark Haddon never imagined The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time would work as a play — he judged his writing by its unadaptability. But now it is one, and critics are l…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:17AMSunday, October 5, 2014
Legendary theater director Peter Brook is working on a new play centered on people with unusual conditions — like synesthesia, extraordinary memory or the inability to sense their own bodi…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:29AMSaturday, September 20, 2014
The legendary crooner and pop superstar have a natural chemistry on their new collaborative album, which might introduce a new generation of pop fans to the world of jazz.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:10AMWednesday, September 10, 2014
It began as a small classical label selling records at modest prices. A half-century later, it issues albums from big names in a spectrum of contemporary music from all parts of the globe.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:55PMMonday, August 18, 2014
While agreements with 10 more unions need to be reached by Tuesday night, the deal struck with two of the Met's major unions represents a major turning point in a bitter dispute.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:11PMThursday, July 31, 2014
Labor disputes are nothing new to the Met Opera, but never have they been so public. With a deadline looming, both sides signal that negotiations are going nowhere.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:07AMSaturday, July 26, 2014
With labor negotiations growing more strained, a lockout seems likely next week at the Metropolitan Opera. Management says payroll must be trimmed while unions want to curb production costs.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:34AMThursday, July 24, 2014
If no contract deal is reached by July 31, Metropolitan Opera General Manager Peter Gelb has warned union workers to plan for a work stoppage the next day.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:21PMSunday, July 6, 2014
NPR story about new CD set of Sheldon Harnick cut songs and rarities, in celebration of the lyricist's 90th Birthday
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:51AMFriday, May 9, 2014
Disney's animated film Frozen has been racking up impressive statistics since it was released last November. Its box office earnings total $1 billion, worldwide, the movie won two Academy Aw…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:02PMTuesday, December 10, 2013
For most of its two-year run on NBC, the series Smash was pretty much a hot mess. Ostensibly about the creation of Broadway musicals, it only tangentially resembled the real thing. And its p…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:37PMFriday, June 7, 2013
The Hollywood Reporter analyzes the economics of stars on Broadway as big names in limited run are now the fastest way to recoup investment.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00AMAdam Schweitzer, co-head of talent at ICM Partners, explains what a Broadway run can mean for his clients, and why some star-driven shows fizzle.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00AMThursday, April 11, 2013
Roald Dahl's beloved children's novel is set to hit the stage as a Broadway musical. The musical's creators say the show skews closer to the beloved book than to Danny DeVito's 1996 movie, l…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:40PMSaturday, April 6, 2013
These days, a hit show can run not just for years but for decades. So how do you keep it fresh for new audiences? Reporter Jeff Lunden talks to people who work on three of Broadway's biggest…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:31AMSunday, July 15, 2012
Academy Award-winning actress Celeste Holm has died. A star on both stage and screen, Holm was best known for roles in Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve and Oklahoma! She was 95.
Holm die…
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:00PMThursday, June 21, 2012
On Monday evening, one of New York's most cherished cultural institutions celebrated an anniversary. The Delacorte Theater, home of the free annual Shakespeare in the Park, turned 50, and Me…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:00AMSunday, June 10, 2012
The box office was bigger than ever, but serious cash didn't necessarily translate to Tony nominations. Writer Jeff Lunden looks back at the Broadway season, and offers predictions about who…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:00AMSunday, April 29, 2012
In the 1920s, it wasn't uncommon for the Gershwin Brothers — composer George and lyricist Ira — to have two shows running on Broadway at the same time. What's surprising is that this sea…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:17AMWednesday, April 18, 2012
If you weren't a college theater major, you can be forgiven for not knowing much about commedia dell'arte, the 500-year-old theatrical tradition that Carlo Goldoni used for his comedy The Se…
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:00PMSunday, March 11, 2012
A year ago, Japan suffered a shinsai — an earthquake disaster. And on the anniversary of that disaster, theater artists across the United States and around the globe are coming together to…
SOURCE: WNYC at 08:00AMThursday, March 1, 2012
Broadway history is littered with flop musicals — but if some shows are bombs, then Carrie, based on Stephen King's best-selling 1974 novel, was kind of a nuclear bomb.
The story of a teen…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:00AMFriday, February 10, 2012
Actor and writer Danai Gurira sometimes refers to herself as a "Zimerican": She was born in Iowa, but spent most of her childhood in Harare, Zimbabwe — where her new play, The Convert, is …
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:00AMThursday, January 26, 2012
In her dressing room at the Friedman Theatre, Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon has a nightly ritual: She rubs Nivea cream all over her scalp to soothe the razor burns.
Being completely ba…
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:00PMSaturday, December 31, 2011
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Australian actress Rachel Griffiths, best known in the U.S. for her work on HBO's Six Feet Under and ABC's Brothers and Sisters, has made an acclaimed Broadway debut in the new play Other De…
SOURCE: WNYC at 08:00AMTuesday, December 6, 2011
Once, the much-loved 2007 Irish indie, was kind of the little movie musical that could. Made on a shoestring budget in Dublin, it starred songwriters Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova as thin…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:00AMFriday, November 25, 2011
Every year at this time, families in search of child-friendly holiday entertainment buy their tickets for productions of A Christmas Carol and The Nutcracker. It's a lucrative market, and co…
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:00PM 
