Tuesday, January 11, 2022
The 'Saturday Night Live' cast member and 'Schmigadoon!' star performs in "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe," a one-woman show made famous by Lily Tomlin.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:42PMMonday, January 3, 2022
Breakthrough infections from the omicron variant have been spreading like wildfire among casts and crews, so understudies and swing performers have been helping keep shows afloat.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:33AMWednesday, December 22, 2021
While most shows are maintaining a regular schedule, nine popular musicals and plays announced they would take a hiatus until after Christmas because of breakthrough infections.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:48AMSunday, December 12, 2021
During the height of pandemic closures, three artistic directors spoke about their hopes for what theater would look like when it reopened. More than a year later, we check in to see what's …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:03AMMonday, December 6, 2021
Playwright Alice Childress took an unflinching look at racism in society and in the theater with "Trouble in Mind" in 1955. Now in its overdue Broadway premiere, the play proves prescient an…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:06AMWednesday, December 1, 2021
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater shifted to streaming presentations online during pandemic. Now, two dances conceived for the web are included in the company's return to in-person perf…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:06PMSaturday, November 27, 2021
The celebrated composer-songwriter died on Friday. He had won several Tonys and Grammys, as well as an Oscar and Pulitzer, for musicals including West Side Story and Company.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:42AMWednesday, November 24, 2021
Composer, conductor and MacArthur "genius" Mathew Aucoin just debuted his opera, 'Eurydice,' at the Met. The new work reinterprets an ancient, archetypal myth from the perspective of its nam…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:24AMTuesday, November 23, 2021
Composer, conductor, pianist and MacArthur "genius" Aucoin adapted playwright Ruhl's work, which reinterprets an ancient, archetypal myth from the perspective of its namesake.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:03AMSunday, November 7, 2021
After more than a year of closures and reflection, Broadway is back making changes to who is represented on stage.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:32PMTuesday, October 12, 2021
The eloquent pianist used a work break imposed by the pandemic to learn something new: stage directing, a skill set she put to use in creating a multimedia recital.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:54AMSunday, October 10, 2021
The eloquent pianist used a work break imposed by pandemic to learn something new: stage directing, a skill set she put to use in creating a multimedia recital.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:12PMMonday, September 27, 2021
Sunday night, more than 15 months after they were originally scheduled, the 74th Annual Tony Awards were presented.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:12AMSunday, September 26, 2021
The 74th Annual Tony Awards will be presented on Sunday, September 26 more than 15 months after they were previously scheduled. But these pandemic Tonys are by no means business as usual.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:12PMSaturday, September 4, 2021
Broadway is coming roaring back on Sept. 2 and one of the musicals to open that day is Hadestown. We follow the cast and crew as they remount the show and celebrate opening night.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:36PMWednesday, September 1, 2021
Broadway shows have implemented strict protocols, but anxiety is high. "The culture of 'the show must go on,' it has to be left behind," says the executive director of the Actors' Equity Ass…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:24AMWednesday, August 18, 2021
The Showstoppers! exhibition in New York's Theater District showcases the work of an industry hit hard by the pandemic. Visitors can see more than 100 costumes — and watch artists hard at …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:36AMWednesday, August 4, 2021
The first play to open on Broadway in over a year, Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's Pass Over tells the story of two young Black men dreaming of a better tomorrow in a world of police violence.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:18PMMonday, July 19, 2021
The Boston Symphony Orchestra recently returned to its storied summer home, Tanglewood, after the pandemic canceled last season. With reopening comes normalcy, as well as an opportunity for …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:06PMJacob's Pillow had a particularly tough 2020, closed by pandemic and struck by a fire that consumed one of its theaters. This summer the dance center rises from the ashes, literally and figu…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:24PMSaturday, June 19, 2021
Lincoln Center observes Juneteenth, now a federal holiday, with "I Dream a Dream That Dreams Back at Me," an ambulatory experience conceived by Carl Hancock Rux.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:36PMSunday, May 23, 2021
Though much of it is unwatchable today — it contains blackface and other minstrelsy — Shuffle Along brought jazz to Broadway and was the first African American show to be a smash hit.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:36AMFriday, May 14, 2021
A live-music series founded in Europe, which connects one musician with one listener at a time, comes to Brooklyn for two weekends of concerts by Silkroad Ensemble artists.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:42PMTuesday, May 11, 2021
The past year, with COVID and calls for social justice, has made those running Lincoln Center and other arts organizations question their core missions, says Lincoln Center's president Henry…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:42PMMonday, May 3, 2021
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says Broadway can open on May 19. But opening a show takes time.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:54PMFriday, April 2, 2021
It's been more than a year since theater goers have been able to see an indoor performance in New York City. But some spaces and producers are moving to find safe ways to open up.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:12PMTuesday, March 30, 2021
Last spring, student performers had their hopes of stardom dashed as schools abruptly closed at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. A year later, we follow two schools putting on the same m…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:54PMSaturday, February 20, 2021
Each year ahead of the Tony Awards, we profile essential theater professionals who aren't centerstage. This year, with theaters closed due to COVID-19, we check back in to see how they are c…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:54PMA union representing 800 backstage workers began a publicity campaign today urging donors and government entities to withdraw support for the company because of a labor dispute.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:36AMFriday, February 19, 2021
On Jan. 25, 1996, a new rock musical by a little-known writer, Jonathan Larson, gave its first performance. But that show almost didn't happen: Larson died of an aortic aneurysm early that m…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:36PMSunday, February 14, 2021
Not long after the Netflix Regency romance premiered on Christmas, two young songwriters asked on TikTok: "Ok but what if Bridgerton was a musical?" Millions of people wanted to know the ans…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:33AM 
