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Saturday, June 14, 2025

WWDTM: Chris Perfetti by NPR

This week, Abbott Elementary's Chris Perfetti joins panelists Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Alonzo Bodden, and Luke BurbankLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:00AM
Friday, June 13, 2025

Paris' Iconic Opera House Celebrates 150 Years by Eleanor Beardsley

Commissioned by Napoleon, the opulent Opera Garnier is named after its architect, Charles Garnier. Garnier rose from the Paris slums to design one of Europe's most celebrated venues. Opera G…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:12PM
Monday, June 9, 2025

Sly Stone, visionary funk frontman of the Family Stone, has died at age 82 by Brandon Gates

The musical visionary led a multi-racial funk band that produced five Top 10 hits in the late 1960s and early '70s.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:36PM

Broadway celebrates a spectacular season at the 2025 Tony Awards by Jennifer Vanasco

No one show swept this year — and it turns out, that's a good thing.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:32AM

Who won and lost at the 78th annual Tony Awards Sunday night by Jeff Lunden

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 05:12AM
Sunday, June 8, 2025

Tony Awards 2025: The complete list of winners by Chloee Weiner

NPR is updating this list of Tony Award winners as they are announced.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:18PM

Broadway's videographers won't be honored at the Tony Awards — but they should be by Jeff Lunden

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 10:54AM
Saturday, June 7, 2025

78th Tony Awards preview: What to expect on Broadway's biggest night by Jeff Lunden

78th Tony Awards preview: What to expect on Broadway's biggest night

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:48PM

Broadway star Jasmine Amy Rogers' journey to her own Sardi's portrait by Jeff Lunden

In 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 10:32AM

WWDTM: Jeff Gordon by NPR

This week, NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon joins panelists Zach Zimmerman, Adam Burke, and Negin FarsadLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:00AM
Friday, June 6, 2025

'Good Night, and Good Luck' brings its knock-out punch to CNN from Broadway by David Bianculli

On Jun 7, CNN is presenting a live telecast of George Clooney starring on Broadway as the pioneering CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow. TV critic David Bianculli calls it the TV event of the seas…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:32PM

South Korean maestro Chung will be the first Asian to head Italy's famed La Scala by Anthony Kuhn

Myung-Whun Chung will be one of the first non-Italians to take the post of music director at Milan's famous opera house.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:32PM
Thursday, June 5, 2025

'She Who Dared,' an opera about women in the civil rights movement, opens in Chicago by Courtney Kueppers

A new opera tells the story of the Black women who organized in Alabama leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:12PM

Orville Peck always wants a sense of mystery by Rachel Martin

Orville Peck is performing on Broadway as the Emcee in Cabaret. His winding path to his dream role included a stint as a punk drummer and hitting pause on his country career to get sober.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:54AM
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Two nonverbal actors star in a new opera — with an assist from AI by Jeff Lunden

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 03:12PM
Saturday, May 31, 2025

Drag artists are getting attacked. This safety handbook aims to help by Chloe Veltman

A group of drag queens from across the country and their supporters are releasing a handbook to help performers navigate a landscape of increasing threats of harassment and violence.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:18PM

WWDTM: Jim Rice by NPR

This week, we're live in Boston with special guest Jim Rice and panelists Maz Jobrani, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Adam FelberLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adc…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:00AM
Friday, May 30, 2025

Remembering a Ballet Legend in Russia; a Monkey Census in Nepal by Charles Maynes

Russians remember the longtime artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, who died recently. Yuri Grigorovich held the position for the last three decades of the Soviet Union and staged produc…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:02PM

An opera cast someone who can't speak – AI gave him a voice by Jeff Lunden

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 01:54PM

Age gaps & wage gaps: unpacking our Belichick-Hudson obsession by Brittany Luse

After 8 trips to the Super Bowl, 73 year-old former NFL coach Bill Belichick is ready to start a new phase in his career: mentor, college football coach, and now doting boyfriend to 24-year-…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:48AM
Thursday, May 29, 2025

Sarah Silverman Finds The Funny In Grief by NPR

Silverman's father and stepmother are buried under one tombstone that reads: "Janice and Donald, who loved to laugh." The loss was a starting point for Silverman's "cathartic" Netflix comedy…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:28PM

Drag artists are getting attacked. This safety handbook aims to help. by Chloe Veltman

As Pride Month approaches, a group of drag artists and their allies are releasing guidelines to help performers navigate a landscape of online harassment and physical violence.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:32PM
Sunday, May 25, 2025

Remembering Broadway Composer Charles Strouse by NPR

We remember Broadway composer Charles Strouse, who died May 15 at age 96. He wrote the music for the hit musicals Bye Bye Birdie and Annie, which included such songs as "Put On a Happy Face,…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:25PM
Saturday, May 24, 2025

A new opera in Omaha uses technology to give voice to two non-verbal actors by Jeff Lunden

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 11:32AM

WWDTM: Ego Nwodim by NPR

This week, special guest Ego Nwodim joins panelists Tom Papa, Dulceé Sloan, and Hari KondaboluLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:00AM
Friday, May 23, 2025

Remembering Broadway composer Charles Strouse by Terry Gross

Strouse, who died May 15, wrote the music for musicals like Bye Bye Birdie, Annie, Applause, It's a Bird ... It's a Plane ... It's Superman, and Golden Boy. Originally broadcast in 2002.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:18PM
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Former Kennedy Center president refutes Trump's critique of 'bad management' by Elizabeth Blair

"I am deeply troubled by the false allegations regarding the management of the Kennedy Center," Deborah Rutter wrote in a statement.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:48AM
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Cole Escola's 'Stupid' Dream Came True With 'Oh, Mary!' by NPR

Escola gives former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln a wild second act in the Tony-nominated play Oh, Mary! "This play is about a woman with a dream that no one around her understands," Escola s…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:42PM
Monday, May 19, 2025

Mary Todd Lincoln as a cabaret star? How Cole Escola's 'stupid' dream came true by Ann Marie Baldonado

Escola gives the former first lady a wild second act in the Tony-nominated play Oh, Mary! "This play is about a woman with a dream that no one around her understands," Escola says.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:54PM
Saturday, May 17, 2025

WWDTM: GWAR, Gretchen Whitmer, Josh Gad, Kara Jackson, and Amber Maykut by NPR

This week, we celebrate the arrival of spring with special guests Josh Gad, Gretchen Whitmer, GWAR, Kara Jackson, and Amber Maykut!Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.co…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:00AM
Friday, May 16, 2025

Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of 'Annie' and 'Bye Bye Birdie,' has died at 96 by Jeff Lunden

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 09:03PM
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