Saturday, 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 07:41AM[SHARE]Thursday, 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 04:42PM[SHARE]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 04:31PM[SHARE]Saturday, 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 09:02AM[SHARE]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 07:36AM[SHARE]Wednesday, 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 05:12PM[SHARE]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 04:32PM[SHARE]Saturday, 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 08:08AM[SHARE]Thursday, 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 co…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:17PM[SHARE]Saturday, 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 10:33AM[SHARE]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 07:38AM[SHARE]Saturday, 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 01:36PM[SHARE]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 08:27AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 3, 2016
Saariaho isn't the first woman composer to stage an opera at New York's Metropolitan Opera " just the first in more than a century. Her opera, L'Amour de Loin, has its New York premiere this…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:39AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 1, 2016
Librettist Gene Scheer says the drama of George Bailey's life is "an operatic story." So he, along with composer Jake Heggie, turned It's a Wonderful Life into an opera.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:34PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 17, 2016
Decades before he became a beloved children's book author, Theodor Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss) created a series of whimsical sculptures he called "Unorthodox Taxidermy."
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 27, 2016
When Falsettos first premiered in 1981, this frank, funny musical about gay, Jewish life in New York City was covering new territory. Now a revival is in the works, but will it still feel re…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:36PM[SHARE]When Falsettos first premiered in 1981, this frank, funny musical about gay, Jewish life in New York City was covering new territory. Now a revival is in the works, but will it still feel re…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:30PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 8, 2016
The theater director's latest production was inspired by the civil war in Syria. It tells the story of Yudishtira, a prince who is overwhelmed by guilt after he wins a bloody war.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:52PM[SHARE]The theater director's latest production was inspired by the civil war in Syria. It tells the story of Yudishtira, a prince who is overwhelmed by guilt after he wins a bloody war.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:29AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 5, 2016
In 1969, an explorer and photographer named Loren McIntyre was dropped into the Amazon rainforest to try and make contact with a tribe called the Mayoruna. Now his story is headed to Broadwa…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:04PM[SHARE]In 1969, an explorer and photographer named Loren McIntyre was dropped into the Amazon rainforest to try and make contact with a tribe called the Mayoruna. Now his story is headed to Broadwa…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:37PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 2, 2016
Neville Marriner died overnight at age 92. The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conductor was famous for his score to the Academy Award-winning film Amadeus.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:07PM[SHARE]Saturday, September 24, 2016
Composer Missy Mazzoli wouldn't call Lars von Trier's film Breaking the Waves, a feminist project. But its portrayal of a woman's experience was part of what drew her to help reimagine it on…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:47AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 17, 2016
"All art should be useful," Albee said. "If it's merely decorative, it's a waste of time." The Pulitzer-winning playwright of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? died Friday following a short il…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:43AM[SHARE]Friday, September 16, 2016
"All art should be useful," Albee said. "If it's merely decorative, it's a waste of time." The Pulitzer-winning playwright of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? died Friday following a short il…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:19PM[SHARE]Sunday, August 14, 2016
One thousand singers gathered Saturday to perform a new work by Pulitzer winner David Lang. Reporter Jeff Lunden was one of them.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:13PM[SHARE]Friday, August 12, 2016
Percussionist Miles Salerni repeatedly auditioned to be a Fellow at the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home, but was rejected. So he found another way in.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:09AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 7, 2016
A new play chronicles the secret negotiations that brokered the 1993 Palestinian-Israeli peace accord. It's a thriller, says playwright J.T. Rogers: "The ticking clock is the dramatist's fri…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:56PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 6, 2016
A new play chronicles the secret negotiations that brokered the 1993 Palestinian-Israeli peace accord. It's a thriller, says playwright J.T. Rogers: "The ticking clock is the dramatist's fri…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:51AM[SHARE]Friday, July 29, 2016
The avant garde director has two shows running off-Broadway and a musical opening in October. Though she's working on several different projects, she says there's always "a conversation" bet…
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