Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Mike Bartlett's play King Charles III is a Shakespearean meditation on what might happen if Prince Charles became king " and caused a crisis by sticking to his principles rather than what's …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:47PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 1, 2015
The Masters of Sex actress is no stranger to Broadway; in fact, she's already won a Tony. Now she's in her first starring role, in Sylvia " and prepping by watching her pet, because she play…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:57PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 15, 2015
In its season opening production, New York's Metropolitan Opera abandons the tradition of darkening the skin of tenors portraying the title role in Verdi's Otello.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:32PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 27, 2015
Whorl Inside A Loop, a new play opening in New York, looks at six inmates in a medium security prison and the actress who agrees to teach them how to tell their stories " as she steals those…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:16PM[SHARE]Friday, August 7, 2015
The new musical about the U.S.'s Founding Fathers " set to a mostly hip-hop score " that everyone's been talking about for months and months finally opens officially on Broadway Thursday nig…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:51PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 6, 2015
Hamilton, the hotly anticipated musical about America's founding fathers " which is set to a mostly hip-hop score " is opening Thursday night on Broadway.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:11PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 11, 2015
The Internet erupted this week in protest over the outrageous behavior of New York theater audiences and their mobile devices. Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone is taking matters into her own h…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:15PM[SHARE]The Internet erupted this week in protest over the outrageous behavior of New York theater audiences and their mobile devices. Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone is taking matters into her own h…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:36AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 7, 2015
In upstate New York, an experimental staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic sets a key scene in total darkness and adds coldblooded murder to the plot.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:47PM[SHARE]Monday, July 6, 2015
In upstate New York, an experimental staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic sets a key scene in total darkness and adds coldblooded murder to the plot.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:13PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 24, 2015
The Harlem Renaissance opera Voodoo has not been performed since 1928. A Columbia University researcher rediscovered the score, and now the Harlem Opera Theater hosts two performances.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:15PM[SHARE]The Harlem Renaissance opera Voodoo has not been performed since 1928. A Columbia University researcher rediscovered the score, and now the Harlem Opera Theater hosts two performances.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:54PM[SHARE]Monday, June 8, 2015
The Fun Home won best musical, best book and best original score " to name just a few of the honors. The award for best play went to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:29AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 7, 2015
This year, several writers are up for Tony awards for the first time. But while the experience may be a time to celebrate, they're sticking to their day jobs and already eyeing the next proj…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:34PM[SHARE]This year, several writers are up for Tony awards for the first time. But while the experience may be a time to celebrate, they're sticking to their day jobs and already eyeing the next proj…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:34PM[SHARE]Monday, May 25, 2015
Bloomberg News and Newsday reviewers file reports long before the February opening, breaking longstanding agreement.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PM[SHARE]Bloomberg News and Newsday reviewers file reports long before the February opening, breaking longstanding agreement.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:58PM[SHARE]Monday, May 11, 2015
The 82-year-old playwright says he thought he was done writing about South Africa after apartheid ended " but there were more stories in him, like this tale of a farmer who paints his life o…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:42PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 2, 2015
The musical's heroine was inspired by an English-Indian governess who really did travel to the king of Siam's court. The revival, directed by Bartlett Sher, has received nine Tony nomination…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:57AM[SHARE]The musical's heroine was inspired by an English-Indian governess who really did travel to the king of Siam's court. The revival, directed by Bartlett Sher, has received nine Tony nomination…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:57AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 7, 2015
"Our paths haven't crossed " we've beaten a path towards each other," says playwright David Hare. "Bill is my favorite leading man." Nighy is now starring in a revival of Hare's Skylight on …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:21PM[SHARE]"Our paths haven't crossed " we've beaten a path towards each other," says playwright David Hare. "Bill is my favorite leading man." Nighy is now starring in a revival of Hare's Skylight on …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:21PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 8, 2015
Playwright Peter Morgan eavesdrops on more than 60 years of private conversations between Queen Elizabeth II, played by Mirren, and her prime ministers in The Audience.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:05AM[SHARE]Monday, February 16, 2015
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has written a trilogy of provocative and fantastical explorations of race. His latest, based on a 1859 melodrama, pokes fun at conventions while raising difficult ques…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:00PM[SHARE]Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has written a trilogy of provocative and fantastical explorations of race. His latest, based on a 1859 melodrama, pokes fun at conventions while raising difficult ques…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:00PM[SHARE]Friday, January 30, 2015
The off-Broadway play Every Brilliant Thing tackles its dark subject through audience participation and comedy. Both critics and audience members have described it as incredibly moving.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:39PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Producer Darren Bagert says there's boom or bust environment on Broadway " you're either a huge hit or you close quickly. Two of the fall's most highly anticipated musicals are closing this …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:05PM[SHARE]Producer Darren Bagert says there's boom or bust environment on Broadway " you're either a huge hit or you close quickly. Two of the fall's most highly anticipated musicals are closing this …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:05PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 27, 2014
The resplendent New York piano showroom is shutting down to make way for luxury condos. But that doesn't mean the company is going anywhere.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:45AM[SHARE]Monday, December 8, 2014
Also known as the Polish Tea Room, the Café Edison is a favorite of regular New Yorkers and Broadway stars and crew. Now, Jeff Lunden reports it's being threatened with eviction by its land…
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