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A One-Man Madhouse, With Murder On His Mind
July 10, 2012 Alan Cumming stars in a creative reinterpretation of Shakespeare's Scottish play Macbeth. Cumming stars as Fred, a mental patient who performs his own highly personal version of the classic tragedy, playing nearly every character.
Music News
For The Academy's Pupils And Teachers, The Future Is Bright
June 30, 2012 At 25, viola player Nathan Schram has received a stipend, benefits and much more teaching at The Academy, a youth music program sponsored by Carnegie Hall and Juilliard. Now, he and his colleagues face long odds of making it in the classical music business.
Theater
Delacorte Theater: 50 Years Later, Still Free, Still Battling The Weather
June 21, 2012 This summer marks the half-century anniversary of Central Park's Delacorte Theater, home of the free annual Shakespeare in the Park. Jeff Lunden looks at the theater's beginnings and how it continues its work today with a new production of As You Like It.
Theater
Behind The Stars, The Sets That Help Them Shine
June 10, 2012 All eyes will be on the actors and their shows when the 66th annual Tony Awards are handed out in New York. But elemental to the success of both productions and performances is a good-looking set. Jeff Lunden looks at this year's Tony-nominated set designers.
Theater
Tony Predictions From A Record-Breaking Season
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'll take home the major prizes this year.
Deceptive Cadence
A Very Young Composer Gets His Chance At The N.Y. Phil
June 2, 2012 Through the Very Young Composers program, one fifth-grader gets his music played by one of the world's top orchestras. The central idea of the program is to tap into the kids' creative spirit without getting in the way.
Music News
Requiem For A Cabaret: The Oak Room Closes
May 31, 2012 One of New York's most loved cabaret spaces will not return after renovations. Singer Andrea Marcovicci was kind of a lifer at the Oak Room. For 25 years she performed there, surrounded by its burnished wood panels and ornate wall sconces.
Theater
Managing The Gershwins' Lucrative Musical Legacy
April 27, 2012 In the 1920s, it wasn't uncommon for the Gershwin brothers — composer George and lyricist Ira — to have two shows on Broadway at once. This season, it's happening again. As Jeff Lunden reports.
Theater
London Smash 'Two Guvnors' Comes To Broadway
April 18, 2012 A British comedy that was the fastest selling ticket in the history of London's West End opens on Broadway tonight with its original cast. As Jeff Lunden reports, One Man, Two Guvnors is full of whimsically portrayed stereotypes — and is based on 500-year-old comic traditions.
Theater
Rice, Lloyd Webber Double Down On Broadway
April 5, 2012 Two highly regarded revivals of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 1970s hits Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita are opening within two weeks of each other on Broadway. Jeff Lunden talks with Lloyd Webber and Rice about their hit shows and the collaboration that led to them.
Theater
A Mud-Slinging Political Drama Returns To Broadway
April 1, 2012 Gore Vidal's 1960 play The Best Man will strike audiences as surprisingly timely: When a political party gathers to nominate a presidential candidate, they find both leading contenders flawed and the convention deadlocked. Jeff Lunden reports on a new star-studded revival that asks, who's the "best man" for the job?
Theater
A 'Shinsai' To Aid Japan's Theater Community
March 11, 2012 The word carries "disaster" in its meaning, but this weekend it's the name for a series of stage benefits across the U.S. and around the globe, all to commemorate the first anniversary of the massive Tohoku earthquake and tsunami — and fund relief efforts for Japanese artists.
Theater
'Carrie' Creators Resurrect A Legendary Flop
March 1, 2012 The musical adaptation of Stephen King's novel Carrie is one of Broadway's most famous disasters. Now the show's original writers are back — with a completely reworked version.
Performing Arts
Colonial History, Through The Eyes Of The Colonized
February 10, 2012 Danai Gurira's play The Convert interrogates the experiences of the indigenous population in 1890s Rhodesia. Jeff Lunden talks with Gurira about her and her family's experiences in Zimbabwe, and the play's relation to the country today.
Theater
In Broadway's 'Wit,' A Documentary Of Our Demise
January 26, 2012 Cynthia Nixon, best known for her glamorous role in Sex and the City, stars in a Broadway revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit. Jeff Lunden talks with Nixon — and Wit's playwright Margaret Edson — about depicting disease and pain with humor.
