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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Theater
In NYC, A Play Festival Spotlights Stories Of Disability
June 18, 2013 Now in its third year, the "... Our Parts" festival at Theater Breaking Through Barriers runs through June 28. Here and across the country, artists with disabilities are making drama (and comedy) in illuminating ways.
Friday, June 14, 2013
TED Radio Hour
Richard Seymour: How Does Beauty Feel?
June 14, 2013 Designer Richard Seymour says material things like cars and cassette decks can be beautiful. In fact, they should be. He says within microseconds, people fall in love with a well-designed object, and they "feel" the beauty before they think about it.
TED Radio Hour
Bill Strickland: Can Beauty Change A Life?
June 14, 2013 Civic leader Bill Strickland says beauty can rescue young people from poverty. He's helped build art centers in some of the poorest parts of the U.S., and says ceramics and art, flowers and jazz, can turn troubled lives around.
TED Radio Hour
Cameron Russell: Does Being Beautiful Make You Happy?
June 14, 2013 Cameron Russell has spent the last decade modeling. Being beautiful has given her unexpected gifts, and believe it or not, a fair dose of insecurity.
TED Radio Hour
Denis Dutton: Are Some Things Universally Beautiful?
June 14, 2013 Philosopher Denis Dutton says the places and people we find attractive can be traced to the preferences of ancient man.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
Monkey See
The Tony Awards: Is This The Greatest Awards Show Opening Ever?
June 10, 2013 There's nothing like theater people, as host Neil Patrick Harris and an army of performers showed in a barn-burner of a number to kick off Sunday night's Tony Awards.
'Kinky Boots' Struts Off With Most Tony Awards
June 10, 2013 The feel-good musical Kinky Boots, with songs by pop star and Broadway newcomer Cyndi Lauper, won a leading six 2013 Tony Awards on Sunday, including best musical, best score and best leading man.
Sunday, June 09, 2013
Theater
In The Rush To The Tonys, A Late Glut For Theatergoers
June 9, 2013 A whirlwind finish for the Broadway season saw 19 shows open in March and April. Are producers skewing the process in hopes voters will pick fresher shows over faded memories from the fall? Jeff Lunden looks back at a so-so year on the Great White Way.
Theater
Clothes Make The Man (And The Woman, And The Show) On Broadway
June 9, 2013 Among the hopefuls who might take home trophies at this weekend's Tony Awards are costume designers William Ivey Long and Dominique Lemieux. Jeff Lunden talks to the two about their work on Cinderella and Pippin, two of the season's better-upholstered revivals.
Saturday, June 08, 2013
Music Interviews
A Rock Star, A Novelist And A Super-Producer Write A Musical
June 8, 2013 No, it's not the setup to a joke. John Mellencamp, Stephen King and T-Bone Burnett are the creative team behind Ghosts of Darkland County, a stage show based on a true story of small-town tragedy.
Theater
In Middlebury, Vt., Teens Train For Careers In The 'A.R.T.'s
June 8, 2013 A successful Broadway set builder took his theater skills back to New England. At the tiny Addison Repertory Theater, a part of the Hannaford Career Center, he teaches all aspects of professional theater to students — some of whom go on to successful careers in Hollywood and New York.
Friday, June 07, 2013
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Dance
Modern Movement: How The Ballets Russes Revolutionized Dance
May 30, 2013 In the early 1900s, the company shed the tutus and toeshoes and took a radically different approach to dance. A new exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., explores how the Ballets Russes shocked audiences and married avant-garde music and art.
