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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Audra McDonald: Shaping 'Bess' On Broadway
August 30, 2012 The actress plays Bess in the Broadway musical Porgy and Bess. The show, which won two Tony Awards, closes next month.
David Alan Grier's 'Sporting Life' On Broadway
August 30, 2012 The stand-up comedian and star of In Living Color played Sporting Life in the opera Porgy and Bess. The show, which won Tony Awards, closes on Broadway next month.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Theater
In The Theater Of Politics, Staging Is Everything
August 23, 2012 As the party conventions approach, elaborate theatrics on the part of presidential candidates are at the forefront. NPR critic Bob Mondello takes a look at the ways campaigns frame their candidates to make them stand out like Broadway stars.
Movies
The Marlon Brando Of Screen Dance, 100 Years On
August 23, 2012 Dancer-actor Gene Kelly would have been 100 this year, and his legacy of unparalleled athleticism and joyous, comic performance still looms large in popular culture. His versatility and his physical beauty were both part of his appeal.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Friday, August 10, 2012
Monkey See
'Into The Woods' All Over Again, This Time In An Actual Urban Jungle
August 10, 2012 Stephen Sondheim's fractured musical fairy tale is getting a major revival in Central Park. NPR's Trey Graham had a look.
Tuesday, August 07, 2012
Destination Art
Stratford's Big Stars, From The Bard To The Bieb
August 7, 2012 When it opened in 1953, nobody expected much of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. But what began 60 years ago as two plays in a tent is now a major theater festival. It attracts half a million ticket-buyers a year to the small Ontario town — which also boasts homegrown heartthrob Justin Bieber.
The Record
Remembering Award-Winning Composer Marvin Hamlisch
August 7, 2012 He wrote music for The Sting, A Chorus Line and The Way We Were, and won a Tony, Oscars, Grammys and Emmys.
Thursday, August 02, 2012
Theater
Playwright Fugard Bucked South Africa's 'Racist Ideas'
August 2, 2012 South African playwright, actor and director Athol Fugard was a thorn in the apartheid regime's side. Now 80, he calls any suggestion that he would slow down "nonsense."
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Remembrances
'Oklahoma!' Actress Celeste Holm Dies At 95
July 15, 2012 The Academy Award-winning actress was a star on both stage and screen, best known for roles in Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve and Oklahoma!
Theater
Seattle Theater Returns For A Shrunken Second Act
July 15, 2012 KUOWAfter financial problems forced it to close midseason last year, Seattle's Intiman Theater is reopening with a more limited offering: an eight-week summer festival. The comeback shows include a drag version of The Miracle Worker.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Theater
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.
Thursday, July 05, 2012
Games & Humor
Translating South African Jokes For A U.S. Audience
July 5, 2012 In just a few years, comedian Trevor Noah went from performing at amateur clubs to selling out large theaters in his native South Africa. Born to an African mother and Swiss father during apartheid, many of his jokes stem from his upbringing in a township where law separated blacks and whites.
