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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.
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.
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.
Theater
Mike Nichols Warns 'Death' May Be His Final Curtain
July 4, 2012 Mike Nichols has won every major entertainment award over a long career in theater, comedy, TV and film. He returned to Broadway directing a revival of Death of a Salesman, which picked up seven Tony nominations. Nichols warns the production may be his last. Originally broadcast May 23, 2012.
American Dreams: Then And Now
Great Expectations, And Some Hope Of Meeting Them
June 28, 2012 Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang has written extensively on Asian immigrants' assimilation into American culture. The American dream, he says, is defined by the ability to imagine a future, and then have hope of fulfilling it.
Remembrances
Nora Ephron: From 'Silkwood' To 'Sally,' A Singular Voice
June 27, 2012 Nominated for multiple Oscars, the director and screenwriter gave us two of the most indelible scenes in contemporary cinema — and they're startlingly different.
Remembrances
Fresh Air Remembers Broadway's Richard Adler
June 25, 2012 Richard Adler, who co-wrote the musicals The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees with his partner, Jerry Ross, died Thursday at his home in Southampton, N.Y. He was 90. Fresh Air remembers the composer and lyricist with excerpts from a 1990 interview.
Movies
Shirley Clarke's 'Connection': Will It Click At Last?
June 23, 2012 When it was released in the early '60s, Shirley Clarke's controversial film about heroin addicts got shut down by New York police after two screenings. Now, a half-century later, audiences get a second chance to see the newly restored movie in theaters.
Around the Nation
On This Stage, Jesus Is A Robber; The Devil's A Rapist
June 23, 2012 The Angola Prison Drama Club performed a play unlike any other in the prison's experience. Seventy inmates took part in The Life of Jesus Christ. For the untrained actors, this production held special meaning, as they saw pieces of their own lives revealed in the characters they played.
The Record
Richard Adler, Broadway Composer And Lyricist, Dies
June 22, 2012 He co-wrote Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, then hired Marilyn Monroe to sing "Happy Birthday" to John F. Kennedy.
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.
Monkey See
Theater Diary: The After-Action Report
June 19, 2012 One last dispatch, now that we've recovered, featuring observations on Jackie Hoffman and shirtless dwarves.
Theater
The Stage On Which Juliet First Called Out For Romeo
June 17, 2012 Archaeologists have found the remains of the Curtain Theatre, where Shakespeare first staged some of his most famous plays. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Chris Thomas, who dug up the theater.
Monkey See
Theater Diary: When Reactions Speak Louder Than Words
June 15, 2012 Sometimes high-octane histrionics are what makes a show unforgettable. And sometimes it's the little moments — and how they reflect what's gone before.
