'Spamalot,' 'Doubt' Nab Top Tony Awards June 6, 2005 • The Monty Python musical Spamalot and Doubt, a drama about a priest suspected of molesting a boy, took the top awards at Sunday night's Tony Awards. 'Spamalot,' 'Doubt' Nab Top Tony Awards Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4681962/4681963" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Varied Field Vies for Tony Awards June 5, 2005 • There will be winners and losers on Broadway Sunday, when the annual Tony Awards are presented. NPR's Jennifer Ludden has a preview chat about this year's Tony Award nominees with The New Yorker's senior drama critic, John Lahr. Varied Field Vies for Tony Awards Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4681557/4681558" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Liev Schreiber, Enjoying a Tony Role as Roma June 4, 2005 • Liev Schreiber stars as the real-estate salesman Ricky Roma in a production of Glengarry Glen Ross showered with Tony nominations. Schreiber, Alan Alda and Gordon Clapp are all nominated for best actor. Liev Schreiber, Enjoying a Tony Role as Roma Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4678251/4678258" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Broadway Limo Drivers Rate the Tony Nominees June 5, 2005 • Who's more in the know about tonight's Tony awards than the limo drivers who serve the Broadway community? Jeff Lunden speaks with drivers about the nominees and the theater season. Broadway Limo Drivers Rate the Tony Nominees Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4681198/4681199" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'Spamalot' Garners 14 Tony Nominations May 10, 2005 • Spamalot, the musical adaptation of skits created by Monty Python, draws 14 Tony Award nods, including best musical and best original score. The nominations were announced in New York Tuesday morning. 'Spamalot' Garners 14 Tony Nominations Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4645849/4645850" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'Bring Out Your Dead': Monty Python Hits Broadway March 4, 2005 • The British comedy group's absurdist humor comes to New York with Spamalot, a splashy musical version of the classic cult film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 'Bring Out Your Dead': Monty Python Hits Broadway Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4521465/4523329" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Audience Participates in 'Putnam County Spelling Bee' May 4, 2005 • A new musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, opens this week on Broadway. Actual audience members are prescreened in order to take part in the show's spelling contest. Audience Participates in 'Putnam County Spelling Bee' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4630010/4630011" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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American Stages 'The Light in the Piazza': Partnering on the Road April 7, 2005 • Ever since The Great White Hope left resident theater to Broadway and won the Pulitzer Prize, not-for-profit theaters are developing productions hoping for commercial success. 'The Light in the Piazza': Partnering on the Road Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4518817/4581235" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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The 2005 Pulitzer Prize Winners 'Doubt' Looks at Child Molestation in Catholic Church March 31, 2005 • The new play Doubt opens on Broadway. It examines revelations about child molestation in the Catholic Church. Playwright John Patrick Shanley's own experience as a Catholic schoolboy lends an air of legitimacy to the story. 'Doubt' Looks at Child Molestation in Catholic Church Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4568827/4568828" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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NPR Replay: The Degrees of Kevin Bacon A Conversation with John Lithgow March 28, 2005 • From uptight preachers to uptight aliens, actor John Lithgow has never shied away from taking on daring roles. The same holds true in real life. A Conversation with John Lithgow Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4563988/4563989" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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'Virginia Woolf' Returns to Broadway March 18, 2005 • The Edward Albee play featuring one of American drama's most notorious married couples returns to Broadway. Bill Irwin plays George, and Kathleen Turner plays Martha in the new production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 'Virginia Woolf' Returns to Broadway Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4540718/4540719" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Phylicia Rashad's 'Gem' of a Role August 29, 2003 • Phylicia Rashad is best known for portraying Clair Huxtable on The Cosby Show. These days she's taking on another "role of a lifetime" -- portraying Aunt Ester in August Wilson's play Gem of the Ocean. Phylicia Rashad's 'Gem' of a Role Audio will be available later today.