NPR’s latest on the performing arts
Gambon was best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in most of the Harry Potter movies. The Irish-born actor got his start on stage and worked under Laurence Olivier.
Posted: September 28, 2023, 2:48 pm
In 1961, actor and Civil Rights activist Ossie Davis wrote the blistering play Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch. Now, Leslie Odom Jr. stars in the revival.
Posted: September 27, 2023, 7:26 pm
Through portraits and interviews with activists and artists, Koral Carballo sought out an answer to the question of what it means to be an Afro-Mexican woman today.
Posted: September 25, 2023, 6:06 pm
Broadway tickets are expensive — add babysitting to that and the costs are often prohibitive. But a nonprofit is trying to bring free babysitting to theaters around the country.
Posted: September 23, 2023, 9:01 am
From SNL's Coneheads to Killer Bees, Broadway's Sweeney Todd and Candide, we remember Tony Award-winning costume designer Franne Lee who died on Aug. 27.
Posted: September 6, 2023, 9:26 pm
From SNL's Coneheads to Killer Bees, Broadway's Sweeney Todd and Candide, we remember Tony Award-winning costume designer Franne Lee who died on Aug. 27.
Posted: September 6, 2023, 9:09 am
Organizers of the Burning Man festival lifted a driving ban on Monday as muddy roads that had stranded thousands of attendees in the Nevada desert had dried up enough to allow people to begin leaving.
Posted: September 2, 2023, 11:15 pm
The star of the Back to the Future: The Musical may be the car. The show's design team created a DeLorean that flies over the audience.
Posted: August 30, 2023, 10:04 pm
When security told Juan Lastra to sit down, Adele told them to leave him alone. The incident sparked a debate about concert etiquette. Stand when others are sitting? Tell a fan to sit down?
Posted: August 30, 2023, 3:09 pm
It flies over the audience and flips over — but that's not all that it does.
Posted: August 25, 2023, 9:00 am