Performing Arts

David Alan Grier as Sergeant Vernon C. Waters, Blair Underwood as Captain Richard Davenport and Billy Eugene Jones as Private James Wilkie in A Soldier's Play.

Arts

After 40 Years, 'A Soldier's Play' Finally Marches Onto Broadway

6:53pm February 18, 2020

by Alexandra Starr

A Soldier's Play tells the story of a murder in an African American unit of the U.S. Army after World War II. It premiered in 1981 and soon after won a Pulitzer Prize. Now, it's finally on Broadway.

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Encore: Reflections From Conversations With Women In Comedy

4:18pm February 17, 2020

NPR's Audie Cornish looks back on her series of conversations with women navigating the male-dominated world of comedy.

"I'm a student first in everything that I do," says Nnamdi Asomugha. "So it's always about: How can I get the edge mentally?" Asomugha, shown above on the sidelines of an Oakland Raiders game in November 2010, is now making his Broadway debut.

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Arts

Pro Bowl To Broadway, This NFL Star Says The Stage Is Another 'Team Sport'

5:23pm February 02, 2020

by Jeff Lunden

Nnamdi Asomugha, a four-time All-Pro NFL cornerback, is making his Broadway debut in A Soldier's Play. It's been "a pretty surreal journey," he says.

Arts

Reflections From Conversations With Women In Comedy

4:24pm January 30, 2020

For the past six months, NPR's Audie Cornish has held a series of conversations with women navigating the male-dominated world of comedy. Here are some highlights.

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Tanger Center Holding Job Fair To Fill 200 Positions

4:44pm January 16, 2020

by Eddie Garcia

Hiring efforts are underway at the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Greensboro.

Director Bartlett Sher is now working on an opera based on Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel, and preparing the London premiere and national tour of To Kill A Mockingbird. He's shown above during a rehearsal in May 2006, in Seattle.

Arts

One Director's Secrets To Success: Chaos, Confidence And 'Collective Genius'

4:56pm January 15, 2020

by Elizabeth Blair

Tony-winning director Bartlett Sher is known for adding surprising twists to classic American musicals and dramas. He says when reviving productions you have to ask: "Why are you doing it right now?"

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Encore: There Was 'No Chance Of Me Going Into The Arts,' Says Comedian Gina Yashere

5:59pm January 01, 2020

by Elizabeth Blair

When a teacher suggested Gina Yashere become an actor, her mom said: "Actor? No, no, no. You can act like a doctor when you become a doctor." Yashere is now a co-creator of Bob Hearts Abishola.

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Moni Yakim teaches a movement class at Juilliard in May 2019.

Arts

Moni Yakim Knows How To Move You

6:17pm December 31, 2019

by Alexandra Starr

The movement coach has taught at Juilliard for 50 years. Stars of stage and screen credit him with helping them create physically demanding roles by manipulating their bodies.

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge breaking the fourth wall in Fleabag is among the great things of this year.

Books
Arts

50 Wonderful Things From 2019

5:43pm December 31, 2019

by Linda Holmes

From J.Lo to Keanu, baseball GIFs to Phoebe Waller-Bridge's masterpiece, here are 50 great cultural moments — from TV, movies, theater, books, podcasts and more — from the year that was.

Supreme Court Releases Additional Orders From Prior Week's Conference

Unprecedented: The Right To Offend (Rebroadcast)

4:42pm December 31, 2019

Which publication gave us our "right to lampoon"? Hustler Magazine.