Performing Arts

Jamar Roberts, the first resident choreographer of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, is the creator of Ode.

Arts

An 'Ode' To Victims Of Gun Violence — From Alvin Ailey Dancers

5:58am December 10, 2019

by Jeff Lunden

The dance company dedicated to African American culture premieres a new work tonight. Jamar Roberts, its first resident choreographer, says he was inspired by the deaths of Trayvon Martin and others.

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Adrienne Warren, center, stars in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical.

'I Done Been Through Some Things': The Tina Turner Musical Is Now On Broadway

6:20pm December 08, 2019

by Michel Martin

Tina playwright Katori Hall and star Adrienne Warren have plenty to say about working with the star, depicting domestic violence and learning to sing in a new voice.

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Actors Ron Liebman and Madeline Kahn are shown at the Tony Awards in New York, June 6, 1993.

Tony And Emmy Award Winning Actor Ron Liebman Dies At 82

11:24pm December 06, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Liebman, who played a wide range of roles in films, the stage and television, is perhaps most popularly known for his role as the father of Jennifer Anniston's Rachel Green on "Friends."

Arts

Encore: 'The New One' Follows Comedian Mike Birbiglia's Journey To Parenthood

5:45pm November 29, 2019

Encore presentation of a 2018 conversation with comedian Mike Birbiglia, who was staunchly opposed to having a kid. Then he and his wife had one. He talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about what came next.

Arts

'Jagged Little Pill' Hits Broadway

8:04am November 24, 2019

by Denise Guerra

The 1995 hit album Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette is now a musical on Broadway. We talk with show creators Diablo Cody and Diane Paulus for a sneak preview.

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Unprecedented: The Right To Offend

3:36pm November 20, 2019

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

Jenny Slate's new Netflix comedy special is Stage Fright.

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'Sorrow Is Not The Same As Pessimism': Comedian Jenny Slate

7:17pm November 18, 2019

by Audie Cornish

Now that she's released her first Netflix stand-up special (Stage Fright) and her first book (Little Weirds), Slate says she's finally finding her comedic voice in smallness.

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Arts

In Albee's 'Occupant,' A Deceased Sculptor Defends Her Legacy

9:37am November 18, 2019

by Susan Stamberg

In what turned out to be playwright Edward Albee's last produced new play, he explored the personality of sculptor Louise Nevelson. Occupant is being performed at Washington, D.C.'s Theater J.

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Inspired by E.M. Forster's Howards End, Matthew Lopez wrote The Inheritance, which explores different generations of gay men, and the legacy they pass on to one another. Pictured above are Samuel H. Levine, left, Kyle Soller and Andrew Burnap.

Arts

Ghosts Haunt 'The Inheritance,' From E.M. Forster, To The Generation Lost To AIDS

7:52am November 17, 2019

by Jeff Lunden

The next big thing on Broadway might live up to the hype. The Inheritance takes E.M. Forster's Howards End into modern day Manhattan — the seven-hour play has been compared to Angels In America.

Mary-Louise Parker during the opening night curtain call for the new play The Sound Inside on Broadway at Studio 54 Theatre last month.

Arts

'I'm A Purist': Mary-Louise Parker Returns To Broadway For A New Challenge

8:02am November 16, 2019

by Scott Simon

The actor discusses her "arduous" role as a 53-year-old Yale professor in the dark play, The Sound Inside. "It requires a lot of technique," she said. "Because I don't want you to see the technique."