Performing Arts

Gesel Mason performs David Roussève's "Jumping the Broom" as part of her performance project No Boundaries: Dancing the Visions of Contemporary Black Choreographers.

Arts

Dancer Preserves The Work Of Black Choreographers, In One Video At A Time

5:36pm July 08, 2018

by Stephanie Wolf

When she was in her 20s, dancer Gesel Mason started emailing choreographers she admired, asking them to create a solo for her. To her surprise, many of them said yes.

Fifty years after it was first staged, The Boys in the Band is finally playing on Broadway, with an all-gay cast including several film and TV stars.

Arts

A Stage Revival, And 50 Years Of Survival, For 'The Boys In The Band'

5:44pm July 04, 2018

by Jeff Lunden

Ever since Mart Crowley's play about a gay male life premiered off-Broadway in 1968, much of the original cast and crew has died of AIDS. A new, star-studded production acknowledges that history.

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Alvin, played by LJ Moses, performs "We Can't Stop," during the musical East of the River at the Anacostia Arts Center Friday night.

Musical 'East Of The River' Examines A Gentrifying Anacostia

11:00am June 30, 2018

Set amid a theoretical debate about a potential Whole Foods arriving in the historically underserved Washington, D.C. neighborhood, the musical looks at the good and the bad of gentrification.

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Patton Oswalt On Being Funny In Tough Times

1:22pm June 25, 2018

He says it's possible the current times "will forever explode the cliché that when things are bad, it must be great for comedians."

A Father Feared For His Son's Life, So He Joined Him On The Street

7:55am June 23, 2018

by Andrea Dukakis

A San Diego father believed his son, a heroin addict, was on the verge of dying, so he flew to Denver and lived on the street with him for a week, foraging for food and sleeping in parks.

Finding The Rhythm With Otis Williams and PJ Morton

2:20pm June 18, 2018

We've got sunshine on a cloudy day.

Actors Josh Stamberg (son of NPR's Susan Stamberg) and Joanne Kelly as Arthur Miller and Inge Morath in Fall.

Arts

'Fall' Examines Playwright Arthur Miller's Secret Son

6:54pm June 14, 2018

by Lisa Mullins

The new play Fall tells the story of playwright Arthur Miller's son, Daniel, who was born with Down syndrome and was institutionalized as an infant. His parents never publicly acknowledged him.

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Auditions Begin For 'Hamilton' In Puerto Rico

10:35am June 13, 2018

by Daniella Cheslow

Playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda has promised to play the lead in a January 2019 production.

Katrina Lenk and Tony Shalhoub perform "Omar Sharif" from The Band's Visit at the Tony Awards on Sunday night.

'The Band's Visit' And Harry Potter Win Big At A Quieter Tony Awards

4:47pm June 11, 2018

by Linda Holmes

The Tony Awards paid off for The Band's Visit, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the Angels in America revival and a scrappy theater kid named Bruce Springsteen.

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Harvey Weinstein, left, and his attorney Benjamin Brafman leave a New York court, where Weinstein pleaded not guilty Tuesday to rape and other abuse violations.

SAG-AFTRA And TV Networks Move To Eliminate Casting Couch

3:35pm June 10, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

The new agreement will limit professional meetings in off-site locations, and aims to change industry culture as the #MeToo has transformed conversation around sexual harassment and assault.