Performing Arts

Cady (Erika Henningsen, left) wears pink along with fellow Plastics Gretchen (Ashley Park), Regina (Taylor Louderman) and Karen (Kate Rockwell) in the musical Mean Girls.

On Broadway, They Wear Pink: 'Mean Girls' Is Now A Musical

8:04am April 06, 2018

by Elizabeth Blair

A lot has changed since Mean Girls came out in 2004, but Tina Fey points to one reason the story still holds up: Older women and teens can both see themselves playing out their worst behavior.

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A picture provided by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (back, center) and his wife Ri Sol-Ju (second row, sixth from left) posing with South Korean musicians after their performance in the East Pyongy

Kim Jong Un Was 'Deeply Moved' After K-Pop Performance

12:23pm April 02, 2018

by Andrew Flanagan

The North Korean leader hosted a South Korean delegation Sunday, becoming the first leader in his country's history to take in the talents of K-pop stars in his capital city.

Jose Antonio Abreu, Founder Of El Sistema Youth Orchestra, Dies At 78

6:13pm March 26, 2018

Jose Abreu, founder of El Sistema Youth Orchestra in Venezuela, died Saturday at 78. Alvaro Rodas, director of the Corona Youth Music Project, wrote his grad school thesis on Abreu and remembers him.

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Caissie Levy plays Elsa (left) and Patti Murin plays her sister Anna in the Broadway musical version of Frozen.

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'Frozen' Hits Broadway, In 'A Sophisticated Dignified Adult Psychological' Way

7:27am March 24, 2018

by Jeff Lunden

The creators of the highest-grossing animated film of all time aren't just simply letting it go — they've written a dozen new songs for a very sold-out theatrical adaptation.

The Bolshoi Theatre's new staging of Anna Karenina features Olga Smirnova as Anna and Andrei Merkuriev as Karenin.

Arts

An 'Anna Karenina' For Our Times At Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre

12:10pm March 23, 2018

The world-famous ballet company is iconic in Russia. Principal dancer Olga Smirnova says a new staging of a beloved epic takes it into the 21st century.

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Yann Arnaud performs during a Cirque du Soleil show in Toronto in 2017. Arnaud died early Sunday after falling while performing on Saturday in Tampa, Fla.

Cirque Du Soleil Performer Falls To His Death During Show In Florida

11:31pm March 19, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Veteran aerialist Yann Arnaud slipped off the double rings during a performance and fell 20 feet, according to the theatrical company. He died of his injuries at a hospital on Sunday.

Russia's Bolshoi Theatre Brings Anna Karenina Ballet To Modern Era

5:14pm March 19, 2018

by Mary Louise Kelly

The world-famous Bolshoi Theatre is a Russian icon. But a new staging of the ballet Anna Karenina takes the beloved Russian epic — and the theater — into the 21st century. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Bolshoi principal dancer Olga Smirnova.

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Arts

Clint Smith: How Should You Raise A Black Son In America?

9:23am March 16, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

How do you raise a child in a world taught to fear the color of their skin? Poet and writer Clint Smith explains the difficulty of black parenting, and the implications of being black in America.

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Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, a small-town lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape, in a scene from the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, based on the novel by Harper Lee.

Harper Lee Estate Sues Over 'To Kill A Mockingbird' Broadway Script By Aaron Sorkin

8:22pm March 15, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The author's lawyer says a contract bars the producers of a high-profile stage adaptation from departing "in any manner" from the spirit of the classic novel.

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Harper Lee's Estate Sues Aaron Sorkin Over 'To Kill A Mockingbird' Broadway Adaptation

5:17pm March 15, 2018

Author Harper Lee's estate is suing Aaron Sorkin over editorial liberties Sorkin took when turning the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird into a Broadway production.

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