What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Andor, Aftersun, Southern Baptist Sissies and more.
Theater
NPR reporting on Oregon theater death threats prompt local and national response
NPR broke the news about artistic director Nataki Garrett hiring a private security detail for her personal safety.
When a regional theater got millions to remake itself, it focused on racial healing
The historically Black Penumbra Theatre has received millions in grants to remake itself into a center for racial healing. What will its choices reveal about regional theater's future?
Remembering Angela Lansbury, a legend of the stage and screen
The Tony Award-winning actor starred in the Broadway musicals Mame, Gypsy and Sweeney Todd, as well as the TV series Murder, She Wrote. Lansbury died Oct. 11. Originally broadcast in 1980 and 2000.
Without more federal money, what will regional theaters do?
Subscriptions and ticket sales are down, but theater is needed more than ever. What theaters are doing to survive.
In the Broadway musical '1776,' the revolution is in the casting
This production uses a cast of multi-racial actors who are female, nonbinary and trans — people who weren't even considered in the Declaration of Independence.
What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend listening and viewing
Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the film Gamak Ghar, Rosalía's album Motomami, remembering Angela Lansbury, and more.
Where will the next 'Hamilton' come from now that so many playwrights are in TV?
Chances are the next Broadway hit will have originated at a regional theater taking a risk on an untested playwright. But once those playwrights are established, many of them start writing for TV.
Robert Kalfin, director and producer of innovative theater, dies at 89
Kalfin co-founded the Chelsea Theater Center, which was known for provocative off-Broadway shows.
Angela Lansbury, a beloved star of the screen and stage, has died at 96
Lansbury's acting career extended over an extraordinary seven decades. She says she knew early on that she'd never be "groomed to be a glamorous movie star" and thus sought out nontraditional roles.