How 'Back to the Future: The Musical' created a DeLorean that flies
It flies over the audience and flips over — but that's not all that it does.
Theater
You can immerse yourself — literally — in this Broadway show
Is "Here Lies Love" the future of Broadway? The immersive musical about Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos is a $22 million gamble. (Story first aired on Morning Edition on Julu 18, 2023.)
You can immerse yourself — literally — in this Broadway show
Here Lies Love tells the story of Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos' rise and fall in the Philippines. The $22 million immersive musical production is a big Broadway gamble.
Broadway adaptation of 'Back to the Future' previewed on Broadway last week
The four shows brought in over a million dollars. The musical originally premiered in 2020 in Manchester, England. It officially debuts stateside on August 3.
A new free play at Federal Hall reveals the bumpy early days of the government
Democracy is messy. A new free play for visitors to the Federal Hall National Monument in New York shows just how messy the early days of the federal government were.
Remembering Broadway legend and 'Fiddler on the Roof' lyricist Sheldon Harnick
Harnick, along with composer Jerry Bock, wrote the enduring music for Fiddler, as well as Fiorello and She Loves Me. He died June 23. Originally broadcast in 1988, 2004 and 2014.
'Slave Play' playwright Jeremy O. Harris is on a mission to diversify theater
The award-winning playwright helped bring Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window to Broadway. He also talks about his provocative Slave Play, which earned 12 Tony nominations.
Broadway lyricist Sheldon Harnick, who wrote 'Fiddler on the Roof,' dies at 99
The Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning lyricist was one of the last masters of Broadway's Golden Age. His career extended over 60 years.
After 20 years, Triad Stage exits stage left
Triad Stage, which offered professional theater productions in the Piedmont for two decades, is shuttering its doors.
Now-Tony winner Jodie Comer talks about her Broadway play 'Prima Facie'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with actress Jodie Comer about the Broadway premiere of her play Prima Facie.