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News Articles: Theater

Jared Grimes (l) as Eddie Ryan and Beanie Feldstein as Fanny Brice in <em>Funny Girl</em>

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  • Arts & Life

From Fanny to Barbra to Beanie: 'Funny Girl' comes back to Broadway

In 1964, the musical made a star out of 21-year-old Barbra Streisand. Now a new version features Beanie Feldstein.

April 22, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Actor Robert Morse pictured at the Emmy Awards in 2014.

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  • Arts & Life

Tony award winner and 'Mad Men' star Robert Morse dies at 90

Robert Morse, who starred in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as a young actor and, decades later, returned to the corporate world with TV's Mad Men, has died at 90.

April 21, 2022
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  • Miranda Mazariegos
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  • Theater

Young playwrights confront gun violence with their art and say #Enough

Across the country, theaters and civic organizations commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the Columbine school shootings by presenting readings of eight short plays by teenagers.

April 17, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
August Wilson often wrote in diners - in the exhibit, visitors can immerse themselves in one the playwright loved.

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  • Arts & Life

Walk into August Wilson's life and plays in immersive new exhibit

Visitor's can step into Wilson's office - or the diner where he liked to write

April 17, 2022
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By:
  • Bill O'Driscoll
James McAvoy stars in the London production of <em>Cyrano de Bergerac</em>, now playing in Brooklyn.

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  • Arts & Life

A stripped-down 'Cyrano' — a London import — is all about language

James McAvoy stars in this Olivier-winning production that includes beatboxing — but no prosthetic nose.

April 14, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Some of the vendors at the Broadway Makers Marketplace, which carries their handmade goods

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  • Theater

At the Broadway Makers Marketplace, theater fans find both crafts and community

A pop-up shop in a New York subway station is home to all things Broadway: memorabilia, live performances and handmade goods created by fans. Now, the shop's owners hope to find a permanent home.

March 19, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Conductor Semyon Bychkov, conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in a performance in Vienna in 2017.

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  • Arts & Life

Some Russian performing artists are speaking out against Putin

A number of Russian stars from the performing arts world are using their voices and international platforms to denounce the invasion of Ukraine and speak up against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

February 28, 2022
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
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  • Performing Arts

Jennifer Hudson wins top honor at 53rd NAACP Image Awards

Hudson wins entertainer of the year at the 53rd annual NAACP Image Awards honoring work by entertainers of color, beating out Regina King, Lil Nas X, Megan Thee Stallion and Tiffany Haddish.

February 27, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Actor Zero Mostel, center, who portrays Tevye in the musical "Fiddler on the Roof," poses backstage with cast members after the play's opening performance at the Imperial Theatre in New York on Sept. 22, 1964. Maria Karnilova, who plays Tevye's wife, Golde, is at far left. Playing Tevye's daughters, from left, are, Tanya Everett, as Chava; Julia Migenes, as Hodel; and Joanna Merlin, as Tzeitel.

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  • Theater

If Russia's invasion of Ukraine feels familiar, look to Broadway in the '60s

Why should Americans care about Ukraine? An answer from 1960s Broadway.

February 26, 2022
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
Tariq Trotter portrays a scientist who has invented a machine that can turn Black people white in the off-Broadway musical <em>Black No More</em>.

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  • Theater

A machine turns Black people white in the musical 'Black No More'

An off-Broadway show, based on a 1931 novel, explores the results when a scientist charges Black people $50 each to change their race with his new invention.

February 14, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Method actor Robert De Niro won the Oscar in 1981 for his performance as a retired boxer in <em>Raging Bull</em>.

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  • Author Interviews

How the Method transformed film — and made acting more human

Method acting is more than mining personal experiences to play a character — or physically transforming for a role. Author Isaac Butler traces the history of the technique in The Method.

February 09, 2022
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Illustrator Peter Emmerich says he drew on both research and his own personal memories to draw people like Stephen Sondheim. "I put him in the book wearing what he was wearing when I met him," says Emmerich. "Because, like, I will never forget him in that red sweater."

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  • Books

Theater stars spring to life on the pages of 'B is for Broadway'

A few years ago, a children's book called A is for Audra celebrated musical theater divas. Its creators have written a new book, B is for Broadway, celebrating theater from auditions to Ziegfeld.

January 29, 2022
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  • Jeff Lunden
<em>Mrs. Doubtfire</em> is one of the Broadway shows that reopened but then had to shut down for a while after cases of COVID spread among cast and crew.

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  • Theater

Omicron hampers Broadway. Fewer tourists are there for just a score of shows

Tickets may be easier and cheaper to get for the plays that are still open. Some producers reopened until the virus raced through the cast and crew. Future productions are hard to see on the horizon.

January 23, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Terry Teachout in 2012.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Remembering a friendship with Terry Teachout

NPR's Scott Simon remembers theater critic and playwright Terry Teachout, who died this week at the age of 65.

January 16, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Lynn Nottage photographed at A Broadway Celebration at the Times Square EDITION, in December 2021.

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  • Arts & Life

Two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage turns a triple play in New York City

Nottage, the only woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice, has a new play on Broadway, an opera at Lincoln Center Theater and a Michael Jackson musical opening soon.

January 14, 2022
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  • Jeff Lunden
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