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News Articles: Theater

A sign of the "Hamilton" marquee at New York City's Richard Rogers Theater on Mar. 12, 2021, commemorating Broadway's "lost year" and a hope to return to live performances by fall 2021.

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NYC Mayor Promises To Help Broadway Reopen By September

At a Thursday press conference, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a series of public health measures aimed at re-starting New York City's cultural life and theatrical industry.

March 25, 2021
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
An image of the lead actress and director Leon Kenny.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Director Kenny Leon On The Singular Talent Of Gospel Singer Mahalia Jackson

Friday on Political Rewind, we step away from the headlines to have a conversation with one of the most respected and beloved artists to come out of the Atlanta theater community. Kenny Leon is a Tony award-winning director of Broadway theater, filmmaker and director of primetime television shows. His latest work is Robin Roberts Presents: The Mahalia Jackson Story.

March 12, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
When we spoke with Karyn Meek back in 2017, she was production stage manager for the Tony-nominated musical <em>Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. </em>She's now enrolled in online grad school. Meek says as a stage manager she's used to solving problems before they arise. The pandemic is "a problem that not only can I not solve — I can't even see what next week will be," she says.

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  • Theater

Where Are They Now? We Check In With Broadway Workers, Now Off Broadway

Each year ahead of the Tony Awards, we profile essential theater professionals who aren't centerstage. This year, with theaters closed due to COVID-19, we check back in to see how they are coping.

February 20, 2021
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Born in Toronto, Christopher Plummer made his name as a classical actor — performing Shakespeare at the Stratford Festival in Canada and the Royal Shakespeare Company in England. He began acting in films in the 1950s.

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  • Obituaries

Christopher Plummer, Star Of Stage, Screen, 'Sound Of Music,' Dies At 91

The Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actor began acting in films in the 1950s. He said he felt like he was "starting over" in acting every decade — "you never stop learning how to act," he said.

February 05, 2021
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
"I've always wanted to just be an actor ... that's all I've ever wanted to be, playing different roles," Hal Holbrook told NPR in 2008. He is shown above in his New York apartment in February 1973.

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  • Obituaries

Actor Hal Holbrook, Who Played Mark Twain Longer Than Twain Himself, Dies At 95

Holbrook played the Southern humorist for more than six decades in his one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight. He's also known for playing Deep Throat in All the President's Men.

February 02, 2021
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By:
  • Jesse Baker
Daphne Rubin-Vega played Mimi in <em>Rent. "</em>It was a lot of fun to actually be able to practically apply my research of partying ..." she says. "I knew these people. I knew this world." She's pictured above with Adam Pascal in New York Theatre Workshop's 1996 production of <em>Rent</em>.

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  • Theater

13,140,000 Minutes: It's Been 25 Years Since The First Performance Of 'Rent'

On Jan. 25, 1996, a new rock musical by a little-known writer, Jonathan Larson, gave its first performance. But that show almost didn't happen: Larson died of an aortic aneurysm early that morning.

January 25, 2021
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  • Jeff Lunden
Derek DelGaudio uses a little magic and a lot of storytelling to talk about identity in <em>In & Of Itself</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

'In & Of Itself' Is A Study Of Identity And Magic

Derek DelGaudio's successful off-Broadway show has been given a marvelous film adaptation that captures the stage production's delicate and humane tone.

January 22, 2021
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  • Linda Holmes
Wendell Pierce says that live audiences always "let you know if you're on the right track." But filming this new production without a live audience, he said it heightened his focus "to tell the story as clearly as possible."<strong><em> </em></strong>Pierce is pictured above in Paris in October 2016.

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  • Performing Arts

Wendell Pierce On Parenting, The Pandemic And Reckoning With The Past

Pierce stars alongside Charlie Robinson in a new online production of Some Old Black Man. It's "the classic confrontation of father and son," says Pierce.

January 15, 2021
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  • Tonya Mosley
Clockwise from upper left: Debbie Allen, Garth Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, Joan Baez and Midori Goto.

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  • Performing Arts

After Missing Last Year, 2021 Kennedy Center Honors Are Announced

COVID cancelled the Kennedy Center Lifetime Achievement Awards in 2020. Today the Center announced that the show will go on in May 2021, honoring five extraordinary performers.

January 14, 2021
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  • Elizabeth Blair
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  • Obituaries

Broadway Star Rebecca Luker Dies At 59

Broadway star Rebecca Luker has died of complications from ALS. She and her husband also had COVID-19 earlier this year.

December 26, 2020
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  • Jeff Lunden
August Wilson at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colo., in 2004.

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  • Arts & Life

'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Shines A Light On August Wilson's Vision

The late August Wilson's first Broadway hit, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, has been adapted for the screen, starring Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in his final film role.

December 18, 2020
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  • Tom Vitale
Ann Reinking, pictured holding her Tony Award for best choreography for the musical <em>Chicago</em> in 1997, died on Saturday, her family said in a statement.

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  • Obituaries

Actress, Dancer, Choreographer Ann Reinking Dies At 71

A mainstay in Broadway musicals, her standout turn as Roxie Hart in Chicago in 1977 earned her widespread praise. She reprised the role in 1996 and won a Tony.

December 15, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo and
  • Jeff Lunden
"Even in fragmented times, we can still find new forms of connection," says mentalist Scott Silven. His new virtual show is called <em>The Journey.</em>

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  • Theater

Illusionist Scott Silven Can Turn A Video Call Into A Magical 'Journey'

The Journey is an ingenious use of a virtual performance space. Silven invites 30 audience members to travel to his childhood home in Scotland where they interact in amazing feats of magic.

November 15, 2020
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
GPB  NPR

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  • Theater

How Women Have Been 'Profoundly' Left Out Of The U.S. Constitution

As a teen, Heidi Schreck debated the Constitution in competitions. A film of her Broadway play, What the Constitution Means to Me, is now available on Amazon Prime. Originally broadcast March 2019.

October 16, 2020
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By:
  • Terry Gross
The performing arts remain in economic peril as Broadway extends closures until May due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Performing Arts

Broadway's Reopening Is Pushed Back Again

The Broadway League has announced an extension of closures related to COVID-19 to May.

October 09, 2020
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  • Andrew Limbong
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