Like A War Movie, But 'On A Planet Of Teenage Girls'
When playwright Sarah DeLappe was growing up, she loved war movies. So she decided to write a play that was like a war movie – but about girls soccer. The Wolves opens at New York's Lincoln Center on...
View ArticleFamed Conductor Charles Dutoit Faces Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: A major figure in the classical music world, conductor Charles Dutoit, has been accused of sexual misconduct in an article published...
View ArticleThe True Story Of A Spanish Royal And The Very High Voice That Healed Him
Several years ago, Claire van Kampen was composing music for a London theater production. During a break, one of the singers asked her if she knew the story of Farinelli, the famous 18th century opera...
View ArticlePeter Martins Leaves New York City Ballet Amid Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The #MeToo moment has come to the world of ballet. On Monday, Peter Martins, the head of the New York City Ballet and its affiliated school,...
View ArticleIt's OK To Look At Your Phone At A Broadway Show, If Your Hearing Is Impaired
Jerry Bergman is sitting in the audience at a Broadway matinée performance of The Band's Visit . Despite the fact that a huge sign above the stage tells the audience — in English, Hebrew and Arabic —...
View ArticleMaking Musical Connections At Sing Sing Prison
Sing Sing Correctional Facility is not the sort of place you'd expect to find a flourishing music community, but a workshop run by Carnegie Hall offers inmates the ability to learn in harmony. Twice a...
View Article'Frozen' Hits Broadway, In 'A Sophisticated Dignified Adult Psychological' Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KJP6jm2QF4 Since the Disney animated musical Frozen premiered five years ago, the song "Let It Go" has been inescapable. Even the daughters of its songwriters were a...
View ArticleMuggles Rejoice: 'Harry Potter And The Cursed Child' Is Now On Broadway
The most expensive play in Broadway history opened Sunday night. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child cost $33.5 million, runs five and a half hours long (in two parts), and has gotten rave reviews . But...
View Article'Jerome Robbins 100' Is A Centennial Celebration Of Timeless Choreography
In 1943, two 25 year olds — Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein — were about to rock the ballet world. The dance they collaborated on was Fancy Free — about three sailors in a bar, trying to meet...
View ArticleRepertorio Español Celebrates 50 Years With A World Premiere
One of the oldest and most distinguished Spanish language theaters in the U.S. is housed in a converted Manhattan brownstone. "It started actually as a private house," explains Robert Federico,...
View ArticleA Campaign For 'Often The Hardest-Working People On Stage' — The Chorus
Remember A Chorus Line ? The immensely popular 1975 musical looked at the stories of some of the people who often work completely anonymously on Broadway. Tonight, the 2018 Tony Awards — Broadway's...
View ArticleA Stage Revival, And 50 Years Of Survival, For 'The Boys In The Band'
Editor's note: This story includes language that some may find offensive. It was 1968. But playwright Mart Crowley felt he had to write what he knew. "Nobody wanted the play," Crowley says. "Not even...
View ArticleOliver Knussen, Composer And Conductor, Dies At 66
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl43oYHrk1k Composer and conductor Oliver Knussen, one of Britain's most influential contemporary classical figures, died Sunday, July 8, at the age of 66. His passing...
View ArticleActors, Married For 35 Years, Enrich Their Lives With Others' Words
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: So rehearsals and performances for plays can be so intense that actors and actresses sometimes fall in love. There's even a term for this -...
View ArticleThe Complex Life Of Leonard Bernstein, A Once-In-A-Century Talent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxwWlQNGeKE Aug. 25, 2018 marks the centennial of Leonard Bernstein 's birth. He was a singular American talent and one of the great orchestra conductors of his...
View ArticleBroadway Is About To 'Be More Chill'
When the sci-fi teen musical Be More Chill opened in New Jersey a few years ago, it got a ho-hum critical response. But then something surprising happened. The cast recording and some YouTube videos...
View ArticleNew York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Struggle To Find Their Way
Two of the country's oldest and most venerated music institutions, the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera, are beginning their seasons with a change in artistic leadership. Both...
View Article'King Kong' On Broadway Is The 2,400-Pound Gorilla In The Room
There's a new star on Broadway. He's 20 feet tall, weighs 1.2 tons and requires 15 people to move. His name is King Kong. The gigantic puppet is the centerpiece of a $35 million musical, based on the...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland's Troubled Past Surfaces In Family Drama 'The Ferryman'
The Ferryman starts in a graffiti-covered back alley in Derry, Northern Ireland. A parish priest is questioned by an IRA captain — the body of a man who disappeared 10 years ago has been found in a...
View ArticleDominick Argento, Literature-Loving And Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer, Dead...
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Dominick Argento died on Wednesday in Minneapolis, Minn., after a short illness; his death was announced by his family He was 91. Argento was best known for his lyrical...
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