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Pop Culture Happy Hour
Jessie Buckley and Josh O'Connor as Romeo and Juliet, and Lucian Msamati as Friar Laurence, in the new <em>Romeo & Juliet </em>on PBS's <em>Great Performances</em>.
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A Pandemic 'Romeo & Juliet' Finds A New Language Of Love And Loss

Apr 23, 2021
A cleverly made Romeo & Juliet, adapted from a planned theatrical run to a filmed version, embraces the promise and the romance of a large and empty theater as a place to situate a classic story.
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2021 NEA Jazz Masters
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Stream the 2021 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert From SFJAZZ

Apr 21, 2021
Performances and speeches honor this year's NEA Jazz Masters award recipients, including Terri Lyne Carrington, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Henry Threadgill & Phil Schaap. Watch live Thu, Apr 22 at 8PM ET!
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Performing Arts

Broadway Stars Bring Pandemic Joy By Way Of The Singing Telegram

Apr 20, 2021
Broadway has been dark for quite some time due to the pandemic. Some out of work Broadway actors are using singing telegrams to earn some cash and make use of their talents.
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Theater
Producer Scott Rudin, center, and the cast of <em>Hello, Dolly!</em> accept the award for Best Revival of a Musical at the 2017 Tony Awards in New York City. Rudin says he's stepping back from his Broadway work.
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Producer Scott Rudin Steps Back From Broadway Following Allegations Of Bullying

Apr 17, 2021
The producer announced Saturday that he would take a step back after allegations of bullying and workplace misconduct were reported this month.
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Laurie Anderson, an artist and performer whose work spans disciplines, channels her emotional past into transformative art.
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Catching Up With Laurie Anderson, An Artist Always Ahead Of Her Time

Apr 13, 2021
The versatile, eclectic multimedia artist and musician Laurie Anderson has taken stock of her life's work, pursuing reissues and retrospectives while always forging ahead.
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Dance
Twyla Tharp, shown above at Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2008, says the pandemic has impacted her body: "In terms of routine, discipline, just ordinary day-to-day activities — the body doesn't know itself at the moment."
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'Dance Can Give Community': Twyla Tharp On Choreographing Through Lockdown

Apr 08, 2021
Twyla Moves, a new documentary by PBS American Masters, tells the story of the legendary choreographer, who got her start performing on subway platforms and rooftops in the 1960s.
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Coronavirus Updates
Blues Alley Jazz in Washington, D.C., is livestreaming its performances, one of many clubs affected by the pandemic. Beloved jazz clubs in New York, Denver and New Orleans have closed.
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U.S. Box Office Plummeted 86% in 2020, Says Leading Arts Group

Apr 01, 2021
The new data show the drop in ticket sales at theaters, arts centers and orchestras in the United States, U.K. and Canada has been "catastrophic" for the performing arts.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
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1 Pandemic, 2 Productions Of 'A Chorus Line,' Plenty Of Teen Resilience

Mar 30, 2021
Last spring, student performers had their hopes of stardom dashed as schools abruptly closed at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. A year later, we follow two schools putting on the same musical.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
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

Mar 25, 2021
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.
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Obituaries

'Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf' Actor George Segal Dead At 87

Mar 23, 2021
The Oscar-nominated actor, who recently wrapped up an eighth season on the ABC show The Goldbergs, died on Tuesday morning of complications from bypass surgery, his wife, Sonia, said in a statement.
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Sasha Velour stars in <em>The Island We Made</em>, an opera composed by Angélica Negrón and filmed in a mid-century Staten Island house.
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'The Island We Made': Lip-Sync Opera And High Drag Sing An Ode To Mothers

Mar 19, 2021
Composer Angélica Negrón collaborates with 'RuPaul's Drag Race' winner Sasha Velour on a 10-minute film featuring original music, in a project for Opera Philadelphia.
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An Off-Broadway Void In Las Vegas May Be Filled By A New York Company

Mar 12, 2021

The Las Vegas theater community has been growing for years now.

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Music News
Music venues, like the Metro in Chicago, have gone through a long and uncertain wait for aid passed by Congress in December.
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Shuttered Venue Grants Are Coming In April, After A Long Wait

Mar 11, 2021
The live music industry breathed a sigh of relief when Congress passed a $15 billion grant program for struggling venues. But owners still face uncertainty and delays.
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Economy

Performance Venues Wait For Aid From Earlier COVID-19 Relief Measure

Mar 10, 2021
A bailout for live music and other event venues passed in the last relief bill. But one month after applications were scheduled to launch, they have not, and many venues are barely hanging on.
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Pop Culture

Mara Wilson Reflects On Fame At A Young Age, Britney Spears' Career

Mar 07, 2021
Actor and writer Mara Wilson reflects on Britney Spears' career and the ways in which famous young women are objectified by the media.
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Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York City remains closed following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on Jan. 16, 2021.
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Metropolitan Opera Backstage Workers: 'Without People, The Opera Is Nothing'

Feb 19, 2021
A union representing 800 backstage workers began a publicity campaign today urging donors and government entities to withdraw support for the company because of a labor dispute.
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Pop Culture
Abigail Barlow, left, and Emily Bear are the creative duo behind <em>Bridgerton</em> the musical. "We wanted to be able to tell a stand-alone story and still honor what was created in the books and the TV show," says Barlow. "But honestly, we want to bri
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Now Playing On TikTok: 'Bridgerton' The Musical

Feb 13, 2021
Not long after the Netflix Regency romance premiered on Christmas, two young songwriters asked on TikTok: "Ok but what if Bridgerton was a musical?" Millions of people wanted to know the answer.
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Movie Interviews

'I'll Meet You There': A Dancer Finds New Rhythm In Her Culture

Feb 13, 2021
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to fimmaker Iram Parveen Bilal about her new movie, set in a Pakistani Muslim community in Chicago.
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Goats and Soda
A screen grab from the film, <em data-stringify-type="italic">Zindagi Tamasha, </em>shows the main character, Rahat Khwaja.
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Why Most Pakistanis Can't See The Film Pakistan Is Submitting For An Oscar Nod

Feb 08, 2021
Zindagi Tamasha has come under fire for its portrayal of a its Muslim cleric. Critics add it to a growing list of entertainment shelved this year in response to outcries from the religious right.
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Theater

Remembering Hal Holbrook, Actor Who Famously Portrayed Mark Twain

Feb 05, 2021
Holbrook, who died Jan. 23, won a Tony Award for his portrayal of Twain on Broadway. He also played Deep Throat in the film, All the President's Men. Originally broadcast in 2009.
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Obituaries
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. He's pictured above in 2011.
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Christopher Plummer, Star Of Stage, Screen, 'Sound Of Music,' Dies At 91

Feb 05, 2021
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.
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Book Reviews
<em>Mike Nichols: A Life,</em> by Mark Harris
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Legendary Director Mike Nichols Is As Brilliant As He Is Enigmatic In New Biography

Feb 03, 2021
In Mike Nichols: A Life, author Mark Harris presents an engrossing tale of the auteur as an outsider from the start who grew to find much success in Hollywood, despite some slumps.
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Obituaries
"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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Actor Hal Holbrook, Who Played Mark Twain Longer Than Twain Himself, Dies At 95

Feb 02, 2021
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.
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Pop Culture Happy Hour
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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'In & Of Itself' Is A Study Of Identity And Magic

Jan 22, 2021
Derek DelGaudio's successful off-Broadway show has been given a marvelous film adaptation that captures the stage production's delicate and humane tone.
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Performing Arts
Clockwise from upper left: Debbie Allen, Garth Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, Joan Baez and Midori Goto.
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After Missing Last Year, 2021 Kennedy Center Honors Are Announced

Jan 13, 2021
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.

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