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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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    Remembering Broadway Star Rebecca Luker

    Dec 30, 2020
    Luker, who died of ALS Dec. 23, received Tony nominations for her performances in Showboat, The Music Man and Mary Poppins. She spoke to Fresh Air in 1999, 2000, 2013 and 2020.
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    Broadway Star Rebecca Luker Dies At 59

    Dec 26, 2020
    Broadway star Rebecca Luker has died of complications from ALS. She and her husband also had COVID-19 earlier this year.
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    Arts & Life
    August Wilson at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Co., 2004.
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    'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Shines A Light On August Wilson's Vision

    Dec 18, 2020
    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.
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    Obituaries
    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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    Actress, Dancer, Choreographer Ann Reinking Dies At 71

    Dec 15, 2020
    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.
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    Heidi Schreck On Her Evolving Play, 'What The Constitution Means To Me'

    Oct 18, 2020
    NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Heidi Schreck, creator of the one-woman play, What the Constitution Means to Me, about the film's release on Amazon Prime ahead of Election Day.
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    How Women Have Been 'Profoundly' Left Out Of The U.S. Constitution

    Oct 16, 2020
    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.
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    Regional Theaters Are Forced To Be Creative To Stay Afloat

    Oct 15, 2020
    Regional theaters blossomed in the 1960s as an alternative to Broadway. During the pandemic, they're facing some of the same challenges, and each has had to come up with its own solutions.
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    2 Broadway Stars Grapple With COVID And ALS: 'We're Adapting To A New Reality'

    Oct 14, 2020
    Married Broadway stars Danny Burstein and Rebecca Luker both contracted COVID in the spring. Burstein was hospitalized. Luker's case was less severe, but it came soon after she was diagnosed with ALS.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    The performing arts remain in economic peril as Broadway extends closures until May due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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    Broadway's Reopening Is Pushed Back Again

    Oct 09, 2020
    The Broadway League has announced an extension of closures related to COVID-19 to May.
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    Amidst Global Troubles, MacArthur 'Genius Grant' Winners 'Provoke And Inspire'

    Oct 06, 2020
    This year's MacArthur Fellows — recipients of what's commonly called the Genius Grant — include artists, scientists, dancers and more. They'll each receive a no-strings-attached $625,000 award.
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour
    "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest ... you know what, never mind. I'm good." Michael (Jim Parsons) and Donald (Matt Bomer) in <em>The Boys in the Band.</em>
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    'The Boys In The Band': Raging Gracefully

    Sep 30, 2020
    Netflix's adaptation of Mart Crowley's 1968 play about a gay birthday party that goes off the rails features hard liquor, sharp tongues and broad types.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    The Public Theater in New York has been closed since March 12, but is still producing plays on Zoom, radio and film. "Just because conditions are hard, it doesn't let us off the hook; it doesn't free us of the obligation to try to fulfill our mission," s
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    What Will The Future Of Theater Look Like? 'Our Artists Are Going To Lead Us'

    Sep 20, 2020
    It's hard to predict exactly how theater will come back after the pandemic, but here are a couple guesses: Fewer crowds, more collective imagination, and a focus on racial and environmental justice.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    With theaters across the country closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, <em>Playbill</em> has had to pivot quickly. "We find ourselves incredibly fortunate to be associated with this ridiculously fantastic art form that we miss oh, so much," says <em>Playb
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    With Theaters Still Closed, 136-Year-Old 'Playbill' Does A Quick Online Pivot

    Sep 15, 2020
    The magazine given out at theaters isn't just a program, it's a cherished souvenir. The publication has doubled down on its digital offerings, and to almost everyone's surprise, it's doing quite well.
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    The cast of the Beijing People's Art Theatre production of <em>A Raisin in the Sun</em> rehearse onstage this past August.
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    First Chinese-Language Production Of 'A Raisin In The Sun' Is Staged In Beijing

    Sep 03, 2020
    Lorraine Hansberry's play is about a Black family's struggle against racism in 1950s Chicago. At the Beijing People's Art Theatre, director Ying Da is working to bring that story to Chinese audiences.
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    TED Radio Hour
    The playwright V, formerly known as Eve Ensler, speaks at TEDWomen 2019.
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    V: How Can An Authentic Apology Lead To Healing?

    Jul 10, 2020
    The playwright V, formerly known as Eve Ensler, survived horrific sexual violence as a child. Years later, she decided to write what she needed to hear most: a true apology in the words of her abuser.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Nick Cordero attends the 68th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 8, 2014 in New York City.
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    'Never Known A Kinder Person': Actor Nick Cordero Dies Of COVID-19 At 41

    Jul 06, 2020
    The Broadway actor was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in Bullets Over Broadway. Cordero had been working on a production of Rock of Ages when he developed symptoms of pneumonia.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    London's Lyceum Theatre is wrapped in pink tape bearing the words "Missing Live Theatre," part of a campaign by a group of British stage designers.
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    Britain Announces A $2 Billion Rescue Package For The Arts

    Jul 06, 2020
    The package, announced Sunday, includes grants and loans that theaters, museums, live music venues and others can use to pay salaries and maintenance costs as they try to survive during the pandemic.
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour
    Leslie Odom Jr. originated the role of Aaron Burr on Broadway in <em>Hamilton</em>. Like the rest of the original cast, he's available to watch at home in the film, which arrives Friday on Disney+.
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    'Hamilton' Comes Home, Just In Time For The Fourth Of July

    Jun 30, 2020
    The very good movie version of Hamilton, filmed with the original cast at the height of the show's popularity, will perk up faithful cast album fans — and new viewers, too.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    The Richard Rodgers Theater, closed due to the coronavirus, is pictured above on April 8 in New York City.
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    Broadway To Remain Closed For The Rest Of The Year

    Jun 29, 2020
    The Broadway League, which represents theater producers and owners, has announced that none of Broadway's 41 theaters will reopen before the end of 2020.
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    Movie Interviews
    Lin-Manuel Miranda and Phillipa Soo played Alexander and Eliza Hamilton in the original Broadway production of <em>Hamilton</em>. A film production of the show, taped in 2016, debuts on Disney+ July 3.
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    'The Past Isn't Done With Us,' Says 'Hamilton' Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda

    Jun 29, 2020
    A film of the original Broadway production of Hamilton, taped in 2016, begins streaming on Disney+ on July 3. Miranda, who stars in the title role, says the production is as timely as ever.
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    Arts & Life
    A 2005 portrait of actor Ian Holm, taken in London. Holm died Friday at age 88.
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    Actor Ian Holm, Who Played King Lear To Bilbo Baggins, Has Died

    Jun 19, 2020
    With a grounding in classical theater, Ian Holm became beloved by movie fans around the world, especially in the "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Hobbit." He died Friday at age 88.
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    Inaugural Antonyo Awards To Celebrate Best Of Black Theater

    Jun 14, 2020
    NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Drew Shade, founder of Broadway Black, about the first ever Antonyo Awards, highlighting the achievement of Black theatre artists.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Frozen in time: Theater Director David Miller returned to Zeeland High School in western Michigan weeks after his students' scheduled performance, to find the set still up.
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    Performing In A Pandemic: Taking The High School Play Online

    Jun 13, 2020
    Students look forward all year to their big end-of-year productions. This year, many educators got creative in helping their student shine — despite the shutdown due to COVID-19
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    Obituaries
    Writer and activist Larry Kramer, here in 1989, was an unapologetically loud and irrepressible voice in the fight against AIDS.
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    Larry Kramer, Pioneering AIDS Activist And Writer, Dies At 84

    May 27, 2020
    Kramer was a writer with an Oscar-nominated screenplay when his friends started dying mysteriously — galvanizing him to found the Gay Men's Health Crisis, and later ACT UP, to combat AIDS.

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