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Jonathan Groff loves criticism … up to a point

Jonathan Groff was destined for the stage. On this week's Wild Card with Rachel Martin Jonathan tells Rachel about how he takes criticism and learning to play piano for his new musical "Just in Time."

May 15, 2025
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  • Rachel Martin
Jasmine Amy Rogers takes a bow as Betty Boop in <em>BOOP!</em> <em>The Musical</em> now on Broadway.

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  • Theater

This Betty Boop is Broadway's newest star

Jasmine Amy Rogers is starring in her first Broadway musical. Eight years ago, NPR talked with her when she was still in high school.

March 16, 2025
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Sarah Paulson is seen Sunday night accepting the best leading actress in a play award for <em>Appropriate</em>, marking her halfway point to EGOT status, a person who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards.

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  • Theater

5 takeaways from the 2024 Tony Awards

There were very few surprises during Sunday's Tony Awards, except for one: best musical. The final award of the night went to The Outsiders, the adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s beloved book.

June 17, 2024
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  • Jennifer Vanasco
<em>Hell's Kitchen</em> is one of the Tony Award nominees for Best Musical.

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  • Theater

'Hell's Kitchen' and 'Stereophonic' lead Tony Awards with 13 nominations each

It was a crowded Tony Award season this year, with 36 eligible musicals and plays opening on Broadway stages.

April 30, 2024
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By:
  • Jennifer Vanasco
The late musician Prince, performing at the Super Bowl in 2007 in Miami Gardens, Fla.

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  • Arts & Life

Prince's 'Purple Rain' is becoming a stage musical

Plans are still coming together, but two up-and-coming names on Broadway are already attached to the Prince project: playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and director Lileana Blain-Cruz.

January 08, 2024
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
The cast of Sweeney Todd perform a Tiny Desk concert at NPR Music in Washington, D.C.

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  • Concerts

Sweeney Todd: Tiny Desk Concert

Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford lead the Broadway cast, complete with Tiny Desk-sized orchestrations by Stephen Sondhiem's longtime collaborator, Jonathan Tunick.

December 22, 2023
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  • Josh Rogosin
Arielle Jacobs and Jose Llana as Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos in the Broadway musical <em>Here Lives Love.</em>

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  • World

I investigated the crimes of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos — and loved 'Here Lies Love'

Journalist Lewis M. Simons, who won a Pulitzer Prize for investigating the hidden wealth of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, shares his thoughts after a sold-out Broadway matinee of Here Lies Love.

November 25, 2023
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  • Lewis M. Simons
Sondheim had the highest standards for himself, the director of <em>Here We Are</em> said.

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  • Theater

The task? Finish Stephen Sondheim's last musical. No pressure.

When the composer/lyricist died in 2021 at age 91, he left behind a partly finished show called Here We Are. But his collaborators say Sondheim loved a puzzle — and he left them all the pieces.

October 23, 2023
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  • Jeff Lunden
Broadway tickets are expensive — add babysitting to that and the costs are often prohibitive. But a nonprofit is trying to bring free babysitting to theaters around the country.

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  • Theater

Free babysitting on Broadway? This nonprofit helps parents get to the theater

Broadway tickets are expensive — add babysitting to that and the costs are often prohibitive. But a nonprofit is trying to bring free babysitting to theaters around the country.

September 23, 2023
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  • Jennifer Vanasco
Tim Hatley's sketch shows the musical's DeLorean on stage.

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  • Theater

How 'Back to the Future: The Musical' created a DeLorean that flies

It flies over the audience and flips over — but that's not all that it does.

August 25, 2023
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
The musical <em>Kimberly Akimbo</em> has eight Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical.

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  • Theater

Where to watch Broadway's Tony Awards on Sunday night

The 76th annual Tony Awards are Sunday, with performances from the top Broadway musicals.

June 10, 2023
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  • Jennifer Vanasco
Annaleigh Ashford, left, and Josh Groban star in Broadway's current revival of <em>Sweeney Todd</em>. Ashford says it's rare for musicals to have this large of an orchestra.

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  • Theater

After years of ever-shrinking orchestras, some Broadway musicals are going big

Producers have been saying for years that large Broadway orchestras are not financially feasible. In fact, the issue led to a strike 20 years ago. So why are some shows bringing them back?

June 03, 2023
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
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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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Shoba Narayan, the first South Asian actress to play <em>Aladdin</em>'s Princess Jasmine, took on the role in 2021.

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  • Performing Arts

Shoba Narayan's fight for South Asian representation began long before Jasmine

Cast as Aladdin's first South Asian Princess Jasmine in 2021, Shoba Narayan has been committed to bringing her cultural background to the character and the show.

January 09, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
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

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