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News Articles: Performing Arts

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office in February.

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  • Politics

Trump plans to become chair of the Kennedy Center. Here are 3 things to know

President Trump plans to fire several Board Members at Washington D.C.'s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and indicated that he's naming himself chairman. Here's why it matters.

February 09, 2025
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
President Trump announced Friday that he planned to take over as chair of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

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  • Performing Arts

Trump plans to name himself chair of Kennedy Center, fire board members

The president announced Friday that he would remove multiple board members, including the Chairman, who do not share his vision for a "Golden Age in Arts and Culture."

February 07, 2025
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Joan Plowright has died at the age of 95. She's pictured above in 1975.

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  • Obituaries

Joan Plowright, acclaimed British actress and wife of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95

Plowright brought stage and screen characters to vibrant life for more than six decades in such works as A Taste of Honey, Tea with Mussolini and Enchanted April.

January 17, 2025
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
Flames from the Palisades Fire burn a building on Sunset Boulevard amid a powerful windstorm on Wednesday in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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  • Performing Arts

Billy Crystal, Paris Hilton, other celebrities share LA fire experiences, resources

The California wildfires are burning in the middle of what's usually a busy awards season in Hollywood, home to many celebrities.

January 09, 2025
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
Clockwise from left: James Earl Jones, Michaela DePrince, Bob Newhart, Maggie Smith, Nikki Giovanni and Richard Simmons.

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  • Arts & Life

Remembering the actors, musicians, writers and artists we lost in 2024

Every year, we remember some of the writers, actors, musicians, filmmakers and performers who died over the past year, and whose lifetime of creative work helped shape our world.

December 26, 2024
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Audra McDonald and Joy Woods in <em>Gypsy</em>

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  • Theater

How casting makes this 'Gypsy' hit different

Gypsy has been called the best musical of all time. Audra McDonald is starring in a new Broadway revival, and the race-conscious casting gives the production a new frame.

December 21, 2024
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden

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  • Arts & Life

Think you can't dance? Get up and try these tips in our comic. We dare you!

Anyone can dance. As you read this comic, follow each step — and you'll be moving and grooving in no time.

December 19, 2024
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By:
  • Connie Hanzhang Jin
Ketanji Brown Jackson, pictured in September, fulfilled a longtime dream by making a cameo in a Broadway musical this weekend.

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  • Politics

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a longtime theater lover, makes her Broadway debut

Jackson made a cameo in the romantic comedy musical & Juliet on Saturday night. She told NPR: "I got a call, and someone said, 'We heard that this was your lifelong dream.' And it is."

December 16, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Teri Garr speaks at the 15th Annual Race to Erase MS event  on May 2, 2008 in Los Angeles, Calif.

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  • Obituaries

Teri Garr, actor, comedian and multiple sclerosis ambassador, dies at 79

Garr's breakout role was as sexy Inga in Young Frankenstein. She earned an Oscar nomination for her role in the 1982 film Tootsie, and played Phoebe's mom on the sitcom Friends.

October 30, 2024
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  • Tanya Ballard Brown
Robert Downey Jr. is on Broadway this fall.

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  • Theater

How to buy cheap(er) Broadway tickets

Coming to New York City for the holidays? Let us help you see a show — without spending your life savings.

October 27, 2024
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By:
  • Jennifer Vanasco
Brianna Buckley (center) as voodoo priestess Minerva, who calls on spirits to help win Jim Williams an acquittal.

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  • Performing Arts

‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’ musical heading to Broadway in 2025

The 1994 nonfiction bestseller was adapted into a musical earlier this year in Chicago.

October 03, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

A beloved music producer is dying. His clients came to his home for a farewell concert

Adam Abeshouse was diagnosed with bile duct cancer last spring. His star classical music clients, including Joshua Bell, Simone Dinnerstein, Jeremy Denk, and Lara Downes, wanted to say goodbye.

October 02, 2024
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By:
  • Tom Vitale
In <em>Fight Night,</em> audiences are given a device which lets them vote multiple times.

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  • Theater

Should you vote your feelings? A traveling play helps audiences think that through

An acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe show encourages the audience to think about why they're voting the way they do.

September 29, 2024
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/09/14/nx-s1-5112395/michaela-deprince-ballerina-dies"target="_blank"   ><strong>Read Michaela DePrince's obituary</strong></a>

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  • Obituaries

Pioneering ballerina Michaela DePrince dies at 29

DePrince, born in Sierra Leone, lost both her parents during the country’s civil war. She became the youngest principal dancer at the Dance Theatre of Harlem and later joined the Boston Ballet.

September 14, 2024
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By:
  • Clare Marie Schneider and
  • Elizabeth Blair
A scene from a Ukrainian production of <em>The Witch of Konotop.</em> At the window, Olena, played by Mariia Rudynska, is the love interest of the main character but does not love him back. And a three-witch chorus is seen right.

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  • Europe

A dark musical comedy about witches has Ukraine enthralled. Here's why

Witches are having a moment in Ukraine. Now they have taken center stage in a dark musical comedy titled The Witch of Konotop, with performances selling out all summer in Kyiv.

August 18, 2024
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  • Ashley Westerman
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