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Josh Groban never gave up his dream of playing 'Sweeney Todd'

The Tony-nominated baritone gives his final performance in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's acclaimed musical on Jan 14, after 46 weeks and rave reviews. Originally broadcast April 10, 2023.

January 12, 2024
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By:
  • Ann Marie Baldonado
Sondheim had the highest standards for himself, the director of <em>Here We Are</em> said.

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  • Theater

Stephen Sondheim is cool now

The late composer/lyricist was once considered an acquired taste — but with three shows running in New York and another on tour, he's a hit.

January 11, 2024
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
Pink's 2009 pop hit <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ3ZM8FDBlg">"Sober"</a> may be the best known song about sobriety. She's shown above at The BRIT Awards in London in 2019.

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  • Arts & Life

For Dry January, we ask a music critic for great songs about not drinking

Plenty of songs celebrate drinking. But what about music that finds joy in — well, not drinking? Music critic Sasha Frere-Jones reflects upon a few songs that have been meaningful to his sobriety.

January 11, 2024
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
GPB News NPR

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  • Asia

A Taipei comedy club becomes an unlikely venue for working out Taiwan-China tensions

Taiwanese comedian Vickie Wang and Chinese comedian Jamie Wang (no relation) work through the lived experience of cross-strait tensions through comedy.

January 11, 2024
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By:
  • Ailsa Chang,
  • Mallory Yu,
  • and 2 more
With songs by The Avett Brothers, <em>Swept Away</em> is inspired by the true story of an 19th century shipwreck in which seamen resorted to cannibalism to survive.

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  • Music

Truth, forgiveness: 'Swept Away' is a theatrical vessel for Avett Bros' music

With songs by the Avett Brothers, Swept Away follows four men fighting to survive a shipwreck. The musical is inspired by the true story in which men resort to cannibalism to survive.

January 09, 2024
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  • Elizabeth Blair
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
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

Nigel Lythgoe departs 'So You Think You Can Dance' amid sexual assault allegations

The 74-year-old TV personality, producer and choreographer is facing a lawsuit launched by high-profile co-host Paula Abdul.

January 07, 2024
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
Bradley Cooper plays composer Leonard Bernstein in <em>Maestro</em>.

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  • Movie Interviews

To become the 'Maestro,' Bradley Cooper learned to live the music

In his new biopic Maestro, Cooper was determined not to imitate the legendary Leonard Bernstein. Instead, the actor worked with conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin to find his own rhythm.

January 02, 2024
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  • Terry Gross
Maurice Hines, seen in 2005, appeared alongside his younger brother Gregory Hines during the first part of his career.

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  • Obituaries

Broadway actor, dancer and choreographer Maurice Hines dies at 80

Maurice Hines, who started tap dancing at the age of five, starred alongside his late brother Gregory Hines in the 1984 Francis Ford Coppola movie The Cotton Club.

December 30, 2023
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
Performers Percy Mtwa, left, and Mbongeni Ngema in a scene from "Woza Albert" at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1981.

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  • Performing Arts

Mbongeni Ngema, South African playwright and creator of 'Sarafina!,' has died at 68

Renowned South African playwright Mbongeni Ngema was killed in a car crash, his family said. He was best known for creating the hit "Sarafina!," which premiered on Broadway in 1988.

December 28, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Hundreds of musicians display their tubas after completing TubaChristmas Dec. 18, 2003, in Chicago.

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  • Arts & Life

In which we toot the horn of TubaChristmas, celebrating its 50th brassy birthday

Every year, musicians across the country gather for what has become known as TubaChristmas — concerts range from just a few tubas to hundreds of them. (The record is 835.)

December 23, 2023
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Artists rally in support of West Bank theater members detained since Dec. 13

Members of Jenin's renowned Freedom Theatre were arrested and detained by Israeli military forces, including its artistic director and general manager, who remains in custody.

December 20, 2023
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
The exterior of the Palace Theatre, in the middle of Manhattan's Times Square, in 2009.

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  • Arts & Life

Broadway audiences are getting a little bit younger and more diverse

But the Broadway League said — in its first full demographics report since before the pandemic — that New York City's celebrated tourism draw has still not fully rebounded to pre-COVID levels.

December 12, 2023
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
The SAG-AFTRA strike went on for nearly four months.

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  • Arts & Life

Hollywood performers ratify new contract with studios

SAG-AFTRA's actors, dancers, stunt performers and voice-over actors went on strike for nearly four months before the deal was finally made.

December 06, 2023
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
The Kennedy Center Honorees, pictured L-R top row: Queen Latifah and Barry Gibb. L-R bottom row: Renée Fleming, Billy Crystal, and Dionne Warwick. The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors will air Dec. 27 on the CBS Television Network and stream on Paramount+.

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  • Arts & Life

Queen Latifah, Billy Crystal and others celebrated at Kennedy Center Honors

Billy Crystal, Dionne Warwick, Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, Renée Fleming and Queen Latifah were given the star treatment as they received their Kennedy Center Honors.

December 04, 2023
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  • Elizabeth Blair
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