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News Articles: Theater

Matt Butler performing at the Central Utah Correctional Facility.

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  • Music

Matt Butler has played concerts in more than 50 prisons and jails

"Reckless Son" is a one-man show by singer/songwriter Matt Butler inspired by the convicts he's met while touring American prisons and jails.

January 31, 2023
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By:
  • Phil Harrell and
  • Leila Fadel
Playwright Paula Vogel speaks onstage during the 2017 Tony Awards.

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  • Arts & Life

A play about censorship is censored — and free speech groups are fighting back

PEN America and two other free speech groups are calling for school officials in Florida to reinstate a high school production of Paula Vogel's Indecent, a play that is itself about censorship.

January 11, 2023
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
<em>Trade, </em>created by Emma O'Halloran and Mark O'Halloran, will be featured at the PROTOTYPE festival this year.

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  • Performing Arts

Who says opera needs a grand stage? This festival is all about intimate productions

The PROTOTYPE festival, now in its 10th year, presents new operas and music-theater works in smaller settings. "We were trying to create a black box opera movement," says co-founder Beth Morrison.

January 08, 2023
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
A scene from the New York production of <em>STOMP</em> featuring Desmond Howard and Emmanuel "Manny" Scott at the Orpheum Theatre.

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  • Arts & Life

STOMP closes after 29-year New York run

The internationally-renowned show exploring the percussive possibilities of the human body and everyday objects ends Jan. 8.

January 07, 2023
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
<em>Prima Facie,</em> by Suzie Miller, was a hit in London last year and now is coming to Broadway.

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  • Theater

Here are nine NYC shows we can't wait to see this spring

You never know what'll hit or miss — but you can look at who wrote the script and score, and who's directing and starring. Here's what Jeff Lunden is keeping his eye on, both on and off-Broadway.

January 02, 2023
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
A rare recording of <em>Phinney's Rainbow — </em>thought to be the first produced musical of Stephen Sondheim (shown here as a wizened showbiz veteran of 32, with three Broadway musicals under his belt) — has been found on a bookshelf in Milwaukee.

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  • Theater

A rare recording of a musical by an 18-year-old Stephen Sondheim surfaces

Broadway-legend-in-training Stephen Sondheim was a college sophomore in 1948 when his musical Phinney's Rainbow was produced — and recorded — at Williams College in Massachusetts.

December 02, 2022
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
<em>The Wiz</em> is just one of the shows celebrated in the new Museum of Broadway.

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  • Arts & Life

The Museum of Broadway reveals the show behind the show

A new museum celebrating the history of Broadway is now in New York's theater district.

November 26, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Suzan-Lori Parks (right), and the cast of <em>Plays for the Plague Year</em>. Parks, a prolific playwright, is doing something new with this play — she's acting.

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  • Theater

For playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, theater doesn't just reflect reality – it creates it

With a revival of her Pulitzer-winning play Topdog/Underdog on Broadway, and her new show about COVID off-Broadway, the acclaimed playwright is still learning new things about herself.

November 25, 2022
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
Kevin Woo and the cast of KPOP

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  • Theater

Korean pop star Luna comes to Broadway in 'KPOP'

The South Korean cultural phenomenon is now a new musical, starring actual K-pop idols.

November 21, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
GPB News NPR

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  • Theater

Yiddish 'Fiddler On The Roof' is a dream come true for its lead actor

The Yiddish language production of the musical is back. Steven Skybell, who plays Tevye, and Joel Grey, who directed the original, explain the musical's resonance. Originally broadcast July 10, 2019.

November 18, 2022
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By:
  • Terry Gross
GPB News NPR

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  • Author Interviews

Billy Porter makes peace with himself: 'I set myself free, honey. No more secrets'

Porter won an Emmy for Pose, and a Tony for the Broadway musical Kinky Boots. In addition to performing, he's also a star on the red carpet. His memoir is Unprotected. Originally broadcast in 2021.

November 04, 2022
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Frankie Corio as Sophie and Paul Mescal as Calum in <em>Aftersun</em>.

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  • Pop Culture

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Andor, Aftersun, Southern Baptist Sissies and more.

October 28, 2022
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By:
  • Glen Weldon,
  • Joelle Monique,
  • and 3 more
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Nataki Garrett sits inside the Thomas Theatre in Ashland, Ore.

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  • Arts & Life

NPR reporting on Oregon theater death threats prompt local and national response

NPR broke the news about artistic director Nataki Garrett hiring a private security detail for her personal safety.

October 28, 2022
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
Weathering at the Penumbra Theatre

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  • Arts & Life

When a regional theater got millions to remake itself, it focused on racial healing

The historically Black Penumbra Theatre has received millions in grants to remake itself into a center for racial healing. What will its choices reveal about regional theater's future?

October 26, 2022
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Dallas Theater Center on Oct. 4, 2022. The play "Trouble in Mind" is about racism in a white theater company in the 1950s.

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  • Arts & Life

Without more federal money, what will regional theaters do?

Subscriptions and ticket sales are down, but theater is needed more than ever. What theaters are doing to survive.

October 19, 2022
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By:
  • Sonari Glinton
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