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  • Pop Culture

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Hurricane Season, A Strange Loop, and more.

July 22, 2022
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By:
  • Linda Holmes,
  • Aisha Harris,
  • and 3 more
Joshua Henry (left) and Gavin Creel in Into the Woods.

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  • Theater

'Into the Woods' returns to Broadway

A concert version of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods stars Sara Bareilles, Brian d'Arcy James, Joshua Henry and others.

July 22, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Amir Arison (left) and Eris Sirakian in <em>The Kite Runner</em>.

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  • Arts & Life

'The Kite Runner' brings life in Afghanistan to Broadway

The play is based on Khaled Hosseini's 2003 best-selling novel, set in Afghanistan and among Afghan migrants in the United States.

July 20, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Beanie Feldstein was initially cast as Fanny Brice in Broadway's <em>Funny Girl </em>revival<em>. </em>Now Lea Michele is taking her spot. But neither of them are Barbra Streisand, who played Brice in the original production.

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  • Theater

After Beanie Feldstein's departure, can Lea Michele really save 'Funny Girl'?

Beanie Feldstein's departure from the role of Fanny Brice has caused waves on Broadway. But she wasn't the only source of Funny Girl's problems.

July 16, 2022
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Danai Gurira and Matthew August Jeffers in the Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Richard III.

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  • Arts & Life

Why it matters that Danai Gurira is taking on Richard III

Guirira said it was interesting to explore "toxic masculinity" as a perpetrator instead of an object - and that the role brought up a lot of questions.

July 10, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
British director Peter Brook smiles after receiving the 2008 Ibsen Award for bringing new artistic dimensions to the world of theater.

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  • Obituaries

Influential theater director Peter Brook dies at 97

Brook's work ranged from classical star-studded productions to radical experiments in theater. He reinvented King Lear and explored the fragility of civilization in the film Lord of the Flies.

July 04, 2022
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
Chris Herbie Holland (L.) as Tio and Marcel Spears as Juicy in <em>Fat Ham</em> at New York's Public Theater.

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  • Arts & Life

Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Fat Ham' takes 'Hamlet' in unexpected directions

James Ijames' adaptation of Shakespeare's play is less a tragedy than a triumphant comedy.

July 02, 2022
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By:
  • Jennifer Vanasco
Julie Andrews sang "The hills are alive" in the film version of <em>The Sound of Music</em>, but Hammerstein's letters reveal that a much bigger Hollywood star had lobbied hard to play Maria.

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  • Books

Oh, what a beautiful archive: Oscar Hammerstein's letters reveal his many sides

A thousand pages of correspondence by Oscar Hammerstein II, the lyricist for such musicals as Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel and The Sound of Music are available to a wide public for the first time.

June 20, 2022
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
Julie Andrews sang "The hills are alive" in the film version of <em>The Sound of Music</em>, but Hammerstein's letters reveal that a much bigger Hollywood star had lobbied hard to play Maria.

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  • Books

Oh, what a beautiful archive: Oscar Hammerstein's letters reveal his many sides

A thousand pages of correspondence by Oscar Hammerstein II, the lyricist for such musicals as Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel and The Sound of Music are available to a wide public for the first time.

June 20, 2022
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
Patti LuPone (l) won a Tony for her performance in <em>Company</em>. She's here with star Katrina Lenk

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  • Arts & Life

The 2022 Tony Award winners

The 75th Annual Tony Awards celebrated Broadway's first full season after the pandemic shutdown. Here is a list of the nominees and winners.

June 13, 2022
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By:
  • Jennifer Vanasco
Jaquel Spivey (center) stars as Usher in <em>A Strange Loop</em>, which was named Best Musical at the 2022 Tony Awards.

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  • Arts & Life

6 Takeaways from the 2022 Tony Awards

Ariana DeBose should host everything. Jennifer Hudson makes history. And we should all celebrate understudies.

June 13, 2022
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By:
  • Jennifer Vanasco
Jaquel Spivey (center) stars as Usher in <em>A Strange Loop</em>, which was named Best Musical at the 2022 Tony Awards.

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  • Arts & Life

6 Takeaways from the 2022 Tony Awards

Ariana DeBose should host everything. Jennifer Hudson makes history. And we should all celebrate understudies.

June 13, 2022
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By:
  • Jennifer Vanasco
James Jackson, Jr., L. Morgan Lee, Antwayn Hopper, John-Andrew Morrison and Jason Veasey play the self-lacerating thoughts of Usher (Jaquel Spivey) in <em>A Strange Loop.</em>

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  • Race

How 'A Strange Loop' fits into Black theater legacies

The musical — which is up for 11 Tony Awards this Sunday — subverts and reimagines decades of Black theater and pop culture.

June 11, 2022
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By:
  • Nathan Pugh
<em>When Black Boys Die</em>,<em> </em>a gunplay written and directed by William Electric Black.

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  • Performing Arts

How the arts can help children think about gun violence

The former Sesame Street writer is working with the NYPD to create a small pilot program on gun violence at an elementary school in East Harlem.

June 07, 2022
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By:
  • Jon Kalish
Marjan Neshat (in white dress), Roxanna Hope Radja (behind couch), Nikki Massoud and Artemis Pebdani in <em>Wish You Were Here</em>.

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  • Arts & Life

Iranian-American playwright is set on breaking expectations

Sanaz Toossi is having a moment – her first production ever, English, just won a Lucille Lortel award for outstanding new off-Broadway play, and Wish You Were Here opened last week.

May 13, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
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