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NPR Theater
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What to know about the closure of the Kennedy Center
Mar 2100:06:43Tap to summarizeScott Simon and former director Deborah Rutter look out over a soon-to-be shuttered Kennedy Center.
Transcribe →Lesley Manville says her stage and screen careers 'feed each other'
Mar 200:06:58Tap to summarizeThe decorated British actress discusses her new film Midwinter Break, her role in Oedipus on Broadway and how she balances stage and screen.
Transcribe →At a clown school near Paris, failure is the lesson
Feb 100:06:16Tap to summarizeFor decades, students at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier have been paying to bomb onstage. The goal isn't laughs — it's learning how to take the humiliation and keep going.
Transcribe →How improv is helping federal workers cope with job cuts
Dec 2700:04:30Tap to summarizeA Washington D.C. improv group is offering laid-off federal workers a way to cope with uncertainty through play and building skills.
Transcribe →Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard dies at 88
Nov 2900:04:01Tap to summarizeTom Stoppard is remembered as a playwright whose wit and curiosity reshaped modern theater.
Transcribe →In 1981, Stephen Sondheim's 'Merrily' was a flop -- now it's a hit
Nov 2700:43:31Tap to summarizeA filmed version of the live production of Merrily We Roll Along will open in theaters on Dec. 5. We listen back to a 2024 interview with revival director Maria Friedman and actor Jonathan Groff.
Transcribe →With 'Masquerade,' audiences can explore the world of 'The Phantom of the Opera'
Nov 2400:04:52Tap to summarizeWhen Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera closed on Broadway in April of 2023, after 35 years, it was the end of an era. But a new immersive version of the show – think of it as a remix – has recently opened off-Broadway.
Transcribe →'Lockdown was illuminating': Tim Robbins reflects on the origins of 'Topsy Turvy'
Nov 1000:35:49Tap to summarize"Things that I had held sacred or had held as truths were challenged," Robbins says of the pandemic. His new play is about a chorus that loses its ability to sing together after COVID isolation.
Transcribe →Bread and Puppet Theater is still working to 'make the revolution irresistible'
Oct 600:03:54Tap to summarizeThe decades-old radical troupe Bread and Puppet, famed for its protest art including giant puppets, is touring again — mixing circus, politics and bread in a sharply polarized moment.
Transcribe →I remember doing the Time Warp: The 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' turns 50
Sep 2600:05:52Tap to summarizeFifty years ago, on Sept. 26, 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show flopped at the U.S. box office — then became the longest-running theatrical release in history.
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