Performing Arts

Bill Murray and Jan Vogler's album New Worlds is available Sept. 29.

Bill Murray And Jan Vogler Take Us To 'New Worlds' On Their New Theatrical Album

6:43am October 02, 2017

After the comedian and cellist met on a flight, the two struck up a friendship and decided to release an album on which Murray sings and reads American classics accompanied by a classical trio.

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Nia Vardalos stars in Tiny Beautiful Things, a stage adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's book of "Dear Sugar" advice columns.

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'Beautiful Things' Revealed In Stage Adaptation Of Cheryl Strayed's Advice Column

6:06pm October 01, 2017

by Jeff Lunden

Before she was a famous author, Strayed wrote an advice column under the pseudonym "Dear Sugar." Now, it's been adapted into an unlikely off-Broadway play starring Nia Vardalos.

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The Theater Development Fund In New York Takes Playing Dress-Up To Another Level

5:18pm September 29, 2017

The largest costume rental business in New York City is not a business at all, but the non-profit organization that runs the city's discount ticket booths.

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Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in a scene from the film Pretty Woman, 1990.

Like It Or Not, You're Getting A 'Pretty Woman' Musical

3:31pm September 26, 2017

by Linda Holmes

Is it a good idea to make a musical adapted from Pretty Woman? Or is it, just possibly ... a "big mistake — huge!" We have a few details about the new show, coming to Broadway in 2018.

Bob Garfield's one-man show, Ruggedly Jewish, debuted in Philadelphia earlier this month.

'We Believe Deeply In Lox And Bagels': What It Means To Be A Secular Jew

7:01pm September 23, 2017

by Michel Martin

In his new one-man show, On the Media host Bob Garfield grapples with questions of identity and belonging. "I've been running from the religious part of my religion for my entire adult life," he says.

New York City Ballet Director of Costumes Marc Happel and Draper Kellie Sheehan conduct a costume fitting with soloist Indiana Woodward for Justin Peck's Pulcinella Variations, with costumes designed by Tsumori Chisato.

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Above The Ballet, Where The Tutus Are Made

8:11am September 23, 2017

by Jeff Lunden

Every year, the New York City Ballet asks top fashion designers to outfit its dancers for its Fall Gala. Good thing the capacity of its 18-person costume department is "the highest you can get."

Actress Nadine Malouf makes kubah as she tells stories about Syria's civil war in Oh My Sweet Land.

In Kitchens Across New York, 'Oh My Sweet Land' Serves Up Stories Of Syria

5:00pm September 20, 2017

by Jeff Lunden

The one-woman show centers on a Syrian-American who tells harrowing stories of Syria's civil war as she prepares a traditional dish. It's an intimate experience for both the audience and the actress.

Sir Peter Hall ran the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. He's pictured above in London in July 1987.

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Director Peter Hall, A Champion Of British Theater, Dies At 86

8:10am September 12, 2017

by Jeff Lunden

Hall ran two of the most important theater companies in England — the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. He directed Waiting for Godot and Amadeus, among dozens of plays, old and new.

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Casting Directors On Broadway Seek To Unionize

5:50pm September 04, 2017

by Jeff Lunden

Broadway casting directors are seeking to unionize like their colleagues in Hollywood, who are already represented. But Broadway producers are resisting and have even threatened to sue, despite support for the casting directors throughout the Broadway community.

A Houston Drag Queen Talks Fundraising

8:04am September 02, 2017

Regina Thorne-DuBois is a Houston drag queen who held a series of Facebook Live fundraisers for local community health organizations in the wake of Harvey. She joins NPR's Scott Simon.