Theater

Inspired by E.M. Forster's Howards End, Matthew Lopez wrote The Inheritance, which explores different generations of gay men, and the legacy they pass on to one another. Pictured above are Samuel H. Levine, left, Kyle Soller and Andrew Burnap.

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Ghosts Haunt 'The Inheritance,' From E.M. Forster, To The Generation Lost To AIDS

7:52am November 17, 2019

by Jeff Lunden

The next big thing on Broadway might live up to the hype. The Inheritance takes E.M. Forster's Howards End into modern day Manhattan — the seven-hour play has been compared to Angels In America.

Mary-Louise Parker during the opening night curtain call for the new play The Sound Inside on Broadway at Studio 54 Theatre last month.

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'I'm A Purist': Mary-Louise Parker Returns To Broadway For A New Challenge

8:02am November 16, 2019

by Scott Simon

The actor discusses her "arduous" role as a 53-year-old Yale professor in the dark play, The Sound Inside. "It requires a lot of technique," she said. "Because I don't want you to see the technique."

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Documentary Reveals The Depth And Complexity Of Opera Star Maria Callas

1:37pm October 14, 2019

by Lloyd Schwartz

Maria by Callas weaves together performance clips, home movies, interviews and poignant diary excepts to present an intimate portrait of the singer in her own words.

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Actor/comedian Rip Taylor tosses confetti on the Tonight Show on September 27, 1994 (Photo by Margaret Norton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

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Rip Taylor Was In On The Joke

9:33am October 07, 2019

by Glen Weldon

The comedian, who died Sunday, knew how to make an entrance — tossing confetti, laughing boisterously and insisting the audience join him.

Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne, his co-director and co-writer on the new show Why?

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At 94, Director Peter Brook Is Still Asking The Deep Questions

11:43am October 06, 2019

by Jeff Lunden

The iconic British director has a new work on stage in New York; Why? asks exactly that question about the purpose of theater in society. Brook says he'll carry on as long as he can find the energy.

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A 'Fiddler On The Roof' Match Made

4:47pm September 29, 2019

by Jeff Lunden

Sometimes life imitates art. In a production of Fiddler on the Roof, which contains a meddling matchmaker trying to get couples together, the two real-life leads have fallen in love.

Recipients of the 2019 MacArthur fellowships, otherwise known as the "genius" grants. (Two of this year's fellows declined photographs.)

MacArthur 'Genius' Grant Winners Attest To 'Power Of Individual Creativity'

7:01am September 25, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

As usual, the more than two dozen winners in 2019 span a range of fields, from fiction and cartoons to neuroscience and theoretical geophysics. Now they've got one important accolade in common.

The playwright Jeremy O. Harris, 30, began writing Slave Play at Yale School of Drama. It is set to open in October on Broadway.

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With 'Slave Play,' A Young Playwright Provokes His Way To Broadway

4:44pm September 20, 2019

Jeremy O. Harris, 30, started writing a sexually explicit, transgressive and comic work as a graduate student at Yale. It proved a surprising smash hit, and will soon open on a much bigger stage.

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Remembering Tony Winner Phyllis Newman

4:25pm September 16, 2019

Tony Award winner Phyllis Newman died Sunday at age 86. She won the award for her role in 1962's Subways Are For Sleeping. She also appeared on TV, as an actress and quiz show panelist.

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A Tour To The REACH, The Kennedy Center's New Performance Space

6:01pm September 14, 2019

NPR's Michel Martin talks with the Kennedy Center's Marc Bamuthi Joseph about the opening of the REACH rehearsal and performance space.

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