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Play Gives Woman At The Center Of Emmett Till's Murder Case A Voice

7:19am August 28, 2018

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Two friends, one black, one white, produced a short play about Carolyn Bryant, the white woman who accused Emmett Till of whistling at her. Since his murder, racial tensions exist six decades later.

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Playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon, photographed here in September 1980, wrote over 50 works for theater and screen.

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Neil Simon, Preeminent And Prolific Playwright And Screenwriter, Has Died At 91

2:17pm August 26, 2018

by Jon Kalish

The writer behind hits like The Odd Couple and Barefoot in the Park, known for his zany characters and comic dialogue, won over two dozen nominations for Tonys, Emmys and Oscars.

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Actors, Married For 35 Years, Enrich Their Lives With Others' Words

5:07am August 23, 2018

by Jeff Lunden

Plays are often so intense that actors fall in love. It was 35 years ago, Nance Williamson and Kurt Rhoads were cast opposite each other in Shakespeare's As You Like It and their showmance continues.

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Mental Illness: [Enter Stage Right]

4:35pm August 02, 2018

With the success of shows like "Dear Evan Hansen," Broadway's latest trend puts mental health challenges center stage.

Ryan McKinny plays J. Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory, in the Santa Fe Opera's rendition of "Dr. Atomic." An enormous steel ball that represents the nuclear bomb looms ominously over the opera stage throughout the night.

The 'Downwinders' From Atomic Testing Get Deserved Attention

6:10pm July 28, 2018

by Megan Kamerick

The Santa Fe Opera is inviting "downwinders," locals affected by radiation from the testing of the first atomic bombs, on stage during performances of "Dr. Atomic."

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Bruce Springsteen, performing in "Springsteen on Broadway" in an undated photo.

Can't Catch Bruce Springsteen Live On Broadway? Watch Him On Netflix

2:37pm July 18, 2018

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The Boss' Tony-winning, autobiographical, one-man stage show is coming to the streaming platform in December.

Fifty years after it was first staged, The Boys in the Band is finally playing on Broadway, with an all-gay cast including several film and TV stars.

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A Stage Revival, And 50 Years Of Survival, For 'The Boys In The Band'

5:44pm July 04, 2018

by Jeff Lunden

Ever since Mart Crowley's play about a gay male life premiered off-Broadway in 1968, much of the original cast and crew has died of AIDS. A new, star-studded production acknowledges that history.

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Alvin, played by LJ Moses, performs "We Can't Stop," during the musical East of the River at the Anacostia Arts Center Friday night.

Musical 'East Of The River' Examines A Gentrifying Anacostia

11:00am June 30, 2018

Set amid a theoretical debate about a potential Whole Foods arriving in the historically underserved Washington, D.C. neighborhood, the musical looks at the good and the bad of gentrification.

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A Father Feared For His Son's Life, So He Joined Him On The Street

7:55am June 23, 2018

by Andrea Dukakis

A San Diego father believed his son, a heroin addict, was on the verge of dying, so he flew to Denver and lived on the street with him for a week, foraging for food and sleeping in parks.

Actors Josh Stamberg (son of NPR's Susan Stamberg) and Joanne Kelly as Arthur Miller and Inge Morath in Fall.

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'Fall' Examines Playwright Arthur Miller's Secret Son

6:54pm June 14, 2018

by Lisa Mullins

The new play Fall tells the story of playwright Arthur Miller's son, Daniel, who was born with Down syndrome and was institutionalized as an infant. His parents never publicly acknowledged him.

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