Theater

Actors rehearse a dance scene for the 1968 London production of the musical Hair.

Arts

'Hair' At 50: Going Gray, But Its Youthful Optimism Remains Bouncy And Full-Bodied

4:43pm May 01, 2018

by Bob Mondello

Bob Mondello says the musical looked — and sounded — much different from anything Broadway had ever seen and helped secure a place for rock music on the Great White Way.

Arts

'Carousel' Returns To Broadway

7:54am April 28, 2018

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel returns to Broadway for the first time in more than two decades. NPR's Scott Simon talks to opera star Renée Fleming, who has two showstoppers in the musical.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is an original play by John Tiffany, Jack Thorne and J.K. Rowling.

Books
Arts

Muggles Rejoice: 'Harry Potter And The Cursed Child' Is Now On Broadway

5:08pm April 23, 2018

by Jeff Lunden

The play, co-written by J.K. Rowling, opened on Sunday and picks up where the last novel left off, with Harry sending his son off to Hogwarts.

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Arts

Life Above A Library Was Like Living In Neverland

6:25pm April 13, 2018

by Jon Kalish

Sharon Washington grew up in an apartment above a branch of the New York Public Library — her father was its custodian. After hours, she had the run of the place. She tells that story in a new play.

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Books
Arts

How Rodgers And Hammerstein Revolutionized Broadway

1:48pm April 09, 2018

by Terry Gross

Todd Purdum's new book, Something Wonderful, is about the creative partnership and strained personal relationship behind such hit shows as Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific and The Sound of Music.

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Rebecca Miller's new documentary film Arthur Miller: Writer is based on decades of home footage and interviews she conducted with her father.

Arts

Documenting The Offstage Life Of Playwright Arthur Miller (AKA Dad)

5:12pm April 08, 2018

by Michel Martin

In a new film, Rebecca Miller paints an intimate portrait of her father, the towering icon of American theater and one-time celebrity, out of decades' worth of home interviews.

Arts

Sarah Kay: What Advice Would You Give Your Future Daughter?

9:45am April 06, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

Spoken word poet Sarah Kay imagines what it would like to raise a child in a world of happiness, heartache, and everything in between.

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Cady (Erika Henningsen, left) wears pink along with fellow Plastics Gretchen (Ashley Park), Regina (Taylor Louderman) and Karen (Kate Rockwell) in the musical Mean Girls.

On Broadway, They Wear Pink: 'Mean Girls' Is Now A Musical

8:04am April 06, 2018

by Elizabeth Blair

A lot has changed since Mean Girls came out in 2004, but Tina Fey points to one reason the story still holds up: Older women and teens can both see themselves playing out their worst behavior.

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Nandar was one of the organizers â and participants â in the staging of 'The Vagina Monologues."

Health & Safety

With Cupcakes And Courage, Myanmar Stages 'Vagina Monologues'

12:08pm March 29, 2018

by Libby Hogan

Right up to the opening curtain, organizers of the performance weren't sure that the play would be welcome in their very conservative country.

Caissie Levy plays Elsa (left) and Patti Murin plays her sister Anna in the Broadway musical version of Frozen.

Arts

'Frozen' Hits Broadway, In 'A Sophisticated Dignified Adult Psychological' Way

7:27am March 24, 2018

by Jeff Lunden

The creators of the highest-grossing animated film of all time aren't just simply letting it go — they've written a dozen new songs for a very sold-out theatrical adaptation.