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A Working Actor: Performing In 2 Different Plays On The Same Day

8:05am July 23, 2017

by Jeff Lunden

The Canadian theater company Soulpepper performs dramas, cabarets, concerts. Some actors perform in multiple shows on the same day. We followed one actor during a grueling, but satisfying day.

Edward Albee, pictured here in 1967, won three Pulitzer Prizes over the course of his career.

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Playwright Edward Albee's Incomplete Works May Never See The Light Of Day

5:52pm July 05, 2017

by Jeff Lunden

Albee died in 2016, and in his will he asked that all his incomplete manuscripts be destroyed — including a play that was supposed to open off-Broadway.

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Set Designer Uses Broadway Experience To Design Times Square Restaurant

8:18am July 05, 2017

by Neda Ulaby

In addition to designing sets for Broadway shows and concert tours, David Korins is working on a new restaurant. We go behind the scenes of a Times Square restaurant, where eating is theater.

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After Anatevka: A Novel Inspired by "Fiddler on the Roof", by Alexandra Silber.

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How 'Fiddler On The Roof' (And Writing Its Sequel) Helped An Actress Find Closure

5:34pm July 01, 2017

by Michel Martin

Alexandra Silber's father died when she was just 18 — the same age as Fiddler's Hodel when she leaves her dad at a train station. Silber's new novel, After Anatevka, tells the rest of Hodel's story.

Jasmine Rogers performs a number as the Witch from Into the Woods.

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'These Kids Are Insane': Jimmy Awards Celebrate Outstanding Teen Performers

7:52am July 01, 2017

by Jeff Lunden

Seventy-four high school singers, actors and dancers, selected from a pool of 50,000 students across America, recently came to New York City for a Broadway boot camp.

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Broadway Chanteuse Barbara Cook: 'My First Memories Are Of Singing'

4:19pm June 30, 2017

After starring in Broadway shows like The Music Man and Candide, Cook struggled with addiction, then staged a successful second career as a cabaret singer. Originally broadcast June 27, 2016.

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Shakespeare Companies Suffer Backlash After 'Julius Caesar' Controversy

4:38pm June 23, 2017

by Hady Mawajdeh

The uproar over the New York Shakespeare in the Park production of Julius Caesar has spread to other cities. And it appears to be only because they are companies with the word "Shakespeare" in their name. Staff at Shakespeare Dallas have received death threats, even though the company isn't performing Shakespeare at the moment.

Olivia Wilde and Tom Sturridge star as Julia and Winston in the stage adaptation of George Orwell's 1984.

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'1984' Comes To Broadway And 'It's Not An Easy Evening'

8:15am June 17, 2017

by Jeff Lunden

George Orwell's dystopia returned to bestseller lists after the inauguration. "It's quite something to bring it to New York now, in this political climate," says adaptation co-author Duncan Macmillan.

The rock opera offers a fresh take on the story of Nero, one of history's most nefarious emperors. "His target was to give to the Romans, to the poor people, bread, games, entertainment," says artistic director Ernesto Migliacci. "He tried to make a real

Atop Ancient Ruins, A Rock Opera About Emperor Nero Leaves Some Romans Unimpressed

8:11am June 16, 2017

by Sylvia Poggioli

A new musical seeks to present a different side of the emperor, known best for fiddling while Rome burned. But some historians object to what they see as the commercialization of Roman heritage.

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Ben Platt performing "Waving Through A Window" from Dear Evan Hansen at Sunday night's Tony Awards.

At The Tonys, 'Dear Evan Hansen' Has A Big Night In A Dark Season

10:36pm June 12, 2017

by Linda Holmes

The 2017 Tony Awards weren't a coronation of any one show, but it was hard not to notice a theme of pointed social and political thought behind many of the winners.