Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
The Buena Vista Social Club were artists who'd been all but lost to the world after the Cuban Revolution -- until they united for a 1997 album. Now, their unlikely story takes a new stage: Broadway.Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
"Purpose" by playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, now on Broadway under the direction of longtime actress Phylicia Rashad, explores the generational conflicts in the civil rights movement.Monday, March 31, 2025 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
Three plays with Oscar-winning celebrities are currently leading the Broadway box office.Wednesday, March 26, 2025 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., has dissolved its Social Impact division, which partnered with local organizations to bring in diverse artists and audiences.Friday, March 21, 2025 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
Conan O'Brien will receive one of the most coveted awards in comedy on Sunday — but the annual event takes place at a tense time for the Kennedy Center.Monday, March 17, 2025 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
The South African actor has been speaking out about racial injustice for decades, often in collaboration with the late playwright Athol Fugard. Kunene and the King is Kani's latest project.Sunday, March 16, 2025 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
Jasmine Amy Rogers is starring in her first Broadway musical. Eight years ago, NPR talked with her when she was still in high school.Thursday, March 13, 2025 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
Fugard, who died March 8, was a white South African whose plays explored the consequences of Apartheid. He was later awarded a Tony Award for lifetime achievement. Originally broadcast in 1986.Monday, March 10, 2025 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
said, "I have a greater sense of adventure at this moment in my life than I ever had in the past." Fugard is pictured above in February 1985." class="feed_informer_first_image" /> The celebrated South African playwright was known for Blood Knot, The Road to Mecca and "Master Harold"...and the Boys. He said his job was to make "leaps out of my reality and into other realities."Thursday, March 6, 2025 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
The hit musical joins a number of other productions and acts that have pulled out of appearances at the Kennedy Center since President Trump took over the storied venue last month.Thursday, April 16, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
Matthew Bourne shows including Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake and The Car Man will be screened on Sky Arts as part ofThursday, April 16, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
Disabled-led theatre company Graeae has announced plans for a three-month digital programme designed to celebrate D/deaf and disabled artists. Harry Potter playwrightThursday, April 16, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Creative Diversity is calling for evidence for a year-long research project into how to boost diversity andThursday, April 16, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
More than 1,000 performances in rural communities have already been cancelled as a result of coronavirus, leaving many organisations at risk ofThursday, April 16, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
Old Vic artistic director Matthew Warchus has revealed plans to reopen the venue in November, but has warned that “a critical andThursday, April 16, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
Bristol Old Vic is launching a digital theatre platform for its audiences and artists during the Covid-19 pandemic. Called Bristol Old VicThursday, April 16, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
The reopening of Bolton’s Octagon Theatre following a £10 million redevelopment has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, leaving the organisationWednesday, April 15, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
West London venue the Playground Theatre has begun to make free meals for local elderly and vulnerable people while its doors areWednesday, April 15, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
Top UK drama schools including RADA and Arts Educational Schools London have shifted all teaching online at least until September. The moveWednesday, April 15, 2020 from The Stage | News Headlines
A tribunal being brought against Curve Theatre in Leicester by Seyi Omooba – the performer removed from a production of The Color