• How would a Kennedy Center shutdown impact artists and audiences?
    Friday, August 14, 2026 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
    The entrance to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 13, still draped with the tarp that has been in place for months. The Kennedy Center's profile has already shifted. If the shutdown is approved by a federal judge, its primary stages will not reopen until at least 2028 and audiences may decline further.
  • Kennedy Center Board votes again to shut main building down — and add Trump's name back
    Thursday, August 13, 2026 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
    A photo of the exterior of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in June. For months, a tarp has covered the arts complex The board voted to close the Washington, D.C., arts complex's main campus for a $250 million renovation — three months after a federal judge temporarily blocked a similar closure.
  • 'I'm a say yes person': Actor Colman Domingo is up for new challenges
    Thursday, August 13, 2026 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
    Actor Colman Domingo jumps at a challenge. Domingo is nominated for two Emmy Awards for two very different performances — in the Netflix comedy The Four Seasons and in HBO's Euphoria. "I can go very deep with my characters," he says.
  • Kennedy Center must pay $250,000 in legal fees to musician who canceled in protest
    Tuesday, August 11, 2026 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
    Washington, D.C. Chuck Redd canceled his annual Christmas Eve performance to protest Trump's name being added to the complex. In June, a superior court judge dismissed the Kennedy Center's lawsuit against Redd.
  • Broadway legend André De Shields helps bring 'Hadestown' to the big screen
    Tuesday, July 21, 2026 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
    De Shields made his Broadway debut in the 1975 original production of The Wiz . He won a Tony in 2019 for his performance in Hadestown and co-stars in the new film of last year's London revival.
  • Shy on the dance floor? Virtual reality 'partners' aim to help you find your groove
    Saturday, July 11, 2026 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
    Entrepreneur David Huang tests out a VR headset while conducting demonstrations of the social dance lesson app Dance Guru at the Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, Calif., June 17, 2026. VR dance lesson apps like Dance Guru and Trip the Light offer a judgment-free way to learn partner dancing.
  • Remembering music theater historian Robert Kimball
    Friday, July 10, 2026 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
    Kimball, who died July 2, unearthed hundreds of pieces long thought lost, and co-wrote books about George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter and Eubie Blake. Originally broadcast in 1994.
  • One of the country's oldest opera companies premieres its' Black Opera Project
    Wednesday, July 8, 2026 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
    There have been Black composers and Black storylines in opera, but they've often failed to gain traction with performing companies and audiences. This summer, Cincinnati Opera seeks to change that.
  • Appeals court denies Trump's request to halt removal of his name from the Kennedy Center
    Wednesday, July 8, 2026 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
    The Kennedy Center on June 28, with its facade signage still covered by a tarp and scaffolding. The D.C. circuit appeals court denied all of President Trump's arguments that sought to stop the removal of his name from the Washington, D.C., arts institution.
  • How does the Kennedy Center board make decisions? This legal filing sheds some light
    Tuesday, June 30, 2026 from NPR Topics: Performing Arts
    A U.S. federal judge asked on June 24 for an explanation for why a tarpaulin continues to cover the facade of the Kennedy Center where President Donald Trump Last year, Trump dismissed Biden-appointed Kennedy Center board members and replaced them with loyalists. A new filing by the Center's lawyers reveals how its board of trustees makes decisions.
  • Coronavirus: Matthew Bourne productions to be broadcast on TV
    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 of
  • Coronavirus: Graeae and Jack Thorne collaborate on digital lockdown programme
    Thursday, 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 playwright
  • Cross-party research into creative diversity calls for evidence
    Thursday, 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 and
  • Coronavirus: Future of rural touring at risk as 1,000 performances cancelled
    Thursday, 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 of
  • Coronavirus: Old Vic will need ‘critical’ fundraising, warns Matthew Warchus
    Thursday, 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 and
  • Coronavirus: Bristol Old Vic launches online platform
    Thursday, 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 Vic
  • Coronavirus: Octagon Theatre forced to delay reopening following £10m redevelopment
    Thursday, 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 organisation
  • Coronavirus: London fringe theatre feeds vulnerable local people
    Wednesday, 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 are
  • Coronavirus: Leading drama schools move teaching online for remainder of academic year
    Wednesday, 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 move
  • Coronavirus: Seyi Omooba tribunal postponed as lockdown continues
    Wednesday, 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
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