/news/tags/performing-arts Performing Arts en-US Copyright Sun, 08 Jun 2025 23:34:12 GMT /2025-06-08/tony-awards-2025-the-complete-list-of-winners NPR is updating this list of Tony Award winners as they are announced. Sun, 08 Jun 2025 23:34:12 GMT /2025-06-08/tony-awards-2025-the-complete-list-of-winners Chloee Weiner /2025-06-06/south-korean-maestro-chung-will-be-the-first-asian-to-head-italys-famed-la-scala Myung-Whun Chung will be one of the first non-Italians to take the post of music director at Milan's famous opera house. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:28:56 GMT /2025-06-06/south-korean-maestro-chung-will-be-the-first-asian-to-head-italys-famed-la-scala Anthony Kuhn /2025-06-06/good-night-and-good-luck-brings-its-knock-out-punch-to-cnn-from-broadway On Jun 7, CNN is presenting a live telecast of George Clooney starring on Broadway as the pioneering CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow. TV critic David Bianculli calls it the TV event of the season. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:11:54 GMT /2025-06-06/good-night-and-good-luck-brings-its-knock-out-punch-to-cnn-from-broadway David Bianculli /2025-06-05/she-who-dared-an-opera-about-women-in-the-civil-rights-movement-opens-in-chicago A new opera tells the story of the Black women who organized in Alabama leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:51:25 GMT /2025-06-05/she-who-dared-an-opera-about-women-in-the-civil-rights-movement-opens-in-chicago Courtney Kueppers /2025-06-05/orville-peck-always-wants-a-sense-of-mystery Orville Peck is performing on Broadway as the Emcee in Cabaret. His winding path to his dream role included a stint as a punk drummer and hitting pause on his country career to get sober. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 11:00:00 GMT /2025-06-05/orville-peck-always-wants-a-sense-of-mystery Rachel Martin /2025-05-31/drag-artists-are-getting-attacked-this-safety-handbook-aims-to-help A group of drag queens from across the country and their supporters are releasing a handbook to help performers navigate a landscape of increasing threats of harassment and violence. Sat, 31 May 2025 21:10:56 GMT /2025-05-31/drag-artists-are-getting-attacked-this-safety-handbook-aims-to-help Chloe Veltman /2025-05-29/drag-artists-are-getting-attacked-this-safety-handbook-aims-to-help As Pride Month approaches, a group of drag artists and their allies are releasing guidelines to help performers navigate a landscape of online harassment and physical violence. Thu, 29 May 2025 17:42:59 GMT /2025-05-29/drag-artists-are-getting-attacked-this-safety-handbook-aims-to-help Chloe Veltman /2025-05-23/remembering-broadway-composer-charles-strouse Strouse, who died May 15, wrote the music for musicals like Bye Bye Birdie, Annie, Applause, It's a Bird ... It's a Plane ... It's Superman, and Golden Boy. Originally broadcast in 2002. Fri, 23 May 2025 16:07:57 GMT /2025-05-23/remembering-broadway-composer-charles-strouse Terry Gross /2025-05-21/former-kennedy-center-president-refutes-trumps-critique-of-bad-management "I am deeply troubled by the false allegations regarding the management of the Kennedy Center," Deborah Rutter wrote in a statement. Wed, 21 May 2025 18:43:07 GMT /2025-05-21/former-kennedy-center-president-refutes-trumps-critique-of-bad-management Elizabeth Blair /2025-05-19/mary-todd-lincoln-as-a-cabaret-star-how-cole-escolas-stupid-dream-came-true Escola gives the former first lady a wild second act in the Tony-nominated play Oh, Mary! "This play is about a woman with a dream that no one around her understands," Escola says. Mon, 19 May 2025 17:08:00 GMT /2025-05-19/mary-todd-lincoln-as-a-cabaret-star-how-cole-escolas-stupid-dream-came-true Ann Marie Baldonado