Theater
Obama 'The Musical' Opens In Germany
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Performing Arts
ABBAWorld, How Can We Resist You?
()The music of four small-town Swedes has endured for nearly 40 years. Now, a new theme park open in London extends the appeal of the 1970s supergroup to a new generation.
Stargazing At The Opera
The Hayden Planetarium turns into an opera house for a new, high-tech theater production.
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Yes You Can — See The New Obama Musical()
January 17, 2010 Theatergoers are packing a concert hall in Frankfurt, Germany, for a new musical about Barack Obama, but the show's creator says the production isn't just about the president.
'Cult' Hero Mike Daisey: When The Dollar Is Almighty()
January 14, 2010 The celebrated monologist is a man on a mission: To make audiences look a little differently at their relationship with their money. His solo show The Last Cargo Cult examines the American worship of wealth through the lens of a South Pacific religion that worships all things American.
Theater
'Romeo And Juliet': Just As You Misremembered It()
December 29, 2009 In a new off-Broadway production, Shakespeare's classic is retold through the fuzzy recollections of people who slept through English class. The play is more about how we remember — or thought we remembered — the greatest love story of all time, and less about who said what on that balcony or whatever.
Music News
Can Afrobeat Musical 'Fela!' Move The Masses?()
December 28, 2009 In 2008, the off-Broadway musical Fela! became one of the most talked-about shows in New York. Telling the life story of Nigerian musician and political activist Fela Kuti, the show made the move to Broadway last month and opened to ecstatic reviews. But will this unconventional theater piece speak to a larger audience?
In 'Race,' David Alan Grier Confronts Painful Issues()
December 14, 2009 A new Broadway play from writer David Mamet has audience members shifting in their seats. It's about the prickly and painful issues that arise out of a legal case in which a wealthy white man is accused of raping a black woman. Actor David Alan Grier, who plays a lawyer, says Mamet is exploding the notion that America has moved past racism.
Theater
'Little Night Music' Revival Keeps It All In The Family()
December 13, 2009 The first Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's classic A Little Night Music opens Dec. 13. And alongside its bold-name cast members — Catherine Zeta-Jones, Angela Lansbury — is Broadway newcomer Ramona Mallory. Her debut as the ingenue continues a family legacy: Her mother created the role in 1973, and her father played the character who falls for hers.
