Arts Jun 08 Dave Eggers on 'Contrapposto' and supporting the next generation of writers Best-selling author Dave Eggers has a new novel out this week, telling the story of two art-obsessed friends over many decades. There’s much more to the author’s own story as well. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown reports from San Francisco…
Arts Jun 04 Musical phenom introduces an old instrument to new audiences The pipe organ is typically associated with formal concert halls, church music and traditional works by Baroque composers like Bach. But one musician, Anna Lapwood, is broadening the instrument’s reputation and has gotten millions of people to tune in. Jeffrey…
Arts Jun 02 Why Sting challenges himself to push his artistry into new forms Sting’s music is known around the world. Over the course of his career, he has sold more than 100 million records, first as the frontman, principal songwriter and bassist for The Police, and later as a solo artist. Now, as…
Arts May 27 Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf on bringing 'Death of a Salesman' back to Broadway "Death of a Salesman" tells the story of Willy Loman, a traveling salesman chasing the American Dream but never quite able to reach it. Now, the classic is back on Broadway in a new production that underscores the play’s enduring…
Arts May 19 Russians who fled after Ukraine invasion stage fresh take on classic play in U.S. Two Russians who left their country after the invasion of Ukraine and are now rebuilding their lives and careers in the U.S. Senior Arts Correspondent Jeffrey Brown reports on a recent production in New York for our Art in Action…
Arts May 05 Why Wynton Marsalis thinks jazz is the perfect metaphor for democracy Renowned trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis has launched a new project, a kind of call and response for these times. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown met Marsalis at the Jazz at Lincoln Center, for our series Art in Action, exploring…
Arts Apr 28 Tessa Thompson and Adrien Brody on Broadway debuts in 'The Fear of 13' In 2004, Nick Yarris walked out of a Pennsylvania prison after 22 years on death row. His was the first death row case in Pennsylvania overturned by DNA evidence. His wrongful conviction is now the focus of the new play…
Arts Apr 23 Art exhibition shines light on Romani persecution during Holocaust It's a lesser-known chapter of the Holocaust, the murder of some 500,000 Roma and Sinti people, members of a long-marginalized and often persecuted minority in Europe. One way into that history is through the work of an artist who survived…
Arts Apr 01 Rape survivor Gisèle Pelicot's 'A Hymn to Life' chronicles resilience after abuse In 2020, Gisèle Pelicot was called to a police station and life as she knew it ended. She learned that her husband had been drugging and raping her and inviting strangers to abuse her for nearly a decade. The case…
Arts Mar 31 Washington National Opera finds new stage after split with Kennedy Center Earlier this month, the Kennedy Center board approved the president’s plan to close the center for two years. The Washington National Opera had already announced it was leaving, one of the most consequential developments in a year of turmoil. Jeffrey…