Nation Jun 11 Thursday on the NewsHour: Art Institute of Chicago Opens Modern Wing Thursday on the NewsHour: Art Institute of Chicago Opens Modern Wing…
Arts Jun 09 In Science and Jazz, Father and Son Find Common Bonds It's just after closing on a Friday night at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington. In the darkened auditorium, a jazz quintet is building a rhythmic floor on a soft, steady percussion line and lilting piano chords.
Arts Jun 08 Conversation: Terry Teachout Recaps the Tony Awards It was a big night for "Billy Elliot" as the theater world celebrated Broadway at the Tony Awards. In a first, the three teenage boys who rotate in the role of Billy Elliot shared the Tony for best performance by…
Arts Jun 05 Friday on the NewsHour: Tony-Award Winning Signature Theatre Has Rich Past Friday on the NewsHour: Tony-Award Winning Signature Theatre Has Rich Past…
Arts Jun 05 Conversation: Michael John LaChiusa Michael John LaChiusa is one of today's leading musical theater composers whose shows have appeared on and off Broadway. His musical, "Giant," based on the 1952 Edna Ferber novel, made its world premiere at the Signature Theatre.
Arts Jun 02 Passionate Pursuits in ‘Arcadia’ Originally produced in 1993 with revivals now playing in London and Washington, D.C.'s Folger Shakespeare Library (staged by director Aaron Posnert), "Arcadia" pays homage to the pursuit of knowledge, and has been hailed as one of the finest plays of…
Arts May 29 Conversation: Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Rush is well-known for many film roles, including "Shine," for which he won an Academy Award, "Shakespeare in Love" and much more. "Exit the King" is his debut on Broadway, and he's been nominated for a Tony Award for…
Arts May 22 Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Soul music began in the late-1950s and never really died, but in recent years there seems to be something of a revival underway. One center of that movement is Daptone Records and its most prominent voice, Sharon Jones and the…
Arts May 20 Work of an Amateur: Czech Avant-Garde Photography at the National Gallery These days, everyone is a photographer. Pocket-sized cameras are ubiquitous; Flickr is a phenomenon; Facebook has reinvigorated the photo album and the self-portrait. Lest we forget that this was not always the case, a new exhibit at the National Gallery…
Arts May 15 Conversation: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck Discuss Their New Film, ‘Sugar’ The new film, "Sugar," is a dramatic telling of the story of a young Dominican-born baseball player as he learns some lessons about baseball and life at a training camp in his homeland and as a minor league player in…