Apr 13 Watch 6:10 Broadway play reexamines the U.S. Constitution By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green A new Broadway production, "What the Constitution Means to Me," is taking a fresh look at the founding document: what it says, who it serves and who it doesn’t. The play’s author and lead actor reexamines the rights laid out… Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch 6:36 'True West' stars Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano on Sam Shepard's 'profound sensibility' By Jeffrey Brown The Sam Shepard play “True West” is a revival of an American theater classic. The play has been a magnet for great actors since it was written in 1980. In this contemporary version, it stars Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano,… Continue watching
Feb 22 Watch 6:23 'Moonlight' writer hopes audiences leave his new play 'full of questions' By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport The hit Broadway play “Choir Boy” chronicles an African-American prep school and its star pupil, the choir boy, who happens to be gay. Written by Tarell McCraney, a MacArthur Fellowship recipient, the play explores themes not often addressed publicly within… Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch 1:15 Remembering Carol Channing, theater star who didn't let life pass her by Carol Channing passed away Tuesday at the age of 97. The Broadway legend won fame as Dolly Levi in "Hello, Dolly!" and performed it more than 5,000 times. Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch 6:18 Kerry Washington desperately searches for her 'American Son' on Broadway By Jeffrey Brown In a sparse room at a Miami police station, parents learn that there has been a confrontation between their son and the police -- and something very bad may have happened. Actress Kerry Washington stars in "American Son," a new… Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch 6:35 Glenda Jackson's third act is a return to Broadway after decades in politics By Jeffrey Brown Glenda Jackson is back on Broadway for the first time since 1988, starring in Edward Albee's "Three Tall Women." Jackson, 82, sits down with Jeffrey Brown to discuss the challenge of finding interesting female roles and why she spent 23… Continue watching
Jan 26 'Grease' is 40 this year. Here are 6 more pop musicals to watch By Alison Thoet It’s been 40 years since Sandy told Danny that he “better shape up” in the 1978 movie “Grease,” based on the Tony award-winning Broadway show. Theater critic Ben Brantley recommends six musicals that followed in its wake. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 7:42 John Lithgow brings the magic of the bedtime story to Broadway By Jeffrey Brown When John Lithgow was a child, his father would act out his bedtime stories, a tradition he carried on when his father grew ill later in life. Now Lithgow brings his own tradition of storytelling to a one-man show on… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 6:39 In Broadway's 'The Band's Visit,' mistranslation leads to musical connection By Jeffrey Brown When the members of an Egyptian band arrive in an Israeli city for a performance, it's clear something is wrong -- they've gotten the name wrong and ended up in a sleepy desert town. That's the premise of a new… Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch 7:14 Broadway's 'Oslo' captures behind-the-scenes drama of painstaking diplomacy By PBS News Hour “Oslo,” a Tony-nominated Broadway drama, takes a deep look at the secret negotiations that went into the historic Middle East peace accords, and their relevance in today’s world. Using real characters and real events, the play imagines what went on… Continue watching