Nov 20 Watch 8:42 Hip-hop and history blend for Broadway hit 'Hamilton' By PBS News Hour He’s on the $10 bill and he died in a duel, but what else do you know about Alexander Hamilton? Now his life is the subject of a cutting-edge hip-hop Broadway musical, created by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Jeffrey Brown talks to… Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch 3:31 'Allegiance' with George Takei portrays Japanese-American internment on Broadway By PBS News Hour The musical "Allegiance," which recounts a family's struggle to endure the Japanese-American internment in the 1940s, opens on Broadway on Nov. 8. A rare foray onto the New York stage, the show was inspired by one of its stars, George… Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch 7:46 In 'Honky,' a play that plays with the language of racism By PBS News Hour With “Honky,” PBS and Onstage in America present a stage comedy about racism that throws political correctness out the window. Hari Sreenivasan sits down with the play’s author, Greg Kalleres, to discuss how he explores race relations and coded language… Continue watching
Nov 04 Watch Jeff Daniels brings show business home to small-town Michigan By PBS News Hour Early on in his acting career, Jeff Daniels and his wife decided they would take a risk: leave New York and return to the small town of Chelsea, Michigan, to raise their family. There, the TV and movie star built… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 7:25 Anna Deavere Smith tackles school-to-prison pipeline on stage By PBS News Hour For Anna Deavere Smith, actress and path-breaking performance artist, Baltimore is home. After the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, the city became a sadly appropriate setting for Smith to tackle her latest project: a one-woman show about the "school… Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch 3:41 'Disgraced,' 'Wolf Hall' among Tony nominees for Best Play By PBS News Hour This year’s Tony nominations are out and we’re revisiting two of the nominees. “Disgraced,” nominated for Best Play, examines questions of identity and Islam in America after September 11. “Wolf Hall,” which tells the story of King Henry VIII and… Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch 7:34 Elisabeth Moss embraces 'everywoman' characters from Mad Men's Peggy to Broadway's 'Heidi' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch 6:59 Bringing the theater of the Supreme Court to the stage By PBS News Hour To research his latest role, actor Edward Gero had to go to court: the Supreme Court. His character? Real-life Justice Antonin Scalia. But the new play “The Originalist” is more than a portrait of the famously combative leader of the… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch 4:28 'We don't do kiddie shows': Alaskan puppeteers create theater for adults By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch 4:03 Theater on a canal? Avant-garde productions immerse audiences, cut costs By PBS News Hour Site-specific theater, a growing art form that immerses audiences into productions, has become a tool for some producers to save money by defraying pricey traditional staging. NewsHour Weekend's Zachary Green reports on a show playing from a particularly unconventional site… Continue watching