Can't Buy A Ticket To That Concert You Want To See? Blame Bots
A report from New York's attorney general points to abusive practices in the market for live-event tickets on sites such as StubHub. Computer programs snap up seats faster than humans can.
View ArticleFrom Football To Opera: Singer Morris Robinson Takes Center Stage
Once Morris Robinson dreamed of fame on the football field. Now, he's moving audiences across the world with the power of his voice, and changing the face of opera.
View ArticleAt 42, Matthew Rushing Might Just Be The Peyton Manning Of Dance
Dancers typically retire at a relatively young age. Rushing, however, is still going strong — and he's about to kick off a 20-city tour.
View Article'We're Mostly Republicans': New Hampshire Voters Explained By 'Our Town'
After NPR's Bob Mondello used The Music Man to help explain the Iowa caucuses, he wished there was a musical of Our Town so he could do the same for New Hampshire. It turns out there is one.
View ArticleAt 82, Broadway 'Master Of Ceremonies' Joel Grey Says, 'Life Seems Full'
Grey explains how he brought his decadent Cabaret character to life on both the stage and screen, and reflects on coming out as gay after years of living closeted. His memoir is Master Of Ceremonies.
View ArticleAmerican Musicals Are So Popular In Paris, They're Coming Back To The U.S.
French audiences have flocked to Paris productions of American musicals like Kiss Me, Kate, which closes this week. France's versions of some of these plays are also being exported back to the U.S.
View ArticleVideo: UCLA Gymnast Sophina DeJesus Whips, Nae Naes, And Slays
The viral video of DeJesus' routine doesn't show an athlete dominating in a traditionally white sport despite her race. She's an athlete celebrating her identity in the sport she loves.
View ArticleTo Sorkin A Mockingbird: Screenwriter Will Adapt Novel For Broadway
How will Aaron Sorkin's rapid-fire dialogue fit with Harper Lee's tale of racism and justice in the South?
View Article'Trapped In Time,' The Last Showgirl Revue On Vegas Strip, Closes
With its elaborate headdresses, colorful sequined gowns and statuesque dancers, Jubilee was the classic Las Vegas show. But times and tastes change, and the last performance took place on Feb. 11.
View ArticleGinsburg And Scalia: 'Best Buddies'
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the late Justice Antonin Scalia were ideologically at the opposite ends of the Supreme Court bench. Despite their dissenting opinions, they were also great friends.
View ArticleMisty Copeland Achieves #SquadGoals In The Documentary 'A Ballerina's Tale'
Misty Copeland talks body image, ballet and blackness in the new PBS documentary A Ballerina's Tale.
View ArticleFamily Drama Meets Existential Horror In 'The Humans'
On its surface, the play sounds pretty ordinary: A young woman and her boyfriend have her family over for Thanksgiving dinner. Then things start to get weird.
View ArticleAs A Japanese Mountain Village Shrinks, So Do Its Prospects For Kabuki
For more than 300 years, children have performed kabuki, Japan's classical theater, in the village of Damine. But as residents age or leave for cities, Damine is running out of young performers.
View Article'Spotlight' Wins Best Picture At 2016 Academy Awards
Mad Max: Fury Road just about swept the early categories, but it was Spotlight that ultimately took home the top prize. From open to close, NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour crew tweeted all the action.
View ArticleOriginals: How To Spot One, How To Be One
Adam Grant, author of Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, tells us what makes an original, how parents can nurture originality in their children, and its potential downside.
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