Jenny Lawton appears in the following:
Jack Black, A Cappella
Friday, October 12, 2012
From a wannabe rock star in School of Rock, to a Mexican wrestler in Nacho Libre, Jack Black is probably the closest thing in Hollywood to a superstar clown. He’s been described as “...
Oskar Eustis: Putting the Public Back in Theater
Friday, September 28, 2012
New York is the epicenter of American theater, but it's not just because of Broadway. A mid-size theater complex downtown is arguably the most important incubator for new theater toda...
A Conversation with Philip Glass
Friday, September 14, 2012
In 1976, Philip Glass was an unknown composer — almost pushing 40, and driving a taxi to make ends meet — when he got his break: a new work performed at New York’s echt-prestigious ...
Aha Moment: e.e. cummings
Friday, September 14, 2012
As a child Quang Bao fled Vietnam and lived in a refugee camp with his family. They eventually settled in Sugarland, Texas. He was in high school — a mediocre student, uninterested in...
Aha Moment: Hamlet
Friday, September 07, 2012
A listener named Jeff House told us about his revelation experience with Hamlet. As a teenager he watched the Christopher Plummer film on TV with his big sister, who was enthralled;...
Aha Moment: Earl "Fatha" Hines
Friday, August 24, 2012
Seth Barkan’s father was a classical cellist who urged his son to follow in his footsteps. Barkan studied classical piano for years, but it never quite suited him. Then one day, acc...
Aha Moment: Diane Arbus
Friday, August 17, 2012
Neil Selkirk is an accomplished portrait photographer. He began his career in London during the 60s, when being a magazine photographer meant wild parties, fancy cars, and beautifu...
Aha Moment: Perry Mason vs. The Paper Chase
Friday, August 03, 2012
Jonathan Amsbary wanted to be a lawyer to "help America be what it was supposed to be." He idealized TV’s Perry Mason, the righteous defense attorney who stood up for the little guy...
Woody Harrelson: Back to (Off-)Broadway
Friday, August 03, 2012
Woody Harrelson has played a stone-faced Marine, a porn king, and a sociopathic criminal. He’s just arrived Off-Broadway in two new roles: playwright and director. Bullet for Adolf is...
Suzan-Lori Parks' Porgy and Bess
Friday, July 20, 2012
Porgy and Bess was groundbreaking: an opera about poor African-Americans in South Carolina, starring a cripple, a tramp, and a drug dealer. There’s a new production on Broadway now ...
Lisa Randall: Knocking on Heaven's Door
Friday, July 06, 2012
Harvard physicist Lisa Randall is at the forefront of the search for new theories about how the universe works. She’s especially interested in dark matter and is involved in work...
The Computer as Artist
Friday, July 06, 2012
Computers have taken over an astonishing array of tasks humans used to do. They fly our planes, give us directions, recommend books, set us up on dates. But can they tell us a good...
Canada: The Winning Slogan
Friday, June 29, 2012
Last month, we asked for your suggestions for a new six-word tagline for Canada. And the slogans poured in, more than 750 submissions. The winner was one of the first, and it remained our favorite to the end.
Benh Zeitlin: Beasts of the Southern Wild
Friday, June 29, 2012
The new movie Beasts of the Southern Wild is a Louisiana fairy tale with a six-year-old hero named Hushpuppy. The film, which clinched top honors at both the Sundance and Cannes fil...
Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park
Friday, June 01, 2012
In Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play A Raisin in the Sun, a black family buys a house in an all-white neighborhood — and even before they move in, the neighbors are up in arms. Clybour...
Nina Arianda: Venus in Fur
Friday, June 01, 2012
Nina Arianda is the it-girl on Broadway — she’s nominated for a Tony for her performance in David Ives’ comedy Venus In Fur. The show is a play within a play: a writer has adapted ...
Preview: 2012 Tony Awards
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
The 66th annual Tony Awards are Sunday, June 10. Here's a round-up of Kurt Andersen's conversations with some of the nominees: James Corden (One Man, Two Guvnors), Suzan-Lori Parks (...
Novelist Chris Adrian
Friday, May 18, 2012
Chris Adrian's novels tell dark, fantastical stories that draw on his experience working as a pediatric oncologist. Adrian tells Kurt how writing helps him deal with the emotional b...
Sherlock Holmes Goes Digital
Friday, May 04, 2012
If you're a fan of the reboot of British sci-fi TV series Doctor Who, Steven Moffat is the patron saint of nerd cool. He's the visionary show runner and writer behind some of the se...
Tracy K. Smith: Life on Mars
Friday, April 27, 2012
It’s the first poem about David Bowie to win the Pulitzer Prize. Tracy K. Smith’s collection Life on Mars contains many references to the man she salutes as the “Pope of Pop." Smith a...
