Performing Arts Headlines

How the producer of 'Fleabag' creates hits at the Fringe
Mon Aug 31 5:55 pm
Before Baby Reindeer or Fleabag made it to the screen, they were small theater productions at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. And behind both is a producer you've probably never heard of.
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Hit shows from Edinburgh's Fringe festival are coming to America. Here are our top picks
Mon Aug 31 5:00 am
The annual "anything goes" performing arts festival featured more than 4,200 performances this year. These are the ones we're still talking about.
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At this year's Fringe festival, the audience is hot and cold on a new performance space — in a sauna
Sun Aug 30 8:58 am
Every August, millions gather in Edinburgh, Scotland, for the Fringe, the world's largest performing arts festival. This year's festival features a sauna.
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Magician behind Broadway's 'Paranormal Activity,' 'Stranger Things' talks tricks
Sat Aug 29 8:01 am
Audiences flock to Broadway each year for a dose of "theater magic." It turns out that some of that spectacle and wonder is created behind the scenes by actual magicians.


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Before an emergency hearing, the Kennedy Center's board threatens to demolish it
Thu Aug 27 5:00 am
A lawsuit seeks to block President Trump's name from going back on the center. The center's board warns that if renovation plans don't go forward, it may be demolished.
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Tim Curry, who defined 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' has died
Wed Aug 26 12:33 pm
Curry will be most remembered for his role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the tyrannical gender-bending alien scientist in both stage and screen versions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He was 80.
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Beatty files emergency request to stop Trump's name from returning to Kennedy Center
Fri Aug 21 12:40 pm
Joyce Beatty, a Democratic representative from Ohio, asked a federal judge to stop the Kennedy Center trustees from putting President Trump's name up in three places at the arts complex.
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Harvard's American Repertory Theater puts on revival of Ionesco's 'Rhinoceros'
Fri Aug 21 4:53 am
The American Repertory Theater at Harvard University premiers a revival of Eugène Ionesco's landmark play, "Rhinoceros." NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to director Diane Paulus and actor John Turturro.
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In new filings, Kennedy Center says it won't try to put Trump's name on facade until Sept. 8
Wed Aug 19 2:01 pm
Lawyers for Rep. Joyce Beatty asked a judge to rule speedily on the complex's renovation and entrance tarp. The National Symphony Orchestra also announced its new season, away from the Kennedy Center.
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How would a Kennedy Center shutdown impact artists and audiences?
Fri Aug 14 4:43 am
The Kennedy Center's profile has already shifted. If the shutdown is approved by a federal judge, its primary stages will not reopen until at least 2028 and audiences may decline further.
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