Shakespeare Innovator Rylance on Farewell Tour November 29, 2005 • Mark Rylance will soon wrap up his 10-year tenure as artistic director of the Globe Theatre Company. He is currently on tour with the company, starring as Vincentio in Measure for Measure. Shakespeare Innovator Rylance on Farewell Tour Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5029988/5030732" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Media Women Confront 'Celluloid Ceiling' in Hollywood November 27, 2005 • Women now sit at the head of major studios. But a recent study shows that the number of women working in all other aspects of film remain woefully low. The numbers in TV are a bit higher. Women Confront 'Celluloid Ceiling' in Hollywood Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5028524/5028525" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Lost & Found Sound Pan American Blues November 24, 2005 • One of the first letters sent to Lost and Found Sound came from a listener who told us that no series about the sounds of the 20th century would be complete without the sound of the Pan American Train passing the WSM Radio tower in Nashville. The 10,000 watt station broadcast the sound live each day at 5:08pm - Nashvillians and listeners from all across the South and Midwest set their clocks by the sound. Pan American Blues Audio will be available later today.
Music Bill Harley: A Storyteller for All Ages November 22, 2005 • Bill Harley's lyrics are smart, funny and sometimes poignant. He writes for children, but he's known for helping parents remember what it was like to be a kid. Bill Harley: A Storyteller for All Ages Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5023162/5023457" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Goes Onstage in 'Sweeney Todd' November 19, 2005 • The new Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, which opened two weeks ago to rave reviews, sounds a little different: This production features just 10 actors, and those actors are playing the music. Music Goes Onstage in 'Sweeney Todd' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5018561/5018570" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Inside Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison November 18, 2005 • In 1968, a young reporter took a tape recorder with him to Johnny Cash's concert inside Folsom Prison. Beley's recording is familiar, but it's from an entirely new perspective: that of the audience. Inside Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5018930/5019160" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Books New Book Examines Life of Stepin Fetchit November 9, 2005 • Author Mel Watkins talks about his new book that chronicles the life of the first African American movie star, Lincoln Perry, a.k.a. Stepin Fetchit, and how he became an American pop culture icon. New Book Examines Life of Stepin Fetchit Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5005813/5005814" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'Jukebox Musicals' Put Pop on Broadway November 7, 2005 • A new category of Broadway entertainment takes popular song catalogs and places them in a dramatic context: jukebox musicals. A new musical called Jersey Boys is the latest attempt to re-create the success of Mamma Mia!. 'Jukebox Musicals' Put Pop on Broadway Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4990047/4990066" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Diversions 'Cavalia': An Equine-Human Ballet November 6, 2005 • The horse's connection to both freedom and power is the driving theme behind a new show, a kind of equine-human ballet called Cavalia. It was created by one of the people behind the renowned Cirque du Soleil. 'Cavalia': An Equine-Human Ballet Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4991703/4991715" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Bock-Harnick Team Sees 'Fiddler' Return Fresh Air November 4, 2005 • One of the most beloved musicals by composer Jerry Bock and lyricist Sheldon Harnick is back on Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof, at the Minskoff Theatre. It stars Harvey Fierstein as Tevye -- and Rosie O'Donnell as Golde. The show includes a new song Bock and Harnick wrote. Bock and Harnick also collaborated on Fiorello (which won a Pulitzer Prize), She Loves Me, and The Rothschilds. This interview originally aired on June 21, 2004. The Bock-Harnick Team Sees 'Fiddler' Return Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4989546/4989547" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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On Television Winkler, the Fonz, Resurfaces as a TV Lawyer Fresh Air November 3, 2005 • Henry Winkler plays a doctor on the new CBS sitcom Out of Practice, which premiered last month and can be seen Mondays at 9:30 p.m. Winkler also spent two seasons playing a lawyer on the TV series Arrested Development. Winkler, the Fonz, Resurfaces as a TV Lawyer Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4987861/4987868" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Books Poetry Corner: Dasan Ahanu, 'Pens' November 2, 2005 • Poet and spoken word artist Dasan Ahanu reads his poem "Pens," about life in America's prisons. Ahanu teaches at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University in Durham, N.C.. Poetry Corner: Dasan Ahanu, 'Pens' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4986188/4986189" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music News The Measure of Sam Cooke's 'Triumph' Fresh Air October 31, 2005 • Biographer Peter Guralnick's new book is Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke. Guralnick follows the life of rhythm and blues legend Sam Cooke from his roots in gospel music through his legendary career as a singer and songwriter whose hits include "You Send Me," "Only Sixteen" and many others. The Measure of Sam Cooke's 'Triumph' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4982687/4982688" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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National Side Show by the Seashore: A Survival Tale October 30, 2005 • Coney Island's Side Show by the Seashore is a throwback to the days when circuses and carnivals flourished. A proposed Las Vegas-style entertainment complex is a real threat, but the Side Show attraction remains, with its nostalgic charms. Side Show by the Seashore: A Survival Tale Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4981471/4981600" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies Childhood Friends Team for 'Capote' October 29, 2005 • Capote tracks the writer's draining effort to complete In Cold Blood. Dan Futterman, known for acting roles on Judging Amy and Will & Grace, wrote the screenplay. He and director Bennett Miller talk with Linda Wertheimer about the film. Childhood Friends Team for 'Capote' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4977999/4978209" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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