Opinion From Our Listeners Vocal Impressions: Hearing Voices, Round Four April 30, 2007 • Commentator Brian McConnachie has been asking listeners to describe — in poetic language — their impressions of famous voices. In his last challenge, he asked listeners to describe the voices of Sean Connery, Bob Dylan, Odetta and Mae West. Vocal Impressions: Hearing Voices, Round Four Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9914887/9924941" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Music Reviews Making 'LoveMusik' with Weill and Lenya April 29, 2007 • The complicated relationship between Kurt Weill, the composer of the standard "Mack the Knife," and his wife, the singer Lotte Lenya, is the subject of LoveMusik, which opens on Broadway this week. Making 'LoveMusik' with Weill and Lenya Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9847843/9892102" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture John Fugelsang: 'All the Wrong Reasons' April 28, 2007 • The son of a former priest and a one-time nun, John Fugelsang says he wasn't sure if he should have been born. He's turned funny stories from his life into a one-man show, All the Wrong Reasons. It's at the New York Theater Workshop until May 6. John Fugelsang: 'All the Wrong Reasons' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9896359/9896360" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Interviews Saxophonist Sonny Rollins Still Swinging Strong April 28, 2007 • Saxophonist Sonny Rollins has outlasted many of the jazz greats he played with. At age 76, he's now jazz's elder statesman, crossing another milestone in his 65-year career with a new CD, Sonny, Please, a new record label and a Web site. Saxophonist Sonny Rollins Still Swinging Strong Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9701347/9878887" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'The Brig': A Revival with Modern Themes April 27, 2007 • The Brig, a play about Marines abusing Marines in prison, is now being performed in New York for first time since 1963. The Kenneth H. Brown play is running at The Living Theatre. 'The Brig': A Revival with Modern Themes Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9876693/9876694" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Puccini's 'Manon Lescaut' April 27, 2007 • The title character in Puccini's Manon Lescaut is a young woman torn between true love and a life of luxury. The production comes from the Washington National Opera, with stars Veronica Villarroel and Franco Farina, and conductor Placido Domingo. An Introduction to 'Manon Lescaut' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9839114/9859923" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Obituaries The Passing of Actor Roscoe Lee Brown April 21, 2007 • Roscoe Lee Brown, the award-winning film, stage and TV actor, died from cancer last week in Los Angeles after more than 40 years as an entertainer. The Passing of Actor Roscoe Lee Brown Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9750971/9750972" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Playwright David Rabe Leaves the Stage Behind April 21, 2007 • Playwright David Rabe is renowned on Broadway having created powerful plays, including a Tony Award winner But it has been more than five years since one of Rabe's plays has opened in New York. Playwright David Rabe Leaves the Stage Behind Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9750931/9750932" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Frost/Nixon Interviews Hit Broadway April 20, 2007 • When Richard Nixon went on TV with David Frost in 1977, the former president had not given an interview since his resignation nearly three years earlier. A new play goes behind the scenes of a captivating Q&A. Frost/Nixon Interviews Hit Broadway Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9705314/9705716" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Obituaries Kitty Carlisle Hart, Stage Legend, Dies at 96 April 18, 2007 • Actress Kitty Carlisle Hart, whose long career spanned Broadway, opera, television and film, including the classic Marx Brothers movie A Night at the Opera has died at age 96. Kitty Carlisle Hart, Stage Legend, Dies at 96 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9658234/9658241" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Hoffman, Ortiz Lead Labyrinth to New Heights April 17, 2007 • This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Labyrinth Theater Company, the company co-directed by Phillip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz. The New York Times calls Labyrinth "one of the pre-eminent theatrical ensembles in New York." Hoffman, Ortiz Lead Labyrinth to New Heights Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9626787/9626792" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Culture Coleman's 'Grammar' Proves Prize-Worthy Fresh Air April 17, 2007 • We're hearing from Pulitzer Prize winners on today's show. Yesterday the Pulitzer for music was awarded to the 77-year-old jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman, for his live album Sound Grammar. It was cited for its "elastic and bracing" music. When Coleman came along in the 1950s, his detractors said his rough and wayward jazz was too crazy to stand the test of time. The Pulitzer is the most recent proof of how wrong they were. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead had this review last year when the CD was released. Coleman's 'Grammar' Proves Prize-Worthy Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9621743/9621750" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Brooklyn Bar Serves Opera On Tap April 15, 2007 • Just off Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, a dive bar has become the local watering hole for murderers and tyrants, adulters and virgins, Don Juans and divas. In fact, all of the great characters of grand opera have found a second home in the backroom of Freddy's Bar, where the company Opera on Tap serves up a monthly recital. Brooklyn Bar Serves Opera On Tap Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9592633/9594041" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music News 'Tristan Project': For Epic Wagner, Just Add Video April 12, 2007 • Wagner's immense Tristan and Isolde changed opera forever when it premiered in 1865. Now, video artist Bill Viola and director Peter Sellars are changing Tristan — in a way Wagner might well have welcomed. 'Tristan Project': For Epic Wagner, Just Add Video Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9506273/9552306" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Students' Play Bypasses China-Japan Tensions April 11, 2007 • Chinese and Japanese students brought together to produce a play soon learned that tensions still divide their nations. So after initial clashes, they wrote a new play that shies away from historical issues. Students' Play Bypasses China-Japan Tensions Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9512796/9512797" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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