Pop Culture Movie Stardom May Await If Lohan Can Grow Up July 31, 2007 • Glance at reports of drunken-driving charges and lurid tabloid coverage and it's easy to see 21-year-old actress Lindsay Lohan as just another bad-girl celeb. But some in Hollywood defend her as a real talent, battling child-star demons. Movie Stardom May Await If Lohan Can Grow Up Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/12370596/12370597" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Reality TV Brings Broadway New Stars, Patrons July 24, 2007 • An American Idol-style contest to choose the stars of Broadway's latest Grease revival wasn't exactly a ratings smash. But hefty advance ticket sales means that the NBC series may have been a success in a different way: as a marketing gimmick. Reality TV Brings Broadway New Stars, Patrons Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/12136308/12184029" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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One-Man Play Explores Specter of Slavery July 23, 2007 • In Emergence-See!, a sunken slave ship from the past magically surfaces alongside the Statue of Liberty. Star and author Daniel Beaty portrays the reactions of 43 black characters to this inescapable symbol of slavery. One-Man Play Explores Specter of Slavery Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/12172158/12181355" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Shakespeare Favorite Undergoes Another Adaptation July 22, 2007 • Shakespeare's Hamlet is among his most well-known and oft-performed plays. Every director has his or her version of Hamlet - host Liane Hansen speaks with Michael Kahn, Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company, and actor Jeffrey Carlson, who plays the title role, in this most recent adaptation of the Bard's work. Shakespeare Favorite Undergoes Another Adaptation Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/12155255/12155256" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Outrageously Entertaining: 'Slings & Arrows' July 21, 2007 • Slings & Arrows, a highly regarded Canadian series, followed the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of a Shakespeare troupe. Repeated on the Sundance Channel, the show is now available on DVD. Outrageously Entertaining: 'Slings & Arrows' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/12144988/12144991" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music 'Lost' Stephen Stills Recordings Released July 15, 2007 • On April 26, 1968, singer Stephen Stills paid a recording engineer to "just roll tape" on a few new songs Stills had been working on. Many of those songs would go on to define his career — both with Crosby, Stills & Nash and in his solo work. The recording sessions were recently released on CD. 'Lost' Stephen Stills Recordings Released Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/11992974/11992976" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Obituaries Opera Diva Beverly Sills Dies at 78 July 3, 2007 • Beverly Sills, world-renowned opera singer, died from lung cancer at the age of 78. With a silvery voice that soared high, and an irrepressible personality, Sills became an opera superstar. Opera Diva Beverly Sills Dies at 78 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/11688853/11688854" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Araboolies Go from 'Liberty Street' to the Stage June 29, 2007 • In The Araboolies of Liberty Street, Sam Swope introduced readers to the tyrannical General Pinch and Mrs. Pinch, and their "enemies," the fun-loving and free-wheeling Araboolies. A new musical based on the book debuts Saturday. Araboolies Go from 'Liberty Street' to the Stage Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/11601326/11609114" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Out of a Nigerian Slum, a Poet Is Born June 26, 2007 • Nigerian poet and activist Aj Dagga Tolar lives in a shack in Ajegunle, a slum on the outskirts of Lagos that is also called "The Jungle." He says he tries to escape the tough reality of slum life by being creative, making music and poetry. Out of a Nigerian Slum, a Poet Is Born Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10826005/11378264" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Play Tells Tale of Woman Silenced for Her Beliefs June 24, 2007 • In 1861, Elizabeth Packard was forcibly removed from her home and committed to an insane asylum because she disagreed with her Calvinist husband's religious beliefs. Playwright Emily Mann tells her story in the Kennedy Center's presentation of Mrs. Packard. Play Tells Tale of Woman Silenced for Her Beliefs Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/11294490/11294495" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Martin Luther King's Story Plays on Beijing Stage June 23, 2007 • A play about Martin Luther King Jr., featuring a Chinese actor in the lead role, makes its Beijing debut. Despite the play's civil rights theme, it has so prompted no official censorship or interference. Martin Luther King's Story Plays on Beijing Stage Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/11330396/11330417" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music 'Margaret Garner' from Opera Carolina June 22, 2007 • The real-life story of Margaret Garner is a chilling chapter in American history. As a fugitive slave, Garner is willing to kill before allowing her family to return to the plantation. Novelist Toni Morrison teams up with composer Richard Danielpour to bring Garners powerful story to the operatic stage.
Music Mariachi an After-School Activity? June 20, 2007 • A new proposal would recognize Mariachi, a form of Mexican music, as an official extracurricular activity in Texas Schools. Texas would be the first state to recognize the music in this way. The W.T. White Longhorn Mariachi Band gives listeners a special treat. Mariachi an After-School Activity? Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/11209474/11209475" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Music Puccini's 'Tosca' June 15, 2007 • If ever there were an R-rated opera, it's Puccini's lurid potboiler, Tosca. Perhaps not coincidentally, it's also one of the most popular operas of all time — featured here in a production from Houston Grand Opera starring soprano Maria Guleghina.
Culture Debating Dr. Burke: The 'Grey's Anatomy' Fallout June 14, 2007 • Actor Isaiah Washington will not be invited by ABC to return for another season of the hit program Grey's Anatomy, where he plays Dr. Preston Burke. This, after he reportedly used an anti-gay slur toward one of his cast-mates. Not everyone supports his firing, including two gay activists. Debating Dr. Burke: The 'Grey's Anatomy' Fallout Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/11044108/11044113" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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