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The 2022 Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical, "Back to the Future: The Musical" is taking off from Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, New York this week. The Broadway and West End hit show is based on the Universal Pictures legendary film. It will play Proctors from June 6 to June 8.

The Kingston Trio made the song a hit in 1958, but it's an old folk song about a murder that happened in 1866.

Earth comes out April 17 under the name EOB. Radiohead's Colin Greenwood, Portishead's Adrian Utley, Wilco's Glenn Kotche and Laura Marling contribute to the album.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook on the showing of Slobodan Milosevic in last Sunday's election in Yugoslavia; Gloria Feldt, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and Laura Echevaria of the National Right to Life Committee on the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion pill RU-486; Senator John McCain and Jim Gianopulos, chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment, at a hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee on marketing violent media to young people; Senator Richard Bryan (Democrat, Nevada), Attorney General Janet Reno, and Senator Richard Shelby (Republican, Alabama) at a hearing on the government's handling of the Wen Ho Lee case; Governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore.

A new short movie by regional musician and filmmaker Laura Wetzler, “What Happened at the Veterans Home,” measures the human toll of the coronavirus pandemic.

Lalo -- the artist also known as Laura Friedman -- has injected some rock vitality into an instrument most often associated with straight-ahead jazz: the vibraphone. NPR's Liane Hansen talks with Lalo about her music and her self-titled CD. Hear clips from 'Lalo.'

New Jersey food writer Laura Schenone set off on a quest to find her great-grandmother's hand-rolled ravioli recipe. Along the way, she reunites with relatives in Italy, and helps mend strained relations with others around the dinner table.

Songwriter Billy McCarthy turned to music after a childhood rocked by suicide and mental illness. He speaks with NPR's Laura Sullivan about the band's debut album, Rise Ye Sunken Ships.

Doctors rushed a pregnant woman to a surgeon who charged thousands upfront just to see her. The case reveals a gap in medical billing protections for those with rare, specialized conditions.

In Texas, a 2,000 year old Roman sculpture turned up at a Goodwill store. What followed, for one woman, was a years-long effort to learn how it got there and to try to return it to its rightful owner.