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  • Illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi based <em>The Broken Ornament</em>'s Christmas fairy Tinsel on his wife, Angela, who helped with the book.
    This 'Broken Ornament' Led To Christmas Magic
    Award-winning illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi got the idea for his new children's book when his own daughter accidentally dropped a beloved Christmas ornament, and he made up a story to comfort her. W
  • A Preview Of The Williamstown Theatre Festival Season With Artistic Director Mandy Greenfield
    The Williamstown Theatre Festival’s 2015 Season, the 61st Season for the Tony Award-winning theatre company and first under Artistic Director Mandy…
  • Fresh Air Remembers Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Edward Albee
    Albee made his debut as a Broadway playwright in 1962 with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, which went on to win a Tony Award. He died Friday at the age of 88. Originally broadcast in 1984.
  • Sara Bareilles plays the Baker's Wife in <em>Into the Woods</em>. She says the first thing she did after taking the role was give her character a real name: "I named her Rebecca."
    Sara Bareilles thought 'Into the Woods' would last 2 weeks — she ended up on Broadway
    What started as a stripped-down production with a limited run became a Grammy award-winning Broadway musical with six Tony nominations. Bareilles plays the Baker's Wife: "I'm so glad that I said yes."
  • A Historian's Long View On Living With Lou Gehrig's
    In 2008, historian Tony Judt was diagnosed with ALS, a progressive motor-neuron disease. For the past several months, Judt has been writing a series of essays for The New York Review of Books, charting life in what he calls a "progressive imprisonment without parole."
  • <em>The Book of Mormon</em> features music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone and plays at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in New York City.
    'Book Of Mormon' Creators On Their Broadway Smash
    Trey Parker and Matt Stone talk about The Book of Mormon, their blasphemous, hilarious and oddly endearing Broadway hit, which leads the Tony nominations field this year — and will probably go down in history as the only Broadway musical ever to combine Mormons, Uganda, filthy language and a chorus line.
  • #1673: Women Pioneers In Diplomacy And Journalism
    On this week’s 51%, we explore our archives and hear the extraordinary stories of two women — a dancer who spent 40 years touring internationally on behalf of U.S. presidents, and a pioneering journalist in the 1930s and 40s.
  • 2. Simon/Kornheiser
    SCOTT SPEAKS WITH WASHINGTON POST COLUMNIST TONY KORNHEISER ABOUT HIS BOOK "PUMPING IRONY: WORKING OUT THE ANGST OF A LIFETIME" (Random
  • Sacred Space
    In this latest installment in our series on architecture in American society, NPR's Lynn Neary spends time with architect Tony Lawlor, who works with clients to create space for spirituality in their homes.
  • Classical Music According To Yehuda #191
    In this week’s Classical Music According to Yehuda, Alan Chartock and Yehuda Hanani continue their series of discussions about women who influenced…
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