The Curtain Comes Down on Two of Broadway’s Legendary Dancers
No one else could move like them, but plenty wanted to try. Chita Rivera and Hinton Battle were true Broadway originals.
15 Tony Award Winners
This Sunday night is the 76th Tony Awards, the biggest night in American theater. Or at least the biggest night in a certain fourteen-square-block section of American theater.
Going Back to Rydell High: Grease and the Rise of the Pink Ladies
A 1970s musical set in the 1950s, Grease is a double helping of nostalgia. But a new generation of creators thinks Rydell High and streaming television might go together like rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong.
All the Cool Stuff Entering the Public Domain in 2023
Cultural Icons Entering the Public Domain in 2023.
The Life and Music of Irene Cara
Irene Cara gave the world two of the most famous movie songs of all time. But that's not all.
10 of the Best Angela Lansbury Movies
Jessica Fletcher, a talking teapot, Sweeney Todd's enterprising neighbor -- Angela Lansbury was different things to different people, but she was always beloved.
She’s the One That We Want: An Olivia Newton-Blog
The late pop star Olivia Newton-John left her impact on the culture by being more than one person at once.
More Plays by Black Playwrights
Much of the most vital writing in the American theater today is coming from Black playwrights. Let the library acquaint you with a few
Music and Dancing and All That Jazz
If it weren't for iconic dancer and choreographer Ann Reinking, there'd be an Ann Reinking-shaped hole in the middle of American culture -- and in the middle of the movie "Annie."
So You Still Say You Hate Musicals
Thanks to the new streaming movie, everyone's talking about Hamilton again. But you feel left out of the conversation because you hate musicals. Let us help.
So You Say You Hate Musicals
We've heard your grumbles. We don't accept them. We bet we can change your mind.
Theater Nerds Unite
Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the musical West Side Story by exploring library materials that might be of interest to theater geeks.
Best Nonfiction Books of 2016
The best of the best in biographies, memoirs, business, leadership, history, poetry, science, and general nonfiction books of the year.
