A Pulitzer Prize winner’s modern take on Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’
A reworking of Shakespeare “Hamlet” called “Fat Ham” recently won the Pulitzer Prize in drama. Jeffrey Brown has the story from New York for our arts and culture series, “CANVAS.” Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find…
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Behind the scenes with lead actor Zachary Noah Piser at ‘Dear Evan Hansen’
Zachary Noah Piser is the first Asian-American performer to portray the lead role in the hit Broadway musical “Dear Evan Hansen” and speaks on what representation in theater means to him.
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Young playwrights use the theater to confront the trauma of gun violence
In 2021, more than 1,500 children and teenagers in the United States were killed by gunfire. Activists across the country are working to shed light on that issue through a series of plays written and performed by young adults, many…
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