To Kill a Mockingbird , Aaron Sorkin's play from the Harper Lee novel and movie, is on Broadway. Click above to hear Michael Bourne's review.

More than 50 years after its Broadway debut, Fiddler on the Roof remains one of the most widely performed musicals in the United States. A new version performed entirely in Yiddish was a surprise hit over the summer in Manhattan and now it’s been moved to the largest off-Broadway theater in the city. Click abover to hear Jon Kalish's report.

Earlier this week the first game of the 3 game Rivalry Series between the U.S. and Canada women’s ice hockey teams saw a tight contest, with the Americans ultimately scoring the game’s only goal to clinch the victory on Tuesday. That goal was scored by U.S. Superstar and Olympic Gold Medalist Hilary Knight. Canada won Thursday’s game two 4-3, so Sunday's rubber match in Detroit will determine which squad wins the Rivalry Series. In 2018 in New York City, I sat down with Hilary Knight right

The New York City Council is considering a proposed plan to ban businesses from using a payment model that refuses cash and only accepts electronic payments. Supporters of the bill say it discriminates against low-income customers. But the ban also has critics. Michelle Gauthier owns the Manhattan based fast casual restaurant chain Mulberry & Vine. She says the cashless payment system has only benefitted her customers while improving employee workflow. “It saddens me that a decision that was

New Jersey’s five Roman Catholic dioceses on Wednesday released the names of nearly 200 priests and deacons they say were credibly accused of sexual abuse. The releases from the Archdiocese of Newark and the Dioceses of Camden, Trenton, Metuchen, and Paterson come as the child sexual abuse scandal in the church continues to unfold and just five months after New Jersey authorities announced a statewide investigation of allegations of abuse and cover-ups. Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the ​Archbishop of

The new Associate Director of the Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience and one of the organizers of the upcoming MTW is Salamishah Tillet. Tillet sat down recently with WBGO's News Director Doug Doyle to talk about this year's MTW's theme: The Erotic as Power: Sexuality and the Black Experience . The event begins at 9:30am on Saturday, February 16th at the Paul Robeson Campus Center at Rutgers University-Newark. The annual Black History Month conference will

Theater critic Michael Bourne was certainly impressed with the actors in Broadway's Revival of Sam Shepard's True West . Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano star in this revival at the Roundabout Theatre. In True West , Hawke's character confronts his brother, who is a screenwriter played by Paul Dano. Hawke is a four-time Oscar nominee, twice for acting and and twice for acting. Click above to hear Michael Bourne's review of True West.

Nina Simone was a cultural icon who used her creativity to attract a worldwide audience and spread a message of social and personal injustice and racial inequality. Actress and playwright Laiona Michelle, through Ms. Simone's words and 17 songs, raises the high priestess' profile in Little Girl Blue , running through February 24th at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Michelle joined WBGO morning host Gary Walker to talk about this seven year project which one could

Just as Hollywood drags 2018 way past the finish line with the Oscars set for Feb. 24 of this year, the Sundance Film Festival which closes this weekend kicks off the new year with 112 independent films, 56 of which compete in the US Dramatic and documentary categories, and World Dramatic and documentary competitions. Sundance was a minority mashup this year, pretty hip, and had the old white guys on the run. Here are titles to look for, fresh outta Sundance. The film I loved most was called

Choir Boy , a new play that was also arecent WBGO members event. The Manhattan Theatre Club usually presents a limited run of a show, but WBGO Theater Critic Michael Bourne says the impact of Choir Boy keeps extending the run. Click above to hear Michael's review on the new Broadway play.