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“Curtain up!” on the Museum of Broadway

One of America's great art forms has not had a permanent museum devoted to its history, until now, with an entertaining and educational exhibition of highlights from the Great White Way opening in the heart of New York City's theater district. Read More »

Why Daylight Saving Time is bad for you

It’s that time of year when we turn the clocks back an hour, and supposedly get an extra hour of sleep. As correspondent David Pogue points out, there are arguments against adopting a spring-ahead/fall-behind life – or for making Daylight Saving Time permanent. Source Read More »

The cultural shift over crying

Scholars, pundits, and followers of professional golf have observed a change in the culture over the last half-century: today, crying is not mocked as a show of weakness, but as a sign of emotion that distinguishes us as uniquely human. Correspondent Jim Axelrod looks at the newfound lack of fears over tears, and the evolutionary advantages of being able to ... Read More »

“Almost Famous” finds a home on Broadway

Writer-director Cameron Crowe's Oscar-winning autobiographical film, about a teenage rock journalist in the 1970s, is now a musical. He talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about dramatizing the personal, even painful, truth in "Almost Famous," and about how the spirit of his mother (memorably played in the film by Frances McDormand) is present at New York's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, eight shows a week. Read More »

Not-so-fun facts about Daylight Saving Time

It’s that time of year when we turn the clocks back an hour, and supposedly get an extra hour of sleep. There are arguments against adopting a spring-ahead/fall-behind life – or for making Daylight Saving Time permanent. Source Read More »