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Four-time Tony winner Audra McDonald has starred on Broadway with a soprano voice that draws comparisons to Barbara Streisand. As she opens the seventh season of Lincoln Center's American Songbook series, she talks about the joys of being onstage.

Tim Curry's first movie was the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He turned heads as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite mad scientist. This week, Curry opens on Broadway in Spamalot, the musical version of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. He plays King Arthur.

The first single from Surrender is a chunky-boot strut through a floral pop fantasia.

For 15 seasons, actor Sam Waterston has portrayed prosecutor Jack McCoy on NBC's Law & Order. He has been nominated for six Emmy Awards, three for his work on Law & Order. In his time off from the show, he has appeared in countless movies and theatrical productions.

Making a video go viral is not only harder than it looks, it's also become a popular way for companies to market their products. The question is, does anyone care if it's not authentic, as long as it's funny?

http://66.225.205.104/JR20110908a.mp3The ACLU filed a lawsuit against the state of North Carolina today opposing production of a new specialty license…

The former CEO of NPR, Vivian Schiller, received a lot of attention for the controversies that erupted during her tenure and ultimately led to her forced…

Amy Helm, daughter of The Band's Levon Helm, doesn't need to prove that she's a force of nature.

Sexton calls "Do It Daily" the "Memphis, 1962 portion" of his new album, Mixtape Of The Open Road. Watch him perform the song live in the studio.

Watch the singer-songwriter spin a tale of faith-healing and the supernatural in "Following A Sign."

Watch the Tiny Desk turn into a church, comedy club and neo-soul spot as the band performs songs from its latest album, Love in Flying Colors.

Minneapolis' Jack Torrey and Page Burkum perform a lazy love song at the 30A Songwriters Festival.

The veteran folk singer-songwriter calls his new songs "ambitious and lush." Watch him play one, "The Deer On The Parkway," live for Folk Alley.

Rodney Saulsberry has been a top talent in the closely-knit voice-over industry for many years, doing everything from Alpo commercials to animated TV series. He shares some of the secrets of the trade in his new book, You Can Bank on Your Voice.

At a news conference in Washington today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it wants to further tighten air-quality standards to reduce both smog and the amount of tiny particles that lodge in the lungs. The EPA's administrator, Carol Browner, said that the proposal would save an additional 20 thousand lives a year by reducing the number of people who develop respiratory diseases like asthma. Environmentalists hailed the EPA's move as long-overdue...but factory owners and makers of products that pollute say the rules could have a devastating impact on business. NPR's David Baron reports.

Noah talks to Jon Harris, a spokesman for PepsiCo Incorporated. A business student is suing Pepsi after the corporate giant refused to exchange a Harrier jet-fighter for "Pepsi Points," a promotion engineered by PepsiCo to encourage people to drink their sodas. The business student says that Pepsi is guilty of fraud and breach of contract for not honoring the points-for-jet deal, since a recent Pepsi commercial said that the fighter could be acquired for seven million Pepsi points. The company has been offering Pepsi paraphernalia in exchange for these "points," which can be bought from Pepsi for ten cents apiece, or earned by buying Pepsi products. Pepsi says that the appearance of the Harrier jet was simply a joke and should not have been taken seriously.

Linda stopped by the hotel where the Ohio delegation is staying to talk with some of them about taxes. Senator Bob Dole's proposal for an across- the-board 15 percent tax cut is appealing to many voters. The Ohio delegates agree about its appeal, but say that the numbers don't add up, that the proposal ignores the continuing deficit problem. Some of them think Bill Clinton should not address tax cuts, despite their appeal to voters. Some of them would like to see him propose SOME tax cuts, specifically targeted to the middle class, working families, children going to college. They call these types of cuts "meaningful" and "productive".

This past year was a tumultuous one for both the film and TV industries. With that in mind, here's our critics' guide to all the movies and television shows they loved this year.

"Smile," like many tracks on RuPaul's latest album, mimics the sounds of early bubblegum hyperpop but waters them down in an act of bleak corporate reappropriation.

For Camille A. Brown, choreography unlocked a new way to understand her power as a dancer, and to celebrate her creative identity.