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'Dear Evan Hansen' Musical Takes On Teen Behavior, Tangled In Social Media

A musical by Tony-nominated songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul opens Saturday in New York. "Dear Evan Hansen" is a comedy-drama about social anxiety and teen suicide in the age of social media.

In his barn, Bertoia would play his sculptures for small invited audiences, or by himself late at night. His sculptures are in the barn where he left them when he died in 1978.

Sound Sculptor Harry Bertoia Created Musical, Meditative Art

Designer and sculptor Harry Bertoia spent the final decades of his life creating mesmerizing "sonambient" music out of big metal objects. An 11-CD collection of his recordings has just been reissued.

The authors of <em>The Electric Pencil</em> believe the "ECT" in illustration No. 197 is a reference to electrotherapy, which was part of James Edward Deeds Jr.'s treatment at State Hospital No. 3.

With Just Pencil And Paper, A Patient Found Escape Inside State Hospital No. 3

In 1970, a teenager found a handmade album in a pile of trash. Inside were 283 extraordinary drawings made on mental hospital stationery. The Electric Pencil tells the artist's story.

Anthony Mackie as Falcon in <em>Captain America: Civil War</em> — one of three black superheroes who play a major part in the movie.

2016: Age Of The On-Screen Black Superhero

From Black Panther to Luke Cage, filmmakers say audiences today demand superheroes that better reflect their world. Comic creators say it's about time TV and movies caught up with diversity in comics.

Zarqa Nawaz's <em>Little Mosque on the Prairie</em> ran on the CBC from 2007 to 2012.

'Little Mosque' Creator Zarqa Nawaz On Mixing Comedy And Religion

The writer/filmmaker uses humor to help people understand Islam, but it took years for some mosque members to come around to her jokes. Nawaz's new memoir is called Laughing All The Way to the Mosque.

This gargantuan beauty was built during the 1999 Delaware State News Sandcastle Contest. The castle was lost all too soon in a tragic high-tide accident.

Blueprints Before High Tide: An Architect Explains The Perfect Sandcastle

Famed architect Renzo Piano is best known for his massive skyscrapers and innovative designs. But the sandcastle enthusiast also has thoughts on how to plan a building that's a bit more ephemeral.

Music To Keep You On The Edge Of Your Seat

Conductor John Mauceri's latest album is filled with renditions of the most-chilling music from Alfred Hitchcock's films. He talks with NPR's Scott Simon.

Singer-songwriter Carly Simon is known for the songs "You're So Vain" and "Let the River Run".

Carly Simon: 'I'm Constantly Reemerging In My Life'

The woman behind "You're So Vain" has stories for days about love and music. On the occasion of a new memoir, she joins NPR's Scott Simon to unfold a few of them.

Brothers Mychael and Jeff Danna composed the music for the new Pixar film <em>The Good Dinosaur</em>. "The entire process of making a music score is additive, so every little detail becomes part of the whole," Mychael says.

The Good Dino-Score: Behind The Music Of Pixar's Latest

Writing music for The Good Dinosaur was a seven-month journey for brothers Mychael and Jeff Danna, not all of it glamorous.

Comedian Ben Bailey Smith Weaves Rapping Into Children's Book

What does rapping have in common with a good children's book? A lively beat and rhyme. Rapper, comedian and actor, Ben Bailey Smith speaks to NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro about his book, "I Am Bear."

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