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Articulate
Their Way
Season 6
Episode 5
Jason Robert Brown lives and breathes musical theater. From his early days as a fledgling composer through multiple Tony awards, he’s had to do it his way or not at all. Fate almost conspired to take music away from Angel Blue. But she refused to surrender to such a dark destiny and came out on the other side a better woman and a singer on some of the world’s biggest stages.
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Bassist Joseph Conyers in concert and conversation

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Timothy Showalter uses music to survive the world. John Jarboe wants to help change it.

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Beauty is assumed to be a passport to a better life, but in truth is a transitory visa.

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Novelist Veronica Roth and pianist Amy Yang see a way forward.

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Pain is inevitable for humans. And: Is Gil Shaham the last musician to own a great violin?

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Singer-songwriter Yuna and architect Doris Sung make things better.

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Teddy Abrams: Articulate in Difficult Times

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Painter Horace Pippin and singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading pushed their artforms.

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Shoes have been a reflection of human development: social, technological, cultural.

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Both flutist Claire Chase and architect Mónica Ponce de León love a challenge.

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Theater director Kenny Leon and author Sophie Blackall fearlessly harness honesty.

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Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright and composer David Serkin Ludwig