Jeff London

She studied acting at New York University and made her film debut in Woody Allen's 1978 drama Interiors as an unhappy literary agent.

Hurt starred on Broadway in Beth Henley's Crimes of the Heart, for which she received one of her three Tony nominations.

She also appeared in the films The World According to Garp and The Age of Innocence, as well as in many television shows.

For NPR News, I'm Jeff London in New York.

The play by Duncan McMillan and Johnny Donahoe uses audience participation to tell a story about depression, suicide, and ultimately hope.

Daniel Radcliffe garnered raves in the role, and it's been a sold-out hit.

When he leaves on May 24th, he'll be replaced by Hargitay, the star of Law & Order SVU for the past 26 years, who will be making her Broadway debut.

She'll be in the play till June 28th.

Across the Pond, Minnie Driver is starring in every brilliant thing in London.

When Proof, the Tony Award-winning play starring Ayo Adebri and Don Cheadle, opens on Broadway in April, the Obama's production company, Higher Ground, will be billed above the title as producers.

In a statement, the Obamas said, quote, Proof is exactly the kind of story Higher Ground was built to champion, a play that asks profound questions about brilliance, doubt, and what we inherit from the people we love most.

This is the Obamas' first foray into theater.

Higher Ground has produced for film, television, and podcasts, picking up six Emmys and three Grammys.

For NPR News, I'm Jeff London in New York.

The West End Concourse is wide, well-lit, and free, so teams of enthusiastic amateurs meet there to practice K-pop covers, salsa, and hip-hop dances, which they then post to video.

Like Dream Griffin, who works for New York City.

One frequent Amtrak passenger, Olivia Francis, was filming the activity recently and has a name for the passageway.

My girlfriend and I would meet here and we'd call it Tick Tock Hall.

TikTok Hall is completely unofficial, but the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which owns the passageway, is happy to host the dancers, as long as they don't get in the way of commuters.

Broadway matinees are going on today as planned, but with heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions forecast to begin around 7 p.m.