Skip to content
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's weekly quiz program. Each week on the radio you can test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world while figuring out what's real news and what's made up.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me

Listen Live

Listen Live

While maintaining the civility and fairness that are the hallmarks of public radio, On the Media tackles sticky issues with a frankness and transparency that has built trust with listeners and earned it awards for its body of work.
Next

On the Media

While maintaining the civility and fairness that are the hallmarks of public radio, On the Media tackles sticky issues with a frankness and transparency that has built trust with listeners and earned it awards for its body of work.

WHYY
rewind
play
fast-forward
 
 
 
Radio Schedule
WHYY
  • DONATE
Primary Menu
  • News
  • Radio & Podcasts
    • Radio Schedule
    • Ways to Stream
    • WHYY Listen App
  • TV
    • WHYY TV Schedule
    • Live TV
    • Watch on Demand
    • Stream PBS Kids
  • Arts
  • Events
  • Education
    • WHYY Early Education Programs
    • For Students
    • Pathways to Media Careers
    • WHYY Media Labs
    • Youth Media Awards
  • Support
    • Membership
    • WHYY Passport
    • WHYY Member Portal
    • Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donation Program
    • Volunteer
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE

Performing Arts

The 11th Hour Theatre Company production of the musical
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia’s Barrymore Award winners — trophies, $87,500, and a celebration

The Barrymore Award ceremony, Monday night at the Merriam Theater, is the way metropolitan Philadelphia’s professional theater community celebrates its accomplishments.

8 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Delaware Arts Calendar: 28th Annual Sea Witch Festival, Honk! and more to see and do in Delaware this week

From concerts and movies, to special events for the whole family, there is always something to see and do in Delaware. Here are some of our picks.

8 years ago

Aaron Davidman in his one-man show
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘Wrestling Jerusalem’ (Philadelphia Theatre Company)

In a one-man show filled with ideas, Aaron Davidman takes on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians and examines as many sides as he can find.

8 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Delaware arts calendar: Opera Uncorked, Halloween mini-con and more to see and do in Delaware this week

From concerts and movies, to special events for the whole family, there is always something to see and do in Delaware. Here are some of our picks.

8 years ago

In Theatre Exile's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘Ideation’ and the dark places it might lead (Theatre Exile)

Management consultants try to devise a process for their product by plowing through any business model they can conjure. In this case, the product is death.

8 years ago

Spiral Q apprentice Laura Beery paints houses for Peoplehood parade participants to wear on Saturday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Spiral Q's Philly Peoplehood puppet parade celebrates those living, working at the forefront of social justice

“The puppet is mighty,” said Spiral Q puppet theater's Jennifer Turnbull, as staff and volunteers prepared for Saturday's 18th Annual Peoplehood Parade through West Philly.

8 years ago

Dito van Reigersberg in
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘Buyer & Cellar’ and the price of great fame (1812 Productions)

Dito van Reigersberg plays everyone, including Barbra Streisand, in a comedy set at the underground private mall she built to house her collections at her Malibu complex.

8 years ago

Listen 0:00
Leah Walton in Theatre Horizon's production of ''2.5 Minute Ride.'' (Photo courtesy of Matthew J Photography)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

A stirring ‘2.5 Minute Ride’ (Theatre Horizon)

A one-woman play focuses on two very different family trips to explore her relationship with her father, his past and her present.

8 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Delaware arts calendar: The art of Denise Dumont, Rubix Kube and more to see and do in Delaware this week

From concerts and movies, to special events for the whole family, there is always something to see and do in Delaware. Here are some of our picks.

8 years ago

Aaron Miller of the Seneca Nation performs a smoke dance with members of the Longhouse Singers and Dancers at the Museum of the American Revolution.
Arts & Entertainment

Indigenous people recount ancestors’ role in Revolutionary War

The Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia marks Indigenous People's Day with a new film about the involvement of Native Americans in the Revolutionary War.

8 years ago

Listen 0:00
A participant of the SpArc Services Cultural Arts Center has her make-up done for a 2017 Fringe Festival production,
View Finders
Arts & Entertainment

Producing a Fringe play teaches Philadelphians with disabilities self-determination

Friendship and joy were the themes of a 2017 Fringe play produced by SpArc Services Cultural Arts Center in Philadelphia, which supports people with intellectual disabilities.

8 years ago

Harry Azoff, 93, checkered shirt in an easy chair
Arts & Entertainment

Serious illness gives way to comic relief as Philly hospice patient helps craft comedy

Despite his 93 years and end-stage renal disease, Harry Azoff is surprisingly active.

8 years ago

Listen 0:00
<a href=Independence Hall in Philadelphia: Courtesy BigStock" title="Screen Shot 2017-09-27 at 3.41.13 PM" width="360" height="280"/>
Arts & Entertainment

Is opera relevant to our IGen kids?

I know it doesn’t happen for every parent, so having a child who shares my passion for theater, music, books and arts and culture in general feels really good.

8 years ago

Delaware Theatre Company's 2017 production of Something Wicked This Way Comes. (photo by Mark Miller)
Arts & Entertainment

Technical wizardry wows at Delaware Theatre Company

The world premiere of the musical "Something Wicked This Way Comes" in Wilmington features never-before-seen special effects.

8 years ago

A ghoulish scene from annual Halloween haunt, Terror Behind the Walls at Eastern State Penitentiary
View Finders
Arts & Entertainment

With ‘no filters, no restraints,’ Terror Behind the Walls puts Eastern State at center of Halloween

What does it take to be hired as an intimidator or a creeper at one of the nation's top historic haunted attractions? A lot of energy and stamina.

8 years ago

Page 59 of 61« First«...5758596061»
Arts & Entertainment Community Courts & Law Education Health Lifestyle Money Politics & Policy Science Transportation Urban Planning Weather
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Latest News

  • Heading for the Jersey Shore this summer? Here’s what to know about beach tags

    5 hours ago

  • Tornado touched down in South Jersey during severe storms: NWS

    15 hours ago

  • NJ Transit strike: Here’s what you need to know

    16 hours ago

    Listen 1:06
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal

Donate
Learn about WHYY Member benefits
Ways to Donate
WHYY

WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news and information and world-class entertainment to everyone in our community.

WHYY offers a voice to those not heard, a platform to share everyone’s stories, a foundation to empower early and lifelong learners and a trusted space for unbiased news. Learn more about Social Responsibility at WHYY. It’s how we live.

Contact Us

Philadelphia

215.351.1200
talkback@whyy.org

Delaware

302.516.7506
talkback@whyy.org

Our Programs

  • Albie’s Elevator
  • Art Outside
  • Billy Penn
  • Check, Please! Philly
  • The Connection
  • Delishtory
  • Flicks
  • Fresh Air
  • Good Souls
  • The Infinite Art Hunt
  • Movers & Makers
  • On Stage at Curtis
  • Peak Travel
  • Philadelphia Revealed
  • PlanPhilly
  • The Pulse
  • Schooled
  • The Statue
  • Stop and Frisk: Revisit or Resist
  • Studio 2
  • Things To Do
  • Voices in the Family
  • WHYY News Climate Desk
  • You Oughta Know
  • Young Creators Studio
  • Young, Unhoused and Unseen
  • Your Democracy

Inside WHYY

  • About
    • Social Responsibility at WHYY
    • Board and Executives
    • Community Advisory Board
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Employment
    • Internships
    • Press Room
    • Meet Our Newsroom
    • WHYY News Style Guide
    • WHYY Productions
    • WHYY Spaces
    • Submissions
    • History
    • Directions
    • Coverage Area
    • Financial Statements
    • WHYY Community Report
    • Supporters
    • Privacy
  • Meet Our Newsroom
  • Employment
  • Lifelong Learning Award
  • N.I.C.E. Initiative
  • Contact Us
  • Sponsorship
  • Directions
  • FCC Public Files
  • FCC Applications

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Sign up for a Newsletter

© MMXXV WHYY

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use for WHYY.org

WHYY is partnered with