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COVER STORY: "O for a muse of fire": The modern entreaty of Shakespeare
Why are the plays of William Shakespeare inactive truthful fashionable 4 100 years aft the Bard's death? Correspondent Mo Rocca visits the newly-renovated Folger Shakespeare Library, successful Washington, D.C., location to the world's largest postulation of Shakespeare's published First Folios; and talks with New York Times columnist and Shakespeare aficionado Maureen Dowd astir the playwright's enduring appeal. Rocca besides talks with histrion Patrick Page, who travels the state with his one-man amusement of Shakespearean villains, "All the Devils Are Here"; and "This American Life" big Ira Glass, whose 2014 tweet declaring that "Shakespeare sucks" fto gaffe the dogs of war.
For much info:
- "All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain" by Patrick Page (patrickpageoinline.com)
- Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C.
- Ira Glass connected Instagram
- "This American Life"
- Maureen Dowd, The New York Times
- "Notorious: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and Tech" by Maureen Dowd (HarperCollins), successful Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, disposable via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
- Open Source Shakespeare
- Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
- williamshakespeare.net
- Shakespeare's Globe, London
ALMANAC: June 8
"Sunday Morning" looks backmost astatine humanities events connected this date.
George Clooney, present batting for Team "Good Night and Good Luck," is seen during a Broadway Show League softball crippled successful Central Park, New York City, May 8, 2025.
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SPORTS: Broadway's longest-running deed … connected the softball field
When they're not plying the boards, Broadway and off-Broadway actors (along with stagehands, musicians and ushers) amusement their less-used talents successful New York City's Central Park, by playing softball successful the Broadway Show League. As stars similar George Clooney (Team "Good Night and Good Luck") instrumentality to the tract and marque their shows' insurers anxious, analogous Faith Salie talks with immoderate of the competitors, including actors Nick Jonas ("The Last Five Years") and Michael Park ("Redwood") and costume dresser Jessica Vaughan ("Wicked"), astir this deed of a Broadway production.
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Robert Costa reports.
PREVIEW: Former Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden speaks retired astir her firing by Trump
Dr. Carla Hayden, the erstwhile Librarian of Congress fired by President Trump past month, talks for the archetypal clip astir her abrupt dismissal, and the challenges facing her erstwhile instauration – and libraries nationwide.
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Actress Jean Smart, present starring connected Broadway successful the one-woman amusement "Call Me Izzy."
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THEATER: Jean Smart connected her one-woman Broadway amusement "Call Me Izzy"
The Emmy Award-winning prima of "Hacks," Jean Smart, has returned to Broadway successful "Call Me Izzy," a one-woman amusement written by "Sunday Morning" contributor Jamie Wax. They speech with analogous Tracy Smith astir her quality – a pistillate successful an abusive matrimony who escapes successful a satellite of books. Smart besides discusses her beingness spanning comic highs and achy loss, from starring connected "Designing Women," to becoming a azygous ma with the abrupt decease of hubby Richard Gilliland.
For much info:
- "Call Me Izzy," astatine Studio 54 successful New York City (through Aug. 17) | Ticket info
- Jean Smart connected Instagram
PASSAGE: In memoriam
"Sunday Morning" remembers immoderate of the notable figures who near america this week.
Jack Conte, co-founder of Patreon.com, which facilitates subscriptions by viewers to enactment artists, musicians, podcasters, and different online contented creators.
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MEDIA: It's a living: Earning patronage connected Patreon
Many creators connected societal media person a hard clip making wealth from their work. Today, 12 years aft the instauration of Patreon, the institution says it's a root of regular income for much than 300,000 creators. Correspondent David Pogue talks with Patreon co-founder Jack Conte, and with podcasters and artists who summation income from subscribing patrons paying arsenic small arsenic $5 a month.
For much info:
- Patreon
- Caro Arévalo connected Patreon | Linktree
- Patrick Hinds and Gillian Pensavalle's "True Crime Obsessed" connected Patreon
- Alan Alda's "Clear and Vivid" connected Patreon
THE TONY AWARDS: Short
MUSIC: "A small magic": The Doobie Brothers connected songwriting
This week, Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons – founding and existent members of The Doobie Brothers – volition beryllium inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. As the set embarks connected a summertime tour, analogous Jim Axelrod talked with them, and with chap Doobie Brother John McFee, astir reuniting connected their 16th workplace album, "Walk This Road"; and however the magic of songwriting has shaped the dependable of the Doobie Brothers for much than fractional a century.
To perceive the rubric way "Walk This Road" by The Doobie Brothers (featuring Mavis Staples), click connected the video subordinate below:
The Doobie Brothers - Walk This Road (feat. Mavis Staples) (Vinyl Visualizer) by The Doobie Brothers on YouTube
For much info:
- "Walk This Road" by The Doobie Brothers (Warner Bros./Rhino), disposable June 6
- The Doobie Brothers (Official site) | Tour info
- Songwriters Hall of Fame
Correspondent Martha Teichner meets a Lightwire Theater creature.
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STAGE: Magic successful the dark: The fantastical worlds of Lightwire Theater
Part dance, portion puppetry, and portion electroluminescent wiring, Lightwire Theater creates evocative signifier shows featuring dinosaurs, mythic heroes and fairy communicative creatures. Correspondent Martha Teichner talks with Ian and Eleanor Carney, the husband-and-wife co-founders of the New Orleans-based company, astir their imaginative blend of artistry and technology.
For much info:
- Lightwire Theater
- Lafon Performing Arts Center, Luling, La.
COMMENTARY: From celebrating Juneteenth to the erasure of Black history: Charles M. Blow connected America today
Political expert and erstwhile New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow says that pluralism and radical justness person been demoted successful the months since President Trump re-took office, arsenic his medication has moved to purge the authorities (and overmuch of society) of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Blow looks astatine the "sad caller reality" successful which America's raging civilization wars person targeted our youngest nationalist holiday.
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Marathon: 2025 Tony-nominated shows and performers by CBS Sunday Morning on YouTube
MARATHON: 2025 Tony-nominated shows and performers (YouTube Video)
It's clip to observe the champion of Broadway! Watch "Sunday Morning" interviews with the creatives connected signifier and down the scenes of this year's Tony Award-nominated shows. [And don't miss the Tony Awards ceremonial broadcast unrecorded from Radio City Music Hall connected CBS and streamed connected Paramount+ June 8.]
From the archives: Dr. Robert Jarvik and the artificial heart by CBS Sunday Morning on YouTube
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Dr. Robert Jarvik and the artificial bosom (YouTube Video)
Dr. Robert Jarvik, who designed the archetypal imperishable artificial bosom implanted successful a human, died connected Monday, May 26, 2025, astatine property 79. He talked with analogous Richard Wagner for this "CBS Sunday Morning" study connected biomedical engineering projects that aired connected Oct. 14, 1979, 3 years earlier that archetypal artificial bosom transplant. Wagner besides talked with Dr. Wilhem Kolff (who invented the kidney dialysis machine); polymer chemist Dr. Donald Lyman; Dr. J.D. Mortensen (director of Surgical Research astatine the University of Utah); and with patients who were experiencing beingness with artificial limbs and kidneys.
From the archives: Young tech entrepreneurs looking to the future by CBS Sunday Morning on YouTube
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Young tech entrepreneurs looking to the aboriginal (YouTube Video)
Revisit these "CBS Sunday Morning" archive segments — from our 1998 interrogation with Elon Musk to our 2005 interrogation with Mark Zuckerberg, laminitis of thefacebook.com and beyond.
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