![]() ![]() Since making his debut with the band at the Hollywood Bowl in 2009, Shapiro has performed live at many of the world's most storied venues, including Carnegie Hall in New York, The Royal Albert Hall in London, and L'Olympia in Paris. And at age 25, Shapiro won the Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize for an investigation of methamphetamine use and HIV transmission.Īs a singer, he has recorded tracks on several Pink Martini albums, in multiple languages. He was the first recipient of the American Judges' Association American Gavel Award for his work on U.S. The American Bar Association awarded him the Silver Gavel for exposing the failures of Louisiana's detention system after Hurricane Katrina. ![]() The Columbia Journalism Review honored him with a laurel for his investigation into disability benefits for injured American veterans. Murrow awards-one for his reporting on the life and death of Breonna Taylor, and another for his coverage of the Trump Administration's asylum policies on the US-Mexico border. Bush Administration, covering debates over surveillance, detention, and interrogation in the years after Sept. He was NPR's Justice Correspondent for five years during the George W. His overseas move came after four years as NPR's White House Correspondent during President Barack Obama's first and second terms. He is also a frequent guest singer with the "little orchestra" Pink Martini, and he regularly tours the country as a cabaret artist with the actor Alan Cumming.īefore becoming a host of “All Things Considered,” Shapiro spent two years as NPR's International Correspondent based in London, traveling the world to cover a wide range of topics for NPR's news programs. His debut memoir, “The Best Strangers in the World,” was an instant New York Times bestseller. He has covered wars in Iraq, Ukraine, and Israel, and he has filed stories from dozens of countries and most of the 50 states. He has reported from above the Arctic Circle and aboard Air Force One. ![]() He is the author of six books, including a New York Times #1 bestselling memoir, performs in concert regularly in halls around the world, and co-owns his own, eponymous cabaret bar Club Cumming, a home for “all ages, all genders, all colors, all sexualities, where kindness is all and anything could happen!”Īri Shapiro has been one of the hosts of “All Things Considered,” NPR's flagship afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. His screen work ranges from art house to blockbuster, cult to mainstream, but his performances are always indelible and some immortal: Mr Floop in “Spy Kids,” Eli in “The Good Wife,” Nightcrawler in “X2: X Men United,” Sebastian in “The High Life,” ‘O’ in “Sex and the City,” Boris in “Goldeneye,” King James in “Doctor Who,” Sandy Frink in “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion,” Mayor Menlove in “Schmigadoon,” Dooley Flint in “Schmicago,” and himself on “Broad City.” A decade ago, his visceral, virtually one-man “Macbeth” was a stunning transatlantic coup de theatre. Thirty years ago, his Hamlet stormed the West End, and he was hailed as “an actor knocking at the door of greatness.” A quarter of a century ago, he was a sensation as the Emcee in “Cabaret” in a production that forever changed the Broadway landscape. ![]() Perhaps not surprisingly, Time Magazine called him one of the three most fun people in show business (the others were Cher and Stanley Tucci!) His most recent projects include creating a dance theatre piece about the Scottish bard Robert Burns, lip-synching the protagonist in a documentary, directing a podcast series about a sperm bank heist, playing a gangster opposite Liam Neeson in a Neil Jordan film, curating a cabaret festival in Australia, and recording a duet with a Gaelic rapper. in Mercyhurst University’s Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center.Īlan Cumming is beyond eclectic. Now, they’re joining forces in song! Witness the Erie debut of their new evening of tunes and tall tales, “Och & Oy! A Considered Cabaret,” on Wednesday, Oct. Alan Cumming and Ari Shapiro both transport audiences to other worlds through their stories. ![]()
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