The National Museum of African American Music, in Nashville. NMAAM/353 Media Group hide caption
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Will Cobbs and Pete Simpson play FBI agents interrogating Emily Davis's Reality Winner, in Is This a Room. Chad Batka hide caption
This new Broadway play doesn't have a script — but it does have a transcript
Simone Dinnerstein in dress rehearsal for The Eye Is the First Circle. Maria Baranova/courtesy of Peak Performances hide caption
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein illuminates a lifetime in art with a new multimedia concert
Left: Shelly C. Lowe, nominee for the chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Right: Maria Rosario Jackson, nominee for the National Endowment for the Arts chair Chris Richards; Photo courtesy of Maria Rosario Jackson/The National Endowment for the Humanities; the National Endowment for the Arts hide caption
Michelle Zauner (L) of Japanese Breakfast performs with drummer Craig Hendrix at the Intersect music festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on December 07, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images hide caption
The Broadway show Aladdin shut down soon after reopening. Breakthrough COVID-19 cases were reported in the musical's company Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
Rather than a heroic journey, the story at the center of Blanchard's opera is one of self-discovery, with an assured, tactile specificity which includes a boistrous fraternity step routine that opens Act III. Ken Howard/Met Opera hide caption
Ben Platt won a Tony award in 2017 for his starring role in Dear Evan Hansen. Now he's starring in a new film adaptation of the musical. Brian Ach/Invision/AP hide caption
'Dear Evan Hansen' Actor Ben Platt Escapes From Anxiety By Being In The Spotlight
Broadway performers at the Tony Awards on Sunday. Mary Kouw/CBS via Getty Images hide caption
Will Liverman (center) as Charles in Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones. Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera hide caption
"Moulin Rouge! The Musical," dominated the 2021 Tony Awards on Sunday. Matthew Murphy/Boneau/Bryan-Brown via AP hide caption
Audra McDonald and Leslie Odom Jr. will host different parts of the Tony Awards broadcast on Sept. 26: the awards ceremony and the following two-hour celebration of Broadway's return, respectively. Associated Press hide caption
People attending "The Lion King" arrive at the door as numerous Broadway shows re-open for the first time since closing in March 2020 on September 14, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
In "The Twins," an episode of Star Wars: Visions, siblings Karre and Am square off. Lucasfilm Ltd. hide caption
People wait to attend the Broadway musical "Hamilton" after showing their vaccination cards on September 14, 2021 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Friends Adam Schaefer and Isabella Phillips of Philadelphia went to see Wicked, one of the top Broadway shows to reopen on Tuesday with pandemic protocols. Craig Ruttle/AP hide caption
Lil Nas X accepts best direction for "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" onstage during the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday in New York City. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images hide caption
Kacey Musgraves, whose follow-up to her Album of the Year-winning Golden Hour, titled Star-Crossed, was released Sep. 10, 2021. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A scene from Francisco Negrin's production of Verdi's Il Trovatore, shown in a performance from the Opera de Monte Carlo. Alain Hanel/courtesy of LA Opera hide caption
Curtains Up! Broadway Musicals Return, But COVID Concerns Are Center Stage
Neighbors Mabel (Selena Gomez), Oliver (Martin Short) and Charles (Steve Martin) become podcasters in Only Murders in the Building. Craig Blankenhorn/ HULU hide caption
Brendan Hunt and Jason Sudeikis in Ted Lasso. Apple TV+ hide caption