Chris Herbie Holland (L.) as Tio and Marcel Spears as Juicy in Fat Ham at New York's Public Theater. Joan Marcus/Public Theater hide caption
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Vijay Gupta performing with some of the professional musicians in Street Symphony at the Midnight Mission on LA's Skid Row. David Zimmerman hide caption
Founder of LEAP Africa Ndidi Nwuneli attends Barnard College's Global Symposium in 2015. J. Countess/Getty Images hide caption
Creators of Hair James Rado (left) and Galt MacDermot attend a revival of the musical in 2009. Rado died Tuesday, according to friend and publicist Merle Frimark. He was 90. Peter Kramer/AP hide caption
Julie Andrews sang "The hills are alive" in the film version of The Sound of Music, but Hammerstein's letters reveal that a much bigger Hollywood star had lobbied hard to play Maria. Alamy Stock Photo hide caption
Oh, what a beautiful archive: Oscar Hammerstein's letters reveal his many sides
Karim Sulayman, Raha Mirzadegan, Coral Dolphin and John Taylor Ward perform in Unholy Wars in Charleston, S.C., in May. William Struhs/Spoleto Festival USA hide caption
Ariana DeBose performs onstage at the 75th Annual Tony Awards. Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Pro hide caption
Jaquel Spivey (center) stars as Usher in A Strange Loop, which was named Best Musical at the 2022 Tony Awards. Marc J. Franklin/A Strange Loop hide caption
Patti LuPone (l) won a Tony for her performance in Company. She's here with star Katrina Lenk Matthew Murphy/Company hide caption
Ladies In WaitingFront, l-r: ElenaBonomo (Drums), Kimi Hayes (Guitar), Back l-r: Michelle Osbourne (Bass), Julia Schade(Conductor/Keyboard) Joan Marcus/Six hide caption
James Jackson, Jr., L. Morgan Lee, Antwayn Hopper, John-Andrew Morrison and Jason Veasey play the self-lacerating thoughts of Usher (Jaquel Spivey) in A Strange Loop. Teresa Castracane/Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Association with Playwrights Horizons and Page 73 Productions hide caption
Judy Garland at home in 1944. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Actor and comedian D'Lo performing in his one-man play, "To T or Not to T" Mikel Darling hide caption
When Black Boys Die, a gunplay written and directed by William Electric Black. Jonathan Slaff hide caption
Herman Makarenko, lead conductor for the National Opera of Ukraine. Julian Hayda/NPR hide caption
For the past month, Isaac and Nora have been on tour in Latin America. They're accompanied by their parents. Ximena and Sergio hide caption
Meet Isaac and Nora, two French kids who are big in Latin American music
Actor and director Eva Longoria calls Pepe Serna a legend in the entertainment industry. Pepe Serna: Life is Art hide caption
Actor Pepe Serna wasn't interested in becoming a star. He just wanted to work
Still from Ira Sachs's film Last Address. Last Address hide caption
Black artists have always led AIDS activism. This tribute wants to give them credit
Marcus Kuilan-Nazario's "Macho Stereo" is an homage to his late father, an audiophile. He says his father used to record on this reel-to-reel player. Mandalit del Barco/NPR News hide caption
Spoken word and sonic rituals: East LA exhibit features Latinx artists using sound
Marjan Neshat (in white dress), Roxanna Hope Radja (behind couch), Nikki Massoud and Artemis Pebdani in Wish You Were Here. Joan Marcus/Playwrights Horizons hide caption
Former Saturday Night Live star Norm Macdonald recorded a standup comedy special in his living room before he died in the fall of 2021. The special, which is set to be released on Netflix this month, was something he wanted to leave for his fans if he were to die unexpectedly. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
2022 Pulitzer Prizes in arts and letters go to 'Fat Ham' and 'The Netenyahus'
(l) Jason Veasey, James Jackson, Jr., Jaquel Spivey, L Morgan Lee and Antwayn Hopper in "A Strange Loop." Marc J. Franklin/A Strange Loop hide caption
"A Strange Loop" won 11 Tony nominations, the most this year. Marc J. Franklin/A Strange Loop hide caption
Study of the 1931 Josephine Baker poster by Jean Chassaing. Helicline Fine Art hide caption