Performing Arts
Misty Copeland was the first Black female principal dancer in the history of American Ballet Theatre. She took a final bow at Lincoln Center on Oct. 22, 2025 Taylor Jewell/Invision/APhide caption
Misty Copeland, left, and Oprah Winfrey attend the American Ballet Theatre's Fall Gala honoring Misty Copeland at David Geffen Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in New York. Charles Sykes/Invision/APhide caption
At the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., students perform in a pilot production ofOnce Upon a One More Time Jr. The junior production repurposes the original Broadway show, featuring the music of Britney Spears, for schools. Eva Marie Uzcategui for NPRhide caption
Back To The Future andIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade posters were illustrated by Drew Struzan. FlixPix and Photo 12/Alamyhide caption
A curtain call during a performance ofHamilton on Broadway at Richard Rodgers Theatre on Sept. 9, 2025 in New York City. The union representing Broadway actors and stage managers says it is getting close to a strike. Valerie Terranova/Getty Images North Americahide caption
A puppeteer plays a mourning mother in Gaza during a performance ofOur Domestic Resurrection Revolution In Progress! in Ypsilanti, Mich. Timothy Chen Allenhide caption
Bread and Puppet Theater is still working to ‘make the revolution irresistible’
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"Happy To Be Here" cast member performs during the screening ofThe Rocky Horror Picture Show during the 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 25 in Hollywood, California. Jesse Grant/Getty Imageshide caption
Shiver with antici...pation: 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' turns 50
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Ro Boddie as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Stephen Conrad Moore as Bayard Rustin in the 2025Ford's Theatre production ofThe American Five, directed by Aaron Posner in Washington, D.C. Scott Suchmanhide caption
'The American Five' explores the untold story behind the March on Washington
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Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny performing onstage in San Juan on July 11 during the first night of his 30-show residency in Puerto Rico. Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Imageshide caption
Bad Bunny skipped touring the States. Will other performers follow suit?
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Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in a revival of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" Andy Henderson/DKC O&Mhide caption
'Bill & Ted' actors Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter reunite for 'Waiting for Godot'
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New York-based Tere O'Connor Dance received a National Dance Project grant for a work calledThe Lace. Maria Baranova/New England Foundation for the Artshide caption
20 new dance projects will receive up to $100K each — but the grant program is ending
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Ed People: the 'favorite dance move' guy
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Stephen Nakagawa's career spans more than a decade, first as a dancer with Ballet West II before joining the Washington Ballet.
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Street performers entertain passersby on the Royal Mile as crowds of entertainers and festival-goers gather for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Aug. 1, 2025. The Fringe, one of the world's largest performing arts festivals, features over 3,800 shows across 265 venues and draws an audience of roughly 3 million visitors. Ewan Bootman/Anadolu via Getty Imageshide caption
Is Edinburgh's Fringe still fringe, or has it — gasp — gone mainstream?
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Dancers rehearse at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Anna-Rose Gassot/AFP via Getty Imageshide caption
President Trump speaks during the unveiling of the Kennedy Center Honors nominees on Aug. 13, 2025, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Imageshide caption
Trump announces Kennedy Center Honorees
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President Donald Trump talks to the media in the Hall of Nations at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on March 17, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Imageshide caption
More than 5,000 items from composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim, including lyric and music sketches and unpublished scripts, are now housed in the Library of Congress. Shawn Miller/Library of Congress, Stephen Sondheim Collection, Music Divisionhide caption
Take a peek at Stephen Sondheim’s papers, now at the Library of Congress
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ATSUKO OKATSUKA: FATHER - "Fans call her 'Mother,' but Atsuko is 'Father'âthriving professionally yet clueless about basics. A 7-year laundry hiatus and learning that marriage licenses precede weddings are just some hilariously relatable discoveries she shares in her special." Temma Hankin/Disneyhide caption
'Hamilton' producer Jeffrey Seller traces his journey from 'Theater Kid' to Broadway
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 18: Members of the public watch Rachel Zegler perform "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" live on the balcony as she plays Eva Peron in "Evita" at the London Palladium on June 18, 2025 in London, England. Belinda Jiao/Getty Imageshide caption
Evita Sings for the People in London; Gangs in Peru Target Schools
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, April 2025. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Artshide caption
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 14: Ego Nwodim attends SNL50: The Homecoming Concert at Radio City Music Hall on February 14, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) Dia Dipasupil/Getty Imageshide caption























