Chasity Moore as Grizabella in 'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' Matthew Murphy hide caption
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Grammy award-winning soul singer Mavis Staples Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images hide caption
Taylor Tomlinson on Wild Card Monica Schipper/Getty hide caption
Taylor Tomlinson's mom died young. This is how she stays connected to her memory
An American flag flown upside down near the U.S. Capitol. Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption
Conservatives want to burn flags too; plus, the power of a singing POTUS
Cole Escola as Mary Todd Lincoln in 'Oh, Mary!' Emilio Madrid hide caption
William A. Fitzgerald and Bobby Carnavale in the film Ezra. Bleeker Street hide caption
Somi Kakoma and Lakisha May in Jaja's African Hair Braiding on Broadway Matthew Murphy/Manhattan Theatre Club hide caption
A new album by pianist Inna Faliks features world premiere recordings of works by five composers. Rosalind Wong/Inna Faliks hide caption
Pianist Inna Faliks traces musical odyssey from Soviet Ukraine via Faustian fantasy
Playwright Paula Vogel is known not just for her work on Broadway — but for the generations of famous playwrights whose careers she has nurtured. Above, Jessica Lange in Paula Vogel's Mother Play. Joan Marcus/Second Stage hide caption
In honor of Mother's Day, here's 'Mother Play' — which gestated for 40 years
Switzerland's Nemo rehearses "The Code" before the second semifinal. Jessica Gow/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty hide caption
Speranza Scappucci conducts singers on stage and the orchestra in the pit for the Washington National Opera's production of Turandot. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
One of opera's greatest hits gets a new and happy ending in Washington
English actress Judi Dench at a dress rehearsal of 'Hamlet', making her London debut as Ophelia in 1957. Bob Haswell/Getty Images hide caption
Hell's Kitchen is one of the Tony Award nominees for Best Musical. Marc J. Franklin/Hell's Kitchen hide caption
Conductor Andrew Davis, right, raises his arms as he takes a bow, accompanied by Renee Fleming, and Peter Rose, center, during the final dress rehearsal of Richard Strauss's Capriccio in the Metropolitan Opera at New York's Lincoln Center, March 25, 2011. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
To help the group feel like a band, Will Butler had them open for him in Brooklyn. Julieta Cervantes/Stereophonic hide caption
Molly Lewis, photographed by Shervin Lainez Shervin Lainez hide caption
Amber Iman and Eden Espinosa in Lempicka. Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman/Lempicka hide caption
Sisters Sofie Elliott (left) and Simone Elliott say that reconciling their memories felt especially important as they waded into one particular period of their childhood — a darker chapter that they still hadn't fully explored but that they felt ready to confront together. Kayana Szymczak for NPR; Lena Mucha for NPR hide caption
Sisters make peace with dark memories through art, science and each other
Activists from Extinction Rebellion, left and center, protest during a performance of An Enemy of the People on Broadway, starring Jeremy Strong, right. Extinction Rebellion NYC hide caption
Dead fish washed ashore in a red tide in 2018 in Sanibel, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption