LaTasha Barnes is a tradition-bearer of Black social dances, including the Lindy Hop. Cassidy Araiza for NPR hide caption
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In CODA, Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) auditions for Berklee College of Music. Real Berklee-trained musicians contributed to the Oscar winning film. Apple-TV hide caption
Composer, Mary D. Watkins, left, and librettist, Clare Coss, right, pose for a portrait at Ripley-Grier Rehearsals in New York, NY on March 17, 2022. Nate Palmer hide caption
Critics want to shutter a new opera about Emmett Till. Here's what its creators say
Some of the vendors at the Broadway Makers Marketplace, which carries their handmade goods Michael T. Clarkston /Broadway Makers Marketplace hide caption
At the Broadway Makers Marketplace, theater fans find both crafts and community
Members of the Dancing Grannies pose for a picture before attending the Milwaukee St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 12, 2022. This performance marked the first since the Waukesha Christmas tragedy where four members of the troupe were killed. Dawn Rowland Wester hide caption
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has declined Dolly Parton's request to pull her nomination from this year's nominee list. Here, Parton presents an award at the Academy of Country Music Awards on March 7. John Locher/AP hide caption
Martin Korol is one of more than 60 young dancers who are finding safe haven at dance schools around the world. Valeriia Velmozhko hide caption
Schools across Europe give shelter and fresh opportunities to Ukraine's young dancers
Lise Davidsen, performing in the title role of Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos at the Metropolitan Opera in Feb. 2022. Marty Sohl/The Metropolitan Opera hide caption
Norwegian opera singer Lise Davidsen is on the verge of superstardom
Billy Joel plays in Moscow in 1987. ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty Images hide caption
Yo-Yo Ma played Ukraine's national anthem and brought the audience to its feet at the Kennedy Center on Monday. Larry French/Getty Images for SiriusXM hide caption
Semyon Bychkov, conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in Vienna, Austria in 2017. Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
As performing artists denounce or stay allied with Putin, history offers some lessons
A still from "We Hold These Truths." Music for the new opera was composed by Tamar-kali, and director dream hampton put that music to film, for the LA Opera's Digital Shorts series. Erik Paul Howard hide caption
New opera teaches a classical music class in the ongoing fight for civil rights
James Earl Jones accepts the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre during the 2017 Tony Awards in 2017. Theo Wargo/Getty Images hide caption
Warren Easton Charter High School's marching band members line up in formation. Their instruments, among many, include sousaphones, cymbals, and a drum section with snare, tenor and bass drums. Aubri Juhasz/WWNO hide caption
With the return of Mardi Gras marching bands, New Orleans' streets are full of magic
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With the return of Mardi Gras marching bands, New Orleans' streets are full of magic
Conductor Semyon Bychkov, conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in a performance in Vienna in 2017. Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Actor Zero Mostel, center, who portrays Tevye in the musical "Fiddler on the Roof," poses backstage with cast members after the play's opening performance at the Imperial Theatre in New York on Sept. 22, 1964. Maria Karnilova, who plays Tevye's wife, Golde, is at far left. Playing Tevye's daughters, from left, are, Tanya Everett, as Chava; Julia Migenes, as Hodel; and Joanna Merlin, as Tzeitel. AP hide caption
If Russia's invasion of Ukraine feels familiar, look to Broadway in the '60s
Protesters hand out flyers pushing for benefits for hair and makeup workers at The Atlanta Opera. Matthew Pearson hide caption
These hair and makeup workers want to unionize. Their case could have a big impact
Buster Keaton in a promotional still for 'The Cameraman', which came out in 1928. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Two new books revisit the legacy of silent film comic Buster Keaton
Tenor Curtis Bannister sings the role of Stan in Beethoven's Fidelio, in a dress rehearsal. Russ Rowland/Courtesy of Heartbeat Opera hide caption
Prison choirs sing in a reboot of Beethoven's opera about unjust incarceration
Tariq Trotter portrays a scientist who has invented a machine that can turn Black people white in the off-Broadway musical Black No More. Monique Carboni/The New Group hide caption
