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The Wiz is just one of the shows celebrated in the new Museum of Broadway. Monique Carboni/Museum of Broadway hide caption
Suzan-Lori Parks (right), and the cast of Plays for the Plague Year. Parks, a prolific playwright, is doing something new with this play — she's acting. Joan Marcus hide caption
For playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, theater doesn't just reflect reality – it creates it
The Mexican band Son Rompe Pera, one of the highlights of the 2022 edition of the WOMEX festival. Marc van der Aa/Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Kevin Woo and the cast of KPOP Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman/KPOP hide caption
Korean pop star Luna comes to Broadway in 'KPOP'
Yiddish 'Fiddler On The Roof' is a dream come true for its lead actor
Misty Copeland has been a principal ballerina with the American Ballet Theatre since 2015. She took a break from performing due to COVID-19 and the birth of her son in spring 2022, but she hopes to be back on stage in 2023. Drew Gurian/MasterClass hide caption
'It chips away at you': Misty Copeland on the whiteness of ballet
Ellen Haun and Dru Johnston got creative when they needed health insurance. Dru Johnston hide caption
Billy Porter makes peace with himself: 'I set myself free, honey. No more secrets'
A scene from "Entremeses Cervantinos," three one-act plays written by Miguel de Cervantes, at Plaza San Roque, Guanajuato, Mexico. Germán Romero, courtesy of Cervantino International Festival hide caption
Festival Cervantino, Latin America's biggest cultural event, returns with new energy
Frankie Corio as Sophie and Paul Mescal as Calum in Aftersun. Gregory Oke/A24 hide caption
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Nataki Garrett sits inside the Thomas Theatre in Ashland, Ore. Michael Sullivan for NPR hide caption
Weathering at the Penumbra Theatre Caroline Yang hide caption
When a regional theater got millions to remake itself, it focused on racial healing
To mark the 75th anniversary of this uniquely American cultural movement, NPR is traveling across the country for a look forward in our series "The Next Stage." Kristen Uroda for NPR hide caption
Actor and comedian Leslie Jordan gained a loving fanbase on social media through his silly and heartwarming jokes. STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Dallas Theater Center on Oct. 4, 2022. The play "Trouble in Mind" is about racism in a white theater company in the 1950s. JerSean Golatt for NPR hide caption
Composer Julia Wolfe at the Nashville Symphony Orchestra's world premiere of her piece Her Story on Sept. 15, 2022. Kurt Heinecke/Nashville Symphony hide caption
Our biggest orchestras are finally playing more music by women. What took so long?
Natalia LaFourcade performs a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR. Liam James Doyle/NPR hide caption
The company of this production of 1776 is multi-racial and trans, female and nonbinary. Joan Marcus/Roundabout Theatre Company hide caption
Rosalía performs at the YouTube theater on Oct. 7, 2022 in Inglewood, Calif. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images hide caption
This year's 25 MacArthur Fellows will each receive $800,000, a "no-strings-attached award to extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential," according to the MacArthur Foundation website. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation hide caption
Playwright Terry Guest poses for a portrait on Sept. 28, at the Alleyway Theater in Buffalo, N.Y. Malik Rainey for NPR hide caption