Kaili Turner, Morgan Van Dyne, Alexi Bolden and Gabriela Castillo receive SNL/Second City scholarships. Mindy Tucker; Stephanie Timpone, Karla Janette Figueroa; Ian Mclaren/SNL/The Second City hide caption
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Wendell Pierce says that live audiences always "let you know if you're on the right track." But filming this new production without a live audience, he said it heightened his focus "to tell the story as clearly as possible." Pierce is pictured above in Paris in October 2016. Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Wendell Pierce On Parenting, The Pandemic And Reckoning With The Past
Clockwise from upper left: Debbie Allen, Garth Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, Joan Baez and Midori Goto. Uarian Langerston, Joseph Llanes, Andy Gotts, Dana Tyan, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders/Kennedy Center hide caption
The new mural of Roy Orbison in Vernon, Texas. Ann Arnold-Ogden hide caption
Catherine O'Hara as Moira Rose in the series finale of Schitt's Creek. Comedy Central hide caption
August Wilson at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colo., in 2004. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc hide caption
'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Shines A Light On August Wilson's Vision
Ann Reinking, pictured holding her Tony Award for best choreography for the musical Chicago in 1997, died on Saturday, her family said in a statement. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
Andrew Rannells, James Corden, Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman star in the Netflix adaptation of The Prom. Netflix hide caption
The Land of Snow scene from one of American Midwest Ballet's pre-pandemic productions of The Nutcracker. American Midwest Ballet hide caption
No 'Nutcracker'? Or 'Messiah'? How Theaters Are Facing A COVID Christmas
This Is Not My Memoir, by André Gregory and Todd London Farrar, Straus and Giroux hide caption
"Even in fragmented times, we can still find new forms of connection," says mentalist Scott Silven. His new virtual show is called The Journey. Scott Silven hide caption
Illusionist Scott Silven Can Turn A Video Call Into A Magical 'Journey'
A former ballerina named Marta C. González, dancing to the music of Swan Lake in a video still from YouTube. Música para Despertar hide caption
Comedian Sarah Cooper in her new special, Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine. Lacey Terrell/Netflix hide caption
American Utopia, David Byrne amd Maira Kalman Bloomsbury Publishing hide caption
Haskell King, Ian Lassiter, Danielle Slavick and Greg Keller performing via Zoom in Russian Troll Farm. TheaterWorks Hartford hide caption
'Russian Troll Farm:' Imagine 'The Office,' But With Election Interference
American Utopia, directed by Spike Lee, captures a filmed performance of David Byrne's acclaimed Broadway production. David Lee/HBO hide caption
Jordan Betscher and Courtney Crain dancing to Irving Berlin's "Isn't This a Lovely Day (To Be Caught in the Rain)?" Courtesy of Concord Theatricals hide caption
Ballet Hispánico celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. It was founded in 1970 by Tina Ramirez. Paula Lobo/Ballet Hispánico hide caption
Ballet Hispánico Celebrates 50 Years As Ambassadors Of Latinx Dance
The performing arts remain in economic peril as Broadway extends closures until May due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Cindy Ord/Getty Images hide caption