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Iryna Zhalovska and other dancers with The United Ukrainian Ballet train at The Kennedy Center. The company is performing Giselle there this week. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
60 dancers who fled the war now take the stage — as The United Ukrainian Ballet
Matt Butler performing at the Central Utah Correctional Facility. Liam Trouchard/Matt Butler hide caption
United Ukrainian Ballet Company members Liza Gogidze and Oleksii Kniazkov in Giselle, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky. Altin Kaftira/The United Ukrainian Ballet hide caption
Ballet dancers from across Ukraine bring 'Giselle' to the Kennedy Center
Members of the Grant Avenue Follies, a senior cabaret dance troupe based in San Francisco's Chinatown, collaborated with rapper Jason Chu on the Lunar New Year song "That Lunar Cheer." IW Group hide caption
Playwright Paula Vogel speaks onstage during the 2017 Tony Awards. Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions hide caption
Trade, created by Emma O'Halloran and Mark O'Halloran, will be featured at the PROTOTYPE festival this year. Maria Baranova/Unison Media hide caption
Who says opera needs a grand stage? This festival is all about intimate productions
A scene from the New York production of STOMP featuring Desmond Howard and Emmanuel "Manny" Scott at the Orpheum Theatre. Steve McNicholas hide caption
A photo of Lionel Mapleson, pasted in one of his journals. Alex Teplitzky/NYPL hide caption
This man's recordings spent years under a recliner — they've now found a new home
Prima Facie, by Suzie Miller, was a hit in London last year and now is coming to Broadway. Helen Murray/Prima Facie hide caption
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Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy in the film The Menu. Eric Zachanowich/Searchlight Pictures hide caption
Sarah Polley Amy Sussman/Getty Images hide caption
Sarah Polley credits her book club with inspiring her to direct 'Women Talking'
An exterior shot of The Juilliard School in New York City, taken in September 2020. Noam Galai/Getty Images hide caption
A 2005 exterior shot of The Juilliard School, which is located on the campus of Lincoln Center in New York City. Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Adam Sandler is the winner of this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Sandler will receive the award at a gala performance at the Kennedy Center on March 19th, 2023. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic hide caption
Kelli O'Hara as Laura Brown, Renée Fleming as Clarissa Vaughan, and Joyce DiDonato as Virginia Woolf in Kevin Puts's "The Hours." Evan Zimmerman/Met Opera hide caption
Three superstar divas power opera 'The Hours' - coming to movie theaters everywhere.
Left to right, back row: U2 members Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge and Bono. Front row: Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, George Clooney and Tania León. Gail Schulman/CBS hide caption
U2, Gladys Knight, George Clooney among 2022 Kennedy Center honorees
The Fantastic Four in 1981. Courtesy of Fantastic Four hide caption
A rare recording of Phinney's Rainbow — thought to be the first produced musical of Stephen Sondheim (shown here as a wizened showbiz veteran of 32, with three Broadway musicals under his belt) — has been found on a bookshelf in Milwaukee. Michael Hardy/Express/Getty Images hide caption