Annaleigh Ashford and Josh Groban in the 2023 Broadway production of Sweeney Todd. Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman hide caption
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Los Angeles artist Kristina Wong in Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord, a co-production with East West Players. Javier Vasquez hide caption
From elected official to 'Sweatshop Overlord,' this performer takes on unlikely roles
Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan star in a rarely revived Lorraine Hansberry play. Catalina Kulczar/Brooklyn Academy of Music hide caption
A rarely revived Lorraine Hansberry play is here — and it's messy but powerful
A repurposed school bus from Control Group Productions' climate change-focused immersive theater experience, The End. Katie Weisberger/Control Group Productions hide caption
Theater never recovered from COVID — and now change is no longer a choice
Matt Butler performing at the Central Utah Correctional Facility. Liam Trouchard/Matt Butler 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
Prima Facie, by Suzie Miller, was a hit in London last year and now is coming to Broadway. Helen Murray/Prima Facie 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
A rare recording of a musical by an 18-year-old Stephen Sondheim surfaces
The rules of improv can make you funnier. They can also make you more confident.
The Wiz is just one of the shows celebrated in the new Museum of Broadway. Monique Carboni/Museum of Broadway hide caption
Sibling rivalry takes the stage on Broadway; plus Randall Park's latest 'Blockbuster'
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
Kevin Woo and the cast of KPOP Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman/KPOP hide caption
Korean pop star Luna comes to Broadway in 'KPOP'
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
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
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
Playwright Terry Guest poses for a portrait on Sept. 28, at the Alleyway Theater in Buffalo, N.Y. Malik Rainey for NPR hide caption
Where will the next 'Hamilton' come from now that so many playwrights are in TV?
Angela Lansbury's acting career extended over an extraordinary seven decades. She is pictured above in Los Angeles in 2014. Casey Curry/Invision/AP hide caption