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Taylor Tomlinson on Wild Card Monica Schipper/Getty hide caption
Taylor Tomlinson's mom died young. This is how she stays connected to her memory
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution explores the history and current state of LGBTQ comedy — the pioneers, the breakthroughs and the setbacks. Above, Lily Tomlin, left, Wanda Sykes, Joel Kim Booster and Trixie Mattel. Netflix hide caption
Sarah Paulson is seen Sunday night accepting the best leading actress in a play award for Appropriate, marking her halfway point to EGOT status, a person who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions hide caption
Stereophonic won the 2024 Tony Award for best play, beating out Jaja's African Hair Braiding, Mary Jane, Mother Play and Prayer for the French Republic. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP hide caption
Broadway musical Illinoise’s sound mixer and designer Garth MacAleavy does his preparation for the evening show at the St. James Theatre in New York, on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Marco Postigo Storel for NPR hide caption
Maleah Joi Moon and Chris Lee in Hell's Kitchen, which has 13 Tony nominations. Marc J. Franklin/ Hell's Kitchen hide caption
An American flag flown upside down near the U.S. Capitol. Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption
Conservatives want to burn flags too; plus, the power of a singing POTUS
Cole Escola as Mary Todd Lincoln in 'Oh, Mary!' Emilio Madrid hide caption
William A. Fitzgerald and Bobby Carnavale in the film Ezra. Bleeker Street hide caption
Creating the two of the most famous eyes in television. A scene from a new Disney+ documentary by Oscar-winning director, Ron Howard. It's called "Jim Henson: Idea Man." Disney/Disney hide caption
Disney+ documentary details the life, art, and ambition of Muppet creator Jim Henson
Somi Kakoma and Lakisha May in Jaja's African Hair Braiding on Broadway Matthew Murphy/Manhattan Theatre Club hide caption
A new album by pianist Inna Faliks features world premiere recordings of works by five composers. Rosalind Wong/Inna Faliks hide caption
Pianist Inna Faliks traces musical odyssey from Soviet Ukraine via Faustian fantasy
Playwright Paula Vogel is known not just for her work on Broadway — but for the generations of famous playwrights whose careers she has nurtured. Above, Jessica Lange in Paula Vogel's Mother Play. Joan Marcus/Second Stage hide caption
In honor of Mother's Day, here's 'Mother Play' — which gestated for 40 years
Switzerland's Nemo rehearses "The Code" before the second semifinal. Jessica Gow/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty hide caption
Speranza Scappucci conducts singers on stage and the orchestra in the pit for the Washington National Opera's production of Turandot. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
One of opera's greatest hits gets a new and happy ending in Washington
English actress Judi Dench at a dress rehearsal of 'Hamlet', making her London debut as Ophelia in 1957. Bob Haswell/Getty Images hide caption
Hell's Kitchen is one of the Tony Award nominees for Best Musical. Marc J. Franklin/Hell's Kitchen hide caption
Moments of Enlightenment with Broadway's Brian Stokes Mitchell
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Conductor Andrew Davis, right, raises his arms as he takes a bow, accompanied by Renee Fleming, and Peter Rose, center, during the final dress rehearsal of Richard Strauss's Capriccio in the Metropolitan Opera at New York's Lincoln Center, March 25, 2011. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
To help the group feel like a band, Will Butler had them open for him in Brooklyn. Julieta Cervantes/Stereophonic hide caption
Molly Lewis, photographed by Shervin Lainez Shervin Lainez hide caption
Amber Iman and Eden Espinosa in Lempicka. Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman/Lempicka hide caption