The musical King Kong, which stars Christiani Pitts alongside a giant ape puppet, will end its run Aug. 18. Joan Marcus/Courtesy of King Kong hide caption
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Broadway director and producer Hal Prince died this week at the age of 91. NY Daily News via Getty Images hide caption
Opinion: The Prince Of Broadway's Legacy Lives On Through His Music
Harold Prince poses with his Tony Award for best direction of a musical in 1980. He earned the honor for his work on Evita. Associated Press hide caption
Hal Prince, Transformational Broadway Producer And Director, Has Died
Dewayne Perkins performed in one of the New Faces showcases at Just For Laughs. Tristan Brand/Courtesy of Just For Laughs hide caption
The new musical adaptation of Moulin Rouge! features 71 popular songs, which all had to be licensed and stitched together into the story. Matthew Murphy/Courtesy of Moulin Rouge! The Musical hide caption
(Left to right) Joseph Lattanzi, Sankara Harouna, Terrence Chin-Loy and Miles Wilson-Toliverstar star in Blind Injustice, presented through the Cincinnati Opera. Philip Groshong/Courtesy of Cincinnati Opera hide caption
'Blind Injustice' Opera Sets Out To Open Eyes About Wrongful Conviction Rates
Kenneth Kellogg, Briana Hunter and Aaron Crouch play The Father, The Mother and The Son in the world premiere of Blue at the 2019 Glimmerglass Festival. Karli Cadel/Courtesy of the festival hide caption
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, pictured here in 2014, has announced this year's class of Kennedy Center Honors recipients. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Vegas, Bambino! The Metropolitan Opera's 2019 production of Rigoletto. Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera hide caption
In Fairview, a respectable African American family prepares for a big dinner. But we slowly learn there's something off about Keisha (MaYaa Boateng) and her relatives. Julieta Cervantes/Soho Rep hide caption
The Pulitzer-Winning Play 'Fairview' Is About Being Watched While Black
Kim Davey (left), a passenger in Menzi Mngoma's Uber, made a video of his in-car opera singing that went viral. Kim Davey/Facebook hide caption
LaChanze (left) and Elizabeth Teeter star in the Atlantic Theater Company's off-Broadway production of the musical adaptation of The Secret Life of Bees. Ahron R. Foster/Courtesy of The Secret Life of Bees hide caption
Indya Moore walks the runway as Angel in the FX series Pose. Michael Parmelee/FX hide caption
Author Mo Willems supervises a rehearsal of the musical adaptation of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. As the very first Education Artist-in-Residence, "I can say at this point that I am the greatest ... " he laughs, "I'm certainly in the top five." Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Kids' Author Mo Willems Has A New Creative Challenge (And So Should You)
Drag Queen Cloud performs at Wigstock in New York in 1994. Paul Hurschmann/Associated Press hide caption
Jordan Weatherston Pitts (center) sings the role of Renata, the drag queen, with the company of New York City Opera's Stonewall. Sarah Shatz/Courtesy of New York City Opera hide caption
Franco Zeffirelli pictured above in New York in October 1974. Jerry Mosey/AP hide caption
Franco Zeffirelli, Creator Of Lavish Productions On Screen And Stage, Dies At 96
Tony winner Ali Stroker performs "I Can't Say No" from Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! onstage during the 2019 Tony Awards. Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions hide caption
The cast of Hadestown performed at the Tony Awards on Sunday night, as the show won eight awards. John P. Filo/CBS hide caption
Brian Drye plays trombone with Tony-nominated actress Amber Grey onstage in Hadestown. Matthew Murphy/Courtesy of Hadestown, The Musical hide caption
Into The Spotlight: Recognizing Broadway Musicians This Tony Awards Season
Stephanie Hsu and Will Roland in the Broadway production of Be More Chill. Maria Baranova/Courtesy of Be More Chill hide caption
Jason Moran and Alicia Hall Moran think deeply about how the past is preserved and kept vital through music and culture. Dawound Bey/Courtesy of the artist hide caption