Performing Arts

Daphne Rubin-Vega played Mimi in Rent. "It was a lot of fun to actually be able to practically apply my research of partying ..." she says. "I knew these people. I knew this world." She's pictured above with Adam Pascal in New York Theatre Workshop's 1996 production of Rent. Joan Marcus hide caption

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

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

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

"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