Performing Arts

Natalie Portman, shown in Los Angeles on Nov. 13, stars in a new take on the often used cinematic theme of ballerinas undone by stress. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images hide caption

Sharon Adams, 40, plays a bell tree during a recent rehearsal of the interPLAY orchestra, which is made up of 60 adults with and without disabilities. Adams struggles with a learning disability and can read "a little." She has been a member of interPLAY for 15 years. Becky Lettenberger/NPR hide caption

The Manganiyar Seduction opens by slowly lighting up a stack of boxes in which 36 musicians play a variety of Indian instruments. Roysten Abel hide caption

Frank Loesser won the Academy Award for his song "Baby It's Cold Outside." Stroud/Express/Getty Images hide caption

Paul Reubens, dressed in character as Pee-wee Herman, poses on stage after a performance of The Pee-wee Herman Show, on Broadway. Charles Sykes/AP Photo hide caption

Dancers of the American Ballet Theatre perform last week at the Karl Marx Theater in Havana. The first performance of the New York-based ABT in Cuba in 50 years is part of a gradual thawing of cultural ties between the United States and Cuba. Sven Creutzmann/Mambo Photo/Getty Images hide caption

Actor Zero Mostel, who originated the role of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, poses with cast members after the play's opening performance on Sept. 22, 1964. AP Photo hide caption

Pepa Marcos (played by Sherie Rene Scott) mourns the loss of her boyfriend in the presence of a taxi driver (played by Danny Burstein). Paul Kolnik hide caption

Kimberly Elise, who plays the role of Crystal, is seen alongside co-star Michael Ealy, who plays her boyfriend Beau Willie, in the film For Colored Girls. Quantrell Colbert hide caption