Though the Roundabout Theatre can only pay regional theater rates it's attracted stars like Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, Jessica Lange, Jason Robards, Liev Schreiber, and others. Above, Clive Owen and Kelly Reilly star as Deeley and Kate in the Roundabout revival of Old Times. Joan Marcus/Roundabout Theatre hide caption
Krysten Ritter plays the believably damaged ex-superhero in Netflix's latest Marvel series, Jessica Jones. Myles Aronowitz/Netflix hide caption
Laurie Metcalf portrays Annie Wilkes, left, and Bruce Willis portrays Paul Sheldon in Misery, currently playing at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York. Joan Marcus/Polk & Co./AP hide caption
Miller says it took her a little while to adjust to life as a stand-up comedian. "I like illusion! I like changing costumes," she says -- but she relishes the role now. Renata Sago hide caption
Dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp celebrates her 50th year in professional dance by taking two new shows on the road: Preludes and Fugues and Yowzie. Ruven Afanador/Courtesy of Ellen Jacobs Associates hide caption
Julia Sherman is the mastermind behind the Salad Garden at the Getty. Here, she pulls up heirloom greens for the salad. Abbie Fentress Swanson for NPR hide caption
George Takei and Lea Salonga in a scene from the musical Allegiance. Matt Murphy hide caption
Lea Salonga realized what it takes to be a leading lady at age 9, during a chaotic production of Annie. Raymund Isaac/Raymund Isaac hide caption
Tim Pigott-Smith plays a bewildered but principled monarch in the new "future history" play King Charles III. Joan Marcus hide caption
Stephen Park in Steppenwolf Theatre's production of East of Eden. Courtesy of Michael Brosilow hide caption
David Hare's plays and screenplays include Plenty, Skylight, The Blue Room, The Hours and Stuff Happens. Brigitte Lacombe/Courtesy of W. W. Norton & Company hide caption
Surrounded by his children, Eddie Murphy is honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, in Washington. Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP hide caption
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Allen Elizabethan Theatre, featuring a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. T. Charles Erickson/Courtesy of Oregon Shakespeare Festival hide caption
Playwright Arthur Miller sits at his typewriter in New York City in 1949, the same year he won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for Death of a Salesman. AP hide caption