Over the course of Breaking Bad, Walter White (Bryan Cranston) metamorphosed from a high school chemistry teacher to a notorious outlaw. Ursula Coyote/AMC hide caption
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Thursday
In 1961, South African playwright Athol Fugard put black and white actors on stage together in his breakout play Blood Knot. He's pictured above in the 1970s. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale co-star in the new Broadway production of The Bridges of Madison County. It's the third time they've played opposite each other. Joan Marcus hide caption
Saturday
From a mixed heritage, Adam Jacobs plays Aladdin in the Disney Broadway production of the same name. Cylla von Tiedemann/AP hide caption
Tuesday
Gary Barthelmy, Oyster Fisherman is a portrait by Reeva Wortel, used in conjunction with the production of Spill, a play that runs through March 30 at the Swine Palace in Baton Rouge. Reeva Wortel hide caption
Monday
David Brenner performs at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas in 1981. Las Vegas News Bureau/AP hide caption
Wednesday
Andy Karl stars in the musical adaptation of Rocky, the story of an underdog boxer who gets a shot at the world championship. "You have to honor, I think, the integrity of what the original film is, but not be constrained by it," says Rocky producer Bill Taylor. Matthew Murphey/Polk & Co. hide caption
Saturday
Actor Ed Harris has been nominated for four Academy Awards. Carlo Allegri/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
From 1952 to 1974, the "Joy Boys" — Walker (left) and Willard Scott — provided D.C. radio listeners with a daily dose of comedy. Scott went on to work in TV, where he can still be seen on The Today Show; Walker stuck with radio. Publicity photos from the WRC Graphics Department/TheJoyBoys.Com hide caption
Sunday
Actress Kathleen Turner — the voice of Jessica Rabbit and the star of the steamy Body Heat on the big screen — is tackling the monumental title role in Mother Courage and Her Children at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. Teresa Wood/Arena Stage hide caption
Thursday
Actor Joe Morton has appeared in films like Speed and Terminator 2 and TV shows like Law & Order and The Good Wife. Matt Sayles/AP hide caption
Monday
Kwame Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director of Baltimore's Center Stage Theater. Richard Anderson/©2011 Richard Anderson Photogra hide caption
Black, British And 'Brain Drained': Playwright Takes Charge In Baltimore
Sunday
Maria von Trapp in 2008 at the age of 93. The daughter of Austrian Baron Georg von Trapp points to her father on an old family picture. She died on Tuesday at her home in Vermont. Kerstin Joensson/AP hide caption
Saturday
The $42-million August Wilson Center in Pittsburgh is for sale because it can't pay its bills. Some are questioning why the Center was allowed to fail. Keith Srakocic/AP hide caption
Where Are The Heroes To Save Pittsburgh's African-American Center?
Friday
Shy Jamaican boy Ziggy (Jobari Parker-Namdar) and his friend Nansi (Brittany Williams) are main characters in Three Little Birds, an off-Broadway musical driven by Bob Marley's infectious reggae songs — and created by his daughter Cedella Marley. Michael Horan/New Victory Theater hide caption