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A sign of the "Hamilton" marquee at New York City's Richard Rogers Theater on Mar. 12, 2021, commemorating Broadway's "lost year" and a hope to return to live performances by fall 2021. Bruce Glikas/WireImage/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Actor George Segal with a replica of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Feb. 14, 2017, in Los Angeles. The veteran actor died on Tuesday of complications from bypass surgery. Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption
Friday
Sasha Velour stars in The Island We Made, an opera composed by Angélica Negrón and filmed in a mid-century Staten Island house. Matthew Placek/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
'The Island We Made': Lip-Sync Opera And High Drag Sing An Ode To Mothers
Thursday
Music venues, like the Metro in Chicago, have gone through a long and uncertain wait for aid passed by Congress in December. KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Brandy Norwood and Whitney Houston play Cinderella and her fairy godmother in Disney's beloved production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella. Courtesy of Walt Disney/Storyline/Citadel/Kobal/Shutterstock hide caption
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When we spoke with Karyn Meek back in 2017, she was production stage manager for the Tony-nominated musical Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. She's now enrolled in online grad school. Meek says as a stage manager she's used to solving problems before they arise. The pandemic is "a problem that not only can I not solve — I can't even see what next week will be," she says. Jeff Lunden for NPR hide caption
Where Are They Now? We Check In With Broadway Workers, Now Off Broadway
Friday
Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York City remains closed following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on Jan. 16, 2021. Cindy Ord/Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
Abigail Barlow, left, and Emily Bear are the creative duo behind Bridgerton the musical. "We wanted to be able to tell a stand-alone story and still honor what was created in the books and the TV show," says Barlow. "But honestly, we want to bring something new to these characters as well." Igor Kasyanyuk hide caption
Monday
A screen grab from the film, Zindagi Tamasha, shows the main character, Rahat Khwaja. Zindagi Tamasha or "Circus of Life" hide caption
Friday
Born in Toronto, Christopher Plummer made his name as a classical actor — performing Shakespeare at the Stratford Festival in Canada and the Royal Shakespeare Company in England. He began acting in films in the 1950s. Charles Sykes/AP hide caption
Christopher Plummer, Star Of Stage, Screen, 'Sound Of Music,' Dies At 91
Wednesday
Mike Nichols: A Life, by Mark Harris Penguin Press hide caption
Tuesday
"I've always wanted to just be an actor ... that's all I've ever wanted to be, playing different roles," Hal Holbrook told NPR in 2008. He is shown above in his New York apartment in February 1973. Jerry Mosey/AP hide caption
Actor Hal Holbrook, Who Played Mark Twain Longer Than Twain Himself, Dies At 95
Cicely Tyson portrays a former slave in the 1974 television movie The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. CBS Photo Archive/CBS via Getty Images hide caption
Monday
Derek DelGaudio on stage during In & Of Itself, now streaming on Hulu. Matthew Murphy/Hulu hide caption