Kholoud Sawaf, creator and director of 10,000 Balconies, stands at TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, Ark., on Friday. Sarah Bentham for NPR hide caption
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A luthier assembles the rosewood sides of a guitar at C.F. Martin & Co. in Nazareth, Pa. Instrument-makers and musicians will likely be able to transport instruments containing rosewood around the world without a burdensome permit process. Jacqueline Larma/AP hide caption
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The Instrument of Hope is lacquered in black except for the shiny brass parts, which are clear lacquered. They include the lead pipe, which is made from bullets set end to end and drilled out so that air can flow through to make it a playable instrument. The tops of the three buttons are made of the sawn-off casing end caps or rims. Matt Mckay/Publicis North America hide caption
A Trumpet Made Of Bullets And The Kids Who Inspired It Take Hope Around The Country
Friday
The musical King Kong, which stars Christiani Pitts alongside a giant ape puppet, will end its run Aug. 18. Joan Marcus/Courtesy of King Kong hide caption
'No Room For The Modest Hit Anymore': Broadway Prepares For Summer Closings
Saturday
Broadway director and producer Hal Prince died this week at the age of 91. NY Daily News via Getty Images hide caption
Opinion: The Prince Of Broadway's Legacy Lives On Through His Music
Wednesday
Harold Prince poses with his Tony Award for best direction of a musical in 1980. He earned the honor for his work on Evita. Associated Press hide caption
Hal Prince, Transformational Broadway Producer And Director, Has Died
Tuesday
Dewayne Perkins performed in one of the New Faces showcases at Just For Laughs. Tristan Brand/Courtesy of Just For Laughs hide caption
Friday
The new musical adaptation of Moulin Rouge! features 71 popular songs, which all had to be licensed and stitched together into the story. Matthew Murphy/Courtesy of Moulin Rouge! The Musical hide caption
Tuesday
(Left to right) Joseph Lattanzi, Sankara Harouna, Terrence Chin-Loy and Miles Wilson-Toliverstar star in Blind Injustice, presented through the Cincinnati Opera. Philip Groshong/Courtesy of Cincinnati Opera hide caption
'Blind Injustice' Opera Sets Out To Open Eyes About Wrongful Conviction Rates
Sunday
Kenneth Kellogg, Briana Hunter and Aaron Crouch play The Father, The Mother and The Son in the world premiere of Blue at the 2019 Glimmerglass Festival. Karli Cadel/Courtesy of the festival hide caption
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, pictured here in 2014, has announced this year's class of Kennedy Center Honors recipients. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Vegas, Bambino! The Metropolitan Opera's 2019 production of Rigoletto. Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera hide caption
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In Fairview, a respectable African American family prepares for a big dinner. But we slowly learn there's something off about Keisha (MaYaa Boateng) and her relatives. Julieta Cervantes/Soho Rep hide caption
The Pulitzer-Winning Play 'Fairview' Is About Being Watched While Black
Saturday
Kim Davey (left), a passenger in Menzi Mngoma's Uber, made a video of his in-car opera singing that went viral. Kim Davey/Facebook hide caption
LaChanze (left) and Elizabeth Teeter star in the Atlantic Theater Company's off-Broadway production of the musical adaptation of The Secret Life of Bees. Ahron R. Foster/Courtesy of The Secret Life of Bees hide caption