Jake Brasch and Nadja Leonhard-Hooper are the duo the behind the musical Hole!, coming to New York this December. Chewboy hide caption
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Cher Álvarez stars as Lou, part of a couple being haunted in the play Paranormal Activity. Matthew Murphy hide caption
Behind the curtains: How magicians secretly engineer Broadway’s greatest miracles
The entry to the Kennedy Center on Aug. 25, where a tarp remains in place. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
Tim Curry played Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the tyrannical gender-bending alien scientist in both stage and screen versions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Movie Poster Image Art/Moviepix/Getty Images hide caption
Tim Curry, who defined 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' has died
National Guard troops patrolling outside the Kennedy Center on June 28. The entryway of the Washington, D.C. arts complex continues to be covered with a tarp after a federal judge ordered the organization's board to remove signage that included President Trump's name. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The scaffolding and tarp covering the facade of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 13. The tarp remains one of the questions at the center of a federal lawsuit. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The entrance to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 13, still draped with the tarp that has been in place for months. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Kennedy Center Board votes again to close main building for renovations for 2 years
A photo of the exterior of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in June. For months, a tarp has covered the arts complex's facade, ever since a federal judge ruled that President Trump's name was unlawfully added to the center. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Kennedy Center Board votes again to shut main building down — and add Trump's name back
Actor Colman Domingo jumps at a challenge. "I love that things are coming to me right now," he says. "Opportunities to do things I've never done before ... I'm a 'say yes' person." Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for SCAD hide caption
Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center, as seen from the Washington Monument, on Aug. 10. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
Entrepreneur David Huang tests out a VR headset while conducting demonstrations of the social dance lesson app Dance Guru at the Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, Calif., June 17, 2026. Chloe Veltman/NPR hide caption
The Kennedy Center on June 28, with its facade signage still covered by a tarp and scaffolding. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A U.S. federal judge asked on June 24 for an explanation for why a tarpaulin continues to cover the facade of the Kennedy Center where President Donald Trump's name was recently removed. District Judge Christopher Cooper gave the board of trustees of the performing arts venue until the end of July to explain "the purpose for and status of the tarp and scaffolding that Defendants have erected on the front portico of the Center." Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Bill Maher received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor this year. Clifton Prescod/Netflix hide caption
Comedian Bill Maher receives Mark Twain Prize amid Kennedy Center turmoil
A tarp covers the facade of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on June 13. A federal judge has asked the arts complex's leadership to explain the purpose of the tarp and the surrounding scaffolding. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Wendell Pierce stars in Othello at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. Teresa Castracane hide caption
Oscar Diaz and Janelly Mendoza (kneeling), from Laredo, TX, were married on stage on June 11, after a performance of Romeo and Juliet at the Public Theater's Delacorte Theater in New York Rebecca J Michelson/The Public Theater hide caption
This couple got married at the end of Romeo and Juliet — and so will 31 others
A tarp covers the facade of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2026. Workers removed President Donald Trump's name from the facade of the building. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad performed at the Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 2026 in New York City. Jenny Anderson/Getty Images North America hide caption
In the recovered audio, taped just months before his death in 1964, Arthur "Harpo" Marx plays the harp and narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, with a nod to the politics of the time. Robert Bader/Marxbrothers.net hide caption
Recently recovered recording features voice of Harpo Marx, the 'silent' Marx brother
Singer-songwriter P!nk hosted The 79th Tony Awards on Sunday at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP hide caption
Tony Award winners list: 'Schmigadoon!' wins best musical, 'Death of a Salesman' lives on
The merchandise sold at CATS: The Jellicle Ball is exciting theatergoers. Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman/CATS: The Jellicle Ball hide caption
The Last Ship is the first musical to be staged at New York's Metropolitan Opera. It draws upon Sting's childhood growing up in the shadow of a shipyard. Mark Senior hide caption