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As the Apollo Theater in New York City marks 90 years of music, talent and history, the venue is celebrating a prestigious Kennedy Center honor. It is the first institution, rather than a person or group, to receive the accolade. President and CEO of the Apollo Michelle Ebanks joins CBS News to discuss the honor.
Tyler Perry and Kerry Washington team up for a new World War II film, "Six Triple Eight," shedding light on the 6888th Postal Battalion.
Tyler Perry and Kerry Washington team up on the film "Six Triple Eight," spotlighting the only all-Black women's battalion in Europe during WWII. Washington stars as Charity Adams, the highest-ranking Black female officer.
The 16-time Grammy winner returned to the Professional Performing Arts School in New York, where she first began her career, and shares advice with current students.
For 90 years, the Apollo Theater has shaped American culture, launching icons like James Brown and Aretha Franklin. This year, it became the first institution honored by the Kennedy Center, cementing its legacy as a hub of innovation.
Fulfilling a childhood dream, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson took the Broadway stage in "& Juliet." Vladimer Duthiers spoke with her in the Rosevale Cocktail Room at the Civilian Hotel in New York ahead of her first rehearsal for the debut.
The nation's first African American Secretary of Defense talks about the responsibilities of the job, and the importance of a diverse fighting force.
Lloyd Austin spent more than four decades in uniform, and has led America's military for the last four years, since President Biden picked him to become the nation's first African American Secretary of Defense. During a visit to West Point (his alma mater), Austin talked with CBS News national security correspondent David Martin about the responsibilities of a defense secretary, and the importance of a diverse fighting force.
In the new Broadway revival of "Gypsy," six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald takes on one of musical theater's most demanding roles: stage mother Rose, who pushes daughter Gypsy Rose Lee into becoming a striptease artist.
Go inside the New York prison theater program (inspiration for the acclaimed film "Sing Sing") that is credited with dramatically reducing the recidivism rates of inmates who engaged in the performing and visual arts.