How Trump is reshaping the Kennedy Center, moving away from "woke culture"
President Trump is changing the composition of the Kennedy Center's board — and wants to change the types of performances the center shows.
Performing Arts
How much was Kendrick Lamar paid for his Super Bowl halftime show?
Super Bowl 2025's halftime show featured Grammy Award-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar. So how much do performers get paid for their work during the big game?
Idina Menzel returns to Broadway in "Redwood"
In her new musical, "Redwood," the Tony Award-winning star of "Wicked" and "Rent" plays a woman seeking a refuge, and a purpose, by escaping into a redwood forest.
Film concerts: Performing movie music live
An increasingly popular symphony orchestra concert is a screening of a movie such as "Jaws" accompanied by a live performance of the music—reeling in new audiences to the concert hall.
Darren Criss on counting his lucky stars
Darren Criss became a fan favorite on the hit TV series "Glee," and won an Emmy for "American Crime Story." Now he's starring in the acclaimed musical "Maybe Happy Ending." He talks about his road to Broadway, and his credo that "Life is a cabaret."
The story of Handel's "Messiah"
Since its premiere in 1742, George Frideric Handel's 3.5-hour oratorio for chorus, soloists and orchestra has become a timeless message of hope, and a Christmas tradition.
Audra McDonald on "Gypsy" and playing the mother of all stage mothers
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.
Rehabilitation Through the Arts: Breaking the cycle of incarceration
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.
The Apollo Theater at 90
Dionne Warwick, Smokey Robinson and Melba Moore discuss the history of the Harlem landmark "where stars are born and legends are made."
From the archives: The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at 60
Dancer Judith Jamison, who directed the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for more than two decades, died Saturday, November 9, 2024 at the age of 81. In this "Sunday Morning" report that originally aired August 11, 2019, on the occasion of the dance group's 60th anniversary, correspondent Rita Braver talked with Jamison and her succeeding artistic director Robert Battle about the legacy of the innovative dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey.
Shaina Taub on making Broadway history
Broadway's Shaina Taub made history with her hit musical Suffs, earning her a Tony for both best book and best score. She's been named to the TIME100 Next list and collaborated with Elton John on The Devil Wears Prada musical.
Delia Ephron's tale of love, cancer, and second chances, now on Broadway
The writer famous for fairy-tale rom-coms is making her Broadway debut with "Left on Tenth," a play adapted from her bestselling memoir about a widow pursuing another chance at love, just when she is diagnosed with leukemia.
Summer music heats up 2024
Live performances are in full swing this summer. Scroll through our concert gallery, featuring pictures by CBS News photojournalist Jake Barlow and photographers Ed Spinelli and Kirstine Walton.
Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone: Pals, and now co-stars on Broadway
Patti LuPone, the star of "Evita" and "Gypsy," is returning to Broadway alongside her longtime friend Mia Farrow in a new play, "The Roommate," which explores the strength, depth, humor and surprise found in women of a certain age.
"N/A" playwright Mario Correa on the power of removing labels from politics
An Off-Broadway play, "N/A," features characters based on former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who remain nameless. The play's author hopes that one day names and labels will no longer magnify loyalties and divide audiences.
Opera for Peace: A master class for diversity in the arts
By inviting singers from around the world, the non-profit Opera for Peace hopes to develop greater diversity among performers of opera, and to inspire the next generation of opera audiences. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with African American singer Hannah Jeané Jones, who traveled to Rome to participate in the program; and with soprano Forooz Razavi, who sang with an R&B group in Iran before she fell in love with opera.
Brooklyn Paramount theater reopens
The Brooklyn Paramount theater originally opened almost a century ago as a movie house for Paramount Pictures. Eventually, it fell into disrepair. After years of neglect and a multi-year renovation, the historic venue has reopened.
Carol Burnett & Sutton Foster: "Once [again] Upon a Mattress"
In 1959 Carol Burnett burst onto the New York stage in the musical comedy "Once Upon a Mattress." In the new Broadway revival, two-time Tony-winner Sutton Foster recreates the role of Winnifred, a princess in search of a suitable mate.
The "Olympics of hula"
Seventy-five hundred miles away from Paris, on the Big Island of Hawaii, another competition recently took place featuring the best hula dancers in the world, competing in the categories of traditional and modern hula. Correspondent Lee Cowan talked with teachers and students of the art of hula – an ancient form of storytelling that preserves the culture and grace of the Hawaiian people, as celebrated at the Merrie Monarch Festival.
New York City Ballet turns 75
Co-founded by George Balanchine in 1948, New York City Ballet is considered one of the best dance companies in the world, and at 75 is catering to an increasingly younger audience.
The origins of breaking, the newest Olympic sport
Breaking (or breakdancing), an acrobatic dance style with its roots in New York's hip hop culture, is making its Olympic debut in this year's Summer Games in Paris. Correspondent Luke Burbank talks with Victor Montalvo (a.k.a. B-Boy Victor), who will be competing for breaking gold; and with founding members of the b-boy group New York City Breakers, who came up with some of the sport's original moves in the Bronx back in the late 1970s and early '80s.
Willie Nelson cancels tour performances after illness
Nelson, who is 91, also canceled his first scheduled performances last week in his Outlaw Music Festival Tour.
The lives of Broadway gypsies
Web exclusive: Broadway's veteran dancers - the "body and soul" of musical theater - describe the passion and drive of being a "gypsy"
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour causes seismic activity in Scotland
Fans at her concerts last weekend danced so hard they generated seismic activity that was felt nearly four miles away from Murrayfield Stadium.
Daniel Radcliffe on first Tony nomination, challenging roles after "Harry Potter"
Daniel Radcliffe may always be known best for his star-making role as "Harry Potter," but he's also a Tony-nominated actor.
Entertainment
Frankie Muniz released from hospital after crashing race car at Daytona
Stacy Keach, star of "Mike Hammer" TV series and stage, dies at 85
DOC NYC documentary film festival returns. Check out this year's lineup.
With "Thrasher," Brandon Flowers returns home
Judi Dench on an actor's life
"The Altruists" actor Julia Garner on surprising herself
Book excerpt: "Is It Too Late to Make a Run For It?" by Judi Dench with Brendan O'Hea
Case pitting "ER" against "The Pitt" can proceed, appeals court says
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Judge dismisses Dolly Parton's estate's lawsuit against her nephew
Rob Sand's runway modeling past resurfaces after Iowa gubernatorial win
Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault
Ronaldo retires from Portugal national team
Filmmaker Michael Mann suffers "superficial injury" at gun range
A new Georgia O'Keeffe exhibit opens a window to unfamiliar works
